The games in this list offer space to reflect and escape work for a while. Most recent is their Level Up campaign that challenges businesses within the video games industry to unite and commit to change.
They have some excellent resources available for free and global helplines for a range of emotions and stresses people might be feeling, not to mention some great training resources for companies. “The worlds we create are a refuge for many,” they say about video games, to highlight the importance of also looking after those people who make these amazing spaces. The Safe In Our World charity addresses this world of work and video games to foster positive mental health wellbeing and deliver support for players, developers, publishers and retailers. Not, that is, unless you work in the video game industry. However, GamesMaster UK were "baffled" by the game, and could not see why the game would be popular.Video games and work don’t usually go together.
Gita Jackson of Kotaku said the game was "quite exhilarating" despite making her "stressed" due to the "beautiful" looking food, and said it was an achievement that the game "washed away all her frustration". However, GameSpew also stated that the customization of the player's kitchen feature "particularly unnecessary", and did not use the function very often. GameSpew "highly recommended" the game and scored 90%, explaining that the gameplay is "easy to learn and fiendishly difficult to master", and also praised the amount of patches that had been released for the game since release. The game received mixed reviews, with an aggregate score of 62/100 on Metacritic. It was released for PlayStation 4 on Decemand on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One on April 10, 2019. Originally, Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! was scheduled for release in August 2017 for Steam, however the game was released a month later. The Iron Cook and Catering events have been removed. The game has also received patches, including options that were originally removed from CSD, being reintroduced into the game. The game also introduces the previously mentioned Holding Stations, which allows for food to be pre-prepared before customers arrive. Entrees have stayed the same in gameplay, although some entrees like French Toast require use of the Holding Stations and cannot be made to order.Ĭook, Serve, Delicious! 2 also introduces a Chef for Hire system which allows the player to work at over thirty restaurants, each with its own theme and menu, and a new local co-op game mode. Sides are only ordered if they are pre-prepared in a Holding Station, and several drinks are now self-served. The new installment also splits food into three different types: Entrees, Sides and Drinks.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2 allows players to decorate and update their own restaurant with a variety of art, wallpapers and other furniture. The game greatly expands the quantity of foods that can be cooked, increasing from 30 dishes, to over 180. As the player completes each day, they earn in-game money that can be used to buy new recipes to add to the menu part of the metagame is to continue to vary the restaurant's menu to draw in new customers, thus requiring a wide array of recipes.Ĭook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! has a number of new or improved gameplay mechanics which differentiates it from the original. Doing all the steps correctly and on time helps the player's score, while making mistakes can harm the restaurant's reputation. Often, a player may need to start an order and wait for it to finish cooking before completing the remaining steps during this, they can switch to any of the other pending steps and complete those as needed. Most of these require the player to press controller buttons or type specific keys on a keyboard to match a specific sequence of cooking or cleaning, or to match specific order requests.
Over the course of a day, including periods of high activity, the player must cook requested orders and perform various cleanup and sanitary tasks within a limited amount of time. It is the sequel to Cook, Serve, Delicious!.Īs with the original game, Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! has the player act as the chef and principle operator for a small restaurant.
The game was released on Septemfor PC and Mac through Steam and Good Old Games, for the PlayStation 4 on December 18, 2018, and for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One on April 10, 2019. Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2 (stylized as 2!!) is a restaurant simulation game released in 2017, developed and published by Vertigo Gaming for PC, and Mac.