Cons: too much to pay attention to at once, clicks don’t always register, pacing borders frantic at times, ingredients populate much of the screen.
Like some frantic action? Get your fingers ready to play one of the most incredibly demanding games ever. Participating in a Chef of the Year contest is not a walk in the park, but more like the inside of a huge, busy restaurant, which can make the player feel anxious. The clock is always ticking, and there is so much to be accomplished in a given amount of time, never feels like enough.
The story revolves round our notorious heroine, Ginger, an accomplished chef of the original Go-Go Gourmet, who is competing for fame and glory in the celebrated Chef of the Year contest. Now she travels the globe to pit her skills directly against 7 of the world's top chefs.
In Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year you prepare your craft in 7 kitchens, themed after the territory you’re visiting. It can be a Russian izba with samovar, a tropical island hut covered with baions, a US snack bar styled after the Statue of Liberty, and much more. At each time of these locations you have to not only impress rather demanding judges by filling certain orders but outperform rivals. To make things more complicated, all of the ingredients are scattered around the kitchen, leaving you searching for what you need.
Clicking on each judge you see not only ingredients needed to fill the order but the steps and points they’ll award once the meal is delivered. Judges estimate your score by using a 10 point system, but their patience isn’t infinite and it dwindles while you cook. There are hints in the game to help you in a tough spot but these take time to recharge once you use them, so you have to use them sparingly.
You can switch recipes to prepare them simultaneously so Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year requires full concentration as well as quick reactions. In the meantime, while you work on your meal, running between stove and food processor, you have to decide which order to make first. You can earn upgrades to freeze time and other power-ups by completing orders for the judges that the upgrades are attached, which are really handy and sometimes almost necessary.
Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year also features bonus rounds to mix up the action. They range from collecting objects or matching the sequence of foods depicted in photos. Points are awarded after each round and they help you win against your competitors. The more points you earn, the more boost, speed and power-ups you receive.
The plot is peppered by dialogue and participant's stories, and your recipe book gets filled with new concoctions as you progress through the game, which you can print and use in real life to impress your judges at home!
Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year joins other hidden object and time management games in an innovative and challenging sequel. The only drawback of the game is that it can become too frantic, and it would have been nice to have an easy play mode. All in all, Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year is a game hard to dismiss.
It differs from its predecessor by adding judges and the contest between the rivals. What I like best is that each tour one of the participants leaves. But it can be too frantic at times.
GO-GO GOURMET is really different from other cooking games. You travel the globe to take part in cooking contests. I like the idea of the game. But some levels are too difficult. Maybe I’m not a pro yet.
Like some frantic action? Get your fingers ready to play one of the most incredibly demanding games ever. Participating in a Chef of the Year contest is not a walk in the park, but more like the inside of a huge, busy restaurant, which can make the player feel anxious. The clock is always ticking, and there is so much to be accomplished in a given amount of time, never feels like enough.
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You can switch recipes to prepare them simultaneously so Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year requires full concentration as well as quick reactions. In the meantime, while you work on your meal, running between stove and food processor, you have to decide which order to make first. You can earn upgrades to freeze time and other power-ups by completing orders for the judges that the upgrades are attached, which are really handy and sometimes almost necessary.
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