Get your aprons ready… things are about to get messy in this award-winning multiplayer VR game from Resolution Games!
Players work together in teams of up to four to prepare sandwiches for a variety of enchanted creature customers in the whimsical fairytale forest setting. The cooperative multiplayer gameplay involves coordinating with teammates to efficiently chop ingredients, assemble orders, and serve dishes before the customers become impatient. Players must communicate and work together to keep up with the increasingly chaotic flow of orders.
The game features a well-designed difficulty curve, starting with relatively simple orders and gradually introducing new gameplay elements and customer types that ramp up the challenge. As players progress, they must adapt to obstacles like jesters hiding parts of orders or thieves stealing ingredients. Reviewers praise the game's ability to remain fun and engaging while steadily increasing the difficulty.
The VR format immerses players in the chaotic kitchen environment, with ingredients and tools within arm's reach. This heightens the sense of urgency and teamwork required to handle the orders. Reviewers highlight the polished and well-executed VR implementation.
The game offers various customization options, such as unlockable chef outfits, knives, and cutting boards, providing a sense of progression and allowing players to personalize their experience. Additionally, the procedurally generated orders and customer types contribute to the game's replayability, as levels can play out differently each time.
Reviewers consistently praise the chaotic, cooperative nature of the gameplay, which requires constant communication and coordination between players. The frantic pace and need to work together to complete orders leads to memorable experiences of yelling, throwing ingredients, and ultimately triumphing (or failing) as a team.
For players who don't have access to a full team of human teammates, the game offers a solo mode with an AI partner. While not as engaging as the multiplayer experience, this allows single players to still enjoy the core cooking gameplay loop and progress through the campaign.