 [Larger view] | Fast Food Tycoon
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 ENJOYED IT :) | |
| I purchased this game about 2 years ago, and I still pop it into my computer every now and then (yep .. it managed to catch my attention for that long!) The lack of an instruction manual in this game is really no big deal -- I picked up the basics very quickly using plain old common sense. Some buttons and feautures still remain unknown to me, but this has not affected my gameplay at all. I love the fact that within this game you can actually make your own pizzas by picking out what size you want the pizzas to be; you also have a large amount of toppings to choose for every pie that you make. You also have the ability to decorate your actual pizza parlor. Although there are not many decor choices, you can build a fairly decent place. In the end, this game does not contain any fancy graphics, but it is based on an innovative concept that will make you play it over and over again :) | |
 No, I Don't Want Ants On My Pizza | |
| Pros: Cute graphics...$5 "Bargain Bin" at CompUsa Cons: Confusing layout! No instruction manual, The Bottom Line: Avoid it! The jewel case will make a great coaster for the soda I'm sipping while playing a REAL game. If your goal is to drive someone insane, literally, then this is the perfect gift. Otherwise, don't waste your money. Summary: The idea of it all. They potentially had something so good in this game. The scenarios. Easy, medium or hard as well as "most income" or "Most popular" or "First one to make a million dollars". I liked the option of not really having any goal and just playing so that I wouldn't blink and be obliterated. You can check on how different "target groups" are responding to your restaurant, your food, etc. Click on the target group and a little Polaroid Photo sort of thing pops up and they're either smiling or making a pre-vomiting face. The "make your own pizza" part! Oh man this was fun! You sort through all your ingredients and apply liberally. You have the traditional meats and cheeses and veggies. You also have all sorts of seafood and insect life. Ew, right? Well, you open franchises in different countries and hey, tastes vary. What else is fun when you're making your pizza is they have a "Chopper". You can click your ingredient over the chopper and it'll dice it smaller and smaller and it's graphically correct and adorable. Cheese starts as a block (chopper chopper) and then it's a thinner slice (chopper chopper) and then it's small chunks, and then shreds, and then sprinkles. How cute! Tomatoes go from whole to halves to quarters to slices to paste! Fun! The Cons: I'm ashamed to say that I couldn't figure out how to play this game for the life of me. Being impatient, I just jumped on in and thought I was going to kick some butt. After about 20 minutes I was still staring at the screen, clicking on various things. Aaaaalright, I'll take the tutorial. It turned the light bulb on in my head in terms of staffing, decoration and purchasing supplies. Frustrating though...I clicked on everything on the screen before I'd click on what it wanted me to. The graphics are loud and confusing. What does a big face mean? Staff? Syndicate? Exit? Oddly enough when I started my next game I couldn't find ANY of the buttons that were there in the tutorial...I couldn't find the staffing, my "information history" and couldn't even figure out how to open my darn restaurant. Infuriating! I checked out my restaurant...it had some people and staff in it...but when I clicked around it sent me to some other restaurant. I sure the heck didn't open that one or decorate it, where'd it come from? Argh! You have the option of having things done "automatically" for you in various areas (Select them when you begin your scenario if you'd like) but doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of building your own Pizza Empire? | |
| Box or jewel Case-it doesn't matter. | |
| My wife got me this game for our anniversary present, thinking I have too many casino games, and that I like pizza. First of all, agree with every review of this game I can find, the worst thing is lack of a definitive instruction manual, like the zoo tycoon, which is about the size of a TV Guide. Also, noticed that the tutorial crashes, so that becomes no help. There are on line instructions and general guidelines in the help menu, but it's hard to scroll and read. So what to do? Fortunately with a little common sense and exploring the various menu and options, one can open a restaurant and have people come in and order and eat. that's a hoot. However, I ran out of money quickly, trying to do it all, and busted. Yeah, my wife's right, I did enjoy making the pizzas and decorating the building. I got confused generally where I was at, and am still trying to refine personnel management; but in time and enough playing around and exploring various click points, the game falls into place, and more success will come. In summary, the game can be fun; a better guide would help, especially one that explains the various icons to click on. Also, more readable menus and result charts would be helpfull too. Maybe pull down or pop up menus. Whatever it would take to make the game easier to navigate. I rate it average, I like it; and find great potential for it. Actually with all the scenarios included, it is a great bargain for the money. Maybe with more play experience, I'll think more highly of it. |
