Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Not a Walkthrough, Just a Review: Delicious: Emily's Cooking and Romance

I've been asked if I would be writing a walkthrough of Delicious: Emily's Cooking and Romance, like I have for all the other Emily games.  I had assumed I would, but as of right now, I won't be.

I've been playing the Delicious games since the beginning, before there was a storyline. At first I was totally in love with this game, especially as the game-interrupting mini-games were not a requirement to win the level. (Gosh how I hate those mini-games!) As the levels progressed, the story stopped holding my attention, the slang by the kids became unbearable, and the gameplay became stale. There has never been an Emily game that I did not finish, but I stopped after the third restaurant and forgot all about it until today.

Edit: While I'm not crazy about it (and maybe I'd be less hard on it if it weren't a Delicious game), I might go back and finish it later.  Who knows!

Another edit, June 2024:  I decided to give it another try, ignoring the story, to see if I liked it better.  The Napoli restaurant is still a bit of a bore, but I'm enjoying the later locations much better.  So, while it's not a perfect game, I'd give it 3.5 stars now.

March 2024 Currently playing/replaying:
Valheim
Enshrouded
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
World End Diner
Delicious: Emily's Wonder Wedding