Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Developer(s) Vertigo Gaming
Publisher(s) Vertigo Gaming
Director(s) David Galindo
Artist(s)
  • Camille Kuo
  • Erica Lahaie
Writer(s)
  • Nicholas Kraak
  • Ryan Matejka
Composer(s) Johnathan Geer
Engine GameMaker Studio
Platform(s) PC, Mac, iOS, Android
PS4
Release PC
  • WW: September 14, 2017[1]
Mac
  • WW: September 14, 2017[1]
Genre(s) Simulation
Cooking
Mode(s) Single-player Local Co-operative

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. The game was released on September 14, 2017 for PC, and for Steam.[2] The game is currently planned to be ported to PlayStation 4, and is the sequel to Cook, Serve, Delicious! [3]

Gameplay

As with the original game, Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! has the player act as the chef and principle operator for a small restaurant. 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. 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. 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. Doing all the steps correctly and on time helps the player's score, while making mistakes can harm the restaurant's reputation. 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.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! has a number of new or improved gameplay mechanics which differentiates it from the original.[4] The game greatly expands the quantity of foods that can be cooked, increasing from 30 dishes, to over 180. Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2 allows players to decorate and update their own restaurant with a variety of art, wallpapers and other furniture. The new installment also splits food into three different types: Entrees, Sides and Drinks. Sides are only ordered if they are pre-prepared in a Holding Station, and several drinks are now self-served. 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.

Cook, 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,[4] and a new local co-op game mode. The game also introduces the previously mentioned Holding Stations, which allows for food to be pre-prepared before customers arrive. The game has also received patches, including options that were originally removed from CSD, being reintroduced into the game. The Iron Cook and Catering events have been removed.[5]

Release

Originally, CSD2 was scheduled for release in August 2017 for Steam, however the game was released a month later.[6] Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is also set for a PlayStation 4 release.[7] No official release date has been set for the PS4 release; however it is slated for "early 2018".[8] Vertigo Gaming has also stated other console, and smartphone releases of the game will be after the PS4 release.[9][10]

Reception

Review Score
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic62%[11]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameSpew90% [12]
GamesMaster UK45% [13]

The game received mixed reviews, with an aggregate score of 62/100 on Metacritic.[11] GameSpew "highly recommended" the game and scored 90%, explaining that the gameplay is "easy to learn and fiendishly difficult to master,"[12] and also praised the amount of patches that had been released for the game since release. However, GameSpew also stated that the customization of the player's kitchen feature "particularly unnecessary," and did not use the function very often.[12]

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 "washe[d] away all [her] frustration".[14] However, GamesMaster UK were "baffled" by the game, and could not see why the game would be popular.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!". Steam. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! on Steam". Valve Gaming Inc. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Mouth Watering Cook Serve Delicious 2 Gets a release date". Euro Gamer. June 22, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 is releasing this august with new features". Game Skinny. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Steam Community :: Group Announcements - Cook, Serve, Delicious!". Steam. December 20, 2017. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ "A watched pot etc: Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 Delayed". Archived from the original on September 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Mouth Watering Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 gets a release date". Euro Gamer. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 is coming to PS4". Playstation EU. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! The plan ahead and a small Q&A". Vertigo Gaming Inc. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is bonkers!". Kotaku Australia. September 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 "Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 Review: Fun, Fast-Paced Food!". Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Games Master UK August Edition 2017". 2017: 81.
  14. ↑ Jackson, Gita. "Cooking Game Looks Delicious, Feels Stressful". Kotaku. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
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