Battle Chef Brigade

Battle Chef Brigade is a brawler and puzzle video game developed by Trinket Studios and published by Adult Swim Games. The game was released for Windows and Nintendo Switch in November 2017.

Battle Chef Brigade
Developer(s)Trinket Studios
Publisher(s)Adult Swim Games
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Release20 November 2017
Genre(s)Brawler, puzzle

Gameplay

Battle Chef Brigade is a video game that combines gameplay from tile-matching puzzle video games and side-scrolling brawler games.[1]

You start cooking by dropping ingredients into your cookware like Tetris.[2] With the ingredients in the 4x4 cooking zone you can stir them around like in Puyo Puyo.[3] When Mina aligns flavor gems and match the same colors the gems combine to increase their rank and the quality of the dish.[1] The more you match and rank up the gems the higher quality the dish is. After you've finished cooking, and before the time limit is up, you have to deliver the dish to the judge.[2]

The cooking gameplay with tile-matching. There is different cookware and a match timer.

Development and release

Battle Chef Brigade was developed by Trinket Studios. In 2014, the developers crowdfunded over US$100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign.[4] The studio was founded by former employees of Wideload Games.[4]

Battle Chef Brigade was published by Adult Swim Games and released for Windows and Nintendo Switch on 20 November 2017.[1][5]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic80/100[6]
81/100 (NS)[7]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid8/10[1]
Game Informer8.25/10[8]
GamesRadar+[2]
IGN8/10[9]
Nintendo Life8/10[10]
Nintendo World Report9/10[11]
Polygon7/10[12]
USgamer[3]

Battle Chef Brigade received "generally favorable" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[6][7] GamesRadar+ ranked it 24th on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017.[13]

The game was nominated for "Game, Puzzle" and "Performance in a Comedy, Lead" with Erica Mendez as the character Mina at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.[14][15]

References
  1. Porreca, Ray (21 November 2017). "Review: Battle Chef Brigade". Destructoid. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. Prell, Sam (20 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade review for Nintendo Switch". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. Williams, Mike (21 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade Review". USgamer. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. LeRay, Lena (18 October 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade captures the pace and feel of cooking shows". Gamasutra. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. Valdez, Nick (11 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade cooking up on Switch and PC November 20". Destructoid. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. "Battle Chef Brigade for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. "Battle Chef Brigade for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  8. Reiner, Andrew (20 November 2017). "A Tasty Treat For Puzzle Fans - Battle Chef Brigade". Game Informer. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. Ryan, Zachary (21 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade Review". IGN. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  10. Bowley, Steve (21 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade Review". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  11. Ronaghan, Neal (19 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  12. Rosner, Helen (20 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade review". Polygon. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  13. GamesRadar staff (22 December 2017). "The best games of 2017". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  14. "Nominee List for 2017". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  15. "Horizon wins 7; Mario GOTY". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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