Though there is an option to purchase certain items like chef skins or gems, you can easily continue to make progress in the game without having to invest a cent. In addition, there are 200 ingredients to collect, 900 recipes to unlock, and 30 chefs to recruit. I’ve only managed to make it through about 10 of the towns and cities in France, but the game boasts an impressive 500 locations. Another fun feature of the game is that, with each new recipe you discover, the game also gives you the recipe so you can prepare it in real life.Īfter spending a couple of hours with the game, I was impressed with its depth. Meanwhile, with each new town you visit, you learn a bit about the geography of the area as the foods sold in the markets mirror the kinds of things you’d find in those regions in the real world. Player.OneĪs you explore the map, participating in various local and boss battles, you uncover another small piece to the mystery of your father’s death. Though there’s no penalty for losing, other than the loss of the entry fee, if your cook wins, he or she will be awarded fame, money and sometimes special ingredients or gems.Įach chef you add to your team has specific traits and specialties that can help during cooking battles. As you and your opponent present your dishes, whichever one receives the higher score is the winner. In addition to judging based on how closely your recipe matches the theme, dishes can earn extra power points by including ingredients the judges favor, but there’s no way of knowing what ingredients they prefer, until you unlock one. For example, Sylvie’s first challenge asks her to cook up something French, Earthy and Luxury. These themes can be regional, require specific ingredients or cater to a particular audience.
In each battle, your character gets a set of three themes the judges will be using to evaluate the offering. With the underlying story in place, players are thrown straight into the meat of the game, participating in various cooking competitions around France, Europe and later the world. If you have the best dish, your chef wins money, fame and resources. Cooking battles take place all over the map.
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