PlateUp!
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6About PlateUp!
Up to four players build and run a restaurant from scratch, choosing dishes, buying and placing appliances – some of which can be daisy-chained together to create ambitious automatic kitchens – cooking food and serving customers. . . Players have free rein to design their restaurant which will expand and develop between shifts – with additional content and challenges unlocked through progression. . . Can you cook, serve and manage your way through 15 hectic days in your restaurant and unlock a brand-new franchise?. . . Classic co-op cooking action, with a wide selection of mains, sides, sauces, toppings, desserts, and starters.. . Choose your equipment, lay out your kitchen, curate your menu and plate up your dishes.. . From bubbling soups to sublime salads, tender steaks to hearty pies, there's something for everyone.. . . . . Look after front-of-house: seating customers, delivering orders, and managing patience.. . Equip your restaurant to handle the most fickle of customers and deliver them what they need, right when they need it.. . Co-operate with your team like a well-olive-oiled machine or build a name for yourself going it alone. . . Exceed your goals and take your
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Not Overcooked in all the best ways
Not Overcooked in all the best ways. I find Overcooked to be fun but too stressful most of the time to settle on as a way to spend my recreational time. Plate Up!, though, found a way to dial down the personal experience of overwhelming panic while remaining faithful to the chaotic drama that drives people to keep playing Overcooked. This game is incredibly fun with a group (4 players) or pair (2 players), but also challenging and rewarding as a solo-play experience. I was surprised by the depth/complexity of customizable systems —from front-of-house layouts to kitchen automation, there is a lot to learn from trial and error. The developers acknowledge the importance of failure, too, in the tool tips menu. You're encouraged to fail often and that ethos is reflected in end-of-round sequences. The game doesn't engage in shame/blame discourse to amplify that stressful experience. Even when the simulation ends because it's clearly my fault, the focus is on bonuses that carry on over to future playthroughs. Finally, I'll mention that the loading menu represents one of the most impressive accomplishments in the design of Plate Up! You have a single screen where everyone can simultaneously customize their character, practice cooking and serving customers, dial in settings for the next run, and apply previously earned bonuses to the next run. I have not seen such a tightly-designed, cute, efficient, and fun load-out screen in a multiplayer game before.
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay5.0
- Story4.0
- Value3.5
Most people just say PlateUp!
Most people just say PlateUp! is like Overcooked, but that is truly only half the story. Whereas Overcooked is just rapid rounds of stress, with you encountering brand new recipes, and different levels in quick succession. PlateUp is instead a slow and methodical build up in skill, strategy and difficulty. You have one level, which is your restaurant, and it is yours. You are free to change it however you like, and to get the best results you will have to change it a lot... Over fifteen rounds, you will constantly be making small but meaningful adjustments to your layout. All the while, you'll also be gaining new equipment. Plus learning new recipes, mastering them over time to cook them as efficiently as possible. What you learn, in combination with your restaurants layout and the choices you make, combine to create and incredibly satisfying experience! Success or failure isn't dependant on if you can memorise a recipe, and brand new kitchen as fast as possible. Whilst your friends are shouting you down as you make simple mistakes. Instead PlateUp is a much more thoughtful conversation, with an extremely fun gameplay loop, and with so so many possibilities to explore. Including much needed time in-between cooking to just enjoy the space you've created together. Sharing some huge laughs with one another about the silly restaurant you're all building!
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.0
- Story4.0
- Value4.0
One of my best buys this year
whatever you do make sure that you do not take multiple toppings on burgers, especially on a thanksgiving map, it is actually worse than being front of house, like i would rather drink radioactive sludge "oh hey i want a burger plain with mashed potatoes and my friend here wants a burger with onion and cheese and my other friend wants a burger with tomato and this other guy who i am also conveniently friends with wants a burger with every single topping and this guy who is also sat at the table wants a burger with cheese and tomato and mashed potatoes" well i would rather you didn't
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.5
- Story3.5
- Value4.0
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