To be honest, I just clicked on this game to kill time, but ended up playing it for three hours at a stretch and even forgot to eat dinner😅. Maybe as I get older, I am a little tired of the kind of fighting and killing games. Once in a while, I change my taste, and then I find that this kind of slow-paced development game is actually quite interesting.
What surprises me most about "Restaurant Development" is its "merge food" gameplay. I'm not going to brag about it, but this design of making cartoon icons of specialties from various parts of China and then merging and upgrading them is really thoughtful. From the most common pancake fruit to the later Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, the icon details of each food are quite in place. It can be seen that the artist has studied the ingredients and presentation. The system will also display a small animation when merging. Watching the ingredients tumble and mature in the pot gives you an inexplicable sense of healing.
In terms of plot, it does not have a mindless task chain, but instead adds some reasoning elements. Every new character appears with a secret, such as the old man who always orders sour plum soup. His story is actually related to a closed snack bar decades ago... This sense of suspense makes it interesting to push the main plot. Moreover, the dialogue writing is relatively natural, without the pretentiousness of "a brave man saves the world", just the fireworks of ordinary people.
As an old player who has played in the Saipan era, I am actually quite disappointed with many fast food mobile games nowadays - money trapping, extortion for krypton, and endless automatic battles. But this game is completely free, with no in-app purchase prompts and no physical limitations. It is really just for you to play. I have never heard of the development company Shenzhen Bangbang Network before, but because of its sincerity, I think it is worth supporting.
Of course, there are also shortcomings. For example, the post-merging pace is a bit slow. I hope that subsequent updates can optimize the animation speed. In addition, some plot foreshadowing was completed in a hurry, maybe due to limited budget.
Overall, if you are like me and a player who likes depth and doesn't dislike slow pace, you can give it a try. It is not suitable for those who seek excitement, but it is suitable for slowly cooking a pot of soup and listening to a story before going to bed or on the subway. 😌