Cook Serve Forever

If you're looking for more Cook Serve Delicious, this is not it. You don't run a restaurant, you don't pick the menu, you don't get to prioritize orders to serve. It's just QuickTime events with an obnoxious story tacked onto it. There is a fair amount of 'the message' in here and it will lecture you on what's probably every political opinion these devs have. Including lacing peoples food with drugs being a good thing, I actually can't tell if it's supposed to be satire or not. Ironically for a cooking game, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

As someone who played the previous Cook, Serve, Delicious! titles, I would only recommend this game for someone who has not played or watched any of the previous 3 games. That is probably how you would get some joy from this otherwise un-related game. I will preface by saying I did jump around in the other three, but played enough to get the feel and mechanics down for them. (That being said, I only purchased this one on a big sale and because I was purchasing the other games, so I did not look into this game too deeply). Honestly, the first two games absolutely captivated me for the series. (The third game is still solid and has enough to be likeable and enjoyable!) This game feels as if the makers noted what makes the other three so good, then decided to add a random story to it that has the most boring characters and boring... everything. I literally skipped through most of the story of this game (which seems to be a majority of the game), and what little cooking you actually do barely keeps the original mechanics of the other three to even be remotely the same game. The game itself might have not motivated me to leave this review if it was an unrelated game or did not share the Cook, Serve, Delicious title. To me it seems almost like a 90 degree turn away from the other games in the series, and therefore really not worth the time or money you would spend on it. However! If you thought the other games were too much, maybe you would find some likeability in this game. As it stands, though, I would recommend the others a thousand times over this one. If you are someone who likes character design and the music side of things, you might enjoy it as well! The art is pretty and the music is interesting, I will give it that. No hate on the hard work and effort of the creators, just really wish it was more similar to the previous titles. TL;DR: IF you haven't played the previous titles, you may enjoy this game. If you have played any previous ones, you likely won't find the game enjoyable- unless you disliked the other games or found them overwhelming.

The gameplay is such a downgrade from previous Cook Serve titles. Not at all what I expected and was disappointed.

I honestly don't understand the hate this game is getting. This is coming from someone who have had the pleasure of being part of the CSD community from the very first game when it was first launched. CSF is definitely using a different formula from its predecessors. This game is meant to be relaxing, hence no complicated keyboard combinations to complete a dish. No station feature as well, just one dish at a time. You pressed the wrong button? You can still get a perfect dish. Again, this game is SUPPOSED to be just cooking and relaxing. I feel this is more like a visual novel but cooking. CSF is very fun and rewarding once you get past the voices that keep telling you that this is not fun if you have had played the previous 3. I have, and this is such a fun title in the whole series. This game is only NOT FUN if you keep comparing CSF with the other CSD. At this point you might want to join the lobsters in the pot and put a lid on yourself.

Respect to the team for taking risks. This is a big leap from the rest of the series - there's more focus on simplicity and polish, and less on hours and hours of replayability. I found the new gameplay great fun, the story charming, and the music great. I don't want games to take 1000 hours and be my new hobby these days, so this complete 10-hour experience was great, for me.

I loved the Cook Serve series, and play the third one often (though I'll admit it's on Epic, not here). That's why I hate this game. It's not *like* the other CSD games, and I guess if you haven't played any of them, you probably might like it. I couldn't be bothered to care about the story, that's not the kind of game I expected to get with this title. PS: If you think that you'll ever stop seeing ads for CSF on CSD 3, you won't. It actually reminded me to write a bare minimum review, because I spent the bare minimum time in it before I knew I didn't like it. If I'd remembered, I'd have refunded it, but this many years later it's impossible lol

I enjoyed this game in early access and was excited to come back for the full release, but apparently the devs completely overhauled the gameplay between now and then in a way that completely kills the fun. It's not the fast-paced CSD game you're used to, but it's also no longer a more cozy rhythm based game either.

Cook Serve D.E.I.

Cook serve delicious is one of my all time favorite games. But yea, this one actually sucks because it just went full woke and removed a lot of the complexity. idk why, you guys had a great game

This game is a pretty significant departure from the mechanics of the previous CSD games. Overall the game is much simpler and asks for less perfection, so for me it was much chiller and a great wind down game. The game is mostly story focused (a story I found pretty nice!), following the main character's journey through cooking and the life surrounding it. The actual mechanics give a bit of the pattern recognition that is familiar to the CSD series, where in different operations take different set keystrokes. This game differs in that the subset of operations is pretty small, but each recipe takes multiple operations and these are divied out between each hand (i.e. each hand does things separately). There's some skill there in getting independence between your hands, but it's not too difficult to push through. Overall if you want a chiller game with some pretty art and neat story experience that still has some Cook Serve Delicious roots this is a great game.