Shokudo Underworld

I am not a fan of giving poor reviews to games (this is my first). As someone who’s made games, I know countless hours go into the programming, art, music, etc. It’s not easy. However, with that being said, this game feels like it was someone’s final project for a college course. Specifically, by an art major. And I’m not trying to throw shade to artists, since this review is coming from one. Artists can be just as talented programmers as anyone else. But I’ll tell you why I think so: this game felt like the product of someone having to fulfill a technical requirement at their university and decided to take a game development class where they could apply their artistic skills and panicked when they had to create a game for their final project. Did they successfully load assets into the game? Yes. Can you move a character around? Yes. We’re there any bugs? No. (Well, arguably that’s a maybe since there are always bugs to be squashed). This is all the say that this game felt like a bare minimum to pass the requirements in order to pass a class. A+ on paper, D- in execution. And I know that these types of final projects can be well polished, given enough love and care. But this felt rushed and there hasn’t been any new content, at least, since last I checked. Honestly, I was so excited to play this because of the art and the cute concept of serving and preparing food and I cannot begin to describe my disappointment with the gameplay loop. There was nothing preventing me from purchasing the more expensive foods before the cheaper foods, which just totally destroys the point of any progression whatsoever. What’s the point?? I’m sorry, but this game has been living rent free in my head since I completed it back in September, and that is not a good thing. I’ve been taking this long racking my brain trying to figure out…. What the hell went wrong? Why did I feel slightly sick playing it? This could’ve been a great game, and it just wasn’t. Again, the art is adorable, the developer had something brewing here. I just wished it was more *developed*, if you will.

I'm kinda in the middle with this one. Shokudo Underworld feels strangely polished and unfinished at the same time. You get a hint of a story in the opening, but it never really develops. The game suggests you might be able to “liven things up” for the gloomy little creatures you gather resources from (who, by the way, live in what looks like a grubby basement dungeon) but that thread also goes nowhere. There’s no real way to improve the afterlife for any soul, despite the setup hinting at that possibility. Running the restaurant is cute, and the skill/item tree is fun at first, but upgrades come quickly and without much challenge. Once everything is unlocked (and that happens surprisingly fast) there’s not much left to do. Unless I missed something, you’re basically just serving food on repeat, and the loop gets repetitive pretty quickly (especially if you've figured out how to sell just a single item daily to make maximum $$$). Overall, it’s not a bad game. It’s charming enough, and works well as a short “boredom buster,” but there’s not a lot of depth, story, or replay value once the initial novelty wears off.

Toplamda 6 saat oynamışım. Bitirdim oyunu. Kısa sürüyor oyun ama çok sevimli. Keşke biraz daha çeşitliliği olsa da daha oynasam.

不是很推荐，游戏设计不合理。菜单多样性越高，获得xp越多。但是获得xp只有一个好处——解锁更多菜单。同时有菜单了还不一定能把菜做出来，因为还要花超级贵的解锁费用来解锁食材。费用只能自己慢慢打。花10块钱解锁鬼魂食材做丸子，一份丸子卖4块，需要跑上跑下去采集鬼魂，不升级背包那就一次能拿4个，厨子做饭还慢，一局游戏一共可以做10个左右，就是40块钱（我这个效率还是花了60升级移动速度才能达到的）。升级背包需要80块，变成6个格子，往下继续升级食材，史莱姆95解锁，沙虫130解锁，所以想卖一份7块钱的沙虫天妇罗需要10+95+130，这些还基本上是靠那个4块钱的鬼丸子一点点攒出来的，还不算背包扩容和增加移速。相当于纯坐牢单选一个丸子的话，要上上下下跑6天左右才可以解锁出7块钱的新菜，还有一些又麻烦又便宜的菜谱我都懒得喷，臭鱼烂虾。如果按照游戏本身的意思，搞菜谱多样化，那更别想在6天之内完成，这个菜谱多样化除了增加xp之外一无是处，纯添麻烦，加一堆臭鱼烂虾菜谱营业给自己搞得忙上忙下，一天过去打开背包美美收获20块，说实话不如要饭。爱玩这游戏的是这个。

A hand drawn tale of being a chef in the underworld with unique and interesting ingredients to juggle. It's short, sweet, and casual with a restaurant reminiscent of what you'll expect in Ghibli's Spirited Away. The powers aren't substantial but there is a skill-tree to help a bit. The real struggle comes in the form of having too many ingredients and a "waiter" who does not clean or take orders, only delivers them. Recommended for those who like casual food management scenarios!

玩了十分钟就感觉非常无聊...只有画风可爱这一个优点

Very cute and chill game for a restaurant-management type. I had so much fun I had to rope one of my friends in to try it. You can build a strategy with how you unlock the upgrades and which menu you choose for each round. Honestly, very fun game and not that stressful.

忘记之前是在哪里种草的了，看画风挺可爱的，加上经营玩法，一开始还挺期待的。 结果玩下来以后发现就是非常无脑且无聊的重复重复重复……每天的经营就是来回“取食材——做菜——上菜——收拾”，一直重复，还要在有限的时间内尽可能多做两道菜，好更早解锁新的食材和技能，这样一来又像跟打工没啥两样，就是个岗位上的螺丝钉，每天重复同样的工作，整得人怪焦虑的。 本来想着就一点点成就应该至少全成就也不难，而且看到很多评论都说两三个小时就全成就了……但我实在是解锁完全部东西以后再也无法忍受继续重复工作去刷外观了，作为一个成就收集爱好者，这全成就我就不要了。 实在是太无聊了，操作滞涩感也很重。

纯纯跑酷模拟器....点满天赋即通关，真的好久没玩过这么差劲的经营游戏了，内容少得可怜，后期钱根本没用，说实话还没有手机上免费的小游戏好玩....

Süßes, simples Sushi-Koch-Management-Spiel. Man hat eigentlich nur 3 Tasten, die man drücken muss (links, rechts & interagieren), für mich hat es nur leider mit dem Kontroller gar nicht funktioniert, weshalb ich es mit der Tastatur spielen musste. Musik und Grafik haben mir gut gefallen, es hätte nur etwas länger sein können. Fand es persönlich nicht ansatzweise so stressig wie ähnliche Spiele dieser Art. Habe es im Sale für 2,65€ erworben, kann man schon mal machen!