Rory's Restaurant Deluxe

Restaurants are not easy to take care of, especially if you do not already have a good reputation and a steady customer base. Any mistake can result in a lot of lost business, especially if it concerns the food somehow. On the other hand, restaurants can also bring in a ton of money after you manage to make a name for yourself, which is why everyone is so eager to start one.

Rory's Restaurant Deluxe is a match three game which combines a few gameplay elements in order to obtain something unique, although the result is a bit annoying and frustrating. In short, you also have to mix the ingredients for every recipe at the same time, and there are even some hidden object sequences you have to tackle every now and again.

The story puts you in the role of Rory, a fresh graduate from culinary school who’s on the lookout for a chance to start her career. However, she is in a lot of debt, so her solution is to open a restaurant on her own, in order to pay her student loan. Investing in a business in order to pay your debt is not always a smart decision, but this time it depends on you whether everything works out or not.

Each round is timed as well, meaning that you have to accomplish your goal in a given period of time, otherwise you lose. Sometimes this means serving a certain number of customers, but there are other objectives as well. There’s no way to remove this limit, so it’s pretty frustrating at first, but at least the objectives are not as difficult to achieve, except maybe for the hidden object scenes.

The money you win can be used to purchase new recipes and make sure that you always provide the customers with something new, although better food brings in more cash as well. Older recipes can be upgraded, so you’ll always be cooking something new. This is one of the best things about the game, because the items you match change from stage-to-stage as well.

In the end, Rory's Restaurant Deluxe did not hit a bullseye with the combination of gameplay mechanics it went for, but that’s how new ideas are born. Hence, maybe the next iteration in the series is going to be a lot more refined.

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