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8.5 ultra recommended
Can you believe that some malls in my area are already starting to play Christmas music? And I hear radio DJs announcing that their station is Ohio's number one Christmas music station. I liked it better in Japan where I'd be walking through a department store and the speakers would be playing profanity-laced gangsta rap. (Because little old Japanese ladies doing their midday shopping can't understand English.)
Gamehouse has also jumped headfirst into an early Christmas with Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season, a time management game that takes place in a festive winter wonderland. Emily has arrived at the Snuggford Hotel, a mountaintop ski lodge and resort, in preparation for a family holiday celebration. The lodge is in a terrible state, and before Emily can even introduce herself she's been hired by the new owner, Richard, and tasked with whipping the place into shape. Fellow employee Paul offers plenty of help, and of course Emily's pal Francois is along for the ride and absolutely no help whatsoever... as usual.
It's a holiday romance on the ski slopes!
I have to say, I didn't start out as a big fan of the Delicious series, but somewhere along the way I've been converted. The attention to story detail in the last few titles, Emily's Holiday Season included, is extremely polished. I've yet to see more consistent and better-presented time management games then the last few Delicious releases. Good show, Gamehouse!
As usual, guests enter the lodge dining room and, after thinking for a few seconds, order a meal. Some sit at tables with their friends, and others head directly to the counter for a takeout meal. Either way, their orders appear as icons inside the word balloons floating over their heads. Your job is to tell Emily which foods to grab (preparing them if needed) for her tray, who to bring them to, when to go to the cash register to settle a customer's bill, and which tables to bus, if necessary. It sounds easy, but as more and more guests begin arriving at once, as background tasks like cleaning, accepting mail deliveries, preparing for special events, or just plain stirring the cranberry sauce so it doesn't bubble over the sides of its pot, etc. take up more of Emily's time, and as more complex food begins to appear on the menu... let's just say that things get quite hectic indeed!
It all comes down to how quickly - and how precisely - you can operate a mouse.
The longer guests are kept waiting, no matter what the reason, the unhappier they become. When they begin to become red in the face, you're in trouble! Only happy customers tip well, and the sum total of the restaurant's profits act as your score at the end of each day. In each of these levels you have a target score to reach. If you can't match it, you'll have to repeat the day. If you do exceedingly well during a day, you'll receive an expert rating. As the game began, I was busting out expert scores left and right. But as things got more complex and Emily's friends and family began filling up the dining room - and bickering like any crazy family at a holiday get together! - I rapidly realized I wasn't quite the time management game champion I secretly always thought I was...
(Three levels of difficulty are available, so younger children or slowpokes like myself can play on the easiest setting, while adepts and the cognoscente can knock themselves out with the fiendishly demanding most difficult setting.)
There are always plenty of things to click on in the Delicious world, and the Snuggford Hotel is no exception. No two days offer the same fun distractions. Even "normal" days have extras going on: A cute Christmas mouse often pops up, and is worth an extra 100 points if you can locate him after hearing his announcing squeak. More Gamehouse items are up for grabs - basically, if something looks like it's out of place in the lodge, click on it! There are trophies to be won (for example, you receive a trophy for getting three payment combos in a row) and of course Francois' catalog of restaurant goodies to look through. Upgrading the lodge with Christmas furnishings is absolutely necessary to meet the mounting challenge of later levels!
With plenty of cute characters (basically everyone from the past Delicious games makes an appearance), a romantic storyline, and lots of time management challenges that will keep you replaying levels trying to get that elusive expert score... do you chance waiting just a few seconds longer to settle a customer's bill in hopes of getting a payment combo with another customer who has almost finished his meal?... Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season is one time management game and Christmas game I highly recommend.
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