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Raise your hand if you've ever wanted to visit outer space. What? Only two people raised their hands? Okay, now raise your hand if you've ever waited in line to pick up a delicious super burrito. Just as I thought. A lot more hands that time. In fact I myself had two super burritos yesterday. And if you're that special kind of person who dreams of going into outer space and enjoying burritos or nachos, then have I got a game for you!
Turbo Fiesta, from Aliasworlds Entertainment, is the newest installment of their hit time management series starring the dynamic Rebecca and the lovable Robert. (If you didn't know, they're brother and sister, not a married couple.) Fresh on the heels of Turbo Pizza and Turbo Subs, Rebecca and Robert opened their squid burger chain (home of the Squid-o-Burger). But before Aliasworlds could make a game about serving squid sashimi, Rebecca got a call from her Auntie Rhonda. Did you know that the food in space is terrible? Neither did I. Neither did Auntie Rhonda. Seeing a big opportunity, Rebecca drags Robert into space so the two of them can sell Mexican food to space tourists.
By the way, I have eaten live squid in a Korean market in Japan. It was really disgusting. The tentacles are still moving around when you put them into your mouth, and they kind of grab at your teeth and tongue. Mexican food (especially burritos) is ten gazillion times more delicious than live squid. ...I'd still love to play a Squid-o-Burger game, though. Since Robert loves fishing, he could scoop up the squid from the tank and Rebecca could cook them and run around the kitchen as usual.
The restaurant layout is immediately familiar if you've played the previous Turbo games. Customers appear on the left and find a place at the circular counter surrounding Rebecca's kitchen. Once she gives them a menu, they'll order and it's up to Rebecca to take them their food as quickly as possible. Keep them waiting for too long and they'll leave in a huff. Some items, like sodas, strawberry ice cream cones, and nachos, are simple to prepare and Rebecca can make those herself. But the burritos require Robert's help. How does he make them? He pushes a button and the automated kitchen robot cooker fixes the burrito! Talk about lazy! In this game Robert spends a lot of time surfing the internet and playing Tetris on his PDA.
After serving the customers, they'll either leave a tip and run off, or order something else. In every level, you have a goal to reach. Make that much money (or more) and you can move on to the next level. Excel in a level, and you'll win "expert" status. As the game progresses through the 60 fast-paced levels, with more and different varieties of customers and foods, getting "expert" status - not to mention simply reaching the goal - becomes extremely difficult! You'd better have a good mouse!
Some customers want that extra kick that comes from irradiated food. Turbo Fiesta's radiation oven uses thorium to super cook anything you put into it. Just make sure you close the door before turning it on! And getting exercise in space is difficult. The station that Rebecca and Robert set up shop inside actually spins for artificial gravity, so you don't have to worry about food floating everywhere. But customers do worry about getting too many calories with no place to work them off. No one wants to be fat in space! That's why instead of deep fat frying foods, Rebecca and Robert use a laser instead. As a cook myself, I'm not sure how it works, but the laser-cooked strawberry ice cream cones look delicious!
As usual, a jumbo variety of restaurant upgrades are available to make the dining experience more pleasurable. You can buy computer upgrades to cook faster, a floating robot tray that allows Rebecca to balance a third item on her head, new lights and counters, extra burrito table space, etc.
The biggest change in Turbo Fiesta is fiesta mode. As in the previous games, chaining together combos fills up your turbo meter. When it fills completely, the kitchen and music goes into turbo mode. Everything moves faster and you can quickly work through customers and their orders. Fill the turbo meter three times in a row, and piñatas and sombreros drop from the ceiling and banda music breaks out as you enter fiesta mode. In fiesta mode, food cooks instantly and customers are so amazed and confused about where all the Mexican decorations came from that they never get upset, even if it takes you forever to bring them their burrito.
Here's some tips: always keep a few burritos made and waiting in the center of the kitchen. You can throw them away if you don't need them, and there's no penalty for doing so. Learn which customers get more impatient quickly (cough cough matron with dog) and serve them first for better tips, even if other customers placed their order earlier. Also, after a customer leaves, grab their tip coins quickly because until you do, new customers can't arrive. And watch out for that rascal the thief who sometimes appears and snatches up tips you left sitting on the counter. It happened to me and it could happen to you!
The graphics in Turbo Fiesta are excellent, with animated customers (many wearing space suits) that move back and forth, and lots of neat gizmos in Rebecca's futuristic kitchen. You can see spaceships and asteroids and planets moving by through the windows. The game really shines musically, however. The upbeat background score uses the same introduction as Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 (that theme from 2001 - you know the one I'm talking about). Though it repeats quite a bit, its fun squeaky saxophone and funky clavinet matches the zesty flavor of Turbo Fiesta's gameplay perfectly. Kudos to TriHorn Productions!
Oh, there's also a story about two stowaway spies, the sisters Sable and Raven Dagger, and their attempts to sabotage the station and Rebecca and Robert's restaurant. There's only one way to stop them, and it involves minigames!
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