Addicitive cutie that can turn into a guilty pleasure really easy. Cute, Simple but not as easy as it seems.

User Rating: 8.5 | Diner Dash PC
It could just be me not figuring out what the pattern is yet or it could be just a very well written game. Not sure yet but I really like this cute diversion into restauranterville. The storyline is what too many of us adults experience in today’s work place: over worked, underpaid, unappreciated, cogs in a mismanaged greed driven corporate wheel. The main character Flo (which you control) decides to spread her entrepreneurial wings and get the heck out of corporate life. You then have 2 choices you can play out a career path or you can play out a more open ended version of the game. Both are satisfying. I have not finished the game I’m on part 2 of what appears to be a 4 part game. And I have played the open ended version of the game as well. Both are a challenge for me and the more I play the more I want to play and want to win. Now, if there is a single winning pattern, I have not found it yet or have not perfected it yet hence the challenge. But even if there is no one set pattern, the replay value will probably be minimal for the career portion of the game. There are two goals a normal goal and an expert goal the expert goal I assume is to encourage replay so for perfectionist that really like these sorts of games replay is assured. For everyone else, hmmm maybe, maybe not; but for 10 bucks who cares it’s a great game. The music is not distracting and fades easily into the background. The graphics are good, not state of the art but they don’t need to be, in fact that would have been a waste for what amounts to a low stress, fun, diversion from whatever else you’re doing. However I did encounter eyestrain while playing and had to rest my eyes between goals. Sound effects are minimal and non distracting. The goals and rewards make sense and give you a great feeling of accomplishment; but sometimes the penalties can seem a little steep. Never the less if you like simple action (point and click) games that are diversions instead of immersions don’t miss this one.