火辣餐廳：合併&烹飪

As you progress in the game that default energy they give you only gives like 5-10 mins of play. Not to mention they raise prices as you get into higher levels and it’s crazy expensive for literally an hour of play. You basically have to pay any time you really want to play. But the game is addictive lol. I’m complaining but I still play and pay. Just saddened and will be deleting soon before it becomes a bill lol.

This is a really fun game, actually. I love cooking, so this game satisfies that little itch in me when I can’t do it in real life or make some of the dishes I’ve seen in the game. The dishes are nice, and I love being able to build and merge to make the dishes. Lots of cute ideas on the app, in general. I’m thankful that the game doesn’t rely on ads, but that, of course, comes with the caveat that everything costs money. You can play perfectly fine without spending money. The rewards are okay and they randomly come in handy just when I need them a lot of the time; I do think some things could use more rewards, but I know that’s a tactic to get you to spend money, so I don’t see that happening, lol. Obviously it takes longer to do things without spending money, which is fine. Like, I never finish more than 2-3 “days” each week. For mobile games, tbh, I’m not trying to rush, so speeding along is not something I care about. But, and here comes why I left off those last two stars, with all the events, I cannot ever win. I can get close, but there’s always just not enough time. Again, I know that’s a moneymaker, people get frustrated with never finishing any event (or not coming in first, second, or third place), so they’ll hopefully spend money to get more energy or an ingredient they need or whatever. I’ve spent a few dollars on here, not to win any event, but mostly just for more energy because you run out so quickly. That’s a thing you have to decide if you want to do. For me, I’m good with just buying some energy here and there through the gems. I’m not going to feed my money in here trying to win events. Good on those who do, though, as you help keep the app afloat. My OTHER issue is the many pop ups when I’m just trying to play the game or these “forced” events. Since I’ve been playing for about 2 months now, I know I’m not winning any events, so I don’t even try, anymore, but what gets me (and I’ve seen this in a few mobile games, so it must be some moneymaking tactic) is they’ll put you into an event and you can’t opt out. You can’t click an X to get out or not participate, you HAVE to. And this adds to the pop ups problem. I don’t care if I lost to player #26852, I’m just trying to get to the merging screen, so I can play, but instead, I have to see that I lost and then another pop up or two making me have to participate again. It’s obviously not enough to stop me from playing (yet), but it is annoying. I guess it works along with the pressure to win and finish events, so people spend money, but it’s just an annoyance, to me.