Like most of the cozy games I find, Cuisineer randomly appeared on my YouTube front page whereupon I immediately sent it to CGM’s Dayna Eileen because it looked adorable. But I’ve been on a bit of a cozy kick lately—spending the better part of December playing Harvest Moon 64 and Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town—so I was looking forward to something genuinely new.
Cuisineer surprised me in a lot of ways. At first glance, I had assumed it would be a fairly simple experience. But it has such a unique sense of personality and such a satisfying gameplay loop that every time I sat down to play it, I would get lost in it for hours.
In Cuisineer, players take on the role of Pom—a young adventurer who, after returning to her hometown, finds she’s been left the run-down remains of her parents’ once-prosperous restaurant. After her friend, Biscotti, reminds her that the restaurant was a beacon for the town, she decides to use her adventuring skills to restore it to its... Read more