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You, your autistic friend, a puzzle you'll never solve because your friend describes a regular triangle as "That sharp pointy icon" as they scream because the time is running out... I'm not describing myself of course, I know what a triangle is

Stylish, fast-paced, and fun, Severed Steel makes you feel like a total badass. Has a short but neat campaign and replayability in the form of multiple challenge modes.

Me: "One to the left"
My friend: "I can't move to the left"
Me: "Okay, one up, one to the left and one down!"
My friend: "...... I can't"
Me: "One to the left, one down, one to the right!"
My friend: "I..."

My house is a mess, the stores have run out of glue, but at least my cat is having fun.

Help!! My cat keeps knocking over my things and I've run out of glue, and I can't leave the house cuz my cat also broke the door handle, what do I do????

I wish women were real

She's beauty, she's grace, I want her to sit on my face (⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)

Cuisineer presents a visually charming world accompanied by enjoyable gameplay. The art, animations, and character designs are delightful. However, gathering materials for upgrades can often feel like a tedious grind.
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The diverse range of furniture available adds an extra layer of customization, allowing players to personalize their restaurant. Yet, this variety comes at a higher cost than coins—it requires substantial grinding. Acquiring materials for upgrades and furniture can feel like a lengthy process, particularly for someone like myself who enjoy that type of customization.

The gameplay loop itself is engaging, and the combat flows quite smoothly. However, enemies tend to be spongy, absorbing a big amount of damage. Fighting hordes of enemies bombarding you with projecticles from all angles and charging at you relentlessly can quickly become frustrating.

While boss battles are fun, they lack any real rewards. Their defeat offers little beyond what has easily been gathered during your dungeon run, making the risk of fighting them and potentially losing your inventory not worth it. Moreover, the upgrades for weapons are underwhelming, hardly feeling like an upgrade at all.

On the narrative front, Cuisineer falls a bit short. The story lacks depth, and the absence of a friendship or relationship system makes NPC interactions feel underwhelming. Though doing the side quests unveils snippets of character stories, I believe more could have been done to flesh out the characters. The main character also lacks a compelling backstory or motivation.

Despite these shortcomings, I've had a fun time with the game, and so far the developers have been actively adressing community feedback and plan to make some changes in upcoming updates. ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶


Pros:
- Pleasant art, animations, and character designs
- Engaging gameplay loop and smooth combat mechanics
- Variety of furniture for restaurant customization

Cons:
- Heavy reliance on grinding for upgrades
- Spongy enemies leading to frustrating combat scenarios
- Boss battles lacking meaningful rewards
- Lack of depth in the narrative and character development for NPCs
- Underdeveloped main character with minimal backstory or motivation

We were a group of 5 survivors, we had an RV and two cars full of supplies, all was going great.. we began to make our way to our destination: the military base.

However.. soon all turned to chaos. I ended up with a bite and my one friend amputated my arm, while another worked hard to stop the bleeding. I kept to the RV, with a belly full of painkillers, but then...
We got seperated.
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One person in the group had their car break down, the zombies gathered to him. He went on a mad schizophrenic killing spree, laughing in glee while swinging his weapon around, killing imagined and real zombies alike. He refused to enter our vehicle, we had to continue onwards. He was never to be seen or heard from again, we could only fear the worst.

Then soon two others in our group drove down a wrong road, they got surrounded by a horde and only one of them made it out alive. He made his way back to us, with a fever slowly starting to shut down his body.
Before we could continue on, he collapsed infront of us, he screamed about a zombie eating him, but there was none. The fever was taking him, we could do nothing but watch.

Soon, it was only me and the other remaining survivor, and the RV full of our countless supplies. We couldn't give up here. However, the bandage around my stump of an arm was becoming infected, so I had no choice but to change the bandage. I managed to change it just in the nick of time before bleeding out. But then, as I felt things go dark.. I realized, that in the chaos of everything unfolding, the stress and the anxiety and the pain of losing an arm, I had forgotten to eat or drink. Panicked, I opened my bag.. it was empty of food or water. The food and water was all in the RV. Before I could get up and move towards it, I fell down to the ground. It was too late, it was the end of the road for me.

(And then my character turned into a zombie and inevitably, the last surviving group member died.)
Also, now that I think about it, I could've saved my hand as a snack... 10/10 game



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As a sidenote, we played with mods, and there's a lot of mod options out there to enhance the game experience!
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"Maybe we're too autistic for this..." - My friend