Enjoyable arcade fun.

I played this game a lot as a child, but I’m a fair person who can admit when my enjoyment is mostly due to nostalgia. But to my surprise this game is very consistently solid throughout the entire run time.

On paper, the game doesn’t seem like anything special, just around a hundred levels of fulfilling orders, but there are many small details that make it so much more. For example, each time before starting a level you choose a new item to add to the menu, and this keeps going on for basically the entire game. The menu keeps getting more and more complicated but never to the point of being overwhelming. I mean it’s almost absurd how much gets added overtime but never do additions feel random or out of left field, sometimes an upgrade can be as simple as adding bacon to a burger or a different drink flavor which keeps the gameplay at a fair level.

There are also customers, more getting introduced, who have a lot of personality to them despite the fact you will only ever see their backside. Each of them have different ordering patterns to get accustomed to, and the level will tell you in advance so you know what to look at for. Such as the business man who always orders the same thing every time or the mime who copies orders. This mental pre-planning you can do before you are thrust into the chaos of completing orders is just another mechanic that makes the gameplay loop in Burger Shop so compelling.

Basically, all this is to say is this game is a blast to play through.

Enjoyable arcade fun. I played this game a lot as a child, but I’m a fair person who can admit when my enjoyment is mostly due to nostalgia. But to my surprise this game is very consistently solid throughout the entire run time. On paper, the game doesn’t seem like anything special, just around a hundred levels of fulfilling orders, but there are many small details that make it so much more. For example, each time before starting a level you choose a new item to add to the menu, and this keeps going on for basically the entire game. The menu keeps getting more and more complicated but never to the point of being overwhelming. I mean it’s almost absurd how much gets added overtime but never do additions feel random or out of left field, sometimes an upgrade can be as simple as adding bacon to a burger or a different drink flavor which keeps the gameplay at a fair level. There are also customers, more getting introduced, who have a lot of personality to them despite the fact you will only ever see their backside. Each of them have different ordering patterns to get accustomed to, and the level will tell you in advance so you know what to look at for. Such as the business man who always orders the same thing every time or the mime who copies orders. This mental pre-planning you can do before you are thrust into the chaos of completing orders is just another mechanic that makes the gameplay loop in Burger Shop so compelling. Basically, all this is to say is this game is a blast to play through.