After investigating a series of ritual murders on the foggy streets of London, detective James Voodoo discovers a supernatural conspiracy on a global scale.
Very stilted gameplay, interrupted constantly with extraneous tasks. Seemed to spend all my time, either analysing evidence, photographing stuff and then organizing the evidence in the files. Every five seconds, new evidence would come up, I would have to photograph, analyse, organize... i just wanted to play the game. I could have done without the morphing objects in the HOS too. On a positive note, the atmosphere, environmental sound effects and graphics were all excellent.
I liked everything about this. The graphics were lush, great environmental sound effects and atmosphere, good consistent game play. Good pace. Lots of HOS. Right length. Relaxing but interesting. Not too many game cliches. No headaches.
I bought and played it a couple of years ago and couldn't finish it. I came to a standstill at the cannons. I decided to give it another go and found it a lot more pleasant and relaxing than I remembered, The environmental sound effects and atmosphere are very good. The HOS are good also and that's where all the good stuff ends. Can't stand the live actors or their dialogue, they make my flesh crawl. I got stuck at the cannons again but this time I brought in the big guns, to deal with the big guns, my 'expert gamer' husband. Even he found it hard going but after about half an hour, it was all figured out and all problems were solved. I was able to finish it at last, after all this time. However, I still dislike it but will put the whole thing down to experience. Never again.
Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle Collector's Edition is a heartwarming stroll through Emily's past as the family seeks the perfect recipe for happiness.
I actually think this is my favourite and not Childhood Memories, like I said in another review, although I really like that one too. I liked all the restaurants in this one. I liked the fact that there were a lot of genuine Italian dishes in most of the eateries. I even looked some of them up on Google. Not too traumatic a storyline compared to most Delicious games. In other words, not so much death and destruction in this one, well, not that much...
I recommend this game!
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Delicious: Emily's Hopes and Fears Collector's Edition
Join a father on an epic journey to save his little girl's life!
The storyline is bizarre and not believable. It is also very depressing and disturbing at times but I guess that's why it has 'Fears' in the title. Found the story to be a real downer, yet the script is very good. I find that to be a pattern in these games, script and cut scenes generally very good and entertaining but storyline is usually far fetched and just doesn't work. The fact that Paige might actually die if Patrick doesn't find this stupid but exceptionally rare flower for her unknown disease, that causes her to come out in silly blue spots...is just sensationalism. It doesn't make it more dramatic or suspenseful, as we all know she's going to make it in the end. I didn't like the resatuarants in this game either. I found the lumbercamp and the Inuit and the monk eateries, tedious and annoying and they seemed to sell everything but food. I buy Delicious for the food. All in all, a good game but I prefer simpler more believable storylines and like someone else mentioned on here, Patrick doing a runner as soon as his baby girl gets seriously ill, does not endear anyone to him or his character, regardless of why he did it.
In Delicious: Emily's Home Sweet Home, you need to help the O'Malleys repair their dream house. Can you make it a real home? Hurry up, or it might be condemned!
A great game with some memorable restaurants and moments. Some of the long cut scenes were hilarious with a sitcom feel and a funny script. Some of the challenges I couldn't do, but I just found it best to cut my losses and move on after trying them for about the fourth time! The challenges are still good though. i think my fav restaurant is the funfair one, very atmospheric and full of action. I also like the breakfast bar, back at Emily's at the end.
Emily now has a baby daughter called Paige who has to (sometimes) be kept hidden in the restaurants. For some reason, in this game, despite having a huge and loving supportive family, with loads of time on their hands, babysitters are very low on the ground. So Emily has to look after her tot and serve demanding customers at the same time. Most of them are so intolerant of her child. Paige is super cute but the customers are ruthless for the most part and don't like children but that kind of makes the crux of the game and it's what makes it challenging and unique. I like the way you can choose your own menu and you have some say in the type of customers you attract. I preferred the old style graphics. The graphics of the food are much more larger and simplistic than previous games. I thought the plot lines were full of holes and far fetched but the script was very witty. I actually cried a little bit at the cutscene at the end, must be hormonal.
This was lots of fun and there is a good level of replayability. I essentially ended up playing it twice because I returned to a lot of levels to gain trophies, which was a fun game in itself. You get rewarded with a cutscene and the length of it depends on how many chocolates/trophies you collect during the game. I managed to get most of them. Good romantic storyline too. There is also a romantic cutscene at the end and it gave me goosebumps! A real fav, although I could have done without making the lasagne in restaurant five. Stressful.
Very enjoyable and entertaining gameplay. The tasks are huge fun and the challenge days are...challenging and I had to skip some of them, glad they were optional. They really managed to bring in a very atmospheric ambience in regard to the elements. i.e wind and rain and various other environments. There's an awful lot of sheep too, if you like that kind of thing.
This is my favourite Delicious game. I just played it again after a year and I think I enjoyed it more this time. It's mostly farm/outdoors and kitchen garden type settings with only one inside restaurant level. It takes Emily from toddler to teenager and finally to a young woman ready to take the food business by storm. Well, sort of...This one takes place at a time before Emily's life starts to get hectic with boyfriends and then a husband and wedding and honeymoon and children...lots of children! It was just a more innocent and less complicated time and I think that's reflected in the gameplay and storyline. It's a sweet trip down memory lane but it's just as challenging and fun as other Delicious games.