Yoshinoya

A puzzle game based on a japanese chinese food store. Can be very fun first time you play it...

User Rating: 7.1 | Yoshinoya PS2

By alechair | Review Date: July 21, 2006

This puzzle game starts with a very easy task where you as a fast food employee must give what the customers ask for. Pressing a button just fill what the order is. Basically, someone asks for sake, you press square, or ask for rice and shrimps circle, etc. It can be fun when you start on a small counter with only a few customers. Then the game puts you on a bigger counter, more customers, faster requests, but no real challenge. Every time you complete the 3 stages of a day (morning, afternoon and night( you face some kind of "boss" that asks for an special order. Just a little mini-game where you have to fullfill his needs. Thats it. Not too much to say.

The graphics are ok for a 2004 game, not great though. Cellshaded characters over a 3d environment that is small, so it could be better, but there are some certain object that actually hav some nice textures (the rice bowl for example).

The sound can be very, VERY annoying, specially if you cant understand japanese. Your character always scream a salute for hi, the order and thank you. But when the levels are harder, that fast mix of asian sounds can ruin you ears.

The controls are ok, im not a fan of pressing a button so many times (the classic joystick destroyer games), but its fun for a while, and your character moves with a nice flow over the little space you have.

So, it can be a nice game to have in your collection if you are a japanese freak, otherwise if you just like puzzles, you can give a try to this strange twist, of making a game over a foodstore, and you taking care of it.