

Restaurant Empire (336MB)
My dealings with the restaurant culture extend as far as reading Kitchen Confidential and getting a tour of McDonald’s when I was seven. As such, I can’t vouch for Restaurant Empire’s (RE) authenticity but I can say that RE is above average when it comes to the tycoon/management genre – and way beyond Hotel Giant released last year, also by Enlight.
RE looks very similar to Hotel Giant (HG), which had a Sims-like view to the action but in complete 3D and using a great camera. This reliance on an established engine freed up the designers to pack RE with features and tons of detail I’d never given much thought to; however, like HG, RE can get buried in menus, making any newcomer feel overwhelmed with the amount of control they have (even with the complete tutorial).




