Bakery Blitz vs Merek's Market
Bakery Blitz
Bakery Blitz maybe another cooking game in a long list of games that came before it, but it’s still worth playing simply because of its beautiful graphics, a strong focus on all important aspects of baking and an intriguing back story to learn about as you play. Your customers can’t get enough of your Aunt Foundant’s sweet treats and you need to juggle between baking, filling, frosting and decorating to satisfy their cravings... before they get impatient that is. However, the game does have its fair share of restrictions to prevent you from simply blazing through the levels, including the rather infamous "get enough of your friends to unlock the next map for you" mechanism. That said, for anyone who enjoys baking and the challenge of managing a thriving bakery business, Bakery Blitz surely takes the cake.Merek's Market
Merek's Market is a whimsical shop simulation game with time management elements, putting you into the running shoes of a shopkeeper in a medieval fantasy period where adventurers are aplenty. Craft and sell a huge variety of useful items, be it armor, weapons, potions, or even… pottery, serve your customers as quickly as possible, and try to upsell your items whenever they decide to haggle!As you play, the levels get increasingly more difficult, making that shiny gold rating a real achievement to get. The game also comes with a host of twists to its gameplay, spicing up the typical time management levels with mini-games and funny dialogues.
If you’re a fan of time management games, Merek’s Market offers the kind of gameplay you seek with a couple of nice twists, slathered with enough tongue-in-cheek humor to make you bark out a laugh once or twice on every level. Although I’ve not tried the game’s co-op, its single-player mode is already very entertaining to play, and challenging too, if you’re aiming for that shiny gold rating. Highly recommended!