Craftlands Workshoppe vs Diner Dash
Craftlands Workshoppe
Craftlands Workshoppe is a tycoon-like game that’s filled with fun adventures. In this game, you’ve inherited the workshoppe of your mentor, Allcrafts – the only master craftsman who managed to master all the craftmanship skills available, and your goal is to revitalize his workshoppe business and maybe make a name for yourself!The gameplay here is pretty much what I’d expect of a “grind simulator”. What this means is that the game, being a tycoon, requires you to gather resources or buy them, turn them into more valuable goods via crafting, and then sell them off at a nice profit margin - though you don’t have much say as to how much you can price your items. Rinse and repeat.
The game lets you choose between 3 starting professions, namely Alchemy, Cook, and Blacksmith, and from there, you can earn enough to purchase licenses to unlock the other professions. The goal here is for you to master them all. There’s actually a fourth profession, which unlocks the Assembly table, but that can only be obtained once you’ve completed a milestone quest.
Crafting is fairly easy for both Alchemy and Cooking since it either involves waiting out the cooking time or making sure to spend enough energy to brew the potion properly. However, for blacksmithing, there’s a little mini-game that you’ll need to play in order to make an item. Basically, there will be a fast-moving indicator on a meter and your goal is to click whenever it enters a green area on the said meter. If you miss, you’ll have to start over, wasting all the effort and energy you might have spent.
In short, Craftlands Workshoppe is a rather grindy tycoon-like adventure game that has a pretty humorous streak. Due to how grindy it can get, the game might just not be everyone’s cup of tea. However, if you’ve always had a liking for crafting-based tycoons and the idea of managing your own shop, and that you don’t mind spending hours just grinding away gathering materials, crafting items or selling goods, then this game should be right up your alley!
Diner Dash
Diner Dash is the mobile version of the addictive time management game series of the same name that features a brand-new cooking adventure where you'll help Flo fend off Mr Big's attempt to bankrupt all the local diners, take over them, and set up his very unhealthy, Eat-Mor fast food restaurants. With 150 levels to play, you'll need to strategically seat and serve your customers while maximizing the tips you earn and the efficiency and speed at which you prepare the dishes. Satisfy the taste buds of various customers ranging from the fussy VIPs to the belligerent dine-and-dash-ers, by catering to their needs while keeping a close eye on them.Diner Dash is a game that's a long time coming but the wait is very much worth it, especially because PlayFirst has released Cooking Dash first to tide the fans over. However, if you are to compare the game with other similar games, we'd say that Diner Dash is more suitable for the hardcore time management gamer as there are seriously a lot of stuff to do - more than Cooking Dash or Cooking Fever, and definitely so much more than in Cooking Craze.