Craftlands Workshoppe vs Happy Chef 2
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!
Happy Chef 2
Happy Chef 2 lets you dive right into the exciting sequel to the popular time management game by Nordcurrent, Happy Chef 2. Start your career as the ultimate chef with an authentic Italian pizza and pasta place and eventually travel throughout the world and set up your restaurants in various different countries as well. Similar to the original, this game features a plethora of dishes you can prepare, cook and serve along with a myriad of equally impressive line of upgrades for both your kitchen and your restaurant. Interestingly, this time around, the game even included 5 fun mini-games for you to enjoy whenever you needed some time off from the intense gameplay that time management games are often known for.Happy Chef is an amazing cooking-themed time management game that warrants a sequel and now that the sequel is here, Happy Chef 2 turned out to be better than anticipated. It is definitely the sort of game that fans of the genre would want to try.