Kitchen Craze vs Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Kitchen Craze
Kitchen Craze is an intense and rather fast-paced, time management game that has a gameplay that is very similar to Big Fish Games' most recent hit, Cooking Craze. Instead of the usual drag and drop, you simply need to tap to prepare your ingredients, cook them and serve the cooked dishes to your customers... it's that easy!The food variety in this game is pretty huge as well. you'll be serving a myriad of food types ranging from fast food to Mexican tacos; from Japanese sushi to Italian pizzas. There are plenty of restaurants for you to unlock as you advance in this game and of course, if you crave for an extra bit of challenge, you can even hop on over to the game's food court challenge and put your time management skills to the test.
Overall, Kitchen Craze may not introduce any element that is uniquely its own, but if you love Cooking Craze and would like to play another game just like it, then this game will be just perfect for you.
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands is a farm simulation/adventure game where you’ll not only need to maintain a farm and make sure that your surviving crew’s needs are being met; you’ll also need to set off on mini-expeditions to explore the many mysterious islands within the archipelago and to discover the secrets they hide. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you might end up finding a way off the island after all!The game is really easy to get into, mainly because the game is driven by its story-based quests so by completing these quests, you be able to unlock new areas and even new tools that will allow you access to different parts of the archipelago. However, you’re given complete freedom to explore any of the islands as you wish, though there are certain parts of the island that would be “roped off” until you’ve progressed far enough into the story and have unlocked the necessary tools.
Everything you do in this game requires energy - and yes, this includes walking – and it’s the main “currency” you’ll need to keep an eye on whenever you head out for a bout of exploring or just a resource-gathering run. Due to this energy system, the gameplay here can be quite strategic, forcing you to decide when you’d want to focus on exploring and when you’d want to spend some of the energy you have to gather some resources like fishing and chopping some trees.
Being a farm simulation game, Stranded Sails also has an allocated area within your base camp for you to grow some crops and feed your crew. You can even try your luck by fishing at the ocean, and then use those raw ingredients to whip up some delicious food to fuel your adventures.
So, overall, Stranded Sails is an oddly strategic farm sim/adventure game mainly because of its energy system, and as a result, the game isn’t as casual as some players would have liked. That said, the game has an interesting storyline going for it, and the gameplay, aside from the energy aspect, isn’t too shabby either. It’s definitely a game that fans of Harvest Moon or other similar games would love to play.