Kitchen Craze vs Merchant
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.
Merchant
Merchant is a fun little idle game that's designed to be played on the side, while you're doing something else on the computer. In the game, you'll need to hire heroes who you will then send out on adventures to gather crafting materials. The materials obtained can then be turned into numerous types of armor and weapons, which you can in turn equip on your heroes or sell them off for a tidy profit. There are two main ways for you to sell your goods - you can either put it up for sale in your shop or you can fulfill the orders of passing merchants and heroes.Although the game starts out as pretty fun, the progression in this game gradually becomes rather grindy after a while - imagine: sending the same hero on the same quest will require the same amount of clicks as sending the hero on a new quest or even sending a new hero. Some automation would be great here, especially considering that the game's an idle game.
So, despite the fun concept and gameplay, its progression can truly kill your interest in the game. That being said, if you just want a simple game to play as you watch Netflix or YouTube on your computer, Merchant might just be the kind of game for you!