Metnix's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.7
- Helpful Votes:169
- Reviews Submitted:23
- First Review:July 14, 2015
- Most Recent Review:October 25, 2025
- Featured reviews0
Stake your claim in the New World in a swashbuckling time management adventure for every age!
Overall rating
5
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5
12 of 12 found this review helpful
Seriously Awesome Game
PostedMarch 2, 2021
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
This is such a nice little surprise for a time management game, completely different than others and utterly fun! It takes time as well, so you don't speed through it which is refreshing. The graphics, storyline, play, fun and challenge are all high marks with this game, highly recommend.
I recommend this game!
Turn a humble little homestead into a booming agribusiness!
Overall rating
4
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5
7 of 11 found this review helpful
Give it a chance
PostedFebruary 7, 2021
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
4
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5
I have always loved the FF games and was excited to see this new one. I agree with some on here that at first it is frustrating as you don't get enough time to pick up items or so many bears, etc. However, truth be told, I've finished and gone back and replayed levels to get the full stars and it is challenging but strategic. The issue with picking up items, if it is too dry the game warns items will disappear quicker, the fix is to order less items so you have less to pick up. I've played this game for over two weeks, definitely worth every penny.
I recommend this game!
Bake up a storm on an epic cooking adventure that spans the world of food!
Overall rating
4
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5
5 of 6 found this review helpful
Please read to enjoy this game!
PostedNovember 16, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
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5
I reviewed the Collector's Edition and did not give good reviews. However, it is because you need to understand how to play this game and once you do, it is fun! You have to click on each customer to serve them, you don't need to click on them to order, you can't click near them or in their generation direction, on the actual customer. Also, you can select only one item at a time, not two items quickly. With that said, it was fun and challenging but the game itself should have more levels to be really anything other than good. Perhaps the CE edition has more levels, not sure.
I recommend this game!
Bake up a storm on an epic cooking adventure that spans the world of food!
Overall rating
2
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5
11 of 11 found this review helpful
Not ready for prime time
PostedOctober 18, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I love a good cooking game, but this was painful for me to try to play after ten minutes. If you go to serve someone and click on them, for some reason it will deliver to someone else. If you go to click on batter and try to go cook it, sometimes you have to double click to do so. It sticks is what I'm trying to say and it is not smooth to play, if they are using this tactic to make it harder...they shouldn't what it is...is frustrating. When you go to upgrade the server, it won't allow you to pick for her to go faster, I tried five times and it eventually just went back to the home screen. If this game gets better as you progress, than great but I didn't have the patience to see.
I don't recommend this game.
Help the team of brave young cooks save the world from big, scary and very, very HUNGRY INVADERS!
Overall rating
5
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5
22 of 27 found this review helpful
Love this game!
PostedSeptember 23, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This game has really great graphics and fun factors! It is like Zombies and Plants but with food and monsters. I found it challenging and fun! Not sure how many levels, but hopefully a ton. I give it a perfect score.
I recommend this game!
Open restaurants and cafes. Make delicious meals fast. Become a cooking star!
Overall rating
5
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5
26 of 27 found this review helpful
Five Stars!
PostedJune 5, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Arcade & Action, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
This CE edition is worth every penny, this game is endless hours and days of fun on the challenge level. I really enjoy when I have a tough time beating a level and I still have a lot that I can't seem to lick. The different restaurants are unique and challenging. Also, visually it is top shelf, I can't help but laugh when the construction guy gets angry that I'm too slow. I would love to see more and more games of this quality caliber and fun.
I recommend this game!
Every community has big dreams and you are the one to make them happen!
Overall rating
4
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5
8 of 8 found this review helpful
Welcome back Build-A-Lot!
PostedMay 29, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I'm a big fan of the BAL series and have wanted a new series game for some time. The great thing about this series is the game is challenging and you go back to replay levels that you couldn't get perfect on prior. Endless hours of entertainment as you try to get a perfect score. However, it is the same game with no bells and whistles other than a point system that now allows you to cash them in for extra money during in game building. I like that feature, but I am a little greedy for some more ingenuity. I loved the fairytale one, but I'll be honest, no matter the lack of new things, I will always buy a new BAL and I'm never dissapointed with them.
I recommend this game!
Take on the role of Emyr, probably the realm’s most famous hero. That is, until his career was destroyed by a dreadful wound. Now, Emyr works in the tavern.
Overall rating
5
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5
Fun and entertaining
PostedMay 19, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
What a great little tavern type time management game. The story line, characters and even the music are amusing and make playing this fun. My only complaint is to me it seemed to be over quicker than I would of liked, but it may of been because I enjoyed it so much. Hoping there is a Barbarous 2 in the works, in fact, make at least a few more. I truly miss these type of games, there used to be more released monthly and now just a couple if lucky, this is one of the gems. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Join Elena and find out what’s happened at the palace in this exciting time management adventure!
Overall rating
2
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5
18 of 22 found this review helpful
Poorly Executed Game
PostedMay 19, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
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5
I needed to download and try this game as it had a really bad review and needed to check it out for myself. Visually the game looks good, but the sound is repetitive and one almost has to put it on mute. There are no indicators of how much time you have to finish the levels and yet they give stars after the level is finished? I had some weird pop up that looks like a wheel with a 1,000 on it...but for what? Who knows. There is a black figure that starts to show up, who is he? There just is no story to go with this. It becomes boring very quickly because there is no time indicators and I have yet to figure out who Elena is...? It has potential if some of the above was fixed, I hate saying that because I'm sure a lot of work went into it, but this game should of been beta tested prior to release and some of the issues could of been fixed to make it more enjoyable. For me, it gets deleted.
I don't recommend this game.
Get ready to investigate a mysterious murder of mythological proportions!
Overall rating
2
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5
3 of 5 found this review helpful
I'm angry I even downloaded this...
PostedJanuary 17, 2020
Metnix
fromPhiladelphia
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
2
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5
This game starts out with really grade school level clicks and story line, you cannot skip it nor can you even exit the game, I had to bring up my task manager in order to stop it. Once I got to where the game started, it was seriously lackluster. Not for me.