“Diner Dash: Hometown Hero – Gourmet Edition” For Home Lovers & Game Lovers
I love this game – “Diner Dash“! It’s unique and different because you play as a character named Flo, who is sick and tired of pushing paper in the dreary, bleary-eyed world of finance. She’s ditched her desk job and setting out to build her very own empire of high-class, five-star restaurants.
Take on the role of Flo, you must serve wave after wave of hungry customers. You must seat people, take orders, deliver the food, bring drinks and deserts, drop the bills, and clean the tables.
It is great fun, and as you get better, you will get to upgrade different objects in your diner, until you eventually move into a new, better restaurant.
I am never bored with this game. I have fun waiting tables–without the aching feet–in this challenging, fast-paced game. And it’s not like other video games, where it’s sci-fi or you’re shooting monsters, because this will help you later in real life.
The main challenge is time. The “Dash” in the title is no misnomer; you must constantly race around as your impatient customers’ mood and willingness to leave large tips constantly dwindles.
Different customer types have different needs, and winning the game–past the first few tutorial levels–requires constant awareness of multiple ongoing events as customers order, eat, ask for their checks, or stand ever-more-impatiently in line. Losing even one table can make a level unwinnable.
All of the Diner Dash games follow this formula, with the differences being different customer types and different framing stories. In Diner Dash: Hometown Hero, Flo returns to her roots, only to find that the town she remembers is decaying. The solution is to buy up some of the failing restaurants and revitalize them, beginning with the cafe at the Zoo.
With each level completed, you gain an upgrade. Some are purely decorative, such as replacing the ratty-looking starting counter with one of three more attractive ones, but most are functional–such as sneakers to help Flo run faster, or an oven that prepares food more quickly.
The PC-Only “Gourmet Edition” includes over 500 decorative or clothing options and a multiplayer mode. The game also allows you to buy–for real cash money–additional in-game items, such as uniforms for your custom waiter avatar or fancy restaurant backdrops. These items are not needed to play or enjoy the game.Diner Dash: Hometown Hero – Gourmet Edition Game Features:
- 50 New Story Mode Levels
- 6 new customers
- Gourmet Edition only available on PC
- 500+ clothing & decor items (Gourmet Edition)
- Play with friends in multiplayer (Gourmet Edition)
- Game Cost: 19.95
