Restaurant Empire

Restaurant Empire (simplified Chinese: 奇迹餐厅; traditional Chinese: 奇蹟餐廳; pinyin: Qí Jì Cān Tīng) is a 2003 business simulation video game created by Trevor Chan. Developed and published by Enlight Software for Microsoft Windows, the player designs, owns and operates a restaurant.

Restaurant Empire
North American cover art
Developer(s)Enlight Software
Publisher(s)Enlight Software
Designer(s)Trevor Chan
Programmer(s)Eddy Chan
Gilbert Luis
Artist(s)Anthony Ferrandiz
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: March 26, 2003
  • EU: 2003
Genre(s)Business simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The player controls the kind of cuisine the restaurant serves (American, French, or Italian), what specific food they serve, and the staff. The player has to keep guests happy and make money at the same time.

There is also a sandbox mode which is basically freeform. There are no confines as there are in the storyline mode (regular mode), but there are no challenges either.

Plot

In the game, a global culinary conglomerate, Omnifood, controls over 60% of the world's restaurants and is rapidly growing. The player must compete against Omnifood.

The player takes the role of Armand LeBeouf, a recent graduate from a French culinary school given the opportunity by his uncle to run his own restaurant. Later, the player is given the opportunity to attract investment capital and open more restaurants.

Sequel

Enlight produced a sequel, Restaurant Empire II. Game publisher Paradox Interactive signed an agreement with Enlight to bring the game to stores in North America. The game's release was delayed over six times; it was finally released on May 26, 2009.

The new game has several new features, including the addition of German cuisine, as well as the city of Munich as a location for the player to expand his restaurant chain.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGM[2]
CGW[3]
Game Informer6.75/10[4]
GameSpot7.7/10[5]
GameSpy[6]
IGN7.8/10[7]
PC Gamer (US)79%[8]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] It was criticized by a poor soundtrack, blurry textures, and blocky character models, but praised by overall good gameplay.

gollark: * bad
gollark: And batteries, those are sometimes good.
gollark: Everything else is useless dead weight.
gollark: I mean, you can get a £500 laptop with, well, a keyboard, mouse, screen and okay processor.
gollark: Physical properties...?

References
  1. "Trevor Chan's Restaurant Empire for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. "Restaurant Empire". Computer Games Magazine. No. 152. theGlobe.com. July 2003. p. 80.
  3. Jongewaard, Dana (June 2003). "Restaurant Empire". Computer Gaming World. No. 227. Ziff Davis. p. 85.
  4. Brogger, Kristian (July 2003). "Restaurant Empire". Game Informer. No. 123. GameStop. p. 120.
  5. Colayco, Bob (April 11, 2003). "Restaurant Empire Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  6. Rausch, Allen (May 6, 2003). "GameSpy: Restaurant Empire". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  7. Butts, Steve (May 27, 2003). "Restaurant Empire". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  8. Humphries, Scott (July 2003). "Restaurant Empire". PC Gamer. Vol. 10 no. 7. Future US. p. 81.


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