Diner Mania
- June 25, 2015
- InImages
- 9h median play time
Get on SteamDiner DASH: Grilling Green is a time management game where you help Flo, the main character, run a new eco-friendly diner. Cook and serve a variety of dishes, keep customers happy, and upgrade your restaurant in different exciting levels. The goal is to achieve high scores, complete challenges, and progress through various environments and diner designs.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game is simple yet fun, providing a pleasant way to pass the time.
- Graphics are colorful and cute, contributing to an enjoyable visual experience.
- The gameplay includes interesting mechanics like managing gangsters and upgrading restaurants, which adds a fun twist.
- Gameplay can become repetitive and lacks significant challenges or diversity across different restaurants.
- Controls are clunky and often fail to register clicks, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- The game is very short, with many players feeling they have exhausted its content quickly.
- gameplay18 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The gameplay is centered around a click-queue mechanic that offers simple and repetitive interactions across only three restaurants, leading to a very short playtime and low replayability. While it can become hectic and includes a fun twist with gangster customers, many players find it frustratingly annoying and lacking in depth compared to similar titles like "Dead Hungry Diner." Overall, it serves as a casual time-passer but may not satisfy those seeking more engaging gameplay.
“It uses a click-queue as its main mechanic, and adds a few cute elements.”
“The mechanics with gangster customers you have to get rid of is a fun twist.”
“It definitely has simple mechanics, but it's still challenging enough, but not overly for a casual game.”
“Very very short gameplay (only 3 restaurants to play) and repetitive in each stage.”
“If you're into these click frenzy games, it certainly delivers as the game can get terrifyingly hectic and at its worst, can definitely help pass the time, but with only a few hours of gameplay, the replayability is deathly low.”
“Gameplay is annoying to the extreme.”
- story16 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and lacks depth, primarily revolving around the concept of running a family business and a straightforward plot involving a restaurant's struggle against rowdy bikers. While some players appreciate the basic storyline of restoring local eateries, many feel it is underdeveloped and does not significantly enhance the gameplay experience. Overall, the narrative is seen as a secondary aspect rather than a driving force of the game.
“The storyline is fairly straightforward: a string of family-friendly restaurants are driven out of business by rowdy bikers who vandalize, terrorize, and refuse to pay their bill, leaving only the owners of the Italian restaurant in charge of helping rid their town of the biker plague and put their neighboring restaurants back in business.”
“[b]Story:[/b] You might not think this would be something to grade in a game like this, but there actually is a story!”
“[b]Story:[/b] You might not think this would be something to grade in a game like this, but there actually is a story!”
“There is very little story.”
“This game lacks storylines; it only says you are 'running a family business.' There is some assumption that the cook is the waitress's mother, but they don't interact at all.”
“Despite this endearing storyline, this game itself is anything but endearing.”
- graphics12 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game receive mixed but generally positive feedback, with many users appreciating the colorful and cute designs, as well as smooth animations. Some find the graphics to be terrifying yet enjoyable, while others describe them as nice and fine overall.
“This game is colourful and fun with insanely cute graphics and smooth animations.”
“The controls work quite well, graphics are nice.”
“I liked the graphics.”
- grinding12 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be time-consuming and somewhat tedious, especially when trying to achieve three stars in fully upgraded restaurants without any additional upgrades or achievements to motivate them. While the ability to switch between restaurants helps alleviate some boredom, the repetitive nature of grinding for resources can become frustrating, particularly towards the end of the game. Overall, the lack of engaging rewards during grinding detracts from the overall enjoyment.
“When I had most of the third restaurant (cafe) upgraded by the second day, I could see that it would be a lot of time grinding to get all the stars from there on.”
“I still probably would have kept playing to get achievements, but there aren’t any, making the grinding even less fun.”
“The last 2 hours my restaurant was fully upgraded was just grinding for gangsters.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Replayability for this game is mixed; while some players find it offers great value through its extensive content, unlockables, and endless levels, others feel that the limited gameplay hours significantly diminish its replay potential. Overall, it caters well to fans of click frenzy games but may not sustain long-term interest for all players.
“Given the amount of content and things you can buy/unlock, as well as the minigames and virtually endless levels, I think there is great replay value here, especially if you're looking through your Steam library and have no idea what you're in the mood for.”
“If you're into these click frenzy games, it certainly delivers as the game can get terrifyingly hectic and at its worst, can definitely help pass the time, but with only a few hours of gameplay, the replayability is deathly low.”
- music4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as fairly relaxing and cheerful, complementing the gameplay effectively. Additionally, the sound effects are noted to be appropriate and enhance the overall experience.
“The music is perfect and cheerful, and all of the little sound effects are appropriate and helpful.”
“The music is fairly relaxing.”
