Food Girls - Bubbles' Drink Stand
- July 18, 2022
- SimonCreative
- 2h median play time
Get on SteamIn "Food Girls - Bubbles' Drink Stand" , you help Bubbles, a fictional character, manage her new bubble tea shop. Faced with unexpected troubles, she enlists your assistance to get the shop up and running. The game features voiced characters, including Bubbles, played by famous Japanese voice actress Ayaka Nanase. It is recommended to play with VR equipment for an immersive experience, but non-VR mode is also supported. Please note that all characters are 18 years old or above.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a cute character, Bubbles, and has charming details like sound effects and outfits that enhance the experience.
- The challenge mode offers engaging gameplay where players can quickly prepare drinks, providing a fun and fast-paced environment.
- Despite some issues, many players find the game entertaining and enjoyable, especially for fans of the original Food Girls game.
- The controls are frustrating, with many players experiencing difficulties in grabbing objects and navigating the environment, particularly in VR.
- The tutorial is excessively long, consuming a significant portion of playtime and detracting from the overall experience.
- The game feels incomplete, with bugs, glitches, and a lack of content that leaves players wanting more from the gameplay.
- gameplay20 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with users noting that while the game features interesting mechanics, it suffers from significant issues, particularly in VR. Many players report frustrating grabbing problems and a lack of movement options, making the game nearly unplayable in that format. Additionally, the lengthy tutorial phase detracts from the overall gameplay experience, leaving players wanting more engaging content.
“Interesting game mechanic - main menu interactions, ingredients growing on her ornaments, etc.”
“Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of floor space, so having a better movement option would improve gameplay a ton.”
“There's not a whole lot to say about a typical preparing-order-made-foods game; if you've seen one, you have a good idea of what the gameplay will be like, so I'll just list some pros and cons.”
“I'm sure the gameplay for PC play is completely fine, but the VR rigging is broken and makes the game completely impossible to play.”
“In VR, I constantly have problems grabbing the objects within the environment, whether that's trying to open the ice drawer or just grabbing the shaker. For some reason, it would always prioritize grabbing an object nowhere near me, like if I went to open the ice drawer instead it would start making a weird jittering noise and grab a sugar cube from the jar nowhere near my hand. Additionally, for the first two days, there is no gameplay, just tutorial, so the game is much shorter than previously expected... unplayable in VR until the grabbing issue is fixed.”
“The other issue is that there's so much tutorial to go through and not enough gameplay.”
- story10 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 40 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and primarily presented during the tutorial, offering a short and sweet narrative that lacks depth. While there are a few contextual lines from a character named Bubbles, overall, players note that the story is not a significant focus of the experience.
“Bubbles delivers a few lines of dialogue at the start to give the challenge some context (while making reference to another food girls character) but there is next to no story here.”
“All of the story is contained in the tutorial, so it's a short and simple story, but it's sweet.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics have received mixed reviews, with some users finding them cute but ultimately rating them low, such as a 2/10. The ability to purchase artwork of characters adds a decorative element, but overall, the visual quality seems to fall short of expectations.
“2/10 for cute graphics.”
“The graphics feel outdated and lack detail.”
“Character designs are simplistic and uninspired.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including numerous game-breaking bugs and glitches such as missing voice lines, inadequate controller bindings, and soft-locking tutorials. Players frequently encounter items that fail to function as intended, leading to frustrating experiences that often require restarts.
“Still rife with all manner of game-breaking bugs and glitches including missing voice lines, inadequate index controller binds, ingredients failing to despawn, soft-locking tutorials, and a boba machine that'll randomly decide to stop recognizing all drinks and force you to restart while praying on your knees that overlord bubbles grant you luck next time.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is described as cute and funny, with humor that includes unexpected and edgy remarks, such as a character's blunt response to failure. However, some players find the teleportation locomotion system clunky, which can detract from the overall experience.
“I found it hilarious how if you fail (or get all 5 orders failed) she says, 'What are you, a retard?' I wasn't prepared for that.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game has a high replayability score of 9/10, indicating that it offers engaging content that encourages multiple playthroughs. However, some users note that it may become repetitive for those who are not fully invested in the experience.
“Replayability: 9/10 - can get repetitive if you're not into it”
“Replayability: 9/10 - can get repetitive if you're not into it”
