Kitsune Kitchen
- June 1, 2018
- Technomancy Studios
Get on SteamIn "Kitsune Kitchen" , prepare a memorable BLT sandwich while exploring a young man's internal struggle and searching for companionship in a visual-novel experience. This unique game offers the chance to find love or prioritize sandwich crafting, shaping your story as you see fit.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game is a hilarious and unique comedy visual novel that offers a fun and absurd experience with kitchen appliances.
- Players appreciate the humor and creativity, finding the various story choices and endings entertaining.
- At its low price point, many feel the game provides good value for a short, amusing experience.
- The game suffers from poor optimization and bugs, making it difficult to interact with certain elements.
- Some players criticize the writing quality, describing it as poorly executed and repetitive.
- The lack of features like multiple save slots and the inability to skip dialogue can detract from the overall experience.
- humor36 mentions
- 94 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
The humor in this game is characterized by a mix of sexual innuendos and absurd food-related jokes, which some players found surprisingly funny despite their initial expectations. While the humor may not resonate with everyone, many reviewers appreciated the game's comedic approach and found it to be a worthwhile experience for its low price, highlighting its multiple amusing endings. Overall, it is described as a short, entertaining visual novel that delivers a unique and ridiculous sense of humor.
“Overall, for $1 it was a very funny game.”
“It takes about an hour or so to 100% and on top of this, all of the endings are super funny.”
“Honestly worth more than $0.75 I spent on it - hilarious short visual novel.”
“It was just a string of unfunny food jokes that were surprisingly sexual considering what I was expecting.”
- story16 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The story revolves around a teenage boy on a whimsical quest to create the perfect BLT sandwich, guided by a trash can's advice to explore love through cooking. Players engage in humorous and surreal interactions with kitchen appliances, each contributing to the narrative while offering various choices that enhance the experience. Despite its short and repetitive nature, the game delivers a unique and entertaining storyline that blends culinary adventure with romantic exploration.
“The main plot is solid and consistent.”
“I enjoyed the various story choices as well as the knowledge that now I can walk away with all the confidence I need for any future romance I may attempt after spending so much time in the loving and life-giving arms of these kitchen appliances.”
“Great pleasure to play; short story - repetitively.”
“You can try to make a sandwich, but going through a rough quest is beyond normal reality.”
“Game with low price keeps the promise of a fine, unusual story and delivers everything.”
- music12 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its catchy and fun soundtrack, particularly highlighting an original song featured in the ending credits that adds charm and humor. Players appreciate the overall quality of the music, which complements the game's quirky themes and enhances the replay value, especially given the game's low price point.
“The video on the store page got me; with such a catchy song, how could it not catch my attention?”
“There is an original song playing for the credits, which adds to the charm and hilarity of the game.”
“The soundtrack is fun and nice, and honestly, it's a pretty fun game.”
“For the little price fee this game has, you can enjoy the humor of hitting on kitchenware with hilarious endings that include decent music that you could get in DLCs for free at the time of writing this review.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is widely regarded as poorly optimized, with multiple users expressing dissatisfaction with its performance.
“For me, the game was poorly optimized.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay of this visual/interactive novel is criticized for being minimal, primarily consisting of clicking through poorly written dialogue that lacks the quality expected for publication. Reviewers express frustration over the lack of engaging gameplay elements and question how such a product made it to Steam.
“As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay; it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, 'how did something this badly written end up on Steam?'”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users find the grinding aspect of visual novels and e-books to be tedious, likening the experience to a frustratingly slow reading process where players must click to progress through text, detracting from the enjoyment of the narrative. This repetitive clicking can make engaging with the story feel laborious rather than immersive.
“Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best... imagine the best novel you ever read, be that Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or 2001: A Space Odyssey or Twilight (if you have terrible taste in literature), but then translate that to a format where the words dribble out and you have to click your mouse every time you want to read the next sentence, instead of just turning the pages.”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization aspect of Gamemaker Studio is criticized for its tendency to facilitate the creation of retro pixel games that are often perceived as low-quality cash grabs.
“Gamemaker Studio is most commonly used to make retro pixel shovelware and cash grabs.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Many users indicate that the game lacks replayability once players have achieved 100% completion, suggesting that there are limited incentives to revisit the game afterward.
“No replay value after achieving 100% completion.”
