I really like this game

Seriously - really like it. But I’m at the point where I have to upgrade constantly to pass a level. There are only 3 ways to get coins when you don’t have enough and none of them have to do with playing the game. 1 - You can buy them 2 - watch an ad (only available every so many hours) or 3 - take survey after survey. I would be much more inclined to keep playing if there were some way I could earn coins BY PLAYING even if I don’t win enough to pass the level. I’m tired of trying to find creative ways to score coins so I don’t go broke playing this game but I can actually continue to play. The way this game is set up creates a stalemate leaving you with no way to progress unless you spend money or waste your time. I don’t want to do either of those things. It’s too bad because I really do enjoy this game and would otherwise spend tons of time on this app. But instead I think I’m done.

Please, Changes Need to be Made

This game becomes exceptionally difficult for no reason, you’re forced to change location and restart with no warning. You can’t even attempt to save coins to help upgrade your place because you’re forced to buy them anyway in order to progress, they up the price of upgrades but don’t give us an automatic rise in our income. I’ve bought upgrades that I could afford and have been stuck on the same level for a couple days, I literally have no other way of help except to buy fake coins with my real money, no thanks. This has the potential to be a very fun game, if they just stopped putting extremely hard levels back to back and be shocked we can’t move forward because we’re low on coins and have no power boosts as you don’t earn those, you have to buy them, and they’re the most expensive items in the game. I have some suggestions that could help make the game feel less “pay to win”: add teams, that way we can request for lives if we run out so soon; give us the option to watch an ad willingly for rewards, powers boosts or coins; give us the option to change restaurants rather than force us with no warning; up our income automatically if you’re gonna keep rising the upgrade costs; space out the extremely hard levels; adding a daily login reward could help as well: I think this game is very fun, but the disadvantages overshadows anything positive I have about this game and instead only makes me feel frustrated and kinda scammed.

Fun but ridiculously greedy

Besides the obvious and egregious false advertisement of what the game is and how it’s supposed to play and the obvious AI use the game is fun for what it is like the restaurants and food and themes are fun until the game becomes increasingly difficult to progress for absolutely no reason unless you are constantly spending money on it which I highly advise not to because there’s just not a good reason to spend money on it I also advise you not to go ad free because for some reason actually spending money on the game gives you no benefit whatsoever besides not having a ad after every level is completed , with having ads you are able to spin a wheel for the chance to increase your profit , with ad free you have one chance to spin the wheel every day and the bonuses are not like the ad version of the game you almost never see 5x on it , which makes it difficult because you don’t earn enough money to upgrade the kitchen which makes dishes easier and faster to cook and serve and earn more coins from them but you can’t because multiple upgrades somehow cost 8,000 coins for a measly 2 coin increase leaving you broke so my advice if you want to play is to stay with ads and play until you can’t unless they change how upgrades are handled which I highly doubt do not waste your money

Gotta Pay to Play

I was enjoying the game until I realize at a certain point you need to spend actual money in order to play past certain levels. You cook specific foods in a kitchen for a certain amount of levels while being able to upgrade then you start all over in a new kitchen with new food and new upgrades. Anything you spent on the last kitchen will be gone. And the cost of upgrades increase with each new kitchen. It was fine when I was given the option to watch an ad for 1.5-5x the money I earned winning each level. I spent all the money in the first kitchen not realizing that 1. I didn’t even need all the upgrades and 2. All that money spent is lost once you start a new kitchen. Then suddenly I stopped getting the option to watch ads to increase my money. I was stuck with the little money I earned each level eventually getting to a level where for DAYS it doesn’t matter how well I played, I just didn’t make enough money to win the level. I clearly need to upgrade the cost of my food items but couldn’t earn any more money due to being stuck on this level. I refuse to pay actual money to pass ONE level. I’m sure there’s more levels that’ll force you to spend actual currency to pass. No thanks. Uninstalled.

So many issues with this app

1. In the support section of the app, it says that every 10 levels you complete you will receive a treasure chest full of gifts. I haven’t received any chest full of gifts and I’ve completed the prestige lap over 7 times. 2. In the chat section, the only options to continue communicating to support are: *delete my progress *restore my progress *restore my purchases. None of that is helpful bc I just wanted to chat about how to receive the prizes I’m supposed to receive. 3. In the prestige tournament there is an option to keep playing or start a new level. What does it mean to start a new level? Does that mean I get to collect the prize if I’m in first place, but don’t have to wait the extra five days to receive the prize? Or does it mean I forfeit my place in that tournament, don’t receive the prize and start another week long tournament? - This app has the ability to be great, but the lack of communication and accurate information really limits the playability of this app. I started out really liking it, but now there’s really no way to continue to gain progress unless I’m just watching ads for coins or purchasing more coins. Waiting 7 days to receive the prize from the tournaments means that you’ll run out of coins multiple times before you receive any incentives.

Meals coin vs My coin

So although I think the game is pretty cool I’ve noticed that to level up material and food quality it cost an unseemly fortune. What you earn and what things cost is ridiculous. There is no balance. There is no reason for material to cost 9000 coins. Or a food quality upgrade to coast 5700 coins. Unless Their trying to have you spend all your own money to buy the coins selling the food will never make sense. Once you spend all your coins on one event you end up at the start of another having to do it again and you don’t earn coins fast enough to keep up so you end up not playing or you end up paying real money just to keep cooking faking meals. It’s repulsive. So I spend 20 grand to earn 12$ food and 8 dollar drinks or something making about 500 than after a few rounds I’m onto a whole new area whole new food and pricing and have to spend another 30 grand when I’m already 1500 down lol this is just messed up. Once you upgrade portion sizing and speed you should just have all your materials the same and keep upgrade food instead.

Essentially pay to play

Fun game. You earn coins for each level completed, in turn you use those coins to “upgrade” your kitchen e.g. extra plate, pan, faster cooking time, and earning more coins per customer. This last upgrade is the most expensive in the category. You must reach the coin goal to progress to the next level. Every 20 or so levels, you move to a new restaurant with new food to serve. You do not take any upgrades you spent coins on to the new restaurant. You do not earn more coins through natural progress of the game. Each restaurant has the same type of upgrades as each previous level just with a higher and higher ticket price. You will never be able to afford the upgrade which gives you more coins per customer( which is how you progress) unless you want to spend 40 minutes watching 1 minute ads for “free” coins or you want to pay actual money to purchase coins. It doesn’t matter how perfect you complete each level. I paid actual money to remove the unescapable ads you must sit through because I was really enjoying the game. Totally not worth it. Very frustrating.

Royal chef

This game is the best because when I’m cooking, it gives me an idea when to start making burgers how to take the patties out when they’re good how to put cheese and we’re older I am I’m gonna have a business but that’s teaching me how to have a business because my dad is having a business right now it’s going really well and he made me have this game. It makes me, so surprised makes me cut good making cook fries good meat patties for fries burgers and makes me make fries from scratch. I think I already today but I just love this game so much. I love it I love it I love it my mom need to me every single day because just now I made Alfredo and that thing was good and not good but it was really really good that’s how you know. I love this game, so good I will literally skip school to do this dance if you want to map this whole world or play the game play the game and I love this game bye I love this game by the way, I said it so many times in this by royal chef

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