Space Chef is a survival RPG cooking sim sent to me by the fine folks at Kwalee, a company that is always great to work with. The concept is straightforward in this case. Your grandmother left you to cook for the people in the local solar system. You start out learning to create a spatula, kill some roach-looking things, and cook them up.
I don’t know why people are ok eating these things that live in your basement, or why you are ok with them living there in the first place, but hey $20 is $20. So get cooking and deliver some bug kabobs. This will get you out exploring and meeting people and introduce you to other in-game mechanics, such as picking up space junk. This will let you craft new weapons, cooking surfaces, and upgrades for your ship.
It won’t be long before you are landing on planets for better ingredients to cook better food that you can sell for more money. This will also lead to a better reputation and even a real restaurant.
This all sounds good, but does it function well? The short answer is yes; the long answer is absolutely yes. I never felt lost or out of things to be doing while playing. I always had some place I could go or something I could be working towards. Even when I was simply grinding out materials, I had a business to run, and when that got in the way, I could close up shop at the push of a button.
My only real complaint was combat. There isn’t anything wrong with it; it feels fine, but it simply isn’t all that fun or engaging. Just equip a weapon, mash a button, and hope for the best. You could manipulate it so enemy attacks miss by moving at the right time, but for a survival game, the fighting really felt like an afterthought sometimes.
But is the game worth buying? Without a doubt. When I first heard about it I thought this could only go one of two ways: it would either be amazing or it would be a train wreck. This is definitely one of those games that will be in my rotation for a while. It won’t be for everyone, but for fans of this type of game, it is an 8/10 experience. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
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