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Automachef
Automachef is an indie puzzle game in which you will have to build automatic kitchens for a robotic fast food tycoon who believes he's a human.
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But it’s a small bugbear within a game that manages to be both fun and challenging. The type of gameplay that Automachef offers in’t going to be for everyone, but if you enjoy having to flex your brain a little, it offers a rewarding experience. It’s also a great entry point into basic programming. Perhaps playing on PC will offer a more intuitive experience, but the Switch version’s button controls aren’t enough of a barrier to stop Automachef being worthwhile to play.
It’s time to submit to our robot overlords, it’s time for the robots to take over the world as we know it, it’s time for Automachef to rule our flimsy human
Overall involvement of the game is enjoyable and entertaining. It will test even the best of gamers, as balance is key. It gets docked points for its faults that cannot be ignored, also for its lack of bypass ability when getting stuck on levels. Worth sampling, especially if the food industry interests you.
Automachef is home to some mind-melting challenges, but if you’re up to the task, you’re eventually in for blissful breakthroughs. Just don’t come in expecting to unwind after a long day at work.
It looks as boring as it sounds but Automachef is a surprisingly engrossing game of logic and planning that refuses to dumb down for its audience.
Automachef is a challenging puzzle game with a unique presentation, but it can get a bit too repetitive for its own good.
Automachef fails to really shine in any particular regard, and the control issues push an overall all right game towards mediocre territory. There’s so little depth to the puzzle solving that even now I struggle to really say anything about it that I haven’t already said. The best solution is too often to just brute force your way through the puzzles with little finesse or cleverness. Perhaps there’s an intentional meta-joke at play commenting on automation being able to push its way into jobs that humans could handle with more artistry, but all it leads to is a game that’s as rote an…