Mama cooked us a bland and tasteless episode. You will have understood, the table that is depicted here is not very bright.
Cooking Mama: Cookstar2020
Cooking Mama: Cookstar
2020 Planet Entertainment51Mediocre
Playtime
ModerateTypically 20 hours
Playable on
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- early 2020
- Developer
- 1st Playable Productions
- Publisher
- Planet Entertainment
- Genres
Overview
Cooking Mama: Cookstar keeps the basic Cooking Mama formula with a few new features. The new vegetarian mode lets players avoid cooking meat-based recipes. Players can also show off their creations in the in-game social media network and build their clout over time. Players can use motion controls while the system is in docked mode, or alternate touchscreen controls while playing handheld.
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Reception
Press46
Bad- Metacritic46from 9 reviews
- OpenCritic46from 9 reviews
For those who do get the chance, especially if they’re a fan of Cooking Mama, they can do a lot worse. For everyone else, this is a mostly middling effort that might have risen above with greater polish and ambition from all involved.
Without motion controls, it also becomes clear how basic the game is. There's no option to use the touchscreen in handheld mode, which would have at least offered the same style of play as the DS and 3DS originals. Replicating the inputs of those games seems like a no-brainer in terms of design compromises, and also a huge wasted opportunity to introduce...
While there's definitely room for improvement and expansion, I can see kids liking this game quite a bit. There's plenty to unlock, and hearing that you did something better than Mama brings a smile. As someone new to the series, Cooking Mama: Cookstar felt reasonably fresh to me. But vets may find it more so resembles leftovers. Hopefully, the rights...
If you’re even able to find a copy of Cooking Mama: Cookstar, you should probably reconsider where you’re spending your money.