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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pizza Connection II is the upper crust!, 20 Dec 2001
By A Customer
Marketing in this day and age works a treat. This game came in pizza box to draw attention to itself...and it worked.Theme Park let you build a theme park...Theme Hospital let you create a hospital...it was only a matter of time before the "pizza restaurant sim" was developed. Software 2000 have created a detailed and well produced follow up to the European game "Pizza Syndicate". Pizza Connection II, like it's predecesor, allows you to design your very own pizza restaurant or chain of restaurants. You can choose the staff, furnishings (from the rustic look to a modern day restaurant), and most importantly, the pizzas! Yes, on Pizza Connection II, you can create your own pizza recipes, from dozens of ingredients, by simply dragging on the ingredients you desire. Whether you want the classic 'cheese and tomato', or a more unusual 'octopus and ants', there's a world of choice. You can choose to base your restaurant, or restaurants, in any of the major cities, London and New York to name but a few. There cities are highly detailed, as are the animations and residents of the cities. Another good side of the game is that you can go at your own pace. If you want to create a simple restaurant, that's fine. If you want competition, there's always some available. Other Pizza chains want to steal your customers from you, and it's up to marketing campaigns and recipes that suite all the locals, whether they're youths or the elderly, to keep them coming to your chain. If you really want to get competetive, it is possible to hire criminals from the local prison to "stir up a bit of trouble" with the oponent - in other words, break in to their restaurant, or let a rat run amock in it. Sometimes, it would be nice to zoom in to the game a bit further, but no game is perfect. "Pizza Connection II" is ideal for anyone who wants to design and manage a pizza restaurant as they want it. Whether it's detailed graphics, interesting game play or just something to play about with, the game has all the right ingredients.
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