Chocolatier
by Brighter Minds
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Video Game Reviews of Chocolatier
Customer Review: Can be played on a Mac!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am always on the lookout for non-shooter games for my kids that are compatible with Apple OS and this one is for sure a keeper! I popped it into the laptop the first night after it arrived and played until 2am (how does time fly like that?)
I won't retell the story line or anything so dull.... You can read other reviews for that.
Give this game a try. It is fun for kids and adults alike. My 11 & 13 year olds both defeated the game before I did, but then they both played it again with different strategy trying to beat their scores. It also does not go on forever and ever in long boring quests. It is a quick game that has doable levels and rewards as it moves along and keeps the player's interest.
Plus a few of the characters have little tidbits of trivia about chocolate history, so it is *mildly* educational.
I think this is a game that can be put away and revisited later and still give good play value. The quests are just enough random that the game is not too overly predictable.
!! HOWEVER !! We did experience a mid-game crash under OS 10.4.11. I contacted the company via email and they responded quickly. This is a known bug in the CD copy. The cure for the crash is to download the online Mac version of the trial game over the already installed CD version..... that patched it up like a charm and it ran perfectly from that moment on.... the crash turned out to be a minor hiccup in game play.
The trial version/ game patch can be found free at PlayFirst(dot)com
Even though the trial version says it only runs for 60 minutes, the game has no such limit when patched over the CD version of the game.
Give this little gem of a game a try. I plan on buying more games from this company,
Decent Mac games are hard to find and are usually overpriced, so this is a great find....
Customer Review: Excellent game! Not what you might expect!
Summary: 5 Stars
Chocolatier is a business simulation game where you make and sell different kinds of chocolates. You go around the map to find ingredients at low prices, sell chocolates you have made at your factories, and to run errands for other businessman which leads to more chocolate recipes.
While I have played a lot of different business "tycoon" type games, Chocolatier is by far one of my favorites. Addictive, interesting, and at times funny, Chocolatier had my attention and I loved playing every minute of it. Great for rainy or snowy days when you don't have any plans to leave the house because trust me, once you start playing this game you will not want to stop!
If you are looking for similiar games to this one, Tradewinds and Tradewinds Legends are also very good. Also Chocolatier 2 is now available and is very good.
Customer Review: Addictive!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given this game for Christmas, and didn't have very high hopes for it. Within ten minutes I was completely absorbed. This is a very addicting game. You travel around the world to find chocolate recipes and make the chocolates in your factories. You also have to buy ingredients for your chocolates and not every port will have the ingredients you are looking for; you won't find cocoa in New York but will have to travel to Trinidad for instance to buy it. Lots of things to do and a lot of missions to accomplish to achieve Master Chocolatier! Very fun game.Customer Review: Extremely tempting!
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE this game. Basic concept is you run chocolate factories and sell your chocolates to retailers in various exotic locations. You travel the world purchasing ingredients and collecting recipes. Highly recommended for chocolate lovers!Customer Review: Simple concept but soooooo fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
The idea of the game is fairly easy to grasp: you go around trying to redeem your family's secret recipes from exotic places around the world. There are 4 kinds of chocolates: bars, squares, infusions, and truffles. Each kind has a bunch of different recipes. I am almost done with finding all the bar recipes and about half way through the squares and i am still soooo addicted! The little missions you receive which often ultimately lead to a recipe or money range from simply meeting someone at a certain port to spending a ton of time and money trying to produce a certain amount of chocolates. I would recommend this game to just about anyone who likes tycoon type games and who has a passion for chocolate!