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Hell's Kitchen | 
| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Seller: craftycat2009
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 10307
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: life_simulation_strategy_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.8
MPN: 16425
Model: 16425
UPC: 008888164258
EAN: 0008888164258
ASIN: B001B1W3HK
Publication Date: September 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Just like the contestants on the TV show, players must master all aspects of cooking: preparation, cooking and service | | • | Chef Ramsay watches your every move and judges you as you progress - yelling, praising or shutting down the kitchen if your skills don’t meet his expectations | | • | As you progress, you’ll gain access to authentic Gordon Ramsay recipes, including many that are exclusive to game owners | | • | In Career Mode, earn your stars to build your way up from a Single Star restaurant to a prestigious Five Star establishment. Then, continue to advance through seven more restaurant ranks. As your Star Rating advances, the recipes become more intricate | | • | In Arcade Mode, concentrate your efforts solely on food preparation and cooking. The pressure builds as customers become increasingly more demanding. |
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 "I like that, I quite like that"--Chef Ramsay August 26, 2010
mwreview (Northern California, USA)
"Hell's Kitchen" for Nintendo DS takes on the popular reality series where aspiring chefs compete while being yelled at by Chef Gordon Ramsay to become the new head chef at some fancy restaurant. Unlike the television show where chefs work in teams that are usually confined to the kitchen, the player in this game controls everything from food preparation, seating of customers, taking orders, and clearing off the tables. It is not as difficult as it sounds as prompting those acts only takes the touch of the stylus, but there are a lot of things of which to keep track so concentration is key.
In career mode, the player strives to be a 5-star chef. To achieve this rank, seven services must be successfully completed for 5 rounds (35 services total). It is basically a timing game. There are a set of ingredients to prepare and a number of pots (and later an oven) in which to cook them. Each pot and oven indicates how long the ingredients need to cook and the player's job is to get the ingredients starting at the proper times so all the food is done cooking simultaneously and off the cooking surface ready to be served. While the food is cooking, the player needs to check the dining hall for new patrons, customers ready to order, and others ready to leave. The most difficult time is the beginning of the service when customers need to be seated and the chef starts getting deluged with order tickets. Once all the tables are filled, things settle down a bit and the ordering, cooking, and table clearing can be staggered.
At first, the game is very easy and forgiving. Even with mistakes, a player can get a high score--even 100%. As the game goes on, however, there is less room for error and food needs to be timed and off the stove and out of the oven precisely to get a 5-star dish rating from Chef Ramsay. Also, more ingredients and cooking surfaces are added as well as tables and customers. The key is to have all the ingredient bowls filled at all times. The scoring seems to be vague. After what was thought to be a near perfect service on some of the easier rounds, this reviewer received only a 65%-66% score at the end. Re-playing the services produced similar scores. Other, more difficult services (especially the final round) completed with several timing errors received scores in the 90 percentile and even 100%. Fortunately, one does not have to be perfect to continue on in the career mode as even scores in the 60's will move one along, but it is still frustrating to keep getting the same scores no matter what. Perhaps it is a glitch. If the cook is not quick enough, an irate Chef Ramsay will throw him or her out of the kitchen.
The graphics are excellent in the top screen with the stern, realistic-looking face of Chef Ramsay observing the gameplay. He will yell or give praise when appropriate (don't worry, he's censored). The graphics on the bottom screen with the little tables and waiter are just mediocre. The customers are nondescript and duplicated. The music in between the services sounds like something played on Hell's Kitchen but is very repetitive. As another reviewer noted, some might find it better to turn the volume down during game play as the constant whirling sound of food being prepared can be distracting.
Aside from the added ingredients, oven, and customers, the game play is very repetitive and, after completing the 5-star level, there is not much else to do. An arcade mode is included which is just a line of tickets (no dining room responsibilities) that the player completes until the ticket board gets filled and Chef Ramsay closes Hell's Kitchen's doors in a fury. Ramsay recipes are found on this game along with photos of the dishes for real life cooking. The game is easy to navigate with three empty slots that can be deleted or changed with the touch of the stylus and players can re-visit services to try and get a better score but, as mentioned above, that may not be possible even with a perfect service. In sum, this is a fun game for a while but, once it is completed, it probably won't be referred to again unless someone likes to cook up the recipes. As other cooking games are available, "Hell's Kitchen" will probably just appeal to fans of the show.
 Great Game March 18, 2010
cat_hat (CT)
Great game so far. I bought it for my 10 you who is enjoying it, but does say its somewhat hard for her. I have played the first couple of levels and see it could become quite challenging, but overall enjoyable.
THE VIEW November 13, 2009
K. Boaz (WYOM. MI)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A GAME THAT IS (NOT DESIGNED FOR YOUNG EARS). but this game is so darn realistic that is has wondering at what given moment will the real,(Chef Gordan Ramsey), appear.
So frustrating but I LOVE it! October 20, 2009
Christine Gettis (Germany)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game gets pretty challenging but that's why I love it. The graphics aren't great but that does no take away from game play.
Hell's Kitchen October 19, 2009
Jeanne L. Rooney
Loved the game. It is so much fun it is addictive. Only issue I had in playing the game is sometimes it appears to freeze up, but not very often.
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