Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

Cuisine Royale is an early access battle royale title, as well as most of the games of this genre, released on Steam by the guys from Darkflow software. The title tries to follow the wave of success of battleroyale such as Player Unknown Battlegounds, from which it takes a lot of inspiration, and Fortnite. The title has many interesting ideas in terms of design but unfortunately lacks inventiveness within the gameplay, which is very sterile and too similar to the aforementioned titles, now we are going to analyze it in more detail. Will he be able to shine a light of his own before the official release?



Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

"Attack of the clones"

In recent years, during which the digital market has grown exponentially, we have witnessed the birth of numerous games with brilliant ideas, often released on mobile, followed by a huge number of clones, some well made, others less, for example Candy Crush Saga or the very famous Flappy Bird. Not even the PC and Console games market was spared from this event and with the birth of the Battle Royale genre through some competitive modes designed for Minecraft then evolved into games created specifically for this new genre, the market was often overwhelmed by games. too similar. As we know from this chaos of similar titles two titles have stood out, Player Unknown Battlegrounds (which from now on for convenience we will call PUBG) and Fortnite, their basic idea is the same and is the one that unites all the games belonging to this genre but basically we are talking about two almost completely different games.


Unfortunately when we talk about Cuisine Royale, however, we are not talking about an innovative title which implements different mechanics from those of PUBG, we are practically talking about a clone, the only differences are, of course, the weapons, the maps but above all our clothing.


Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

When cooking meets war

Despite the title "Cuisine Royale", the game has very little to do with the kitchen except for the equipment that we will find scattered around the game mapfor example, a colander could become our helmet or two pans our bulletproof vest. Beyond these small details, however, we will not find other great references to the culinary world, the weapons will be standard weapons to which improvements such as sights can be equipped. We will have two slots for weapons, the primary and the secondary, they are all firearms, except for the knife with which we will start our adventure, an ax and of course a golden pan.

Knife and ax will mostly be useless, with melee combat often not very exciting and punishing, while the golden pan, extremely rare object, will have the ability to kill the victim with a single shot, but obviously we will have to be able to get close without being seen and without being riddled with shots, most of the time the game is not worth the candle.

Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

"Winner with the dinner"

As already repeated several times, Cuisine Royale does not differ much from the PUBG gameplay, except for some small details. Once the game starts, we won't be on some flying convoy having to decide where to land in order to plan a loot and attack strategy but we will be spawned in a random area of ​​the map often near structures so as to almost certainly assure us some loot, this modification however is a double-edged sword: on the one hand the game ensures a good chance of finding yourself facing other players with at least decent equipment, and therefore not trying that sense of frustration when we are disintegrated by players who have simply had more luck than us or were faster in robbing a building, on the other hand we lose the tension that is created at the moment of launch from the plane, where we do not know if besides us there are other players who have aimed at the same target, or the desire to challenge themselves by launching themselves in a very populated and therefore very dangerous area.



Probably this choice was also dictated by the fact that in the matches it will not be us against 99 players but rather it will be us against just 29 other opponents on a relatively small map, by adding these two factors together, very fast games are often obtained, thus allowing a very fast game recirculation and encouraging players to continue playing.


As for the naked and raw gameplay we are talking about a title all in all valid, it has good hitboxes, the servers are fast and are able to enjoy the game safely without the frustration of lag, obviously we will have to have a good connection, the only flaws are the audio sector, which, however directional it may be, is often disorienting, failing to interpret well where a shot can come from or the footsteps of other players.

Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

The fridge of wonders

The loot inside the battle royale is fundamental, and fortunately in Cuisine Royale it is a very well balanced component, each house or point of interest will have at least one object inside, whether it is a weapon, a medical kit or a piece of armor, and right from the start we will be able, most of the time, to rely on a great arsenal. If you are passionate about the genre you are probably wondering that there are airdrops in the game, the answer is no.

In fact instead of airdrops, scattered around the map we will find refrigerators overflowing with objects, an interesting solution to always return to the main theme of the game, the kitchen. Inside the refrigerators we will have the opportunity to find the much loved (and hated) golden pan, the pan of gold, as already mentioned, it is an extremely rare object that will make you hope every time you have the opportunity to loot a fridge.


Cuisine Royale - Preview of the battle royale by Darkflow Software

Cuisine Royale is an early access and free to play battle royale therefore accessible to all without having to regret that investment, do not have high expectations, but if you can give it a chance. We are talking about an almost 1: 1 clone of PUBG that if developed well and with the addition of some new interesting features has all the cards on the table to be able to enter the mainstream battle royale circle. Now we just have to wait for a definitive release of the title!

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