Diner Dash Review - DS

If you’re a busy high flying executive then why not relax by pretending to work in a restaurant as a waitress? As you’ll see in the Diner Dash review, this isn’t as crazy as it sounds because while on paper (should that be screen?) it sounds dull, the juggling of seating customers, getting their order and cleaning their tables proves addictive. Find out how the developers have managed to turn Diner Dash into an compelling DS game in the Diner Dash review. Download the magazine to read our Diner Dash review. Click here to read the full Diner Dash Review for Nintendo DS now!

Diner Dash Review - DS
Most of us love videogames because they allow us to be people or do things that we’d never normally get the chance to in reality. Be it tearing around Tokyo backstreets in a Nissan Skyline, scoring the winning goal in the World Cup or rescuing Princess Peach from an angry, spiked turtle, videogames are a glorious escape from the mundane.
Strange, then, how utterly compulsive Diner Dash is – a game that casts you as a humble waitress serving the grumpy and ungrateful customers that visit an unremarkable restaurant.
Something’s cooking
Following its theme, Diner Dash is a simple game with few rules and uncomplicated visuals. You control heroine Flo, using the DS stylus to direct her around the restaurant performing some basic waitressing tasks over a day’s shift. Essentially the game can be broken down into these tasks: seat a customer, take their order, deliver their food, grab their money, clean their table. As customers arrive at different times you’ll be needing to manage this service flow across different tables and therein the game’s challenge and appeal is built.

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