Finally, a good remake.

This game goes nasty for a good 10 hours, but after that the swirling of the yogurt starts to make you question why you're even alive on this planet.

After about my 406th customer, I turned it off and got a job.

Admittedly I initially picked this up purely for nostalgic value and also just to thank the devs for being a part of my childhood but oh my GOD this game is still fun and addicting as hell.

The story is extremely simple, but that's all it needs to be to set up the gameplay which is originally from a Flash game so of course that concept is also fairly simple.

That said, that makes the gameplay super fun to go through over and over again for both a good casual 15 minutes or an endurance round. I once stayed up all night playing this darn game. I finally get to relive my days of being a computer lab GOD and I am here for it. This game was made to be played over and over again and it shows.

Another cool thing is that this version of Freezeria comes with achievements and a super robust character creator! I've heard people say it's one of the better charactor creation menus they've seen in a while and I agree! Mii Channel be DAMNED! (Also bonus points for saying body type and not gender, we love u woke kings Matt and Tony).

I hadn't really touched the Gameria series since Scooperia, so I wasn't exactly sure what all was new for the Deluxe version which was definitely nice to see in game. I liked the free-play mode where I sat with a bunch of my friends as we concocted the most heinous combination of ingredients for some poor soul forced to consume. Or, for an extra bit of challenge, you could try and make an order that a regular customer has made to get them to show up. The fact that the game remembers each and every order a customer makes is insane.

This leads into one of my favorite parts of these games and that's how much they give detail to the characters. These aren't just randomly generated orders from a generic set of NPCs that repeat over and over, there is a whole roster of customers with their own unique orders, appearance, and lore. Seriously. Just look up the Flipline Wiki. The cult fanbase also has forums where you can find fan-art, fanfiction, and FREAKING RP. (Me personally, I headcanon Cooper as a big cis ally FIGHT ME.)

That's what makes the Gamerias so comforting in my opinion. It really makes me feel like I'm working at a local restaurant where familiar faces come in all the time and they seem like friends, even if you don't actually know them that well.

I do have a few criticisms about the gameplay. Maybe it's because I'm such an epic gamer girl (or this game is meant for actual children), but I found the game to maybe be too easy for me, especially once I got all the shop upgrades. As long as you don't be a doofus and take or serve an order right as another sundae is about finished blending, and your hand-eye coordination and multitasking abilities are fairly decent, then you won't have any trouble acing this game. Achievements offer some unique challenges for you to try and complete, but most of them are unlocked through playing the game as normal anyways. Also I somewhat share Poofesure's disappointment in not being able to make gravity-defying creations in this version but I suppose it can't be helped considering it's on a new engine and the fun of the game is supposed to come from, well, actually trying to get the orders right. Not gonna take points off for that.

Music is also extremely simple, pretty much consisting of a few simple tracks that play through over and over. Not annoying though unless you actively pay attention to it. I imagine they're not exactly planning on pulling out the big bucks over at Flipline Studios for an award-winning soundtrack either lol.

Also the game is weirdly demanding graphics-wise? I have my graphics settings down to medium and even that has some lag every now and then. I didn't think I would encounter this type of problem.

Still definitely worth the 5 USD I paid for. The infinite replay value and the amount of side content you can work towards easily justifies its price tag and helps make up for any flaws this game has. Fun for the whole family or for just easy playing!