Pizza Tycoon

Game review

There are many "tycoon" games with different themes, but Pizza Tycooon? Whaaat? I couldn't believe it, when I heard for the first time there is a game about pizza. What could be so interesting about pizza game? Well, surprisingly a lot, after all, I love pizza. And since this is a tycoon game, you are gonna need to build a pizza empire. You start by choosing the location of your business - it will either be in Europe or in the USA. Before the grand opening you have to take care of few things first (furniture, hire employees, think about a pizza menu and purchase all ingredients for pizza cooking). As it happens, you start with a small pizzeria that gradually you will grow and expand. Your task is of course to earn money and build a huge company - become a pizza tycoon.

Game is also known as Pizza Connection. Gameplay is pretty straightforward - you take on the role of a manager (there are more than thirty different characters to choose from) of a pizzeria in one of the world capitals of your choice. During the game, you have to take care of the running and later on the development of your pizza empire, that means equipping the kitchen and interior of the restaurants, hiring the staff and, of course, compiling the menu and preparing the pizzas themselves.

A chapter by itself is the possibility to go on the path of crime and cooperate with the local mafia or trade in weapons and narcotics. An important part of the game is a unique sense of humor, whether it is graphic cartoon processing, conversation topics or animated faces of celebrities of all kinds (from American presidents, Lenin to Michael Jackson) fitted to game characters.