Buffet Boss is a Tycoon Game, similar to the many Tycoon maps in Fortnite Creative and I am sure you can also find plenty of Browser- and Shovelware games with the same concept.
You work in a restaurant as a waiter and you have to rise through the ranks till the management or owner position. You collect dirty dishes from the tables, bring them to the cleaners, hand the cleaned ones out to the customers and later on also participate in the creation of the meals. Buffet Boss is all about collecting money and investing it into upgrades of your character and workstations or the purchase of additional stations inside the restaurant. This cycle keeps repeating till there is nothing left to do.
Buffet Boss can’t hide its Mobile Origins. The Visuals are disturbingly ugly. For a PS4 game, it’s quite embarrassing. Every character is a coloured faceless mannequin in this game and the restaurant interior is either not present or as simple as it gets. This isn’t even a budget issue, but probably laziness on the side of the developers. Even a low-budget basic console game should look significantly better than this.
You can also see the mobile aspect in the gameplay. You practically only have to move your character around. He and the workers you can hire automatically pick up the objects and money in the game. Even upgrades don’t require a button press. You just have to walk over the upgrade symbol and you will automatically invest in it after a few seconds. They didn’t even try to do anything besides a lazy 1:1 copy of the mobile version.
The gameplay loop is therefore very simple, but does provide some enjoyment. It’s somewhat satisfying to see your restaurant progressively improving and you often just want to get 1-2 more upgrades before you stop playing. Unfortunately, that only lasts for around 90 minutes. After that point, you will have unlocked everything there is in the free area of the default restaurant. The only reason to keep playing would be to earn more money for the sake of it without the possibility of additional upgrades or any kind of variety.
The PS4 version of Buffet Boss, same as the mobile version, is F2P. You can buy 3 additional DLC areas for 3 Euro each or a complete edition for 8 Euro. From the videos I have seen, the DLC areas actually don’t look all that great and only minimally different than the base restaurant in the free portion of the game. Interestingly enough, the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions of Buffet Boss are not free and cost 5 Euro instead. This is certainly a bizarre pricing strategy.
Buffet Boss features 22 Trophies, including 1 Platinum and 7 Gold Trophies. All the trophies are very easy to unlock and you will get them within 1-2 hours at most. For Trophy Hunters the game can be strongly recommended.
Result:
Buffet Boss is a game that’s not so easy to judge. On the one hand, it looks disturbingly ugly and it also can’t hide its mobile origins in the simplified gameplay either. On the other hand, the gameplay loop, despite its simplicity, is somewhat satisfying and motivates you to progress. That is till you will suddenly reach the end of the upgrade cycle after less than 2 hours. In its entirety, Buffet Boss is certainly not a good game, but it might be worth a look to players who are not afraid of mobile visuals and gameplay due to its F2P status.
4/10
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