April 7th, 2008 by PCGGame Review: Ice Cream Mania
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Game Description:
Ice Cream cafe magnate Henry Rich is dead, and the family is at war over his fortune. In order to receive their inheritance theyll need to complete a task. Each daughter must start her own business from scratch. The daughter who builds the most profitable business over the course of a year will inherit Henry Rich's entire fortune. Help Cindy win the competition in this delicious time management game. Will she become the next Ice Cream Mania magnate?
Game size: 31.5 MB
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Review from: GameZebo
Don't glance at our 3 out of 5-star rating for this game and write it off as a waste of time - on the contrary, we had fun with Ice Cream Mania - but it plays just like the other five dozen time management games available today. In the end, it's simply an average yet entertaining downloadable diversion that, at the very least, is worth playing the 60-minute free trial.
In the comic book-like presentation you learn that ice cream magnate Henry Rich has died, leaving the family to fight over his wealth. But according to Rich's will, each of his two daughters must start a business from scratch, and whoever makes the most money within a year will inherit the entire family fortune. You play as Cindy, whose honorable intentions are to keep her father's ice cream legacy alive, while her greedy sister simply wants her father's cash to spend it frivolously.
As you can tell, Ice Cream Mania starts out with a promising premise, but the developers don't run with it. In fact, you don't hear about the other sister while you're playing the game, therefore you lose your motivation to keep going. It would've been great if additional cut-scene story sequences showed your mean sister's progress to help give you more incentive to win. Ah well.
In the game-play department, though, Ice Cream Mania, while predictable, is fun. Not unlike Cake Mania-style restaurant games, here you're in charge of an ice cream stand and must serve ice cream to suit a customer's taste. Customers will belly up to the counter and a visual representation of what they want can be seen about their head. So after you give them a menu you might see that a headphone-wearing girl wants a yellow scoop of ice cream (lemon gelato?) in a regular cone and with chocolate sauce. In this case you'll click the yellow button on the ice cream machine (instead of blue, red or green), then click on the appropriate cone from a list of cones and cup styles, and then on the topping station select the brown button for chocolate sauce instead of vanilla or strawberry. Give it to the customer before they lose patience and they'll leave a tip, which you'll click on to pocket...
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In the comic book-like presentation you learn that ice cream magnate Henry Rich has died, leaving the family to fight over his wealth. But according to Rich's will, each of his two daughters must start a business from scratch, and whoever makes the most money within a year will inherit the entire family fortune. You play as Cindy, whose honorable intentions are to keep her father's ice cream legacy alive, while her greedy sister simply wants her father's cash to spend it frivolously.
As you can tell, Ice Cream Mania starts out with a promising premise, but the developers don't run with it. In fact, you don't hear about the other sister while you're playing the game, therefore you lose your motivation to keep going. It would've been great if additional cut-scene story sequences showed your mean sister's progress to help give you more incentive to win. Ah well.
In the game-play department, though, Ice Cream Mania, while predictable, is fun. Not unlike Cake Mania-style restaurant games, here you're in charge of an ice cream stand and must serve ice cream to suit a customer's taste. Customers will belly up to the counter and a visual representation of what they want can be seen about their head. So after you give them a menu you might see that a headphone-wearing girl wants a yellow scoop of ice cream (lemon gelato?) in a regular cone and with chocolate sauce. In this case you'll click the yellow button on the ice cream machine (instead of blue, red or green), then click on the appropriate cone from a list of cones and cup styles, and then on the topping station select the brown button for chocolate sauce instead of vanilla or strawberry. Give it to the customer before they lose patience and they'll leave a tip, which you'll click on to pocket...
Review from: Game Mile
This time-management game gets you involved into the race for the fortune. But, of course, there's so much more than that.
So according to the story you are one the two daughters of an ice cream magnate Henry Rich. According to his will you need to compete with your sister now for the wealth he left.
The one who will eventually run her own business most successfully will get the entire father's fortune. But it's all about money for the other sister only, not for you. Your character isn't like that - she wants to keep her father's business alive. While your sister is doing it just out of her greed and desire to get the cash...
Read full review...
So according to the story you are one the two daughters of an ice cream magnate Henry Rich. According to his will you need to compete with your sister now for the wealth he left.
The one who will eventually run her own business most successfully will get the entire father's fortune. But it's all about money for the other sister only, not for you. Your character isn't like that - she wants to keep her father's business alive. While your sister is doing it just out of her greed and desire to get the cash...