Tikibar - Nothing is Better Than a Cocktail On a Hot Summer Day!

Today we would like to present a game that offers nothing special in terms of game play, graphics or any other features, but creates a good overall impression and makes a nice choice if you want something easy yet challenging in the time-management genre.

Nuclear plants on Tiki island? Never!

Tara is an office clerk who is tired of here paperwork and needs some relaxation. Of course, she goes to Tiki island, where she used to spend all her summers with her grandparents. But as she comes she encounters a protest meeting and learns that a millionaire and owner of a large corporation wishing to build a nuclear plant on the paradise island is coming on this very day, and the people are protecting their nature. Her grandparents are also among the protesters, and their bar needs attention, as they need someone to take care of it. Who if not Tara? She decides it's a nice change from her boring work and is glad to start immediately, of course!

The game play is the most traditional you could expect from a time-management game. You have customers coming to your place for some food and beverages. At the beginning all you can serve is red ice-cream and yellow soda, but as you earn money you have a possibility to purchase upgrades, like French fries, burgers, cocktails or additional soda and ice-cream flavors. The pricing is set so that you can afford an upgrade every couple of levels, which is a fairly good pace.

To fulfill an order you have to click on the corresponding machines, wait while the food is ready, take it and bring it to the customer. No additional moves needed in the first stages. Later on more complicated tasks will be added, like making sandwiches, for example. Those will need ome more actions.

There is one little twist - you can't see what Tara is carrying in her tray, it's wrapped. So if you don't remember, you need to look to the right bottom corner of the screen for reference, which takes some time and makes it all a bit too challenging.

The non-inventive but still engaging game play together with the merry sounds and funny customer comments and nice colorful graphics make Tikibar a reasonably good game if you are a fan of the genre. So, why not try it to see whether you'll like it?

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