Schell Games’ latest VR game, Lost Recipes, combines Cooking Mama with Assassin’s Creed to create a relaxing cooking simulator that newcomers and longtime players will adore.
Schell Games has steadily established itself as one the best virtual reality game studios thanks to its stream of excellent VR experiences. The hack ’n slash-fueled action of Until You Fall fills you with an unrivaled feeling of badassery. Meanwhile, I Expect You To Die and its sequel – I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar – are hilarious yet detailed spy-themed puzzle games that will leave you feeling like equal parts James Bond and Austin Powers as you work to thwart the villains’ nefarious plots. The team is also developing a VR version of the popular social deduction game Among Us – which we once again expect to fuse the team’s patented blend of action and charm. So, when we heard that Schell Games was also working on a VR historical cooking game, we were more than a little surprised. Yet after tying Lost Recipes, it’s clear that Schell Games was the perfect studio to create the game. While the title is not without its faults, it’s still an excellent game brimming with delightfully personable characters and a level of relaxation that isn’t often present in VR titles. Much like the food you’re asked to make in the game, Lost Recipes is a combination of ingredients and spices – with some components originating from games that came before it. Connections to classic chef simulators like Cooking Mama are clear – albeit with a new level of immersion offered by VR – but Lost Recipes also works in aspects of Assassins’ Creed. We don’t mean that your character will start whipping out parkour skills or hidden blades – instead, Schell Games adopts the series’ drive to showcase and honor history from various different cultures.
