Product Description

Hell’s Kitchen is a TV phenomenon featuring world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay putting aspiring chefs through rigorous culinary tests. The game recreates the show's pressure-cooker atmosphere as players complete a series of kitchen and dining room challenges to find out if they have what it takes to be a "Five-Star" chef. Fulfilling an order requires three important phases - preparation, cooking and service, all of which players must master to progress. Prepare ingredients, cook them to the correct quality and get food out of the kitchen on time. Each complete meal is scored by Chef Gordon Ramsay to make the kitchen boot camp experience come alive.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6379 in Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Model: 17425
• Released on: 2008-09-09
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .24 pounds

Features

• Just like the contestants on the TV show, players must master all aspects of cooking: preparation, cooking and service
• Chef Ramsay watches your every move and judges you as you progress - yelling, praising or shutting down the kitchen if your skills don’t meet his expectations
• As you progress, you’ll gain access to authentic Gordon Ramsay recipes, including many that are exclusive to game owners
• Team up in Co-op Multiplayer Mode with double cooking stations and shared ingredients. Play with a partner to advance through career mode
• Compete head to head in Versus Multiplayer Mode to see who earns Chef Ramsay's praise and who goes home

Customer Reviews

It's decent, but game lacks what makes Hell's Kitchen a great show
I wished this game lived up to the TV show, the show is dramatic, tense, and fun to watch. This game is somewhat a combination of Diner Dash, and Order Up. If you like the arcade style of game go with Diner Dash, and if you like to cook try Cooking MaMa, or Order Up.

This game has you managing a restaurant, so you are the server, bus boy, host, and oh yes, you are the cook too. I think this is where the game goes wrong, it should have been a game where you could have played either part, but nope, you do both. The cooking isn't skillful it is mearly clicking on the food and making sure it is timed correctly. No fun movement of the controller to cook.

I don't think this game is going to have a long playability, there are not levels. The vocals to get repetitive, but you do hear Gordon's comments being bleeped so that is kinda fun. I have found the graphics to be a bit hard to read. They went for detail, which means you need a really large TV or you need to sit close to read a lot of what is on the game.

This game had some good ideas, but as an overall game it isn't well pulled together. I was hoping for a game where I could really cook and maybe be in competition with other chefs. This game fails to meet that critera. The game play is ok, the graphics are hard to read, and I don't think this is a title you will be able to play for a long time. I would recommend this game once it hits the bargin bin.

what you get for the money
I was a little bit disappointed with this game. The graphics are good, and it is reminiscent of the t.v show, but the game is really short. I beat the whole game after about 4 total hours of playing, and it isn't exactly one of those games that is interesting enough to keep playing even after you beat it.

Love the show, hated the game
I'm a huge fan of the show so as soon as the game came out I had to get it. Unfortunately it was a major disappointment. All you do for cooking (on top of being the host, server, and bus your tables) is click on bowls to make them spin and then put them in the pots to have them be ready on time.

If they had you cook actual recipes and forget the other 3 parts it would be a great game!