![]() With the changing tides, he cooks with local products. It is where chef Jef Schuur, hand in hand with his wife Nadine Mögling, has chosen to open a Michelinstarred restaurant and several beautiful modern suites in what was once a presbytery. But to it's credit, Pastry Paradise is a very good interpretation of this well-worn format and it is almost as sticky sweet looking and mouth-wateringly addictive as Candy Crush.An hour and a half from Amsterdam, twenty minutes by boat from Den Helder - between the land and the sea - lies Texel, an island in the Frisian archipelago in the Netherlands. It still baffles me how many developers are churning out Candy Crush Saga-inspired games. Some of the sequences are mildly humorous, but I felt it lacked personality. I only wish the interaction between the characters in Pastry Paradise was a bit more developed. The cakes look so good you'll be licking your screen, the characters are delightfully sweet, and the music and sound effects have a dreamy ring to them. In fact, if it was coated with any more sugar it would need a health warning. The overall presentation of Pastry Paradise is excellent. It's frustrating, I know, but that's how mobile games make their money these days. You need to pay via in-app purchase for more medals and lives, which will keep you in the game longer. Of course, as you progress things get tougher, and within a few levels you'll be begging for more moves in order to finish off a level. The principles of the game are outlined in friendly tutorial levels, and the first few levels are very forgiving, with a generous helping of moves so you can get a feel for the game. A piece of cakeĮven if you've never played a match-three game before, Pastry Paradise is child's play. Perhaps the only big 'innovation' in the gameplay is that pieces can be swapped diagonally as well as up/down/left/right. Sure, there are a range of power-ups, and different game modes (boss battles, baking challenges, etc.), but there's little in Pastry Paradise that we haven't seen before. It's a tried and trusted formula and it does work - Pastry Paradise is as addictive as sugary buns - but it scores no prizes for originality. ![]()
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