Game update: 30/11/16

Hats, scarves and gloves at the ready! There's a serious chill coming...

Notification for winter themed update

We've got our first winter themed update of the season, with plenty of snow on display across a selection of new content. It's all unlocked at level 29 and can be seen in the following list:

Tables:

• Snowy Table - 2 gems

Black Friday 2016 analysis

Black Friday landed in Restaurant Story yesterday, with a throng of hungry players impatiently awaiting the mystery sale's entrance. It proved to be a long wait, with the sale not commencing until the regular update time (18:30 GMT). But was it twiddling out thumbs for? That is to be decided...

Notification for Black Friday 2016

The big headline with this year's showpiece is that with the exception of the last three to be introduced, every box the game has ever seen is available at 50% off. So that's 12 gems for a dip in the crate of your choosing. In addition to this there are a small number of floor decorations freely available to purchase in the market and another five new expansions.

Game update: 23/11/16

Black Friday is now less than 48 hours away, and we're gearing up by recreating some of the shenanigans!

Notification for shopping themed update

A shopping theme is certainly unorthodox, but at least you can't fault the originality of it. All of the content is unlocked at level 28, and can be found in the following neat list:

Tables:

• Barcode Table - 2 gems

Suggestions Box (Nov 2016)

Every month I list five things I'd like to see added, altered or abolished from the game. Because even though my long time of playing Restaurant Story clearly shows I love it, that doesn't mean it's perfect. Some of the ideas I'll air will be significant game changers while others will be low-key and irrelevant in the eyes of many of you readers.

You can share your own suggestions too via the comments. If I like them, I may even include them in the next instalment!

In no particular order, here are this month's entries...

Game update: 16/11/16

We're deep into Autumn now, and the market is thriving!

Notification for Harvest Crate

This is a box update, which means the new additions are all contained within a crate. In this case it's the Harvest Crate, which contains a number of floor decorations. For a 24 gem gamble, you will receive one of these items, with the stature of your prize decided by your luck alone.

It's only three weeks ago that the Classy Halloween box was released, which means we've had a shorter than normal gap between crate updates. I'm not too alarmed by this - the gap is not always the same, as demonstrated by the five week period between the Nursery Crate and School Crate a couple of months back.

Thanksgiving 2016 goals content report

At the time of writing it is now six days since the Thanksgiving 2016 goals were dropped into Restaurant Story. Since then players have been working hard to progress through all of the various tasks in order to unlock content only available via the goals. Here is where I discuss these exclusive unlockables.

But before we get to that some brief thoughts on the goals structure. This is the fourth month of the 'new age' format where some recipes need to be cooked in more than one step and there's also the possibility of preparing food in readiness for the next goal. The steps are pretty much identical each time, which makes for a repetitive experience. I'd like to see Storm8 be a little more innovative with their quests, but I've asked for that so many times down the years without success that I've given up all hope.

Instead let's just focus on the goodies which can be harvested in this goal set. And we start with the first of the appliances, the Thankful Stove, which requires no construction. It holds three recipes waiting for your tapping pleasure.

Thanksgiving 2016 goals (in full)

Please note that this set of goals expired on Thursday 1st December 2016.

With Thanksgiving fast approaching in the US, the most recent update in Restaurant Story brought with it a fresh set of goals to give us a head start in decorating for the occasion.

But three floor decorations, an appliance and five recipes can only be obtained by completing the goals. With 23 days available to get through all of the various steps, you have until Thursday 1st December to reach the end before the chance to unlock this content is lost.

Here is the complete list of steps for 'Stuffed with Gratitude':

• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3
• Step 4
• Step 5
• Step 6
• Step 7
• Sidestep A; Fellow Queens
• Sidestep B: A Spread of Success

Game update: 09/11/16

Autumn continues to thrive in Restaurant Story, but now we're paying special attention to Thanksgiving.

Introduction to Thanksgiving 2016 goals

This week's update comes with a new set of goals, and a chunk of the added content is only accessible via the quest. For all the details regarding the goals, see my dedicated post here. Meanwhile here's my ever so traditional list of all the new stuff:

Tables:

• Thankful Table - 2 gems

Braced for Black Friday

On Friday 24th November, the retail sector is going to be bracing itself for the busiest shopping day of the year. It's the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend, and the day when the Christmas spending spree traditionally commences. And to help pull eager customers in, many retailers offer enticing deals.

Storm8 are no different, and on this day they do something a little different from your regular Friday in Restaurant Story. The sales they offer vary from year to year, as does the quality of the overall 'experience' for us players. So to get you into the Black Friday mindset, I've done two things. Firstly, I've put in place a timer counting down the seconds to the big day (because who doesn't like to be tormented with a countdown that just won't go fast enough!) And secondly, I've put together a brief overview of the treats which have been provided in recent years, just to get you in the zone...

RS2 News (Nov 2016)

This is your latest Restaurant Story 2 bulletin. The headlines over the past month include a pair of cruises - one themed on Halloween and the other on Australia - and another two batches of stamp goals starring the dependable Lani.

It's with the Halloween cruise event that we kick-off.

Notification for Masquerade Ball cruise event

This challenge docked in the game halfway through October and provided a slightly different take on Halloween. As far as Storm8 games are concerned we tend to associate Halloween updates with one of two sub-themes - trick or treating or monsters. Typically everything can be associated with one of these categories, yet this cruise diverged from the norm.

Game update: 02/11/16

November has crept up on us, and luckily Restaurant Story is keeping up with the season.

Notification for latest Autumn themed update

Autumn content is abound in this week's update, with a harvest theme full of those lovely rich colours that are associated with Autumn.

You need to be at level 27 to access the new content. Here's the complete list of additions:

Tables:

• Haystack Table - 17,000 coins