MELISSA FUCHS
Special to The Leader
As an Italian gamer, when I first heard of “Good Pizza, Great Pizza”, I was intrigued. Admittedly, my foodie brain initially thought it was a pizza ordering app (not a bad idea in my eyes), but after downloading and playing around with it I was pleasantly surprised.
The game starts with you opening a new pizza restaurant right across the street from the top pizza shop and your direct competition in the game: Pizza Alicante.
As quickly as you gain gameplay control, the owner of Pizza Alicante descends upon your pizza shop to ask you to make him a cheese pizza.
In terms of the actual gameplay, making the actual pizzas starts off easy enough as you tap on one of the dough balls, tapping first the sauce and then the cheese before spreading them across the dough.
As you progress, you gain more topping selections to add to your pizzas — from pepperoni to mushrooms and the much-contested topping choice of anchovies.
Once the pizzas have been assembled, they get baked on the conveyor belt before you must cut your slices.
Paying close attention to the specified assembly in terms of desired toppings and number of slices is just as important as being time-efficient in making your pizzas.
Overall, I would say that “Good Pizza, Great Pizza” is a good way to take a break and work on something menial as making virtual pizzas, but if you’re set on getting through the levels you might have a hard time.
The influx of customers wanting pizzas butting against ensuring the correct toppings and number of slices can make it difficult to complete the pies in a timely fashion.
I admittedly kept getting hit with bankruptcy because I ran out of time on the pies, so for players hoping to advance quickly you might encounter a challenging time getting through the game.
I personally found the game slightly overwhelming because I was worried about time and getting the pizzas correct. After all, nothing’s worse than not getting what you actually ordered.
The app is currently available for both Android and iOS devices for free while offering in-app purchases.
Try it out and see if you’ve got what it takes to make your own pizza shop stay afloat and beat out the adversarial Pizza Alicante.