There's a lot to say about this incredible game. I love the art style and the endless orders you could possibly get from all of the different people. The storyline is funny and interesting and makes me want to play more. I didn't play the original version, so I don't have a previous comparison to the original game like many other reviewers on here. However, there's one thing that makes me very mad: the gems are almost impossible to reach. Having lots of them would make creating pizzas so much faster to even out the game a bit once you get deep into the second chapter. Not to mention that the app developer who comes asking for way more money than I can ever afford at way too early in the game, only to never come back. That makes it feel more frustrating and hardcore than a game like this should. Back to the bright side of things, I really think this game is awesome, and with some more work on the Apple Arcade version rather than just leaving it at the bare minimum, it would be practically perfect.

I will always miss this game before it got popular, and the micro transactions got greedier. It was a hidden gem that restored my faith in food cooking games that isn’t begging for your wallet. Sigh, spoke too soon😴 I was excited to see this game come to arcade, and after completing the first chapter and working through the second, it is fun and nice to play without ads (don’t know why that ever became a thing🙄). Almost transported me back into a time that I was obsessed with this game. But I think this is a horrible arcade version, I think it’s still too stingy and honestly should stick to its own version at this point. Why offer items that cost a lot of gems, but you don’t give an efficient process of gaining them, especially when many items are a limited time event. And after seeing other reviews mentioning that there’s missing story, why would I want to continue if it’s incomplete. Weird and lazy. I’ve experienced many games on arcade that transformed ad filled games full of microtransactions into fun, grindable versions of games that make every aspect reachable, this, is not one of them. I mean there’s full village building games WITH dlcs included at no extra cost that typically cost an arm and leg anywhere else. Other full games that are big on PC and console accessible to an arcade user. Why is a little pizza game keeping stingy😵‍💫Either offer a fully accessible game to arcade users, or leave your game out, because right now you’re the odd one out.Papa’s would never do this to me😌

Please fix the bugs. The most ridiculous one is the fact that the tongs NEVER SHOWED UP. I bought them as soon as they were available, I’ve updated the game every time an update is available, I’ve tried on different devices, and they just aren’t there. What’s more, when I tried to contact customer service about it, I was unable to provide a tapblaze account number to associate with the game because there isn’t a way to login to your tapblaze account in this version, so I just never got a response. This is despite the fact that I explained this exact issue in my email to customer service.I also just want to reiterate what others have said about the subpar experience in this version, specifically how hard it is to earn gems. I’m on game day 109 and I have almost no upgrades because I can’t afford them. Really, there’s no reason to even have two forms of in-game currency in an Apple Arcade game. You only have the gems in the original version to incentivize us to either make in-game purchases or watch ads since that increases your real-life revenue, but that’s irrelevant here, so just switch everything to the in-game cash. If that’s too burdensome in terms of coding, then at least reduce the prices for gem-based purchases.

I was excited for GPGP to land for Apple Arcade but unfortunately the developers don't seem to have thought through or didn't spend the time to figure out how this would adapt to a non-microtransaction / non-ad supported platform. To get key upgrades you need gems or diamonds or whatever to purchase them. Apparently in the standard version you can actually buy them in app or watch ads to earn them. (They didn't bother to remove the "now let's hear from our sponsors" animation that leads into where the ads would be or make more content to cover the gap either.) These things aren't easy to earn in game so in order to get them you'll have to grind way, way, way more than it was originally intended. To the point where I don't really want to play anymore because the carrot of new toppings helpers is so far away it's not worth it. That and there are bugs with the undo feature as well the flower vase not working it seems like, probably others. Anyway, I don't know how these Apple Arcade arrangements work but it seems like they just did the bare minimum to ship it and the final product is actually inferior to the free to play ad supported version. Big time bummer. You can’t sell a pizza with this few mushrooms. ;)