Разработчик: DigitalBadger Design
Описание
Features
- Over 60 recipes of IBA official cocktails, learn these drinks and apply your knowledge to real life!
- Over 50 unlockable liquids, garnishes, glassware, and decor items!
- Tend mode, where patrons will order new drinks and wander around you bar
- Two locations, including a Tiki Bar!
- Create custom cocktails and add them to the game, or disable cocktails you don't like
- Practice at your own pace
- Play custom .mp3 files for bar music
- Low gravity mode, because why not?
Trailer created by Winter Fox Productions
Available for Arcades on SpringboardVR
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 300 MB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR. Room Scale 2m by 1.5m area required
- Additional Notes: Requires tracked motion controllers for input
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires tracked motion controllers for input
Отзывы пользователей
I absolutely love this game. I feel like I put a lot more hours in than I actually have. The drink making is way better than any other VR bartender game. And still to this day, I haven't seen another bartending sim where you have active customers requesting drinks.
I know it's an older game at the time of this review, but I have owned it for quite some time.
It looks simple, but a super good game! Worth every dollar!
yes
This is a fantastic VR bartending sim. I think it captures the intensity of taking on a bunch of orders, organizing them in your head, and multi-tasking pouring to minimize the wait. It can actually get quite stressful which is a really neat aspect.
A few things could be better. The bar is organized in a weird fashion, the wine glasses are super glitchy (when you try to grab one, a million pop out like confetti), and the fact that you just click play and go for as long as you can. I would have appreciated a sort of "campaign mode" where you have to make it through specific length shifts. Clicking a button to kick everyone out of the bar at the drop of a hat once you're done playing is just is a minor immersion breaking thing at the end of the day though.
The development is dead as far as I'm aware which is a shame. Regardless, this is definitely a fun tool to learn drink recipies. 1000x better than Bartender VR Simulator, and much cheaper.
Very fun and entertaining. Not a bartender so don't know how accurate drink mixes are but its more challenging than other VR bartending games.
the game is super fun but once i unlock everything its kinda boring 4/5
Dig it, just wish there were updates. Maybe better graphics and more bar venues and music.
Gf has been getting into mixology and so we got this game. It's a lot of fun watching her knock everything over, and we are leaning many drinks we never knew about. We dotn get out much.
Recommended for few hours of fun and education.
While this game is extremely fun, that excitement only lasts a few hours until you are left wanting more.
I bought this game near release hoping that new content would be added to expand on the idea that you can upgrade your bar and buy new types of alcohol, but there has really been nothing of the sort unfortunately.
The last 'Update' was in march for St. Patrick's day, but we have heard nothing from the devs since. Safe to say this game is dead.
As a bartender, this game is really fun, sometimes it can stress you out too because of all the orders (just like in real life) so in that way you get to learn what being an actual bartender feels like. Btw, when r u guys going to update it and make a party mode where people interact and come from the crowd with their friends and order group drinks? that would be totally fun!!
Unfortunately I don't recommend. Grabbing things is tedious, Ice is hard to work with, the counter is way too quick and the bar setup is way to weird. Especially with the oddly scaled models around the place.
If this game is to improve, It needs to scrap the way it grabs stuff 100%, everything should have hotspots in the way they pick up, like it does with the soda gun. The scrolling through ui needs to be fixed, defaut audio level should be way lower, there has gotta be a scoop for the ice instead of tongs, the ice tray needs to be bigger, models NEED reworking. Not good when you feel like youre in a rroblox game. The Shakers hella scuffed. I mean I do like that its more of a sandbox than Bartender VR, the reason I tried it out, but I can't say it gets it right at all yet.
Only get the game if you *really* want to have a sandbox, create any drink game. If you want to have a quality Bartender experience for VR that exists rn, Bartender VR is the better option, even with that games odd bugs.
Bought this game for my sister since she is starting a job as a bartender and I thought it would be a decent way for her to learn recipies. She never found the free time to play it so it just sat around in my library until I was like "Screw it, I paid money for this so someone in this house has to try it." Holy. Smokes. I never thought I would like bartending, never mind be addicted it. Started late last night, played until I passed out and then started playing again today.
Pros:
-Very intutitive to learn.
-Fun for casual players and bartenders alike.
-Custom music and recipies can be added.
Cons:
-Lack of enviromental variety. You get the main bar and a tiki bar. You can unlock decorations for both, but they can only be placed in one location.
-Everything can be unlocked within a few hours of play. I am rolling in more money than Escobar 6 hours in the game and I have nothing to spend it on.
Conclusion: At $15 I say this game is worth the price and it will be a favourite in my library for the forseeable future.
Edit: It has been a few months since I reviewed this game and everything I said still holds. It is a very relaxing game when you put on some smooth jazz.
This game is far more entertaining that what I thought in the first place! It's very fun to play and since there are a lot of drinks (it's cool that you can even create your own recipes) the game doesn't feel repetitive at all. However, I think achievements would be a great addition.
While Flairtender does not have the best graphics, and looks repetitive on the outside, there is this huge amount of satisfaction that comes with serving every drink.
The controls are well done, with the exception of occasional loss of grip on objects.
There is a ton of variety with drinks, and creating your own drink sure is a plus.
Liquid physics, while lacking in looks, work very well and help immerse you into the game.
Honestly might be one of my favorite non-combat VR games.
[Playing with Windows Mixed Reality.] I don't drink, so I bought this game to learn about alcoholic beverages. I'm amazed at how quickly the immersiveness of the game helps me pick up recipes! For anyone else trying to learn, don't be afraid to "Tend" bar: the patrons will only order drinks you can make with the items you've unlocked. I also recommend buying just a few items at a time and using the "Practice" feature to try the new drinks you've unlocked. The way you grip in this game is a little different from other VR games I've played in that you indicate something with the touch pad and then grip the trigger to grab it, but that quickly becomes natural. Otherwise, the variety of customers and the gradual ebb and flow of the number of orders as you tend bar as well as the number of animations while customers enjoy their drinks really impresses me. Spacing the garnishes a little farther apart would make selecting the correct one easier, but, overall, I'm thrilled with this purchase.
I love this game! It's fun, and I love learning how to make new cocktails myself :).
From a completionist point of view, don't expect to spend a long time unlocking everything. One night of playing and I had a fully stocked bar.
Regardless of that, it's still super fun.
If the developers are reading, I do have one suggestion though! My cameras can't notice me on the ground and if I drop something (usually syrup or the soda sprayer!) I can't get it back. There's no way that I can tell to reset my play area (even stopping the bar session and starting a new one), other than completely restarting the game. I'd love a button press to reset the bar tools / bottles / etc, or something similar to how BAM lets you gravitate items towards yourself with a button press.
Absolutely in love!
Love the recipes, the atmosphere, game mechanics..already learning how to make my first cocktails! :)
Although one drawback is I keep knocking the glass out of my hand and drop it on the floor/drop it in the ice basket as I wave my arms about busily serving up drinks!
Ended up spending a lot of time looking for things I dropped :(
The ice basket especially - I know I probably shouldnt do it this way but scooping ice into the cup by dunking the cup in the ice basket made me lose the cup in the basket very very often. Other than that, if i accidentally pass my hand through the counter with cup in hand, the cups drops somewhere again.
Also, would be nice if we could remove wrong garnishes.
These are minor details though. Overall love the game, great experience!
Also, would it be possible to have the option of using one of those measuring cup things? And a musher for the mojito mbe?
I used to work at a bar, and I have to say that this game really hits the nail on the head as far as bartending experiences go in VR (minus the rude and/or drunk patrons).
There are many, many drinks to choose from that follow the official drink making guidelines, and you are rewarded for making drinks accurately by getting money for correct orders that you can use to unlock more drinks. You even have the option of making your own drinks and editing the existing drinks, which only adds to the fun factor.
While the drink making aspect is complex, my only complaint so far is the progression system. So far, it's easy enough to make about sixty drinks in the bartending mode before you have enough money to unlock every drink and glass available in the game, which can cause a reasonably large difficulty spike once you go back in and try bartending again since the AI will ask for any drink you have unlocked.
Overall however, I think this is a fantastic addition to my VR library, and I've gotten my money's worth out of it just from making my own drinks and trying to pull my usual bartending tricks (which for the most part, translates very well in VR!). The dev is also very active and has been filling promises to make this the best bartending experience in VR, and I think even on its own right now in early access it's worth every dollar I spent.
As a Bartender now I can play a very well made video game version of my job. How Meta!
My only complaint is that I feel the Pour Count is off, I do an 8 count IRL for 2 Oz and in this game that's coming out to 3 Oz. But maybe this game is based on very large speed pourers or something. For the record 3 ozs of Whisky for a Jack and Coke is one helluva strong drink and I wouldn't give that out to customers unless I knew for certain they were responsible.
Anyway it's incredibly cool that you can add your own recipes to this game. Game could make for pretty nifty training tool to remember recipes.
A lot of fun, even in it's current early access state.
Everything feels very intuitive, and mixing drinks is a lot of fun!
Added bonus: developer listens to the community and implements suggestions.
My only complaint is that the amount of drinks needs to drastically increase to make the game more diverse, and the unlocks should increase in price throughout the progression of the game.
Solid addition to your collection of VR games!
My dreams of being behind the bar juggling bottles of spirits like Tom Cruise in Cocktails have finally come true in VR! This so far, is so much fun and informative imho...but then again...I've always wanted to really learn how to bartend so this is right up my ally. Looks like the developer is listening and adding improvements as I write review, sounds like he is working on possibly adding a shaker, yes! Nothing fancy, nice simple graphics and it works, the physics feels nice and you can adjust the pour speed if desired. Things that I would like to see added...random patrons as in male or female ordering drinks, handling money with change or maybe even a credit card machine, and perhaps a waitress/waiter with multiple orders. Maybe down the line add the ability to change the background/atmosphere perhaps. Beer pitchers, or even "Das boot", maybe a beer cooler with bottled beer and a bottle opener, just a thought. Other reviews have other great ideas as well and I'm sure it will only get better. Is way cheaper then bartender classes by far! Don't hesitate and get this!
This game is extremely fun! I recommend having some real drinks nearby as after a few mins of playing you'll be thirst for real. Hope the dev adds career mode with actual patrons you serve and more ambient sounds like people talking, glasses clinking, and general bar atmospheric noises.
At the moment, I play the game over speakers instead of the Vive headphones and have a Chrome browser open with a youtube video of 8 hours of "bar sounds" It really helps with immersion! Here is a LINK to the sounds I have playing in background while playing Flairtender.
Cons
--right now are the sliders for adjusting height and position need to go and be replaced with something else, it's a pain to adjust one slider but then when clicking on the next one it resets the first slider position.
--Glasses/cups should be right-side up when picking them up, not always upside-down no matter what orientation your controllers are.
--When mixing, there should be an option to list what amount of each ingredient you've already put in, instead of having the oz total accumulate. For example, if it calls for X oz of tequila, X oz of triple sec, X oz of lemon juice, when you mix have each one on a separate line. 1.5oz of tequila, and next line underneath says 1.5 oz of triple sec, and next line with 1.0 oz of lemon juice. The system in place right now it's sometimes difficult on the fly to be like oh crap how much of what is already in there, it just says 6.xx oz so far.
I'm a VR artist, but I've been wanting to learn to bartend for a while. I heard of this game a few weeks ago and I've been pumped for it ever since. I got it the moment it was released and I'm not disappointed in the slightest! It's exactly what I wanted it to be. I'd like to be the world's first VR-trained bartender. I doubt the position has yet been filled.
Couple notes,
-if a drink is on fire and you throw it, it should tooootally expolde. sad that it didnt.
-the bottles come back when you throw them or put them in the trash, but the soda fountain does not. Problem.
-there should eventually be an accuracy mode where the drinks actually spill when tipped. But only as an option because i can also see the merit in the way it is now.
-When I adjust the x/y position and/or height, it doesn't always stay that way. sometimes changing one slider will reset the others and sometimes going back to the menu will reset them.
-There should also be a mode for "just whiskey drinks" or "just drinks with lemon juice," "just drinks in a martini glass" etc, to help those who are using this to learn.
That's all the problems I've found so far, very very solid game and I look forward to the day that I can walk into a bar, ask for a job, and say that I was trained entirely in VR.
Absolutely worth the money.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | DigitalBadger Design |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 02.02.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 91% положительных (33) |