PlateUp! Review (Yenneth)
Weirdly addictive. Extremely fun in multiplayer. We have had more fun playing this together and pushing into overtime days then when we played Overcooked together. You may day dream of different restaurant set ups while not playing.
There doesn't seem to be a save game option. If you and friends need to stop and you're past day 15 it'll save the franchise if you fail. If you want to save the game make sure you "Quit" and don't abandon. When you reload the game it will have a Recover Save option. You can invite your friends before recovering the save that way you can pick colors and don't end up matching each other.
There is no sandbox option. The only way you will figure out how to use Combiners, Portioners and belts is by just buying and trying them in practice mode when you're already in a game.
The levels are randomly generated which can be fun or a huge source of your frustrations in later days.
Highly recommend the game, we played as a group during the playtest for over 50 hours and the massive amount of changes that came from playtest to release were a real breath of fresh air to the balance. We ended up playing another 50 hours and many nights staying up past midnight which doesn't happen for us as much anymore.
If you don't have a group, their discord is very active with people looking to play together. They also post pictures of set ups, seeds and general advice or suggestions. Make sure to check it out