TL;DR Down below

To start off I’ve played this series {and the Delicious Series} nearly all the way through. I was excited to see this and I bought it right away. There’s a reason I wouldn’t recommend this for those that enjoy Time Management games or this series.

- Is it the story? No. The story carries on! And I will play through just for that but not without aggravation. Imo Heart’s Medicine has a better story than Delicious just my opinion.
- Is it the mini-games? No, they’re not hard at all! My Mouse coordination isn’t always the best when I play sometimes but they’re not bad honestly and the mini-game challenges pretty much put you through practice to perfect them.
- Are the graphics worse?! Nope! Pretty solid! Even so, you don’t play these games for the graphics let’s be honest that’s what Red Dead Redemption 2 is for 😉


So what’s the problem?

So I’ve played through all of the first section {The Clinic} as of writing this review. I like that there’s a lot of content! I like that there’s way more challenges to complete to each section. However, I don’t like that I have to replay certain levels two, three, or even four times. Yup…four times. Now maybe I’m just bad at Time Management games, maybe my mouse skills suck. However, what do you do with lvl A28? This isn’t a spoiler really but just in case someone thinks so here’s my explanation as to why levels like A28 in particular is bad:

In A28, you must have Sophia ready before someone even asks for her. Now, there’s a card you can buy before you even get there that upgrades the intercom allowing you to call her and she waits! Nice right? Except she treats people at the speed of snail. “You can upgrade her speed right?” I hear you ask in optimistic curiosity. NO. You think it’s that easy? No, you get a card for her treatment speed AFTER you complete that {that is if you do all the levels at the bottom path and work your way up}. The issue with this challenge is you must sacrifice points to get the challenge done and then you have to sacrifice the challenge to get the points to do it less times. I believe I did it 4 times. Part of that was the first time I didn’t really understand how slow she would be nor could I predict three people would come in a row and ask for her. So, I chose to sacrifice hearts the second time, and the last two times I had to grind the points.

This is the first time you have to do this. Some other levels you have to sacrifice points for the challenge or vice versa. The constant pattern of having to grind the points bothers me…a lot. Maybe it’s easier with “maxed” upgrades, but I don’t know. I assume the high score you see after you fill all 5 stars is what you needed to fill those 5 stars in the first place {I could be wrong}, if that is the case then it makes no sense that you can’t do it the first run through in the first place. I do like that we can call in the next patient {I don’t remember if this was in previous games, but I don’t remember it} and maybe you need to use that more than I do, but regardless it should be possible without that. It was in the previous iterations. I haven’t played the past games in a while so my memory is off on how I went through them, but I don’t ever remember having to repeat nearly every level just to get the full stars.

TL;DR: I’ve put that I can’t recommend this game NOT because I don’t enjoy the story or even the mechanics of the game itself but because it deviated from the previous games on how you got there. The previous games were casual, fun, and inviting. This game is tedious, grindy, and not inviting. That’s my personal opinion, as someone who tends to only 100% Time Management games {aside from a few other games that I’m working on or plan to 100%} I do that because while not always easy they are relaxing and enjoyable. I like this games story; I even like the mini-games! I don’t like the grind, that’s not what I play games like this for maybe others do but, I don’t. If you can nab it on sale like I did and don’t mind the slower progression from past games then go for it! Otherwise, it’s a big grind and the previous games aren’t that bad. The previous games you can complete in one go, maybe two at most.

[b][u]TL;DR Down below[/u][/b] To start off I’ve played this series {and the Delicious Series} nearly all the way through. I was excited to see this and I bought it right away. There’s a reason I wouldn’t recommend this for those that enjoy Time Management games or this series. - Is it the story? No. The story carries on! And I will play through just for that but not without aggravation. Imo Heart’s Medicine has a better story than Delicious just my opinion. - Is it the mini-games? No, they’re not hard at all! My Mouse coordination isn’t always the best when I play sometimes but they’re not bad honestly and the mini-game challenges pretty much put you through practice to perfect them. - Are the graphics worse?! Nope! Pretty solid! Even so, you don’t play these games for the graphics let’s be honest that’s what Red Dead Redemption 2 is for 😉 [b]So what’s the problem?[/b] So I’ve played through all of the first section {The Clinic} as of writing this review. I like that there’s a lot of content! I like that there’s way more challenges to complete to each section. However, I don’t like that I have to replay certain levels two, three, or even four times. Yup…four times. Now maybe I’m just bad at Time Management games, maybe my mouse skills suck. However, what do you do with lvl A28? This isn’t a spoiler really but just in case someone thinks so here’s my explanation as to why levels like A28 in particular is bad: [spoiler]In A28, you must have Sophia ready before someone even asks for her. Now, there’s a card you can buy before you even get there that upgrades the intercom allowing you to call her and she waits! Nice right? Except she treats people at the speed of [i]snail[/i]. “You can upgrade her speed right?” I hear you ask in optimistic curiosity. NO. You think it’s that easy? No, you get a card for her treatment speed AFTER you complete that {that is if you do all the levels at the bottom path and work your way up}. The issue with this challenge is you must sacrifice points to get the challenge done and then you have to sacrifice the challenge to get the points to do it less times. I believe I did it 4 times. Part of that was the first time I didn’t really understand how slow she would be nor could I predict three people would come in a row and ask for her. So, I chose to sacrifice hearts the second time, and the last two times I had to grind the points.[/spoiler] This is the first time you have to do this. Some other levels you have to sacrifice points for the challenge or vice versa. The constant pattern of having to grind the points bothers me…a lot. Maybe it’s easier with “maxed” upgrades, but I don’t know. I assume the high score you see after you fill all 5 stars is what you needed to fill those 5 stars in the first place {I could be wrong}, if that is the case then it makes no sense that you can’t do it the first run through in the first place. I do like that we can call in the next patient {I don’t remember if this was in previous games, but I don’t remember it} and maybe you need to use that more than I do, but regardless it should be possible without that. It was in the previous iterations. I haven’t played the past games in a while so my memory is off on how I went through them, but I don’t ever remember having to repeat nearly every level just to get the full stars. [b][u]TL;DR:[/u][/b] I’ve put that I can’t recommend this game NOT because I don’t enjoy the story or even the mechanics of the game itself but because it deviated from the previous games on how you got there. The previous games were casual, fun, and inviting. This game is tedious, grindy, and not inviting. That’s my personal opinion, as someone who tends to only 100% Time Management games {aside from a few other games that I’m working on or plan to 100%} I do that because while not always easy they are relaxing and enjoyable. I like this games story; I even like the mini-games! I don’t like the grind, that’s not what I play games like this for maybe others do but, I don’t. If you can nab it on sale like I did and don’t mind the slower progression from past games then go for it! Otherwise, it’s a big grind and the previous games aren’t that bad. The previous games you can complete in one go, maybe two at most.