Although the game is a single-player experience, I never felt alone while whipping up drinks and talking with characters who - as odd as it might sound - genuinely felt like my closest of friends.
Coffee Talk is the kind of game I would never have thought to ask for, but it is exactly what I needed to take a break from my normal video game fare. There's nothing to kill or beat up here, just pleasant conversations in a humble coffee shop, and plenty of drinks to go around. There aren't any skill challenges per se, but there is a bit of a challenge in figuring out how to make the various drinks that are asked for. The more you know about coffees, teas, and hot chocolates, the easier this whole process will be. In this fictional version of Seattle, you never know who will walk through the door as it could be anything from a struggling writer, an alien, or a vegan vampire.
A wonderful game that describes people's modern problems.
pros:
+ A wonderful plot describing people's problems, despite the difficult plot topic, the story is not depressing, there are moments that are heart-touching, funny and stressful. In short, the story is well-balanced and you probably won't get bored with it
+ Brilliant graphic design thanks to which we can feel the emotions of the character
+ The game is neither too long nor too short
+ Low computer requirements
+ Each character has its own unique style
+ The game will have a second part
Minuses
- The game is a movie,
in this production the only thing we can do is coffee, we cannot choose what we want to say (luckily what our barista says is balanced and most players will like what our character says)
- There are few hints for making coffee, there are many recipes and you have to discover them yourself, which can be difficult
I personally fell in love with this game, watching all the conversations and making coffee allowed me to forget about my own problems and feel much better, the game also has many messages.
Despite being too similar to its inspirations, Coffee Talk is a unique blend of love for retro style, chillout music and a surprisingly vivid and fantasy portrayal of Seattle. A beautiful and relaxing experience that succeeds as a hybrid of barista simulation and traditional visual novel.
This is one of those unique games that we really enjoy. It’s perfect if you just want to enjoy a bunch of stories that feel human and real, even if they are part of a fantastic universe.
Coffee Talk’s atmosphere that incorporates the diversity of Indonesia is worth spending some time in, and the game succeeds in depicting something as mundane as people’s worries and how they learn to move on. That makes Coffee Talk the kind of game that you will actually want to enjoy while relaxing with a cup of coffee yourself. While the story has no great drama or impactful event, the message that the developer tries to deliver at the ending comes through.
Coffee Talk is very much a mismatched brew. Without strong focus, the surface-level approach to a catalogue of important issues hampers the writing, the principal element of all visual novels. But while its casual philosophies can sometimes be hard to swallow, great visuals, fun side modes, and a budget price point suggests that, for some readers, Coffee Talk will still go down smooth.
Jogo sensacional!!! Toda a atmosfera, a trilha sonora, os diálogos, os efeitos sonoros, é tudo perfeito! Um jogo relaxante, bonito, bem feito... com certeza maravilhoso!
Coffee Talk is a comfortable visual novel about, well, coffee and talking. You serve drinks to magical creatures and listen to their worries each night whilst chill music is playing on the background. That is basically it.
I do feel like the game needs some more substance to be better. After unlocking every possible ingredient after a few in-game days I was left a little disappointed. It would have been nice to maybe be able to upgrade the coffee shop or create custom drinks, just to have something more to do. Since this particular visual novel does not let you affect the dialogue in any way either, it becomes rather easy to feel like you're not actually doing anything.
However, Coffee Talk looks and sounds very good, and everything from coffee making to creating latte art seems well thought out. Even the different phone apps are detailed despite not being an integral part of the game. Definitely one of the comfiest visual novel experiences out there!
a bad game most of it's just lisetning to the characters talk I mean if I could at least interact maybe it was something but I can't so its just boring listening to some bad stories and waiting for the second I could make a coffee that they didn't even tell me how to make it so I just put random stuff hoping I was right then serving them and realize I should put the primary as the secondary and the secondary as the primary. and then you got the endless that's just boring af and the challenge, the challenge is what I wished the endless to be but is also boring after like two minutes of playing so it raised my review just by a little. so in conclusion this all game is boring doesn't matter what game mode you're on.
SummaryCoffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two. Immerse yourself in the stories of alternative-Seattle inhabitants that modern readers will find strongly echo the world around them.