For the most part, Delicious: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise plays the same as the rest of the series. Each day, you need to serve all the customers before they get upset and leave, reaching your target goals in cash for the day. Customers will tell you what they want, and then you simply have to click on each item to bring it to them, though some things like drinks or ice cream have more than one component. Emily and Patrick are special customers, and each day you'll need to send them to do several different things in order to fill up your heart meter. If you can handle all that not only do some ingredients need to be refilled, such as by chopping more limes for drinks, but there are tables to be cleared, mice to be driven out, and the odd special objective you'll need to accomplish in addition to your usual duties. Of course, Francois isn't the only person on board with new duties, and you won't be slinging cocktails and magazines the entire time. Honeymoon Cruise feels like an immediate step up in difficulty and complexity from the others, throwing multi-step items and large amounts of customers at you very early on. It can be a little overwhelming, especially if this is your first time-management game, but once you get used to where everything is and develop a rhythm things begin to move much more smoothly. Making Emily and Patrick happy in addition to serving all your other customers isn't as hard as you may think, especially if you make it a point to deal with them early on and don't hesitate to send them from task to task until their hearts are full.

The Delicious games are one of those series you sort of wish every other casual franchise would take a cue from.They are, without fail, some of the very best casual games around regardless of genre, and know exactly how to make a player feel like they've gotten their value out of a game. While the formula never changes much, there's always just enough minor tweaks and differences to keep each game fresh, and the well-written storylines and endearing cast of characters doesn't hurt either. The story here is every bit as light-hearted as you'd expect, following Emily and her friends as they deal with trying to juggle their new jobs and cope with problems silly and serious, like Francois' ridiculous rivalry with the maid's little boy, or Angela trying to impress a legendary fashion designer. The storyline regarding Emily's dodging a particular topic Patrick wants to talk about and her own feelings on the matter feels more than a little like manufactured drama, since I'm pretty sure something that big you'd discuss before you got married, not to mention the news about Patrick's (awful) mother is sort of horrible and handled in a sorta offhand way, but needs must, I suppose. Despite those bumps in tone, however, the game is just as addictive and compelling as the rest of the series, which is no small task consider it's a whopping nine games long. Delicious: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise packs in an amazing amount of variety without losing the formula fans love, and doesn't skimp on any single aspect from art to story and soundtrack. This is how casual time-management games should be made, and it's highly recommended.

Windows:
Download the demo
Get the full version

Mac OS X:
Not available.
Try Boot Camp or Parallels or CrossOver Games.