Since3D games could renderit on a plate, there has been a clamor for good-looking food in games while wishing you could just grab it straight out from the screen and dig in. That expectation continues to grow the more detailed and pretty the food becomes.
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Not all food in games is created equal. Some meals can look questionable, yet still edible at best. At worst, it will make you wonder who the evil restaurant thought they were, trying to serve these dishes up to you. You will be sending these dishes back to the kitchen for sure.
8Canteen - Monster Hunter: World
It would bedoing a disservice to the Felyneswho work hard to keep all the hunters fed and sturdy for their expeditions into uncharted lands. Survival is paramount to succeeding in discovering new creatures and lands to make livable for your hunter crew. So, it’s understandable you’d be eating their delicious meals to boost your stats when given the chance.
However, at the end of the day, they are cat-like creatures with fur. If you’ve lived with cats at some point in your life, you know what’s coming next. The hair getseverywhere,and no matter how much you think you’ve got it all, there’s always some left behind. So, putting together Felynes cooking your food, you have a pretty furry meal.
7Nuka-Cola - Fallout Series
Nuka-Cola from theFalloutseries is a staple of both the games themselves and a symbol of the fictional United States in the game. This is easily proven by the soda being high value and the bottle caps being the main currency in the post-Great War wasteland.
The last version of the soda contains some serious problems, and since it is the last type to ever be worked on, there is no way to fix it. You see, the final version of the popular contains aninnocuously named isotope called strontium-90, which is used in nuclear weaponry. People have died in the making of this version of the soda, aptly named Nuka-Cola Quantum after its radioactive ingredients. Better to keep this one off the shelves.
6Dubious Food - Zelda Breath Of The Wild
The food so dubious, it has to be pixilated! In Zelda Breath of the Wild, Link can cook for himself to regain health and stat boosts and often end up cooking pretty great dishes that look more than edible. Most recipes he makes could even be considered restaurant quality. It’s amazing, given he makes them out in the wild.
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Not all recipes are completed equally, however. Some, unfortunately,don’t reach the restaurant qualitylike Fried Wild Greens can. Some can be downright dubious like…well like the Dubious Food. Though you know the ingredients that go into it, down to the critters or monsters, you’ll never really know how it turns out under the pixilated editing. It’s safe to say this meal isn’t safe to serve in any dine-in capacity.
5Whipped Cream Curry - Pokemon Sword And Shield
Listen,a good curry will fill your bellyand your soul with its endless combinations of spices, vegetables, and meats (if you’re so inclined), as it warms you down to your core. Adding a little bit of sweetness adds complexity and depth of flavor which wasn’t there before. For the most part, the Curry recipes inPokemon Sword & Shieldcan vary from simple yet filling, to questionable and experimental.
Take the Whipped Cream Curry for example. Theoretically, adding a bit of cream to a curry can add richness to the sauce, but somehow, picturing the pokechef shaking an aerosol bottle of whipped cream and adding huge dollops on top is not giving the culinary experience that the average person, or Pokemon for that matter, would look to pay for. Just saying.
4Half-Cooked Grilled Fish - Persona 4
Yu Narukami, or whichever name you’d give him inPersona 4, is atypical teen who is learning how to be self-sufficient— and learning how to cook is just one way. Throughout the game, Yu will make his lunches to take to school and share with friends.
Not every meal comes out perfect though, and his friends willvery bluntlylet him know just how bad and possibly poisonous his messed-up meals are. Yu may be the Savior of Inaba, but he isn’t going to be a chef serving this ‘food’ anytime soon.
3Marguerite’s Dinner - Resident Evil 7
At one point in time, Marguerite may have been the typical wife and mother who would cook meals with love, but all of that changed once Eveline corrupted the family with that insidious fungus inResident Evil 7— and turned them into cannibalistic half-human, half-creature hybrids with a warped sense of…well, everything.
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When you are captured and introduced to the family as a unit, you’ve come to realize that you’ve been invited to the family dinner from hell. Pots and bowls overflowing with viscera and organs will make even those with the toughest of stomachs balk at the sight. This meal doesn’t need to see a storefront. Ever.
2Jellied Eels - Dishonored
There is a market for both jelly, either sweet or savory, and eels, whose soft texture can taste good when cooked correctly. But to combine them and squeeze them tightly into a tin just seemswrong.Don’t get it twisted,it will heal protagonist Corvowhen he needs it, but the texture must be extraordinary.
The man behind the creation inDishonored, who is only known as Pratchett, clearly has a head for profit, especially while a plague has put pretty much everything else on hold. The Jellied Eels would have their fans of course, but it’s hard to see it become a mainstream food item in our world due to its texture.
1Cookies - Cookie Run: Kingdom
Cookies? That doesn’t make sense. They’re already made, decorated, and cooled off ready to be eaten. Plus, they’re cute,making them prime for merch.On the surface, there isn’t a reason why these snacks wouldn’t sell well and make a nice profit in the process, allowing you to make more.
That is until they start talking. Something about the cookies being sentient inCookie Run, and having the ability to express their thoughts, will probably turn a lot of people off from eating them.
