Cake Mania
$6.95
- 48 Levels Of Baking Fun.
- Customize And Upgrade Your Kitchen
- 4 Unique Bakeries To Run
- Hilarious Seasonal Characters.
Product Description
Help a young baker show big bad business who’s boss in this fast-paced treat! When the retail behemoth “Mega-Mart” moves in, Jill’s beloved family bakery is forced to close. But she’s determined to get the business back on its feet with delicious sweets. Help Jill open her own bakery, bring in customers, and earn enough money to re-open her grandparents’ bakery! With 48 levels and four different bakeries, Cake Mania is full of mouth-watering fun. Let’s get cook… More >>
I thought it was strange that I needed to install a downloader to get a ‘free’ game, so I created a restore point on my computer first. First thing I noticed is that the Amazon Downloader stays resident in your computer even when you reboot. I downloaded the ‘Amazon Downloader’ and then downloaded Cake Mania. I also ‘downloaded’ another free game using the Amazon Downloader. Using Windows Explorer I copied the downloaded game setup files to a totally seperate and private folder where I have other personal files in my computer. Then I manually exited the Amazon Downloader program (it even warned me that by doing so I would not be able to download any more games until I run it again or reboot). Then I went to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and ‘completely’ removed Amazon Downloader. Then I restored my system settings using System Restore. Lo and behold, not only were the downloaded games missing from the Amazon folder in My Documents, but the ‘Amazon Downloader’ kept track of the files I copied into a seperate private folder, and it DELETED those files from my personal file folder before uninstalling. I WOULD NOT TRUST THIS AMAZON DOWNLOADER OR ANY OTHER RESIDENT PROGRAM THAT CLAIMS TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. YOU WILL ALWAYS PAY. THEY HAVE BECOME CONfidence ARTISTS AND FOOLED YOU INTO INSTALLING AN INTRUSIVE PROGRAM INTO YOUR COMPUTER. I am disappointed since Amazon had gained my trust as a customer for years but now I wonder what they have done with my personal information and history. Shame on Amazon.
Rating: 1 / 5
There is a review for this product that only criticizes the Amazon downloader. First and foremost the reviews are intended to provide insight on a product, not a delivery method. I would hate to see reviews on a book that say the shipping guy came in for coffee and hung out, when you try to kick him out he takes your book as well. I would venture a guess that you were too busy thinking of ways to get the delivery guy out of the house to even crack the spine.
Second, I am a computer professional and have over ten years of experience in the field. Anyone who has an issue with the Amazon downloader is a novice and an amateur. You see, Amazon has a problem in that they want to distribute digital products in a method that maintains the producers right to profit and the users desire for ease of use. When you go through trying to circumvent the system because you are a paranoid nut, of course you will have issues. By the way, the real reason your stuff was missing is because they are executables and the restore point without those will remove them. An installation file is not a document to Windows, rather a potential reason for your use of the restore point.
You are using your computer wrong if you set a restore point for every little thing you download from a known and reliable source. Restore points are ideally for major system upgrades, hardware changes, and software with an unknown origin.
Also, there is an option in the downloader to not boot with the computer, and also the ability to select the download location. I would suggest going over software thoroughly to verify that it doesn’t have the features you need before you go nuts and start using Windows Restore point. Ultimately, Amazon wants you to buy from them, they provide this tool so buying is easy, and they make it customizable enough so you don’t uninstall it and continue to make purchases.
If you are also a computer nerd who knows what they are talking about, please thumbs up this so that it takes precedence to the previous paranoid reviewer.
Third, Cake Mania is alright. Not great, not bad, three stars, I rated five so that my three star rank is achieved by evening out the 1-star review of the Downloader.
Rating: 5 / 5
PROS:
- fun and addicting, you just want to beat “one more level”
- very easy to learn, but hard to master (especially at higher levels)
CONS:
- slightly repetitive
- a few annoying quirks make you accidentally bake the wrong cake, wrong frosting color, etc and you can’t undo the press
BOTTOM LINE:
I enjoy the game itself and will be playing it again but i’m not sure i’d spend more than a few dollars on it
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m in my early 20s, and I find this game to be quite entertaining… at first. It’s up to about 10 levels in that I find this game to be VERY repetitive and annoying. First of all, I have to deal with annoying customers all day, and I don’t need a game that gives me even more rude customers to deal with. Second of all, you do a lot of point-and-click work, which gets old really quick. There is no real objective to each level of this game other than to make ends meet. I do not recommend this game to anyone who has to deal with bad customers for a living. And unless you want to prepare your children to enter minimum-waged, hectic sales positions when they grow up, keep this game away from your children as well.
Rating: 3 / 5
Glitched a lot, 16 bit like graphics, extremely repetitive, not much reward for doing well. Fun for a few levels then just gets dumb and repetitive. End game stinks. Put it down after several levels. Wouldn’t recommend if not for free. Better free games available.
Rating: 2 / 5