Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant

how to summarize perfection into a few words. it's something many philosophers have struggled with all their lives. this game is the culmination of all their work into one 2 hour experience. "ts good as ♥♥♥♥" - Aristotle

とっても面白かった！一～二時間でさらっとできます！ カメラワークが秀逸

If you're looking for something random, off the wall, and not too time consuming, this is perfect for you. Hoping for the sequel.

This game is a work of art absolute cinema.

Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant is a really strange game because it starts off feeling like a simple little restaurant simulator and then slowly turns into something much darker. I play as Anh Hai, who has taken over a small pho restaurant in a village in Dan Phuong, Hanoi. My days are spent making pho, serving customers and talking to people around the village, but there is clearly something wrong underneath all of that. I like the way the game takes something as ordinary as running a food stall and slowly makes it feel uncomfortable without giving everything away straight away. The cooking is probably the part that surprised me most. I have to pay attention to exactly what each customer wants, including the type of meat and the different side dishes and garnishes. It is not a complicated cooking system, but I do have to listen properly and remember the orders instead of just making the same bowl every time. I actually like this because it makes the restaurant feel like a real part of the story rather than a random minigame that was added for something to do. The simple routine of making pho and serving people also makes the darker parts stand out much more when things start changing. The story is where most of the value is for me. The village looks quiet and normal at first, but the more time I spend there, the more strange details start appearing. I meet different locals, learn more about what is going on and slowly uncover secrets connected to the village and Anh Hai's own past. I like that the game mixes comedy with horror instead of making everything miserable from the beginning. There are some genuinely funny moments, but because I have already been made comfortable by the normal restaurant routine, the darker scenes can hit much harder. Mr. Gold is also a surprisingly important part of the experience. He is Anh Hai's dog, and I can interact with him during the story. I think this works really well because he gives me something small and comforting in a game that becomes increasingly unsettling. I also have to pay attention to what happens to him, because his survival is connected to the ending I get. I do not want to spoil the story, but I liked having something in the game that made me care about what happened beyond simply solving the mystery. The biggest weakness for me is the short length. The Steam version is designed as a compact experience that can take around thirty minutes to an hour, with four different endings depending on my choices. I like that the game is short enough that I can replay it to see what changes, but I still finish feeling like there could have been more. Some of the characters and situations are introduced quickly, and I would have liked more time to explore the village and understand the people living there. The game has enough ideas for a much bigger story, even though I think the short format does help keep the mystery focused. I also think the presentation fits the game really well. The retro look gives the village a slightly rough and uncomfortable feeling, while the more cinematic scenes help the important moments stand out. The Vietnamese setting is another big part of what makes it interesting to me because the game is not just using a random restaurant as a horror setting. It puts me in a specific place and gives the everyday details a lot of importance. There are also some simple extra sections outside the restaurant, which stop the whole thing from becoming nothing but cooking and conversations. Overall, Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant is much better than I expected from the name alone. I like the restaurant routine, the strange village, the characters, the darker story and especially the way the horror slowly creeps into what initially feels like a normal cooking game. The short length means I cannot rate it alongside much larger story games, and some parts feel like they could have been expanded, but I think the compact format works surprisingly well. For me, it is the kind of small game that I remember because the idea is so unusual and because it manages to make something as ordinary as serving pho feel genuinely unsettling. Rating: 7.5/10

game rất dễ crash dù không di chuyển nhanh hay nhảy tùm lùm

a lot of bugs