Running a hotel can be, in the world of video games, boiled down to a simple chain of events. First, patrons will enter and wait for you at the desk. Drag and drop them onto a room to get them settled in, then bring up their luggage. Guests usually want something to eat shortly after that, sending you off to the kitchen to fetch some food. Some customers will have other needs, such as fresh towels for trips to the pool or wake-up calls, but otherwise all you need to do is gather payment, take out the dirty laundry and you're good to go!
Everyone and everyone’s mom especially knows of the popular Diner Dash series that has been the mainstay of casual management style video games, but unless you are a huge fan of the series you may not have known that PC side there have been lots of spin-off titles. These include series such as Wedding Dash, Cooking Dash and the subject of this review Hotel Dash. In fact for PC there is already a sequel to Hotel Dash but the original Hotel Dash released in 2010 just made its way to Android devices recently.
Den of Geek writes: "With all the diners, parking lots, poodle parlours and so on, I guess it was only a matter of time before Flo made her way into the hotel business. This time, the action follows on from that of Avenue Flo, Playfirst's first foray into the world of point and click adventure (if a more casual version than, say, Myst)."
Diner Dash has spawned more than two dozen spin-offs and sequels since Flo first started serving impatient customers in 2003. The latest, Hotel Dash, sticks to the same basic format that made the time-management game a hit among casual players, but adds challenges and gameplay improvements that make it more than just new dressing on an old concept.
Players control Flo as she supports her friend Quinn's budding career as a travel agent by running and renovating a series of hotels. Each hotel features a suite that must be prepared before a special guest arrives. To pay for improvements, you must rack up tips by catering to fussy customers and dealing with the problems they produce, such as pissing off other customers by chatting on their cell phones or letting their yappy dogs into the hall.
