Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients

About Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients

While the first game was set in the 1880s, Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients is set in the 1920s. Within this setting, the game incorporates Art Deco elements in its menus and interface and a soundtrack based on the Jazz Age. In the story mode, the player must team up with Alexandra Tangye, granddaughter of Chocolatier's protagonist Evangeline Baumeister, to discover new recipes and rebuild Baumeister Confections. As in its predecessor, there is also a free play mode, which allows the player to play without set missions and at their own pace. The game's main addition compared to its predecessor is the presence of the taste lab, in the port of Buenos Aires. There, the player can experiment with the ingredients they've already unlocked and create new recipes that can't be obtained any other way, such as a recipe for chocolate-covered ants.

The minigame played when making a chocolate recipe for the first time is still present, but with added variations. This time, the circular trays can move in a line or in a zigzag pattern, and not just in a circle around the ingredient gun. A colour-matching mechanic has also been added, guaranteeing bonuses to the player if they combine ingredients of the same colour. There are 16 traditional ports in Chocolatier 2, where you can find a market to buy items, usually a shop where you can sell chocolates and, in six of them, a factory: Abidjan, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Casablanca, Cayenne, Jakarta, Mahajanga, Manila, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Paris, San José, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Sydney. Furthermore, there are four ‘hidden’ harbours that are unlocked through missions or conversations with other characters and contain secret items that can be used in the chocolate lab: the Amazon, Fiji, the Himalayas and the Sahara. It is also possible to haggle with vendors in every market.