I wanted to see challenge mod of cookie trials! I really would enjoy recompleating the rare/common cookie trials. And get rewards! It might also be a way to get first cookie gacha coins! I won't bring this up but right now there are only 3 WAYS in the WHOLE GAME of getting them. Season pass what can give ya only 4-6 gacha coins if you don't pay. Daily rewards about what I play for 3 WHOLE MONTHS and I got only 2-4 gacha coins. Very little of em... So challenge mode could actualy be a way of getting those coins in the way that doesn't rely on time... You sure can get those gacha pulls from started missions but the name speaks for itself. They are only for starters. That's anoying and dissapointing...

I would love to see such add to the game as season pass! Just a pass with small quests. Quests like ""Break X of (insert colour) jesllies" "Make X of sertain boosters" "Combi X specific boosters" and missions that give you more pointys like "Obtain the new cookie" "Play with new cookie X times" "Beat cookie trial normall/hard mode" "Get new cookie a room" etc. That might be a gppd adiction to the gameplay and will make it more fun becuse pass rewards could fix the lack of in game recourses wit(c)h you can expirience in late game state.

Also a really anoying thing is lack of interesting events in game. COME ON. Literaturaly the ONLY game rewiever I was able to find said they expected more form the gameplay! I don't say that it has to be something like super duper events with new animations NO. It can be same as kingdom events! Just using pre-existing sprites! That would do a lot of the game and make it feel... You know? More alive. That might also help bring new players!

Just a lil complain - why we don't get first cookie gacha coins after completing the chapter? Well, whole first saga chapter. Game literaturaly givs you first cookie gacha anim, spits into your face and is like "YOU DON'T HAVE HER AND YOU WON'T AHAHAHAH" it kinda feels like that.

If you wanna comment I'm this game's hater, I'm a fan! I've been a fan! I have 48 out of 50 cookies! I play it everyday and made fanart you can literaturaly find in my profile easily. I understand why the game feels more empty than other cookie run games. It is less than 2 years old. As far as I am aware it's the youngest cookie run game. If Tower Of Adventures is younger. Ovensmash is still not out? At least on mobile and cookie run is a mobile series. So I belive it's in development. I undesratand that making a game actualy good takes a lot of times if you update it like cookie run is being updated (1 time per month). I understand that most of stuff I mentioned will be coming to the game anyways maybe in a diffrent look but still will come. I just stated what problems game has right now and even submited how to fix them. I wine becuse I'm so pissed off about most of that stuff specificaly - lack of First cookie gacha coins. It doen't make game unplayable, it's still pretty fun. Game does it's best to use all features of gameplay to the max level. Like cool bossfights I will have fun reaplaying even now when I beaten all storry mode, first saga and almost all special story. I will still have time replaying most levels! Game is enjoyable, and has a cool gimmick that allows you to make rooms for cookies! And make your lest favourite cookies live in a trashy courner with even no wall/floor paint. And you can recrut residents, complete puzzles COOK, play suika game but cookie run themed (taht one game where you mix balls together), treasure haunting and more! Also a honorable mention to cookie designs. So, considering what I said - if you wanted to play the game, PLAY IT.

No matter what game it is, I never get to the end of the story, never beat the final boss, never save the princes, never save the world, I get there or get close, but I never beat them, let them end the role, and put their costumes back in the closet. No matter what kind, open world, RPG, track-based, puzzles. I will never beat the Ender Dragen, never beat the Elger brain, never kill the Elden beast, and become the Elden lord. Not even in person-to-person games. Monopoly, Yahtzee, magic the gathering, coup, smash bros. I can just say that's luck.

But I had fun all the same.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the official week of Shiraz !

I’ve been looking forward to this week with Leopards Leap because they truly have had me leaping to great heights to be part of the celebration, but I don’t mind one bit. I’m so grateful to be pulled out of hibernation to celebrate my favourite grape with you!

The name Shiraz refers to the wine produced around the city of Shiraz in Iran. This city was a great centre of winemaking for thousands of years, with production dating back to 500 BC. The religious homeland of this grape is in France, and although it’s been planted throughout the world, expressing itself in different forms when influenced by the climate, soil, and regional style, it somehow always carries the same core characteristics.

Franschhoek wines have such a delicateness to them; from the colour all the way to the palate, you’re greeted with softness. The bouquet of this wine is so rich yet so tender, accompanied by vanilla oak and cranberry notes. The wine has a medium body with tannins that kiss the back of your tongue. There’s a soft, velvety raspberry finish to the wine that lingers a little longer on your palate, which I fell in love with and kept wanting to experience. The wine has a strong spice to it with hints of black pepper seeds, and this is my biggest indicator that it would pair amazingly with red meats. In my opinion, it would dance beautifully with a juicy and salty steak.

There’s always this worry in the back of our minds that young wine will be too fruity and lessen the quality of the wine. Although this wine has plenty of fruit elements and, when left decanted over a period of hours, beautifully opens up, revealing a spirited personality of an array of fruit, it still manages to stay grounded to its roots of being a Shiraz and doesn’t lose itself.

The best part of celebrating Shiraz Week with Leopard’s Leap and me is that you can stand a chance to win a box of this amazing Shiraz and be part of the festivities with us ! It’s really simple to enter and win: tell us in the comments of the Instagram post what your favourite cheese is to pair Shiraz with, and don’t forget to follow myself (@thewineaficionado_) and Leopard’s Leap (@leopardsleap) and to tag us when sharing this post. Giveaway ends on Sunday 27/08/2023 !

May the odds be in your favour !

I want to give a special thank you to Leopard’s Leap for their kindness and choosing me to be part of such a special campaign, what an honour and I’m eternally grateful.