I'm probably going to lose my head for this, but I looked back at the other Chocolatier games and noticed that in the first one the bad guy's name was Esteban Grimaldo, a Spanish name. Now for you history buffs the Spanish-American War was going on in the same era as this story is set. And in the next 2 games the bad guy's name was Wolf Fleischer a German, remember WWI and WWII. So barring all Political Correctness if the next series is set in the '70's with the Iranian Hostage crisis as the historical background the bad guy should be a Middle Easterner of Arabian descent. If there are any Arabs reading this please don't stone me.  

I'm not a fan but I have played all 3 games. Quite frankly if they don't re-structure how the mini games work I won't bother with a 4th game. There is no sense to adding a recycle bin if it's not really accessible. A right button swap is standard in the games they have copied, why don't we get this? The coffee factories are flat out terrible. I can't even think of a redeeming value to comment on.
 
I agree with the comment that we should be able to keep a previous factory setting. That way if I get a quest for a very small order that is given and to be delivered in the same port I don't have to reset the entire factory just to fill it. I also agree with some kind of visual warning/ notice that items will soon expire.
 
They also need to have far better game support. People that have had to contact them for various reason; such as how badly player created items dropped in price just but shutting down the game; have had little satisfaction. If that was intended as a game 'feature' to control the players wealth then come out and say so. if it really was a bug...then fix it. Stonewalling breeds distrust.

I love this game and can't wait for the next one to come out!

I think a multiplayer type feature would be so cool, to be able to compete against other players online.  The games wouldn't necessarily have to be played online  at the same time, more just a completetiveness against other players.

More ingredients, more secrets, sabotage (random and more secretive would be nice so you wouldn't be aware of it until after the fact), more recipes and more factories!  The sign and activity log are also needed.  I also agree that there needs to be refridgeration.  Maybe the feature of owning our own cacoa plants, oooh, there are lots of possibilities with that!  Maybe even a bakery which specializes in chocolate desserts.  Oh, I'm drooling over that.  That would widen the scope of potential ingredients too.

This is an awesome series that can only get more awesome. 

i also love these games and can't wait for more of them to come out . i don't like the coffees or the machines in decadence but i do like the idea of a recycler as long as it works whether you are aimed at it or not.  think they should stick strickly with chocolates.  could use ingredients from all 3 of the games plus add more fruits, nuts, and spices.  could sign contracts with different shops to automatically deliver products, both for buying ingredients as well as for selling choc. this would help alleviate the need to sell so many every so often to keep from losing them.   would also like a best performance button on machines so we don't lose a good number while trying for a better number.       like the exotics and the people you deal with giving you ideas on ingredients to try.would like a combination lab where we can make our own choc. but also have it a tasting lab like in C2, that way there would be 3 ways to get recipes.  you could also have the cocoa sellers explain what each cocoa is like( bitter, dark, bittersweet, etc.) and what some things are that it goes good with or what it doesn't go with. EX. you know how your told wine goes good with this or that? could also have venders at markets suggest using this or that type of choc. with this or that item. have a cabinet so that we could put completed orders there so won't accidently sell before have a chance to deliver.   would like to be able to phone or telegraph an order for ingredients in to prevent factory shut down.  also like quest log, activity log telegraph and EXOTICS.  would like all this in a game with more blanks for our recipes. people say they like the competition so maybe make it interactive but playable off line. when go online info updated? also have it so you can see others recipes(if they wish to share) or have a place,  page, recipe book they can write them down for others to use if not interactive.

Hey guys - check the 2 posts for Chocolatier 4, lots of other ideas there too!  I've contacted PF and Big Splash about reading our suggestions.  PF defers to BS, BS doesn't respond.  Here's the contact us site for BS.  Maybe someone can get through to have them consider our player ideas?   

http://www.bigsplashgames.com/about.php

I can't wait any longer for #4, does anyone know if there's already a Date of release?

Look at the bottom this page under "About Us - News"  that's where they list what's being released.