"Waste of hard earned cash..."

This is one of the few games that exist in today's games lexicon that is both not worth buying or renting. There is no reason why anyone should even PLAY this game. While text-based adventures had their place on PCs in the 80s - this game is nothing more than that - they are completely unacceptable with the technology at the disposal of developers today.

If I want to read a story, then I will do so out of a book for free from the library, not for $5 as a rental from Blockbuster, and definitely not for $30 as a new game from EB.

Graphics 8/10

It was hard for them to mess this up over at Ubisoft. Basically the graphics are headshots that occasionally emote... Wow... Thankfully they are done very well, very clean with virtually no jagged edges at all.

But based on the limited animations - basically none - it is hard to grade this game better than a B or 80%...

Sound 4/10

No voices, limited musical tracks, and a handful of sound effects leave this game as very basic in the sound department. Original GameBoy had games that were far superior to this one in the sound department... Very sad...

Gameplay 0/10

There is no gameplay and thus the zero. This game is like the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Come to think of it, my above assertion that this was nothing more than a text adventure was an insult to games like Zork. You don't even really play anything in this game.

The concept is basically making your way through a conversation tree, with there only being, at most, two ways through the conversation in order to progress to the next mundane exchange. The occasional revelation that the girl you are talking to has some sort of dirty little secret is the only thing that makes this slightly interesting, though not really at all.

Story 1/10

Two people spending their last week on the slopes - the dude wants to get with the chick and the chick is getting over an ex-boyfriend. Very lame. What's worse, as you make your way through the game, you find yourself, particularly when playing the male role, hooking up with other people, which begs the question why bother with the plot of having these two young people even know each other.

The plot simply doesn't fit the purpose of what the game is.

Replay Value 0/10

It hardly has PLAY value the first time through. REplay value? Reminds me of Jim Mora... "Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? We have to win a game, and you are talking about the PLAYOFFS?" (paraphrased)

Final Thoughts

Shame on the magazines out there that made this game sound anything more than what it was. When I am told dating sim, I am thinking Leisure Suit Larry type games. The only mildly similar thing was the some of the crass dialogue. However, as an adult, particularly one that went away to college, and was on the party scene, EVERYTHING about the dialogue was cliched - from lame threesome innuendos, to women wearing granny panties, to women wearing NO panties.

Every character was a cliche as well, from the poetic loverboy, to the jock, to the preppy snots; and the women had their obvious stereotypes filled as well - is there any reason that the dork chick Erica HAS to look like a dork? She could have been hot, and still a dork...

To a 13-year-old, the game may seem cool. Heck, when I was thirteen, I loved the idea of a girl telling me that she wasn't wearing underwear, but it loses something when you are an adult and playing a game about dating.

The final nail in the coffin are the amazingly bad one-liners that work in this game.

Avoid this game at all costs...

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 01/03/05