Kudos

by Destineer

Product Details

• ASIN: B000R2USRQ
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,164 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Control your character in a simulated world...Get a(New) Life!  Product InformationEver wanted to be someone else?  Here's your chance to become someone else.Kudos is an extremely addictive game that allows you to assume the identityyou've always wanted (or wanted to try).  You decide where your characterworks who you hang out with what to do to relax and how to improve yourabilities.  Want to be a wealthy doctor?  How about a carefreesax-playing taxi cab driver?  Would you rather go shopping or sit on thecouch and watch TV?  Just remember that every choice has consequences in this life simulationgame.  It's your call and your (new) life!Product Features Attend college to further your career or take classes in self defense.  Lots of ways to spend your events. Manage your network of friends and relationships.  Attend events like converts dinners operas and much more. Pick from a huge list of careers that will make each journey in Kudos a unique and realistic experience. Use the intuitive menus to control areas of your life including networking education shopping and more. Monitor your stats after each day.  Play mini-games to increase your abilities or look for a new job. Choose your high resolution avatar. Learn and acquire an extensive list of skills. Consequences determined by advanced "neural network" technology Loads of surprises and secrets features to discover. The decisions are yours it's your (new) life Windows Requirements Windows 98 2000 XP Vista 500 MHz processor 256 MB of RAM 38 MB Hard Disk space CD-ROM drive 

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of SIMulation game., December 7, 2007

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J. Weiss (Flushing, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kudos (CD-ROM)

Kudos is a different kind of simulation game than you might expect. You chose an avatar and guide them through daily descisions that effect their personality, career, and relationships with others. From shopping, jogging, to eating out at trendy restaurants, you guide your sim through life into what you would hope will be a fulfilling, happy existence.

Being a Sims fan, I had expected this game to be along a similiar level. The gameplay is limited, having only a few correct choices that would truly help you advance. You can take classes to better your career, and have a variety of options to choose from when you want to network or improve relationships. However realistically, you make a very minimal amount of money daily, therefore limiting the amount of activites you can actually partake in. It is slow going to get degrees, and there is a very fine line between balancing work, career, and relationships. If you focus on one thing too much (even for just a few days), it can have dramatic results on the others (which is generally not good).

The game itself is very addicting. I have found myself compelled to play endlessly to work myself up corporate ladders, and it is rewarding to develop a tight circle of friends.

Overall, the game can be fun, though redundant after awhile. If you want something a little different than the average "tycoon" game, this would definitely be one to try out.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Depressing and Boring, July 3, 2009

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F. M. Pepoon (Roseville, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kudos (CD-ROM)

I really wanted to like this game. The concept sounds great - start from scratch and create your own life. The reality of this game is that you start in a horribly depressing position in life - a waiter with no education beyond high school and no marketable skills. The problem with the game is that the things you can change in your life that matter - your attitude, your willingness to sacrifice some things for others - are really not available to you to change. For example, the game plays out on a daily basis. Each day, the story line for my character would be something like this: "You awake to horrible weather and walk three miles to work in the rain. You have a bad day at work and you are in a bad mood." As a normally upbeat and positive person, I hated that the game told me I was in a bad mood. Why not let me choose my mood? After working each day, the game lets you pick one thing to do (two on the weekends), either by yourself or with a group. There are very few choices, and unless you choose to clean your apartment or jog, you end up fat and sick. My character took off three days from work because she had a cold - I never ever would have chosen that! The group activities are all very pricey, as are the adult ed and evening courses. You must select group activities that your friends like to do, and my assigned friends were not interested in most of the choices available. If you choose to go to school, you have no money to socialize, and you end up losing most of your friends. In reality, you would find free or inexpensive things to do with your friends. After several virtual weeks of this, I wanted to kill my character. It was all so depressing and boring, and I just could not stand it. The one good thing that came from this game is that I really appreciate my real life so much more now. I ended up deleting the game from my laptop. You might like it if your real life is worse than the virtual one I just described.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, June 10, 2008

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SHANNYPOO "SHANNYPOO" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kudos (CD-ROM)

The days on this game are pretty repetitive, but when you start making accomplishments with your work and schooling and are able to spend more time with friends because you make more money and are happy with your life it becomes a lot more fun.