Customer Reviews

Sprung: A Game Where Everyone Scores

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I did enjoy this game enough to solve it with both a male and a female. It is quite fun to try to use items on different people to see what will happen, like spraying them with mace. It is also interesting to see peoples' reactions when you say something shocking to them. My main complaint with this game is that although each question has multiple answers to choose from, you still aren't really making a choice. If you say the wrong thing you have to start the scene all over again. There were times I had to repeat a scene ten times or more, and that got tedious very quickly. The game does say there is more than one ending, but for the most part, you are not really choosing the outcome. I had thought the game would be more open-ended. Overall, it was interesting enough to play, but not exactly what I expected.

This game is a really good take on the non-H(japenese non sexual)date-sim.

SOUND
First Off i give the sound a 3 out of 5. The quality is great but the sound track is a bit lacking. im not saying it sucks but it could have been better. regardless the music fits the locations of the game and Elliots Loft is by far the best song in the game.

GRAPHICS
I'd give the graphics 4 out of 5. As i say its not 3-d graphics that make a game. The graphics are pretty much drawings in different poses.Meaning there are drawings for every emotion, for instance if your person just got turned down there head will go from a devious smile to a frown and a drooped head. If youve ever seen space ghost coast to coast these graphics make sense.

GAMEPLAY
I give the gameplay a 4 out of 5. If all you want is fast paced action this game isnt for you. This a text baased game meaning every thing you say or do determines if you succeed in your "Mission" For example in the game your trying to hook up with the hunk of the mountain. You could A)pick answers that make you look like a whore.B) pick answers that make you seem desperate.C)pick answers that make you look like a friend or D)Mix and match answers from all of them to make you seem perfect. Obviously d is what youd pick because an example of your answers influence is if suck with A, youd end up making out and never hearing from him again. Overall though if you want good fun to pass the time this game is a good choce.

CONTROLS
the controls get a 5 out of 5. Though it eally doesnt make use of the touch screen the controls are simple. You can use the stylus to pick your answer but frankly i gave that up after about 30 minutes. I found it much easier to just use the d-pad and press A to select answers. The controls are incredibly simple overall.

REPLAY VALUE
Replay is a 4 out of 5. Through out the game you recieve many items and are rewarded for every ten percent you get. You unlock a peice of artwork with the items plus the artwork from your missions. There are also two story lines. there is the Brett storyline where overall you try to hook up with your childhood love, Becky. And there is also the becky storyline where you try to hook-up with brett. The replay value is high because of the varing choices and oppertunities it brings up.

OVERALL
I give Sprung a 4 ot of 5 which is great. It is really good compared to the H(porn) model games from japan of this genre. Its really nicely done while keeping the game "clean" overall its An INCREDIBLE take at the genre and well deserves a 4 out of 5. If you want more "clean" titles of this genre, play Phantom of Inferno for your DVD player

-the gundamgeek2k4

While Sprung has some amusing dialogue and very nice art work, the game gets tedious really fast. Essentially, it's scene dialogue and you repeat a scene over and over until you say the right things. It's fairly simplistic to figure out the right things to say and there's no real challenge to the game at all.

The graphics are fairly impressive and I'm looking forward to future games for the DS that utilize the graphic interface and give me a challenging game to play.

The game itself, one can't really go on expecing a whole lot. The game itself really has on free play. it's not like you can choose whom you wind up with.

The game comes with specific tasks for one to complete, and thats what you do is play through the tasks. It CAN be quite tedious if you mess it up because now you've got to run through from the beginning and fix it, and if you mess up the step after it's back to start with you.

Overall i could say the graphics were gameboy-ish but in it's own way very cute and charming. The Characters indeed have the emotions, and it's possible to upset the characters if you ignore them long enough. So in that retrospect it is interesting to play but if you're looking for serious freedom in the game this is not the 'Dating Sim' For you.

This game really blows. I bought it a few months ago with the expectation that it was some type of simulated dating game like the sims or something. Sadly, I've been terribly disappointed. The format and graphics look like something on GameBoy Color. All you do is choose responses to say to another person to win dates, prizes and other stuff. Let's just say in 30 min. you'll be yawning. Please don't waste your time/money on this one. It's a waste.

I'm sure some of you have played an online, anime-based dating sim before. A bunch of them are great, albeit weird.

I got this when DS first came out (so there were only a handful of decent games) and it was o.k. It's a very straight forward concept with an extremely shallow overtone. Sure, it's a dating sim, but the objective is clear: they wanted to appeal to a larger American demographic by making it like some rich kid MTV 'reality' show.

The gameplay (if you wish to call it such) is linear and there is very little room for movement. Sure there are alternate endings, but they have very subtle differences. Sound is okay; it's very generic and over time very unbearable.

The restricted nature, low replay value, and poor story line makes this game barely passable if you're a dating sim fan, and I'd assume less so if you weren't. It is relatively short, and aside from using a whopping two characters, not really worth another go (unless you missed stuff and wanted to get a better ending). Also, the simple pictures (while drawn pretty well) are just stills that really don't add much to its interactivity.

Not worth the money and it was just mind numbing!!! Sorry to those who like the game....to each his own. I like Sims and this is not.

This was actually a early Christmas present for me, this and my lovely Nintendo DS. Once I saw this I couldn't believe my parents would buy me such a perverted game (not that that was a problem to me) but its not like that at all so no worries. This game is actually great. Its a dating-sim in a way and sort of not. You pretty much have to experience it yourself.

Graphics
Graphics? These are not graphics. They look like real people to me. I mean seriously, this is pretty amazing. Everybody gives different emotions. They have facial expressions with even a game where you got to guess what their emotion is. They blink, have dimples, and many other extraordinary effects. The graphics are an anime/cartoonish style of people and setting. They are very realistic though, and very amazing. The girls in this game might even make you fall for them because the art work is very sexy.

Sound
Well as for noise there is not so much. The people do not actually talk in the game which is probably the only con in the game. It would make the game so much better with the characters with their each individual voices. The music fits each theme very well. If you are in a club, it plays some fast catchy music, if you are in a hot tub, it plays some nice, slow, sexy music that will surely get you into the mood. The only the noises in the game is you click the options, and maybe some little noises here and there.

Story
The story, hmmm. Well you start off choosing one of the stories, Brett's or Becky's. They are both very steamful and very sexy. Your mission is to hook up with some ladies you meet with multiple choices. Brett has a secret crush on Becky, but still wants to have a fun time on his skiing trip on Snow Bird Mountain. He comes with his friends Danny and Lucas who also are up for the ladies. Brett has to score with the ladies and work. Becky's story is almost the same. She comes to Snow Bird Mountain to get away from her cheating ex, and pursue a modeling career. Also to have a good time.

Gameplay
Well there really is not any way to be good or bad at this game. The controls are....well clicking some words. You do have to have reading skills to play this game, because you will be doing some reading, actually lots of it. You must have some skills in the dating game and being a Mr. Nice guy. Also you must know how to actually play the field of ladies or men too. Each character has a bunch of scenes with a mission. You complete that mission by saying some of the right things, you move onto the next one.

Replay
You will probably will only be playing this game again to show your friends or for a laugh. Like said in almost every other review, by the time you play it again, you will know the outcomes and know which things to say. It is always fun to use some items on people, like the pepper spray and see how people react to different things. You also have two stories to play. Playing this over and over though, you will still get a good laugh out of the jokes and really funny comments made in this game. So you will get a kick out of the replay value.

Rent Or Buy
If you own a Nintendo DS, this is a must buy. It is like one of those games you must have for that system. It is only around thirty bucks, and it is worth the money. You will have a great time playing it and wont regret it. I mean how could a Dating Sim not be fun. It might even be used as a study guide!

The word that best sums up this game is: why? It seems to me that a dating sim like this should be free on a pervert website.

The game isn't totally bad, it's funny with plot twists and memory games. But don't confuse yourself, if you buy this game you have committed an act of idiocy.

So disappointed that while it seems like there are some interesting choices to make the characters interact, if you pick the 'wrong' choice (according to the programmers) the scene will end and your only choice is to replay it many, many times until you find the right combination of responses to unlock your path to the next scene. So boring.... not open-ended at all. I don't even care if these people date or not, hook up or party or whatever else they're doing because I've already left this game WAY behind.