Jul
26

Both Are Done Fairly Well For Games In This Genre: Dressy Dresses

Though I did worry that this eyes dress up model might turn upon me and draw the soul out of my body whilst I decided what eyeshadow looked best on her, this is a dress up / make up game worth the time you’ll spend playing it -unless you’re a child, in which case this game is likely to make you feel inadequate as a human being.

The issues I take with Dressy Woman do not relate to the game play or the dress execution up system. It’s an approach that greatly simplifies the interface and makes the game very simple to play. That’s interesting. Both are done fairly well for games in this genre. The clothing simply requires that you click on it to put it on, and the make up system is very simple indeed. So, there are icons for things like hair, eye color, eye lashes, mascara, etc, etc, etc and you simply click the icon repeatedly until you find a style you like.

The game itself also boasts something of a story line. It’s a nice premise, and one they could have taken further and perhaps will in future editions. On p of that, that’s where the fairytale ends. Warned not to be vulgar or o modest, in the first round, you are challenged to dress up to impress a date. Ha! You are a participant on a fashion show and you must dress for a range of scenarios. Take that people who say that beauty is on the inside! Boys will only talk to you if you impress them! A well-known fact that is. He gives you flowers and a message pops up announcing ‘Congratulations, He’s impressed by your beauty, if you manage to impress your date. Nonetheless, try again. It’s like the 1950’s all over again! You see, you get this lovely missive, if you fail. Notice that the clothes you’ve chosen put the boy off making you acquaintance.

The messages contained in this game are wildly misogynistic, even for fashion games, which often tend to the inane in the first place.

However, failing to appeal to all the boys merely results in a message of ‘Your clothing is not appropriate,’ or something similar, not the ‘No boys wanted to talk to you -go take more clothes off until you are acceptable to them’. This message seems a little heavy, unless our dress up doll is searching for a prime mate to continue the species. In the second round, you must dress up for a pool party, at which the game informs us, ‘Your clothes must help you attract attention and make all acquaintance the boys at the party’.

Like other fashion games with storyline and levels, the game seems to end prematurely, after only three rounds, and similarly to other fashion games ‘Hollywood Style Maker’, I’m looking at you, the last round is by far the easiest, even if you don’t care that the game promotes the idea that women only dress up to impress men. It would have been so easy to make a game like this without the frequent woman slamming, one can only assume that the writers are stuck in a time warp somewhere and probably need help escaping. Usually, in summary, I suppose this game is fine if you wish a slick, short dress up game. I’d give this game a miss, if you take objection to the idea that women only dress to please men however.

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