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(More customer reviews)In this game, there are 13 episodes that bring you from just meeting Elio to being engaged to him. Each episode represents about one week in time and a step closer to him proposing. In this game, you control Elena's health, family relationship, harmony, career, etc. To do so, you need to help Elena's family with crises that arise, go to work at your uncle's business, work out at the gym or park, go shopping to buy presents, etc. Like the Sims, if you do not attend to her needs, you'll lose points, and if you don't accumulate enough points, you won't win over your future husband, Elio. Unlike the Sims, your actions are much more controlled as you attain your goals.
The game starts out a little difficult, while you get the hang of things. I've read a few sites and most people find Level 2 the most difficult. After that, you've built up your points high enough that with maintanence won't fall too far, so you can just attend to the crises/tasks at hand.
Several of the tasks involve mini games, such as playing tennis, driving through crazy traffic, taking pictures of women. Fortunately, you don't have to win at tennis to win the game, and you can crash in the traffic and still make it on time if you drive fast enough.
The game theme is all about harmony and the family. Sometimes the family is a little short with you, sometimes you help them, and they all help you. Interestingly, the family gives you a lot of tasks to help them with, but Elena doesn't always have to actually complete the tasks, particularly if it means that she has to sacrifice too much.
Elena's success is determined by whether or not she gets Elio to take her on another date, so this is a product that promotes stereotypes of the doting female who is going out of her way to attract her man. Elena certainly does more to win Elio than vice versa. She does, however, protest a little bit to her relatives and Elio's mom, but ultimately does what she's asked to win him. Personally, my values are well formed, and a video game would not affect them.
Graphics are cute but simple. There were two instances where the game was a little fuzzy, but not in a way that affected play. Just one question, why is it that Elena and Elio never smile in the gameplay?
In each episode, there are specific things that become available to you, and items that are not particular to that episode will disappear. When you see something new, you know you'll need it at some point during that episode.
When you fail a level, it can be frustrating, because you have to go back to the beginning of that level. Therefore, if you know that you're not going to make it, you might as well quit at that point.
This game used to be available on the web at no cost. I'm not sure if that's still the case or not, but if you search, you might be able to find it or find a short trial.
Finally, since this is task and plot-based, I had no interest in playing it more than once. It took me about three and a half hours to play, but would have been a little less if I hadn't had trouble with Level 2. I got it at half-off, and I'm glad I didn't pay more for it, as it is a quick game with no replay value.
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