Sprung for Nintendo DS
Pros:
Funny, if not corny, lines.
Cons:
EVERYTHING ELSE.
The Bottom Line:
Do not buy this game. It is boring (for all ages).
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Author's Review
While I was deciding on whether to buy this game or not, I thought of a few things:
- It's a DS game and has the touch-screen feature.
- It's one of the first DS games to ever come out and Nintendo usually comes up with good games right after a new system comes out. It's bound to be good.
- It's like dating, minus the 'real' hassle of where to go, who's gotta pay the bill and whether there's going to be a kiss at the end.
- The pickup lines are already laid out for me. How in the world can I say the wrong thing?
What can I say? It failed on all those dimensions.
First of all, why was it even made for the DS? All that the touch-screen function offered was allowing you to press on the screen for choices instead of scrolling down and pressing one of the control buttons.
I suppose assuming it to be good because it was one of the first DS games was rather stupid and cliche, but if there weren't any other games in the market at the time, you'd think the same too. Super Mario 64 (which came out at the same time as Sprung) is a remake of its Gamecube predecessor. Who would think that that game was the only intelligible-sounding game out at the time?
Although you make 'choices' as you play the game, you have to make the right choice before you can go to the next level. Sprung is not one of those 'the ends are going to be different with every answer' type of games. Not even close.
Sprung is pretty much text-based and there isn't much action to the game, except for the weird (and sometimes overly seductive) pick-up lines that are thrown to the gamer. The only heart-stopping (and brain-bashing) action that I've felt was when a certain level is timed and you have to rely on your memory and quick hands to get through the next level.
You can either start off with either a boy or girl character. I got bored playing with the girl character that I switched almost instantly to the boy's point of view. And less than an hour later, I tossed the game back into the case and never touched it again. I was bored and frustrated out of my mind. I just wasted $30 on something that just gave me a headache.
And if that isn't enough to put up with, the graphics reminded me of characters from retro comic books... only more simplistic and dull. The characters themselves are cliched versions of people we (or most teenagers) come across with everyday. The lives of the characters are just not believable. The background music is cheesy, repetitive and unoriginal... I'd rather listen to mindless ramblings of a retard in another language.
Overall, I hate... no, DETEST this game. I should have waited for other games and spent my money on them rather than monstrosity.
Don't let my mistake be yours also. Trust me on this one.
