First Impressions:
Dream Day Wedding is a single player casual puzzle game with a bit of a different twist. The game consists of several find and seek puzzles with a wedding theme. The little story goes on about how you are the maid of honor and you need to find everything that will be used in the wedding.
Gameplay:
Each segment of the game has to do with the wedding plans, such as going to the florist, baker, dressmaker, and the travel agent. At each location you are given a list of items to find. The location is a mildly interactive picture where the items are hidden in it like a mystic eye puzzle. If you get your glasses on, or squint hard you'll see things. Such as a bunch of roses that is made up of many other tiny pictures hidden in it. The flowers might be made of coins, a melon, a baseball or even a car. There are twelve of these levels that are presented in a wedding photo album. It is clever enough. There are also four mini games that are wedding related.
Enjoyment:
The game is sort of cute and a bit saccharine. It seems to be targeted at brides and wedding parties as a way to reduce stress and have some fun with wedding plans. It is colorful and different. It is short, and lacks any really engaging gameplay. At $19.99 it is overpriced, considering that there are so many similar casual games that are offered free of charge online. It isn't designed for a hardcore female gamer, it seems to be targeted to women that wouldn't ordinarily play a video game.
Conclusions:
For those who don't want to play online, or have an older machine this game might be perfect. The game would make an unusual sort of shower gift or even an entertainment at a small shower where a large screen PC is provided. The game is worth mentioning because it is being marketed as "a game created and designed by a woman for a woman." That is an accomplishment in itself. But the game plays and looks like something that was made many years ago. What happened to the old point and click adventure games from 1999? Here's a new one. The outdated graphics and weak gameplay can only yield a score of an average time waster and gets a 5 out of 10.
Official Web Site:
http://www.oberongames.com/DreamDayWedding.asp
Also check out our interview with Oberon Senior Producer Cara Ely.
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