Monster Prom

Monster Prom is a great ride. A fun game to play on your own, with a buddy, or - my favourite - as a party game. The art is charming, and the writing is hilarious - somehow being both witty and (occasionally) memetastic at the same time, but never cringey. It doesn't hold back on anything, which makes for a refreshing, charming, madcap experience. Don't let the cute graphics fool you into thinking this is a game for kids - it is *very* adult, with plenty of references to sex, drugs, violence, and crass humour if you like that kind of thing. Kind of like a cross between Conker's Bad Fur Day's crassness, Deadpool's adult humour, and Drawn Together's sexual overtness. If that hasn't scared you off, you'd probably like to know about the gameplay. It's like a dating sim on crack - with stat raising, choice making, and love interest chasing. As the majority of the action happens through text, this means there's a large amount of text to read. And, typical of dating sims, the text is supplemented by character sprites with changing expresions, and the occasional mini illustration of what's happening (mostly used for classtime events and endings). Primarily though, you'll be reading through this one. Chasing your love interest can be difficult, as they each have specific stat and item requirements, some more challenging than others. There are secret endings too, some needing careful stat management and guide consultation and (occasionally) offerings and prayers to RNGesus. My recommendation? If you like adult humour, get this game. Then play it blind for your first time - by yourself or with others, either is fun. Then play it blind a second time - this time armed with knowledge of how the game works - and see how far you can get with your chosen beau. THEN go consulting guides. You'll likely get a good 2-3 playthroughs before you start seeing a lot of event repeats, too, so there's plenty of content to keep you amused while playing blind. 11/10 would Vera again

[SPOILER FREE] Let me just start with the two most important things for me when it comes to games: - it's fun! - The developers clearly enjoyed creating the game. (Lot of love poured into it) Is this game for everybody? Hell no. But it's easy to judge whether or not you'd enjoy this type of game or not, just look at the screenshots, and the first lines of the description. I love that the game doesn't want to waste your time, and that it doesn't want to overstay it's welcome, it achieves these by giving you the choice to select the length of the playtrough (30-60 mins), also I'm a really slow reader yet this game made me read fast, and do things quick by having a great fast paced soundtrack and a fast paced text scrolling (not sure if this is the right word, but I mean in which rate the text appears, it doesn't actually scroll out of screen or anything like that, so you can actually read it slowly if you so desire). And the combination of these things really made for an enjoyable bite sized experience that you can repeat over and over again, as the game offers a lot of different choices/characters/endings. The over presentation is great, the art is gorgeous and the writing is just what you'd expect it to be, it feels like everything was tailored to one goal to have fun. Not to overthink things, just plainly have fun and enjoy what the game has to offer. So yeah for me this game was totally worth it, I'm enjoying it a lot, and if you think you'd enjoy something like this as well, all I can say is: Don't worry, the game exactly what it looks like, and more! :) I hope this review was at least somewhat useful, but keep in mind this was just one random guys thoughts about the game. Bonus: The game has multiplayer support, both online and offline. I'm someone who loves playing with others, and it's such a nice surprise seeing this type of game offering multiplayer option as well. Can't wait to have some fun playing Monster Prom over the holidays with my friend ^^

Monster Prom has one major positive going for it but it is hampered by one equally major negative. The humour is some of the best I have ever seen in a game. I loved the dialogue; the choices; and the events that happen in game. What I couldn’t stand was the randomness of the game. I have done two play throughs of the game and tried to romance a different character each time and each time got rejected even though many of my interactions with that character were positive leading up to prom and I had high stats in areas they liked. The game does a very poor job letting you know where you stand with potential dates. Most of what I know about where to find them or what they like had to be guessed based on what little info you’re given and even then didn’t make sense with some of the reactions you get. It all seemed so random each time I played and not in a fun way. The art was great. The music and sound effects were all right but nothing special. I played Monster Prom on Linux. It never crashed on me and I didn’t notice any spelling issues or bugs. There were no graphics options. Alt-Tab didn’t work. There was no save system at all. Each play through is pretty quick but this is still a terrible option for a game with as many choices as you make. Graphics Engine: Unity Input Used: Keyboard and Mouse Disk Space Used: 3.0 GB GPU Usage: 5-12 % VRAM Usage: 1008-1072 MB CPU Usage: 2-5 % RAM Usage: 2.3 GB Overall my love for what Monster Prom did right was nowhere near my hate for what I didn’t like about it. I paid $5.39 CAD for it and while that is a fine price for the amount of content and replayability it didn’t make the game more enjoyable. I finished my first play through in 29 minutes and my second in 26 minutes. My Score: 4.5/10 My System: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 21.0.3 | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB | Manjaro 21.0.5 | Mate 1.24.1 | Kernel 5.12.2-1-MANJARO

LOVE this game. I own the Steam version, and enjoyed being able to get the achievements. The character development, insane scenarios, and enjoyable online experience make for an all around great game. There are two Discord channels available for games, art, and chats as well. If MP is ever rated, it will have a Mature rating. I wouldn't recommend gifting this to your five year old grandchild. Both Discord channels have had to change their status to NSFW/18+, for reference.