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Title: Pretty in Pink
Price: $9.99
System(s): Windows XP or better
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Publisher (Developer): Legacy Interactive and Paramount Digital Entertainment (Legacy Interactive)
ESRB Rating: N/A
Pros: Nice selection of items to find in each puzzle. Matching puzzles thrown in. You can customize Andie’s prom dress with special items. Relaxed mode option.
Cons: Items can sometimes be hard to see or pick out. Characters eyes move creepily during story segments.
Overall Score: Two thumbs up, 90/100, A-, * * * * out of 5

Pretty in Pink is the final entry in the OMG! High School series from Legacy Interactive, a series of games based on popular teen movies for girls. Like Mean Girls and Clueless, the two prior releases, Pretty in Pink is tells the story by focusing on one game from the casual genre.

While Clueless focused on satisfying clients and Mean Girls was a Puzzle Quest clone, Pretty in Pink ventures into the hidden object genre. While it doesn’t attempt anything new, it possesses a certain charm.

Can individuals from two walks of life connect?

Pretty in Pink follows the events of the John Hughes movie. It features a story along the lines of Romeo and Juliet. Andie is a poor, creative girl who’s among the “New Wavers” at her school. Blane is a “richie” popular kid. The two both develop feelings for one another. However, Andie’s best friend Duckie also has feelings for her.

Players go through various casual mini-games and puzzles to help the characters accomplish tasks and advance the story.

Practically any kind of visual puzzle you can imagine.

Pretty in Pink is essentially a hidden object game, but is so much more. The game follows a certain progression - brief story segment, hidden object search, brief story segment, some other kind of casual puzzle and then repeat from the beginning. It’s a smart move, as it keeps the game from getting dull or repetative.

So what kinds of other puzzles are there? The most common is matching, where you’ll have to pick out pairs of similar objects. There are also find its, where you have to find a certain number of specific objects in an images. Spot the difference scenes, jigsaw puzzles and a few cooking riddles also pop up.

Another nice feature is the ability to design Andie’s gown. In each hidden object puzzle, there’s a secret object that is a shadowy shape. If you find and click it, Andie gets more possible pieces for her gown.

The only downside is the character art. Every single character looks incredibly creepy. When freaked me out the most is that the characters are all static images, except for their eyes. Their eyes will waggle back and forth for no discernable reason.

The trials and triumphs of young love.

Of the three Legacy Interactive and Paramount Digital Entertainment movie-game collaborations, Pretty in Pink is easily the best. The character art may be downright frightening, but the gameplay is solid and offers a lot of variety. Fans of the movie and casual gamers will be pleased and charmed by the game.

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