Fashion Dash Review

by Andrew on 5:40 PM July 1, 2008

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Developer: Funlime

When I begin downloading and then started Fashion Dash, I thought that now I shall see next clone from Diner Dash or Wedding Dash and other well-known series from Time Management genre. When there were first parts of the above-named games, they were the true hits. Fashion Dash, in my opinion, does not hold out up to the name of the above-named hits a little. Absolutely slightly, at first sight, insignificant trifles spoil all impression from the game. Whether Fashion Dash becomes the worthy continuer of traditions of Diner Dash and Wedding Dash? Let's find out.

At the start of game we see familiar persons. Here, well-known Flo from Diner Dash series, and the heroine of recent hit, Wedding Dash 2. She is busy with some important phone call and at all does not pay to us attention. But Flo, as always, gives us valuable advices, especial on how we must dispose several hundreds yards of silk, velvet and other fabric, which have suddenly fallen down in our possession. Having listened Flo and having thought a little, our heroine, Coco, decides to open a boutique of fashionable clothes. But not simply next boutique, which up in a lot in streets of NYC and Paris, but such boutique, in which the client could put on from legs up to the head and pick up brand new fashionable accessories. We are going to open a fashionable boutique!

From the first levels, game meets us with good hand-drawn cut scenes and excellent graphics mixed with pleasant soundtracks. Interior details are drawn very well; music is picked up corresponding to an atmosphere of interior of fashionable boutique. What with game process? Game process is made very well. You’ll need to set in the client, then you’ll need to bring the catalogue. Clients very much differ from each other, one very quickly choose, but then for a long time try on clothes. And others, on the contrary, very slowly choose, such as grandmothers and, certainly, some girls, and very slowly try on clothes. After the trying on clothes, it is necessary to take from the client money and to hang up a hanger back on the rack, or if the client will want, bring him or her, the liked precious necklace or hours, they very much frequently or nearly so, always are chosen by men. It is necessary to hang up released hanger back on the rack or you cannot set on this place the new client. For passing level, you’ll to collect necessary amount of game scores. Yes, yes, money is not available in Fashion Dash.

Certainly, we have forgotten about bonuses and upgrades. Bonuses practically are not present. Or I have not met it. But it is a lot of upgrades. It is possible to put new show-windows in a boutique to involve new clients, you can replace all armchairs and sofas, so clients will felt more comfortably and the level of their patience will be reducing more slowly. Absolutely necessarily to put CD player near to a sofa for clients, it will entertain them. You don’t need to buy upgrades, remember, money in game is not present. Upgrades will appear randomly between levels and only in the specified by developers order. You can’t choose, what upgrade you liked more or what upgrade is more necessary at current.

In game there is one more unpleasant moment. Do you remember what system of actions in Wedding Dash or Diner Dash we saw? It was possible to click in several necessary places, designating needed actions, all steps were marked by numbers and to supervise over the game character it was simple. Such action system not present in Fashion Dash. Here it is impossible to set a certain sequence of actions and to have a rest for 10-15 seconds. You need to click on the screen, constantly, supervising Coco’s actions. After you will designate 3-4 points, the chain interrupts and Coco becomes transfixed pending for the following orders. Very inconveniently, in my opinion. Why such very convenient function was partially removed?

Fashion Dash is game with a lot of pleasant moments. But not without minuses, like the inconvenient action system and linearity in buying upgrades. All admirers of Diner/Wedding/Farm Dash series will like this game. For the others, is will good beginning of acquaintance to Time Management genre. Though game also does not pull on rank for Time Management hit of this summer, but will take a worthy place in the list of continuers of traditions of Diner/Wedding/Farm Dash series.

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