The credits song (“Fifteen Minutes” by Mike Krol) is perfect, however: it’s a shouty, drum-fueled nostalgia trip that took me right back to my own prom. The chill, upbeat music’s fine, too, though nothing special. The bright, snappy visuals match Monster Prom’s irreverent tone perfectly. They wear different outfits depending on the setting (I particularly love the costumes they wear during play practice in the auditorium). That’s because Monster Prom has adorable, comic book-style illustrations that let each character’s personality shine through. That was it for Deadward Cullen, since Vera never showed up again during a random encounter.ĭeadward Cullen looked cute as hell, though. It was actually a money check, though, and Vera shat all over my sweet ghost boy’s attempt at impressing her. In one run, I selected what I thought was a bold conversational choice while sweet-talking Vera. It’s not fine-tuned, though as it is often unclear which conversation options lead to which stat checks. It’s a pretty simple system, and a fun one. Fail and you’ll lose points on both your stats and your crush’s affection. If you succeed on that stat check, you get a stat boost and make your crush a little weak in the knees.

They’ll engage your lovable freak in conversation, and you choose a course of action. You spend your time polishing your stats – smarts, charm, boldness, fun, creativity, and money – in one of the school’s six locations, and at each one you have a run-in with one or more monsters. Liam, a vampire for whom the word “hipster” barely even scratches the surface.Scott, a sweet, sporty, and clueless werewolf.Polly, a ghost whose thirst for partying hard is unquenchable.Damien, a fire demon who loves playing the bad boy.Vera, a gorgon whose business sense is as sharp as her sense of style.Miranda, a charming, naïve, and genocidal mermaid princess.Why don’t more games do this?) You’re then set free in the halls of Monster High to romance one of the following six heartthrobs:

(I’ve never played a game that let me choose my character’s preferred pronouns before, and Monster Prom does it in an unobtrusive way during character creation. You can choose each one’s name, beginning stats, and – a first – pronouns.

In Monster Prom, you take control of one of four pre-made monsters. Monster Prom tries to mesh the two styles of play in a zany, bright, and short game that’s fun, but doesn’t quite achieve what it promises. Gameplay mechanics, including multiplayer functionality, don’t get much attention. There’s a reason for that: dating sims and visual novels usually let story take charge. I’d never heard of competitive dating simulators before I played Monster Prom, Beautiful Glitch’s new visual novel that has you competing for the heart of Monster High’s six most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes.

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