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Immerse yourself into the gossip and scandals of Wisteria Lane by playing as the new wife on the block in Desperate Housewives. Based on the award winning ABC television series, you wake up in your house with amnesia and must uncover secrets about your life and the lives of others who reside in your neighborhood by exploiting your flirting, stealing, lying, blackmailing, and cooking skills to gain information. The omnipresent voice of Brenda Strong supplies you with background information, instructions, and objectives as your character travels through the neighborhood and shopping center so she can buy home decorations, a new hairstyle, and new clothes.

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Your cash flow comes from funds allocated through your husband and his paycheck, but there are ways to pad your wallet that include the weekly women's poker game, stealing items from other houses and pawning them, or seducing random husbands on the block. When you're not weaving your web of deceit and trickery, you can increase your attributes with mini-games like gardening and cooking that feature activities such as boiling water, pulling weeds, and making spaghetti. Desperate Housewives comes with a variety of in-game advertising such as washing machines and other appliances featuring the Sears logo, and on occasions there will be coupons in your Wisteria Lane mailbox that can be printed and used in real-life stores.

How do you translate a TV show like Desperate Housewives, full of cheating, backstabbing, adultery, and downright dirtiness to the video game world? Well, you bring it to the genre that can best represent those devious interpersonal relationships. Thus, it makes perfect sense for Desperate Housewives: The Game to be a Sims clone, and as a result of that it's surprisingly good for what it is.

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You begin the game by customizing your heroine; yes, you play as the latest vixen to walk down Wisteria Lane. The customization options are fairly basic, as you'll choose from one of several different body tones, hairstyles, outfits, etc. The same can also be done for your husband and son, the former of who are an M.D. (and a bit of a jerk) and the latter a teenager with a bad attitude. The limited customization isn't too much of an issue however, as later on as your budget grows you can purchase new outfits, shoes, etc. at the in-game mall.

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After your family is established, she will begin integrating herself into the naughty neighborhood and follow the game's storyline by accomplishing various goals. During the course of the game your character will interact with all of the major players from the show (minus some introduced last season), including Susan, Lynette, Bree, Gabby, and Edie. There are also other characters invented solely for this game to give it some added length, although they're not really that remarkable. Like any Sims type game, you'll spend most of your time in the game building relationships with your husband, son, and other NPCs. Some of these relationships effect the storyline while others do not, but character attitudes towards your character will fluctuate based on the responses and actions taken in relation to each.

Interaction with the environment is also important, as you must regularly take care of your character's essential needs in order to keep your character happy. Your character has various needs aside from the purely physical of course, which are measured by the needs meter. These include things such as composure (eat well and maintain strong relationships with neighbors), appearance (splurge on the nice stuff at the mall), social (keep up with the latest dirt), and happiness (watch TV, play poker, or even seduce the neighbor - yes, even though you are married). Your character's home can also be customized to a great degree, with new furnishings, placement, etc. to keep your character and her family happy.

As any wife knows, perhaps the best way to keep her family happy is to keep them well fed. Cooking here is handled as a mini-game, where the player chops ingredients, mixes, stirs, bakes, and grills while making sure everything comes out OK. There are other chores to attend to as well to maintain a well run home, including gardening and cleaning. To prevent these from dragging the game down too much, if your character's budget allows it you can also hire a gardener, a maid service, or order take-out. Of course, the take-out won't keep the rest of the family as happy as a good home-cooked meal, but it generally suffices.

On the show, some of the juiciest gossip occurs when the girls get together for a night of cards, thus it's no surprise that a poker mini-game is present here as well. As is the current fad the game of choice is Texas Hold'em, and the game itself is a great way to enhance your family's budget. In addition to gathering with the girls (and cheating when necessary), you can also partake in some 'online' poker simulated in-game.

Bottom Line:

Desperate Housewives: The Game is basically The Sims on Wisteria Lane, and that's really the best way to handle a game like this. It's not nearly as good as most entries in EA's juggernaut franchise of course, but is a decent pickup for fans of the show.

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Developer(s)Liquid Entertainment
Publisher(s)Buena Vista Games
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • NA: October 6, 2006
  • EU: November 3, 2006[1]
  • AU: 2006
Genre(s)Life simulation, social simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Desperate Housewives: The Game is a life simulationadventure game developed by Liquid Entertainment and released by Buena Vista Games in 2006, in the style of The Sims games. It is based on the television series Desperate Housewives. The player takes the part of a housewife with amnesia who has recently moved with her husband and son to Wisteria Lane. The plot takes place over 12 episodes. The game features a script by Desperate Housewives writer Scott Sanford Tobis and voice acting by Brenda Strong. It achieved sales in excess of 400,000 copies by early 2009

Plot[edit]

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The game begins when a family moves to Wisteria Lane: a successful doctor working at the Fairview Medical Center, a wife with a forgotten past after a jogging accident and their son. Edie Britt first introduces the wife to Wisteria Lane and visits Bree Van de Kamp, who invites her to gossip at her house along with Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo and Gabrielle Solis. A pair of brothers then visit the player's house: Daniel Fox, a famous designer and his twin brother Frank Fox, who installs an Internet service in the player's computer. Your character then progresses through episodes, completing tasks that range from gardening and cooking for your family, to discovering the secrets of the neighborhood.

The doctor's wife must battle off a love rival to her husband - his secretary Jackie Marlen who stops at no cost to get what she wants - and the cranky neighbor, Etta Davenport. Not only this but she must deal with the antics of her unruly 14-year-old son and the people around him. We also find that the other residents aren't as nice as they seem when a private investigator, Erik Larsen, shows up in town alongside a shady businessman, Vincent Corsetty, who seems to have ulterior motives. In the end, their secrets are aired to the public and a desperate decision is made in a hostage situation.

Endings[edit]

Desperate Housewives: The Game has four different endings.

  1. The main character shoots everyone. But who got shot in the real 'Game?'
  2. The main character lives happily ever after with the husband.
  3. The main character lives happily ever after with Erik Larsen.
  4. The main character runs off with Vincent Corsetty.

Reception[edit]

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Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic61/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGM[3]
GamePro3.25/5[4]
GameSpot6.5/10[5]
GameZone7.2/10[6]
IGN8.2/10[1]
PALGN7/10[7]
PC Gamer (UK)30%[8]
PC Gamer (US)85%[9]
PC Zone53%[10]
X-Play[11]
Entertainment WeeklyB[12]
The Sydney Morning Herald[13]

Desperate Housewives received 'mixed' reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] Some reviewers praised it as a well-written and faithful adaption of the television series; however, the game also attracted criticism for its derivative, simplistic gameplay and prominent product placement.[14] The editors of PC Gamer US presented Desperate Housewives with their 2006 'Best Adventure Game' award.[15]

In the United States, Desperate Housewives: The Game debuted at #6 on the NPD Group's weekly computer game sales chart for the October 8–14 period. Tor Thorsen of GameSpot reported that the game 'instantly became the subject of widespread derision' upon its announcement, but that its first-week placement suggested its 'publisher may be having the last laugh.'[16]Desperate Housewives ultimately achieved sales in excess of 400,000 copies by January 2009.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abKrause, Staci (November 8, 2006). 'Desperate Housewives: The Game Review'. IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ ab'Desperate Housewives: The Game for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^'Desperate Housewives: The Game'. Computer Games Magazine. No. 194. theGlobe.com. January 2007. p. 71.
  4. ^Tenacious Moses (October 11, 2006). 'Review: Desperate Housewives: The Game'. GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  5. ^Kasavin, Greg (January 2, 2007). 'Desperate Housewives: The Game Review'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^Boker, Gabe (November 1, 2006). 'Desperate Housewives: The Game - PC - Review'. GameZone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  7. ^van Leuveren, Luke (November 23, 2006). 'Desperate Housewives [The Game] Review'. PALGN. PAL Gaming Network. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. ^PC Gamer UK staff (March 2007). 'PC Review: Desperate Housewives [The Game]'. PC Gamer UK. Future plc. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  9. ^'Desperate Housewives: The Game'. PC Gamer. Vol. 13 no. 13. Future US. December 25, 2006. p. 112.
  10. ^'Review: Desperate Housewives: The Game'. PC Zone. Future plc. May 2007. p. 69.
  11. ^Mastrapa, Gus (November 27, 2006). 'Desperate Housewives [The Game]'. X-Play. G4 Media. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  12. ^Walk, Gary Eng (October 13, 2006). 'Playing House'. Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc.Archived from the original on January 10, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  13. ^Hill, Jason (January 11, 2007). 'Desperate Housewives: The Game'. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  14. ^Mastrapa, Gus. 'G4 - Reviews - Desperate Housewives'. G4 TV. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2019. Every time your character washes her hands or throws a dark load into the washer, you're exposed to the name of some corporate sponsor.
  15. ^'The 13th Annual PC Gamer Awards Reveals The Best Of The Best For 2006'. Future US. South San Francisco, California. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007.
  16. ^Thorsen, Tor (October 25, 2006). 'US PC Game charts: October 8-14'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 28, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  17. ^Richmond, Ray (January 15, 2009). ''Desperate Housewives': Cherry's orchard'. The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018.

External links[edit]

  • Desperate Housewives: The Game at Buena Vista Games website
  • Desperate Housewives: The Game at MobyGames
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