Speed Dates

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Speed Dates is a single player casual role playing game. It was developed by Icarus Interactive Entertainment and was released on March 31, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Embark Speed Dates, where you control first dates with 18 attractive women in this interactive FMV game. Shape your story with charm and humor for a personalized romantic journey. Our main character Murat attends the Speed Date event and has only a few minutes to get to know the women and make him love himself. Try to impress the girls in this adventure where you can experience today's male-femal…

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63%

Audience ScoreBased on 27 reviews

humor2 positive mentions

story5 negative mentions

The characters are unique and well-developed, with strong performances from the actors and actresses.
The game features a clean and simple UI, making navigation easy, and offers multiple language options.
The dialogue can be thought-provoking and relatable, providing a sense of genuine conversation during the dates.

The game lacks a compelling story and meaningful choices, making it feel more like a proof of concept than a full experience.
There are significant technical issues, including crashes, audio inconsistencies, and a lack of options for screen size and skipping content.
The gameplay can feel repetitive and frustrating, with little indication of how to succeed in making connections with the characters.

story
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story has been criticized for lacking depth and coherence, with players noting a disjointed collection of conversations that fail to create an engaging narrative. Despite claims of immersive storytelling and multiple endings, many reviewers feel there is no substantial backstory or character development, leading to disappointment in the overall storytelling experience. While the character mix offers some appeal, it is not enough to compensate for the absence of a meaningful plot.
- “But most other such games put more effort into developing relationships and story.”
- “I hate games with no backstory even if they are good examples of what actually happens in current real life.”
- “I have to give this game a thumbs down, with some development into a real story.”
- “There’s no background story to tether you to any sense of reality, just a mishmash of random, nonsensical conversations that feel like they were cobbled together by a sleep-deprived AI.”
- “There is no immersive storytelling; sure, I can see the immersion of the current state of relationships, but nothing more than that.”
- “There is no story despite saying so, nor anything else after you finished talking to everyone.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay experience is marred by technical issues, specifically crashes that rendered the game unplayable for the reviewer, despite having only completed 23 minutes of playtime.
- “I'm rating this negatively because the game crashed twice and it was just unplayable for me, but based on the 23 minutes of gameplay I've experienced:”
- “The controls feel clunky and unresponsive, making it frustrating to navigate through the game.”
- “The gameplay mechanics are poorly designed, leading to repetitive and boring experiences.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Reviewers indicate that the game's lack of meaningful clues reduces engagement, turning it into a guessing game that diminishes its replayability. Without incentives to explore or strategize, players find little motivation to revisit the game.
- “As they give nothing away, there is no reason to listen hard and try to work them out; therefore, making it just a guessing game serves to remove any replayability factor.”
- “The lack of meaningful choices means that once you've played through the game, there's little incentive to experience it again.”
- “After completing the game once, I found that there were no new elements or surprises to discover, which significantly diminished its replayability.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is a mixed bag; while some players find the dialogue relatable and genuinely funny, others feel that the overall experience is more frustrating than amusing, likening it to a less humorous version of "Groundhog Day."
- “I also liked the dialogue; they're so relatable and peppered with humor. It feels like having genuine conversations.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is generally well-received, complementing the game's setting effectively.
- “The music is fine and fits with the setting.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The reviews highlight that while the characters are well-developed and their performances are impressive, there is no specific mention of optimization in terms of game performance or technical aspects.