The Love Boat - Second Chances
- March 8, 2019
- Boomzap
Get on Steam"The Love Boat - Second Chances" is a time management game based on the classic TV show. As a cruise director, manage ship duties, upgrade crew members, and play as different characters to complete 60 levels. Enjoy the cruise's luxuries, replay levels for extra challenges, and help move the story along with humorous dialogues.
Reviews
- The animation of the characters is lively and a great improvement over previous titles.
- The inclusion of familiar characters like Sally and Francois adds a nostalgic touch to the story.
- Completionists will find it easy to achieve 100% due to the straightforward achievement system.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs, including laggy actions and unresponsive controls, making gameplay frustrating.
- Challenges are repetitive, with only a handful of variations across many levels, leading to a tedious experience.
- Graphical issues and clipping problems detract from the overall presentation and immersion of the game.
- story9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The story has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it disappointing compared to previous installments in the series. While some appreciated the inclusion of characters like Sally and Francois, others noted inconsistencies in character models and a lack of engagement, leading to a feeling of slogging through the narrative. Overall, the story is seen as serviceable but ultimately underwhelming, with a rating of around 6.5/10.
“Another thing I love from this season is how the story included Sally and Francois in most of the plots.”
“Despite enjoying the first of the series, it is currently very buggy, and towards the last few levels, I gave up on completing the achievements and mostly aimed to complete the story instead.”
“Story - 6.5/10, I personally felt that the story wasn't as good as the first.”
“Overall, it's disappointing for a gamehouse game. The story and visuals were serviceable, but they don't make up for the unfortunate state of the gameplay itself.”
“I only finished the game to see what happened in the story, but it was a real slog.”
“There were also a lot of inconsistencies between the character model and the ongoing story.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The gameplay has been criticized for significant bugs and lag, which severely impact the experience, especially in a time management context. While the story and visuals are deemed acceptable, they do not compensate for the overall disappointing gameplay quality.
“Overall, 1-10 review after 20 min of play = 6.5 gameplay; 8 for tone/theme.”
“I feel like I should have a degree in entomology from the sheer amount of bugs the game has. The lagging, in particular, is bad, which for a time management game, has a massive impact on gameplay.”
“Overall, it's disappointing for a Gamehouse game. The story and visuals were serviceable, but it doesn't make up for the unfortunate state of the gameplay itself.”
“Gameplay was not good.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous glitches, unresponsiveness, and bugs that detract from the overall experience. Many players find the game frustratingly finicky, leading to a lack of enjoyment and difficulty that stems more from technical issues than from gameplay challenges.
“The challenge of the game itself was lacking, with the only difficulty occurring due to glitches rather than the game itself.”
“It's unresponsive, buggy, and really finicky.”
“Sadly, at the moment, it's just crap: buggy as hell, no fun to play.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious due to repetitive challenges and a slow checkout process, leading to an overall frustrating experience. The lack of variety in tasks and noticeable delays detract from the enjoyment, especially compared to previous titles in the series.
“The new format of multiple challenges per level is tedious, particularly because it's the same handful of challenges that repeat over and over with very little variety.”
“Checking out customers was also a very tedious process; it is very slow.”
“Overall, the game was very tedious to play through, with the poor responses and delays that I had not encountered in other Gamehouse games (though the first Love Boat was a little laggy for me too).”
- graphics3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have been widely criticized, with users noting significant issues such as clipping and graphical bugs that detract from the overall experience. Many feel that the visuals are merely serviceable and do not compensate for the game's shortcomings, suggesting a lack of thorough testing by the developers.
“Overall, it's disappointing for a game from a well-known studio. The story and visuals were serviceable, but they don't make up for the unfortunate state of the gameplay itself.”
“There are lots of graphical issues that make it seem like the developers didn't even play this game to check for any problems.”
“Clipping issues and graphic bugs are prevalent. During cutscenes and in levels, NPCs and customers would clip through each other and the background.”
