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The Love Boat - Second Chances

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21%Game Brain Score
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30% User Score Based on 20 reviews

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The Love Boat - Second Chances is a single player action game. It was developed by GameHouse and was released on March 8, 2019. It received negative reviews from players.

"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.

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30%
Audience ScoreBased on 20 reviews
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • 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.
  • Completion of achievements is easy, making it appealing for completionists.
  • The game is plagued by numerous bugs, including laggy actions and unresponsive click functionality.
  • Challenges are repetitive, with very little variety, making gameplay tedious.
  • Graphical issues and clipping problems detract from the overall experience, making it feel rushed and poorly tested.
  • story
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    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, describing the narrative as a slog. Overall, the story is seen as serviceable but ultimately underwhelming, with a rating 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.”
    • “However, her subsequent models during story and challenge levels do not reflect this change, even though it will show up again immediately in cutscenes after a level.”
    • “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.”
    • “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
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay has been criticized for being plagued by numerous bugs and significant lag, which severely impacts the experience, especially for a time management game. While the story and visuals are deemed acceptable, they do not compensate for the overall disappointing gameplay quality. Reviewers have rated the gameplay around 6.5 out of 10, indicating a lack of satisfaction.

    • “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, the impact on gameplay is massive.”
    • “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.”
  • stability
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous glitches, unresponsiveness, and a generally buggy experience that detracts from gameplay enjoyment. Many players noted that the challenges presented are often a result of these technical issues rather than the game's design, leading to frustration and a lack of engagement. Overall, the current state of stability is seen as a significant drawback.

    • “It's unresponsive, buggy, and really finicky.”
    • “Sadly, at the moment, it's just crap: buggy as hell, no fun to play.”
    • “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 aim to complete the story instead.”
  • grinding
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious due to the repetitive nature of challenges and slow processes, such as checking out customers. The lack of variety in challenges contributes to a frustrating experience, with many noting significant delays and poor responsiveness compared to previous titles. Overall, the grinding feels monotonous and detracts from the enjoyment of the game.

    • “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 delay that I had not encountered in other Gamehouse games (though the first Love Boat was a little laggy for me too).”
  • graphics
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game are generally disappointing, with numerous issues such as clipping and graphical bugs that detract from the overall experience. While the visuals are described as serviceable, they fail to compensate for the game's shortcomings in gameplay, suggesting a lack of thorough testing by the developers.

    • “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.”
    • “There are lots of graphical issues that make it feel like the developers didn't even play this game to check if there was anything wrong with it.”
    • “Clipping issues and graphic bugs occur during cutscenes and in the levels themselves, where NPCs and customers would clip through each other and the background.”
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The Love Boat - Second Chances is a action game.

The Love Boat - Second Chances is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

The Love Boat - Second Chances was released on March 8, 2019.

The Love Boat - Second Chances was developed by GameHouse.

The Love Boat - Second Chances has received negative reviews from players. Most players disliked this game for its story.

The Love Boat - Second Chances is a single player game.

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