Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Home Sweet Home

This puzzle game is tons of fun and has lots of replay value. You can play as a design protege, a top designer or a design guru, though they have different game play for each style. The Top Designer has no client satisfaction meter so you may have to play the level a few times before you get it right and the Design Guru again has no client satisfaction meter and a 50% sell back penalty. You get to design houses for clients that give you information on what it is they want. Sometimes that information is specific and sometimes it in cryptograms or written backwards. You can choose from Asian, Country and Retro styles and you get to create everything from the floors and walls to the plants and accessories. Another thing that adds to the difficulty of the game is actually building the rooms you design. You have 3 builders and have to manage them to complete the rooms in the time given. To add to that difficulty you have to give them coffee if they get tired, tools that they need while working and if they get injured there is a medical kit, but have fun trying to give it to them because they run all over when they need medical attention. I beat this game in around 10 hours game play, but I've only played the easy mode. I will definitely play it again and again, completely worth the money.

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