The Love Boat Collector's Edition

The ability to perform quick actions and think on your feet is pretty much required by most video games, almost regardless of genre. Granted, in shooters or fast-paced platformers it’s that much more important to respond as quickly as possible. Time management games also feature fairly challenging gameplay mechanics, although mistakes are not as severely punished as they are in other genres.

The Love Boat is a time management strategy game in which you play the role of a woman trying to keep up with the demands of customers on a cruise. Although the story is somewhat unique, the gameplay boils down to the same mechanics as in every other time management game you might have tried until now, which means that you run around trying to fetch objects before the customers become too annoyed.

You start with a relatively small number of products in the shop, so it’s pretty easy to find what you need and hand it to the customers. Whether it’s a magazine, the key to a room or some kind of stuffed animal, more and more items are added as you progress, so it gets trickier to fulfill demands. Not only that, but later in the game you also have to combine items in order to obtain what you need.

Since the customers get less patient later on, you have to use the environment in order to make the waiting easier on them. Hence, more comfortable chairs are a great addition to the restaurant area, and there are many other upgrades that can be purchased along the way. However, you need to score enough points in order to afford these upgrades, which is not always easy.

There are multiple difficulty levels to choose from as well, depending on whether you are a beginner or a veteran of the genre. In essence, you only change the patience levels of your customers, since they can be ignored for longer on lower difficulties. The interface is very easy to get accustomed to as well, given the fact that everything is always one click away.

In the end, The Love Boat is your typical time management game, with not many original ideas added to the mix. Hence, if you are a fan of the genre, this should be easy to get into and pretty fun throughout the adventure.

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