Brooktown High

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title= Brooktown High


caption= Game cover of Brooktown High.
developer= Backbone Entertainment
publisher= Konami
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released= vgrelease|NA=May 22, 2007
genre= Dating simNote: Citation for dating sim is needed due to common confusion with the visual novel genre. Since the [http://www.konami.com/Konami/ctl3810/cp20113/si1717655/cl1/brooktown_high_senior_year official website] lists it in the simulation genre (as opposed to the adventure genre), it is considered a true dating sim.]
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ratings= vgratings|ESRB=Teen
platforms= PlayStation Portable
media= UMD
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"Brooktown High" is a dating sim video game for the PlayStation Portable. It was developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Konami. It is comparable in certain aspects and arguably inspired by Konami's "Tokimeki Memorial" series, but has no direct connection with the series.

Gameplay

Being touted as "your chance to re-live your high school days," Brooktown High places the gamer in the shoes of either a male or female high school student. This character is customizable, to some extent - you can change your hair style and color, eye color, height and weight. You will also be asked several personal questions at the beginning of the game to categorize you into one of the social cliques.

The player then gets to interact with the 20 other students at Brooktown, who have their own social circles and distinct personalities, in order to become part of the different cliques. There are four different cliques: Nerds, Jocks, Pretty Boys/Girls, and Artists.

The main goal is to find a boyfriend or girlfriend, whom you can then take on dates to various locations such the movies, the beach, and the mall. Sometimes you will also be asked a favor, and if you agree to do this, the student whom you helped might give you someone's phone number.

Various mini-games will be used to reach the goals mentioned above. Each game boosts some percentage of your clique points (for example, smarts points to get into the nerds clique and athletic points to get into the jocks clique).

Reviews

Early reviews of the game have generally been bad. [http://www.gamespot.com/psp/sim/brooktownhighsenioryear/review.html?sid=6171511] [http://psp.ign.com/articles/791/791371p1.html] [http://gamesradar.com/us/psp/game/reviews/article.jsp?articleId=20070524142052469063&sectionId=1000] However, the July 2007 issue of PSM (PlayStation Magazine) gave Brooktown High a 8.0/10 rating.

References

External links

* [http://www.konami.com/Konami/ctl3810/cp20113/si1717655/cl1/brooktown_high_senior_year Brooktown High at Konami.com]
* [http://www.rocketxl.com/brooktown/assets.htm Overview of Brooktown High]
* [http://www.myspace.com/brooktownhigh Brooktown High at Myspace.com]