Another slamdunk hit from the maker of Crawlco Block Knockers!
Boo Party is a Halloween themed homage to the classic scavenger hunt flash games, Frank's Adventure. The primary objective of which remains relatively unchanged from it's spiritual predecessor, to find items, solve puzzles, and play mini-games to entice a variety of women into giving you a lurid photo!
This game shines with an awesome layer of polish with crisp stylish pixel art that is reminiscent of games like Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Sprites are well drawn and animated expertly, and while many of the non-critical NPCs are oft repeated, there's enough variety to give the game a lot of charm. It wins all the points for style and aesthetic. It's a blast just to go around and talk to people and hear their own cheeky humorous comments.
The basic premise is you are a dorky looking photographer who accepts an ad from a busty blonde scientist. You start in the middle of the woods and rendezvous with your contract where she informs you that she wishes for you to enter a haunted house and get photographic evidence of the unusually high paranormal readings her equipment have detected. You soon find out there's a huge party being thrown in this mansion, and all the denizens of the underworld are there to partake. Vampires, mummies, zombies, swamp creatures, mermaids, goblins, demons, and ghosts are but some of the types you will encounter. No matter, you're here to do a job, and a variety of monster girls and occult babes, 12 to be exact, are only to happy to provide you with the photographic evidence you seek, provided you do them a favor.
These favors run the gambit from finding (making?) a hamburger, to winning a dance contest, to rounding up half a dozen stray cats. As you progress you will explore the labyrinthine mansion and it's grounds trying to find the objects and clues you need to progress.
The game is not without it's flaws, the mansion for one is not designed for ease of navigation. While multiple exits and a convenient elevator do help mitigate this a bit, you will often find yourself having to zigzag up and down stairs and hallways going from one spot to the next. The other big issue could be the difficult spikes within the mini-games themselves. Only a few of the routes require minigames, and they are often timed, rhythm or action segments such as dancing, floating down an obstacle course, playing a deathmatch platformer, or engaging in a variety of "WarioWare"-esque microgames. Fortunately most of these minigames offer a handicap to aide players who may struggle to complete them, and for those still unable to finish, there is a bypass option inside the settings (which I'm not ashamed to admit I did use for the dance-off). These minigames are not poorly designed by any means, but the degree of difficulty that some have may be quite a wall for many players to have to overcome.
The music is another stellar offering from OSC who did the phenomenal soundtrack for CosmiKankei's last game. This time around there's only a few tracks (4 that I know of) and all have a very Halloween theme to them with plenty of over-the-top sinister laughter to spice it up.
The ecchi content in the game is relatively minor, as you will unlock photos that show the various girls topless, and there's plenty of cheeky innuendo and adult jokes, but it never strays into the territory of being too crass or low-brow. It's an almost tasteful sort of naughty charm that is added to the game,
The total game-length is relatively short. For a casual first-time play through without using a guide, 3 - 4 hours is about what to expect. It is however a highly polished gem of a game that's well worth experiencing, and I for one can't wait to see what CosmiKankei puts out next!
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