OASE - Other Age Second Encounter

NOTE: Before you get this, try Other Age first: http://zeiva.deviantart.com/art/Other-Age-39931316 If you really liked Other Age, get this. It has: * A LOT of girls * Much better GUI and backgrounds. * Improved Character design * A walkthrough to help you out * Places to explore. * EASTER EGGS * and finally, minigames. The entire plot of this game goes like this: * The queen gets a letter from some king out of nowhere. * Said King wants to brag about his daughter going on a date. * Said Queen takes revenge in her own personal style...by putting her son, the prince, on a date for brag rights. This game is quite dated, but you can tell how good the quality of this work is, especially the art. It is quirky, it can be confusing. The "puzzle" in the gallery can only be achievable if you attempt to get all the endings. So far I only got some. If this game is too hard for you, don't worry. the Author has provided a simple game walkthrough in "easy mode". It's the red stop sign at the top right. Use that, and everyone will know how "great" you are at puzzles. :/ Some of the minigames are hard to get through, which is why you'd rather take easy mode, but if you're more of a hardcore puzzle-solver, then take this up. Have I mentioned it has girls. Would I recommend this? Yes and no. This game is good, and is pack full of content, but it later becomes more and more repetetive. It is however replayable, and the characters Interesting and fun.

I was looking forward to play this game because the reviews talk about a "weird game, but fun"... I need to learn to not read reviews D: Too many cliche themes and not very interesting characters, it feels shallow, like a joke that try to hard to be funny but it become pitiful in the process. At least the minigames were fun, but in overall is a very weird game... at least the reviews are right in that D: I really dont recommend it. Im sorry if i offend or cause rage to the fans of this game, but i really prefer VN/Adventure games were the story and characters are interesting.

A weird little dating sim game with surprise depth and quite confusing to proceed. You got a love machine to summon somone to date your prince.. you got 9 different girls and 1 guy to choose from by using 10 different questions. lots of funny conversation.. and quite challanging mini games and a lot information to remember.(get your noteped ready). once you figure out the basic on how this game works.. it's actually quite good.. but to start is difficult. graphics are quite good. with better music and sound effects. the lack of achivements made the game kinda slow down since you cannot really track your own progress.. there are 60 endings in all... and a lot really good ending and a lot really funny endings. 7/10 for a weird little dating sim and i will play it once again once it have achievements.(only got 3 girl route figured out).

I'm sure that, somewhere out there, some person will actually understand this game. I am not that person. It doesn't help that you can get a bad ending within two minutes, then have 5+ minutes of unskippable cutscenes before you can try again.

[h1]PROS:[/h1] Cute art, nice intro, some of the games are pretty funny [h1]CONS:[/h1] Really expensive, lack of overarching plot line, buggy games, too many passwords to remember [h1]OVERALL SCORE: 2/10[/h1] Sorry, but this game isn't really worth the money. I randomly found this game in my library, and I remembered playing flash games by the developer a long time ago and decided to give it a shot. The premise was cute, you are a prince who is using a magical machine to find the perfect date. The game itself is something of a mix between a visual novel, dating simulator, and flash game. After each date, you get an ending and two passwords to unlock extras. I liked some of the dates, but some of the flash controls on the games didn't register correctly and were just difficult and annoying to play. The dates are also pretty brief, even if you manage to choose all the right options, and I didn't feel particularly connected to any of the characters by the time I was done playing. One thing that also bothered me, at some point I managed to summon a character dubbed "Mr. Nobody." As you can probably guess, Mr. Nobody was the only male "date" out of the entire cast. He's called a lunatic and the mother of the main character is shocked and angry at the outcome, and no matter what your choices, you're made to beat him up and then kill him with a sword. Yeah, that was the point I stopped playing thing game... Also, this game is really expensive. For a game with not a whole lot of content, that was developed over half a decade ago, I don't think it's worth the price. For $20 you can get a better, newer visual novel.

This game has A LOT of possibilities and outcomes and endings. Even though the game does not say it, it plays a lot like a visual novel, and also feels a lot like it, but it is very interactible and most of your choices modifies the outcomes of the game. This game has some dungeons that are only accessible with a character and, since the beginning, your choices influence the rest of the game. The puzzles are really god, also, although some can be pretty challenging (I'm looking at you, Mist's Photo Minigame) This game also has a strong Dating SIM aspect, since it is your job to find a girlfriend in the game. The graphics are actually fine and can be cute and cool looking, even though it may appear strange at first. Talking about strange, this game is really bizarre. You have some things, like the Dudes, that make the game seem really quirky, but, as the synopsis of the game says, it serves well to mix with the parody aspect of the game, making it actually fun. For those that like games with a lot of results of dialogue and actions, this game is really for you. It is really a game that can be pretty amazing, especially if you like these mangaesques aspects of the game. You'll probably gonna spend some time in the game, trying to achieve the endings. I just think that this game should really have some steam achievements, it would be perfect for this game. I mean, if you are reading this, developer, really... your games would be way more worth it with achievements, and also, some players really are into it and consider achievements as a thing to consider when buying games.

I have played the prequel (Other Age) of this game in my highschool years, and I liked it despite it being very hard. So I treid OASE when it just came out, but it was even harder(x1000) than the previous one. With no walkthrough available at that time, I had to give up on it. I recently came accross it again, and this time with the easy mode available it went much better. This is what I consider as a collecting game, the main purpose is to collect endings. So it is a shame that there is no achievements available. Some people mentionned there were very long cutscenes (what?!), have you not noticed your keyboard's enter button?? Pros: - Good collection game - Beautiful art - Nice music - Interesting concept - Many secret paths/alternative endings - Press enter to skip, press q to cheat on some of the minigames Cons: - No achievements - Needlessly hard (some mini-games are quite hard, yes I'm talking to you cameraman dude, but with some practice I became a pro lol) - Pixel hunting (very painful) - Repetitive (Dude quests are common to all characters with minor variations) - Some typos, spelling and grammar problems in text Overall: 7.5/10

Even though I really like Zeiva's other work, OASE left me with mixed feelings... It has it's bright points - most characters are nicely drawn, some endings are really funny and minigames are interesting and challenging just right... However, sometimes the game is just trying too much to be funny and it ends just being dumb and weird, personalities are shallow and it's hard to make any connection to them at all and it takes sooooo long to get correct ending. Big minus for me is the "save" system, which there is none, but you get passwords as you progress and you can use those to resume your game. But they does not work for every moment in the game; for ex. when you're near an ending and it all depends on one choice which one you will get, but last password was before 10 minute long minigame. So if you want to get both endings, you have to go through that 10 minute grind again... And it doesn't happen just once... Overall, there are better games to buy for 20€ and to use your time on.

1/10 - The only positive thing about this game is it has trading cards. I did alot of clicking on stuff for about 30-40 minutes and did not make much progress in the game.

Boring .. 2/10