Dinner Date

Dinner Date is a very short indie title about a man waiting for his date to arrive and I fucking hated it. The main reason I hated this game was mainly due to the usual false expectations scenario. Rather than just completely rip this game apart let me explain what I thought the game was going to be, and then what the game actually is. What I thought Dinner Date was going to be: Everything I thought this game was going to be came from what people posted about on the internet. Nothing I am writing in this section is what I hoped the game would be, this is what I expected based on others experiences with it. Like I mentioned above, this is a game about a man waiting for his date to arrive at his house. However, I was under the assumption that this would be 1st person, without any narration, and you are completely free to do whatever you want while you wait for the date. You do not know who the date is, or why this man is possibly being stood up. Maybe this is him being dumped, maybe h...

This game is good if your life sucks like mine I mean it's the same price than a chocolate bar or a beer, but you can cry to this game longer

Enter the mind of Julian Luxemburg, a young man whose inability to eat anything but the same piece of somehow rapidly regenerating bread has trapped him in a life of indignity and solitude.

Interesting concept, but you will be done with it in 5 minutes. There is just too little to it to even spend 5 bucks.

Avoid at all costs. I can appreciate art games when done right, Dear Esther was a fantastic aural and visual presentation, and Gone Home told a heartbreaking story that could only be experienced through a videogame. Dinner Date tho, is one of the worst 5 dollars i have spent. Its a shame, because the concept is interesting, and to be honest i like the idea of it, putting the player in the mind of a character and being able to see his thoughts is intriguing. The problem is, there is little value or reason to be paying 5 bucks for this. Its over in about 15 minutes. 15 MINUTES. When games like Heavy Rain do these types of games, they give a good long narrative. Or even a telltale episode, you get 2 hours of story content for 5 dollars. Here, you stay in a room, and pick thoughts. Then it ends. This could have been an interesting demo for free, that could be an interesting mechanic in story based games. I cannot recommend it at all for its price point, you would be better off watchi...

This game is the biggest pile of pretentious tripe I've ever played, this is coming from someone who's favourite experience from a video game was Dear Esther. Say what you like about Dear Esther but the point of it was that it was following the inner thoughts of a suicidally depressed man as we got some insight on loss, pain, depression and regret and what does Dinner Date offer us? The Inner thoughts of a boring, pretentious pillock, who's whining because nobody wants to bugger him. I'm serious, this whole game is just a man, sat at a table, whining because he can't get laid and the worst part is that he has no redeeming qualities. He's racist, narcissistic, boring and full of crap. There is NOTHING worth investing yourself in, it's not even funny boring, it's just boring. You could honestly get the same experience by going to your kitchen table and sitting there for twenty or so minutes, like you're waiting for a date, listening to a pod cast on the colour baige the entire time. T...

This game lasts 10 minutes. You don't have to press anything to beat it. I could have rented a movie worth my time for the $5 I paid for this pretentious turd

Lately, I've been making a habit of trying out games with "Mixed" reviews--often, I find them to be the most interesting. Dinner Date is a game that isn't for everyone; some might not enjoy the concept, others might find it boring. This isn't a game in which the goal is clear, and the end result isn't necessarily what you would call gratifying. There are no bosses to defeat or world to save. To me, this game embodies "virtual reality" in a much more emotional sense. You are the subconscious of the protagonist, Julian, as he experiences the agony of waiting on his "dinner date" to arrive. This means, you really have no control over what is happening. You can merely observe and react in the most subtle of ways. As the story unfolds before you, you are given a set of choices. Will Julian glance nervously at the clock, have a cigarette to calm his nerves or have another glass of wine as he bemoans his situation? The voiceover acting is very well done, and adds to realism of the game. I...

This was a very interesting, but short experience. In this game you play as the subconsciousness of Julian Luxemburg. There are only a few options, and there is not much more you can do than just listen to his thoughts. The decisions you do make, won't have any effect on the game. Julian is patiently waiting for his date with a Japanese girl called Meiko to arrive. The later it's getting, The more desperate Julian starts to sound. There are, what seems like endless thoughts running through his mind. Rather than just calling or texting Meiko, Julian rather talks to himself apparently. He eats some bread with tapenade, soup and drinks some wine. Thinking about how he really wanted to have sex with the 20 year old Meiko. He sounds really pathetic, and I had no idea guys could over think this much. Now I won't spoiler the game for you, But if I was Meiko, I wouldn't come! It's extremely boring, and this game is not worth €3,99.

Even if you are into "art games" this is an awful example of one. It is one long monologue with the illusion of choices. These choices are nothing more than interactions with the options of doing them or not doing them. It has no affect on the game, except for impeding your progress should you not choose to drink the wine. There are no different endings, no hidden objects, no characters, just a single unaltered stream of monologue that gives absolutely zero replay value. Sad to think people have been charged for this.