Desperate Housewives: The Game

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Desperate Housewives: The Game
Developer(s) Liquid Entertainment
Publisher(s) Buena Vista Games
Platform(s) Windows XP
Release date NA October 6, 2006
Genre(s) Life simulation
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen
Media CD-ROM
System requirements Pentium IV 1.4 GHz or equivalent; 256 MB RAM; 64MB video memory
Input methods Keyboard, mouse

Desperate Housewives: The Game is a life simulation adventure game developed by Liquid Entertainment and released by Buena Vista Games in October 2006. It is based on the television series Desperate Housewives. The player takes the part of a housewife with amnesia who has recently moved with her husband and son to Wisteria Lane. The plot takes place over 12 episodes. The game features a script by Desperate Housewives writer Scott Sanford Tobis and voice acting by Brenda Strong.

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[edit] Plot

The game begins when a family moves to Wisteria Lane; a successful doctor working at the Fairview Medical Center, a wife with a forgotten past after a jogging accident and their son. Edie Britt first introduces the wife to Wisteria Lane and visits Bree Van De Kamp, who invites her to gossip at her house along with Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo and Gabrielle Solis. A pair of brothers visit then the player's house; Daniel Fox, a famous designer and his twin brother Frank Fox, who installs an internet service in the player's computer.

[edit] Reception

Desperate Housewives: The Game received mixed reviews in the gaming media. Some reviewers praised it as a well-written and faithful adaption of the television series; however, the game also attracted criticism for its derivative, simplistic gameplay and prominent product placement.[1]

[edit] Problems

Many customers who have bought Desperate Housewives: The Game have found it does not work on their computers/laptops. After thousands of complaints Buena Vista posted on their website the reason the game might not work. The reason Buena Vista claimed the game does not work is because of the System Checker identifying the video card as not supporting either Vertex or pixel shader technology. The "Video Acceleration" row in the table will display "FAIL" to indicate the system requirement failure. The "Required System" column will show the deficiency ("Accel"). Full details of video cards that will run the game are on the website. [2]

[edit] Endings

Desperate Housewives: The Game has four different endings.

  1. The main character shoots everyone.
  2. The main character lives happily ever after with the husband.
  3. The main character lives happily ever after with Erik Larson.
  4. The main character runs off with Vincent Corsetty.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Desperate Housewives. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  2. ^ Video Acceleration Failure. At Disney Interactive Studios Help Centre.

[edit] External links

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