Sunday, May 30, 2010

Sally’s Studio - Collector’s Edition

Sally has a secret way of getting energized even though she is always busy at work. And guess what? She always works out at her favorite health and fitness studio! This is how she gets relaxed and refreshed. However when she arrived at the fitness studio, the shop is already closed and up for sale. Without hesitation, Sally made decision to buy the shop to continue making people feel their best. So here comes Sally’s Studio Collector’s Edition to the action!

In Sally’s Studio Collector’s Edition, you will go through 60 stages in total to complete the game. Travel across different locations in the map to go through from beginners to expert ranking. Collect location trophies and world trophies along the way.

When you complete each stage, it is shopping time!! Shop for your studio for new items with your earned money and upgrade them to make your customers more satisfied when they visit your fitness studio. Items range from decorative items to different types of clocks to different types of magazines. You can also select the different types of juice mixers, yoga mats and waiting chairs.

Take the customers to the exercise routines based on what their bubbles shows, be it the initial warm up, or different types of yoga mat. While waiting, play the music, let them have their drinks or give them magazines to read. As with all other time management games, you will get more customers as you progresses through the stages, but in time, you will get used to the speed and coordination.

Earn as many hearts as you can from the customers, the more the better. Again, this is a feature most gamers already familiarize with other games before, the game can introduce us other unique features. Anyway, graphics wise, it is cute and attractive. Still heartwarming to see we have collected so many hearts from the satisfied customers.

Once in a while, there will be difficult customers and the game will provide a sneak preview to the types of customers that will come in to the studio at a certain stage. Impatient Policemen, Nurses, Tourist, you name it you have it. So you need to make full use of the equipments and tools you have in your studio to make them occupied. Play the music and let them read the magazines whenever you see they are waiting in line! Make the drinks or grab whatever within your reach and pass to them to see them happy.

You will also help Sally to open new branches and have new themes for the fitness studio. As Sally, you will be exposed to new ideas to the places, and even beaches will be turned to a workout place.

Overall, I feel that there is lacking of originality in the games features as they are not new in time management games. However, when I proceeded through the stages of Sally’s Studio Collector’s Edition, oh boy…this game can be very addictive! One thing that is slightly different from the rest is that the story mode and the location settings for the fitness studio. Instead of all indoor gym, there are even outdoor settings.

Review from MabelGames