Campus Crush vs Linda Brown: Interactive Story
Campus Crush
Campus Crush is a story-based college dating game developed by the very people behind the successful interactive story game, Episode - Choose Your Story. In this game, you'll get to play as a freshman who's starting college at Lockwood University, one of the most prestigious college in the state. There are plenty of new friends (or even frenemies) to meet, hot guys to date, sororities to join, and parties to attend. Of course, there is also that mysterious benefactor of yours who had offered you the scholarship you're on - who is the person and what does he/she wants?This separate app is actually a sneak peek of the full version available on Episode. So if you find that you've enjoyed playing this game, you might want to check out Episode for the full story.
Linda Brown: Interactive Story
Linda Brown: Interactive Story is The Other Guys' forey into the interactive storytelling business after their pretty good sucess with the Sherlock-themed hidden objects game, Sherlock Holmes: Lost Detective. Similar to the latter, this game features an intriguing and immersive, romance-and-mystery-filled story where you'll be playing as Linda Brown herself. Meet a host of interesting characters (and you can even date some of them), travel to various locations as you follow the trail of clues, and make important decisions that will change the path of your narrative.However, unlike games like Episode or Choices, Linda Brown: Interactive Story has a gameplay that is a lot similar to any of the games Telltale Games produced. This means that characters in the game will remember your reactions or responses and act accordingly the next time you meet.
The only major downside in this game is that, like Episodes and Choices, there are special "premium decisions" that you can make to further deepen the storyline, but the diamonds needed to buy these special decisions can be pretty costly - $3 per premium decision. Due to this, it might be great to have the option of earning diamonds by watching video ads.
Overall though, Linda Brown: Interactive Story is still a very well-written interactive story that doesn't only have romantic elements but also an intriguing mystery that rivals most hidden objects games. If you enjoy a good mystery with a dash of romance, this is the game you should play.