High School Life vs High School Story
High School Life
High School Life is an interactive story game that might be a bit simplistic. Instead of having a deep and well-hashed-out story, the most you'll be doing in this game is dressing up to meet and flirt with boys, and hopefully, you'll get a date to the school dance, be it Homecoming, Sadie Hawkins, Winter Formal, Valentine’s Day or the actual Prom. You don't get to spend a lot of time in the actual high school setting though, despite being a game titled as "High School Life".The characters in the game aren't very well-designed either. The boys in the game seem to look especially flat-faced and honestly, a bit on the ugly side of things. The "texting a friend" feature is pretty interesting but it would have been nice to have some sort of interaction with your BFF at school, where again, being a high-schooler, you should be spending most of your time at.
High School Life is a pretty shallow version of an interactive story game and hence, is a poor alternative to games like Episodes or Choices, but it might still be enjoyable for some players who like something simple.
High School Story
High School Story is a fun and pretty unique simulation game where you'll not only get to meet a host of interesting high schoolers, from the nerds to the jocks to the preppies; you'll also get to build a high school of your own! Recruit classmates, customize them to your liking, build hangouts for them and even link these characters with your real life friends through Facebook. Enjoy the game's myriad of mini-storylines that mostly cover the struggles that high schoolers go through, though there are some general life lessons in there as well. You can even throw parties to attract new "hybrid-clique" students or date any of the other students at your high school.High School Story lives up to its name by offering players the opportunity to reveal new stories by completing quests or buying new special classmates - or All-stars - that comes with their respectively unique background stories. The game is honestly as compelling as its stories and if you love a good tale or two or if you're a fan of games like Suburbia, this is the game you'll want to play.