Brooktown High
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Brooktown High is a dating sim
video game for the PlayStation Portable
. It was developed by Backbone Entertainment
and published by Konami
. It is comparable in certain aspects and arguably inspired by Konami's Tokimeki Memorial
series, but has no direct connection with the series.
or female
high school
student
. This character is customizable, to some extent - you can change your hair style and color, eye color, height and weight. You will also be asked several personal questions at the beginning of the game to categorize you into one of the social cliques.
The player then gets to interact with the 20 other students at Brooktown, who have their own social circle
s and distinct personalities, in order to become part of the different clique
s. There are four different cliques: Nerds, Jocks, Preps, and Rebels.
The main goal is to find a boyfriend
or girlfriend
, whom you can then take on dates
to various locations such the movies, the beach
, and the mall
. Sometimes you will also be asked a favor, and if you agree to do this, the student whom you helped might give you someone's phone number.
Various mini-games will be used to reach the goals mentioned above. Each game boosts some percentage of your clique points (for example, smarts points to get into the nerds clique and athletic points to get into the jocks clique).
Dating sim
Dating sims are a video game subgenre of simulation games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements. They are also sometimes put under the category of neoromance. The most common objective of dating sims is to date, usually choosing from among several characters, and to achieve a romantic...
video game for the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
. It was developed by Backbone Entertainment
Backbone Entertainment
Backbone Entertainment is an independent video game development company located in Emeryville, California.Backbone Entertainment is the result of a 2003 merger between Digital Eclipse Software and ImaginEngine...
and published by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
. It is comparable in certain aspects and arguably inspired by Konami's Tokimeki Memorial
Tokimeki Memorial
is a popular dating simulation series by Konami. It consists of 6 main games in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The games are notable in the dating sim genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo....
series, but has no direct connection with the series.
Gameplay
Being touted as "your chance to re-live your high school days," Brooktown High places the gamer in the shoes of either a maleMale
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
or female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
. This character is customizable, to some extent - you can change your hair style and color, eye color, height and weight. You will also be asked several personal questions at the beginning of the game to categorize you into one of the social cliques.
The player then gets to interact with the 20 other students at Brooktown, who have their own social circle
Social circle
Social circles are groups of socially interconnected people. A Social circle is distinguished from a social pyramid in that there are two perspectives that can be used to describe a social circle: the perspective of an individual who is the locus of a particular group of socially interconnected...
s and distinct personalities, in order to become part of the different clique
Clique
A clique is an exclusive group of people who share common interests, views, purposes, patterns of behavior, or ethnicity. A clique as a reference group can be either normative or comparative. Membership in a clique is typically exclusive, and qualifications for membership may be social or...
s. There are four different cliques: Nerds, Jocks, Preps, and Rebels.
The main goal is to find a boyfriend
Boyfriend
A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
or girlfriend
Girlfriend
Girlfriend is a term that can refer to either a female partner in a non-marital romantic relationship or a female non-romantic friend that is closer than other friends....
, whom you can then take on dates
Dating (activity)
Dating is a form of courtship consisting of social activities done by two persons with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse...
to various locations such the movies, the beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
, and the mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
. Sometimes you will also be asked a favor, and if you agree to do this, the student whom you helped might give you someone's phone number.
Various mini-games will be used to reach the goals mentioned above. Each game boosts some percentage of your clique points (for example, smarts points to get into the nerds clique and athletic points to get into the jocks clique).