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If I was a young girl, I’d probably be all over this game. I’ll admit that I sometimes, when extremely bored, have watched All Grown Up, heck I even watch the old Rugrats cartoons when they come on sometimes. However, as a male reaching the end of the teenage years, I am not the target audience of this game. Most readers of this website will not be either. So let’s make this short and as painless as possible, kay?
All Grown Up: Express Yourself is basically a collection of mini-games thrown around a fairly boring gameplay arena, in this case Angelica’s neighborhood and such. There are a number of simple mini-games and a few of them can be played over multiplayer, if the other player also has a copy of the game. I suppose that they will be more fun when playing against another person. The multiplayer minigames include a rafting game (quite possibly the best one in the whole game), a puzzle game, and a rocket launching minigame. The others aren’t particularly interesting but include a simple rhythm game.
In order to appeal to young girls, the game allows you to accessorize the female characters found within by giving them necklaces, lipstick and so forth. The main menu can also be customized. The game’s redeeming feature, for its target audience, is the inclusion of the simple PDA which can save a variety of information and can also be used as a planner.
The game’s visuals are fitting, I suppose. All of the minigames come through as expected; the characters are simple but do their job. The rafting game I mentioned above is easily the most visually intensive with a Mode 7 like experience going there. The music is equally appalling. The sound effects are there, and the background music is very loud and cheery although not particularly interesting.
All Grown Up: Express Yourself will be perfect for a seven year old girl. My little cousin was all over it. I think she convinced another of my aunts to purchase a copy of the game for her daughter so they can exchange secrets and so forth. As a game, All Grown Up: Express Yourself is mediocre, however. -- Adam Nunez, PGNx Media
---- Nov 3, 2004
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