Home decorating simulator Home Sweet Home is Big Blue Bubble's first title for Nintendo's WiiWare service. Keen to know a little more about this interesting title, we got in touch with the developer's CEO Damir Slogar, and asked him a few questions.
Each week MyWii reviews a selection of WiiWare games available on the Wii Shop Channel. These include the new release titles from the previous week and a mix of older ones. WiiWare reviews are kept short, sharp and to the point to best advise you what is worth your hard earned Nintendo Points.
Todays reviews include Tetris Party, Home Sweet Home, The Incredible Maze and more.
GamesRadar writes: "With a name like that, you'd probably be expecting a chill-out interior decoration title in the vein of The Sims. And you'd be wrong, because Home Sweet Home actually turns out to be a charming time management game based on the hectic world of interior design. So, you're this designer who's renovating an entire street of houses. At the beginning of each level, you're supplied with a budget and a note from the owner detailing their particular furnishing requirements. This starts out simply enough ("a sofa facing a TV, thanks!"), but subsequently becomes cryptic beyond all reason, so the later puzzles will give you much to think about."
You'll love
* Charming presentation
* Elegant control system
* Can amuse for hours
You'll hate
* Dumbed-down RTS sections
* Needs to be played in "sips"
* No art style to speak of
If you love games like Order Up! or even (on some level) The SIms, you might find Home Sweet Home interesting for a few short-lived minutes, but if you fancy yourself a hardcore gamer you will loath this title. Any way you slice it, this is not a game worthy of 1,000 Wii Points -- half that would be pushing it, as far as I'm concerned. Supposing you really want to decorate some rooms, go online and tool around with the thousands of websites that enable you to do this with real furniture. Or wait for PS3's Home Network, which will let you walk around your IKEA-inspired virtual apartment.
