Finder Love: Aki Hoshino - Nankoku Trouble Rendezvous

The Good
Okay, so my friend obtained this game since both of us liked Aki Hoshino and I must admit I've watched her gravure videos which I can say are at least worth buying or even downloading as compared to this garbage. The version we had was in Japanese and I have no knowledge of this language except for the few prominent words that appear in their English subtitled animes. So basically I have no idea what's going on in the dialogs and that makes it a bit unfair to review this game. But I think I can make a fair judgment elsewhere. I should also mention that quite a few of the text are in English so it's possible for anyone to navigate through the game. Getting through the menu will require a little trial and error.

If your lost on who Aki hoshino is, just look her up. There's tons of info on her. She's very attractive, possesses a fun,cute and innocent personality topped of with giant breasts. Those combinations have made her pretty popular.

Enough of that, now onto this game. I think text based adventure game fans may find some appeal here, but since I cannot judge the dialogs, I don't know how entertaining any of it will be. Apparently 80% revolves around dialogs and in between an option pops up which allows you to make a decision. After a while it will lead into what occupies 15% of the game, mini-games. Some are pretty okay for a while for example the shutter game which needs you to press the L key as hearts pass through the square and the R key when the shutter icon clashes in the middles. After this game you can see the successful photos clicked. This is the most common mini-game in this adventure and gets boring after 4-5 times. In the background of this game you'll see the model Aki doing some poses or actions. Remember this game is rated 12 and above so don't expect anything from the gravure except for few bikini scenes.

I should mention the full motion videos are well used around the game and are mixed quite nice with the mini-games. Everything is through first person perspective and Aki is the only character seen. The music is well fitted in too.

The Bad
The other mini-games are just half-assed attempts although the memory maze like game could work elsewhere but not in this Sim dating game. The charades game seems interesting but the text is in Japanese so bummer. Compatibility mini-game is alright too but the score screen will take a while to finish, you'll have to play it to see what I mean and I don't think you're gonna after reading this review. Last one which appeared once was pressing either the X, Triangle, Circle or square key through the circle. After you're done with this awful excuse for an adventure game it tallies your overall score from all the mini-games. And your reward? A headache!!

The Bottom Line
Trust me I don't hate this game because it's not in a language I can understand. It's just that the interactive elements are so boring that this game is better off with just the dialogues and shutter game with the occasional FMV. If you're interested in the sex appeal there isn't much here. Aki has better dvds for you to purchase or waste your bandwidth on.