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Diary of a Stripper Reviews
Author: Christopher Cole
Date: 2003
ADRIFT 3.9
Reviewed by David Whyld
A difficult game to comment on. It wasn't "quite" as explicit as I'd first thought it was going to be but then again it was hardly a game for the easily offended either. Playing the part of a male stripper, it is your job to… er, entertain a number of lady guests at a birthday party. Storyline-wise that’s about it.
The writing was good throughout but the gameplay side really let things down. For the most part there was no real freedom of movement and you seemed to be
forced along a very set path; no chance to explore the game was given or any proper interaction with the characters was possible. There was also the added
frustration of being given half the commands you needed to complete the game instead of figuring them out for yourself which pretty defeated the whole point
of playing for me. Admittedly, most of these commands were non-obvious and I might never have figured them out on my own, but it seemed a strange game that
actually tells you what you should be typing. A few subtle hints would have
worked better.
Game: 4 out of 10
Reviewed by Eric Mayer
This isn't the sort of thing I usually play. I'm not into AIF. Or other sex-text. I'm more a visual kind of guy. When I was a teenager I got hold of Lady Chatterly's Lover and I just thought it was silly. (Well, no, I didn't literally get hold of Lady Chatterly's Lover -- I'm not into gardeners really) Anyhow, in this game you play a male stripper. I found out I'm not very good at it. Actualy it is quite well written and amusing. Still, not to be crude, but if
I have to play AIF I'd prefer naked females rather than a naked male, particularly if the naked male is me. Nevertheless, I was entertained enough to
play it through a couple times, improving my score, despite my general dislike of the genre, so Chris, my hat's off to you -- but nothing else.
Reviewed by Purple Dragon (Inside
Erin Volume 4 Number 9 - September 2008)
Basic Story
You are a male stripper hired to work a bachelorette party. Your goal is simply
to please all the ladies and earn yourself a big tip.
Overall Thoughts
I remember when I first read the description of this game I thought is was such
a good idea. Fresh, original, unique, something out of the ordinary. It is all
those things, but (did you see that 'but' coming?) the game itself just didn't
live up to my excitement about the idea. It's not that it is bad by any means,
it's just that I got my hopes up and was expecting more than it delivered.
Puzzles/Game Play
Game play is much different than any of Chris' other games and, indeed, than any
other AIF title at all. The two main commands at your disposal are 'strip' and
'dance'. Most of the other commands you need to finish the game are spelled out
for you in bold face within the text. As a result, the game mostly consists of
typing 'dance' until you are told what you need to type next. Although you have
some choices about which girls to dance for and how far to go, this still makes
the game feel very linear.
The game is also much too easy to win. When it ends, you are told how you did
and how big (generally speaking) your tip was, but I found that it's very easy
to get a big tip and that you really, really have to try hard if you don't want
to get a tip at all.
Sex
There are no sexual commands in this game at all. Forget things like 'rub tits',
'lick pussy', or 'fuck anything that moves'. If you make it to one of the good
endings (and you will) then you'll get to see a bit more than that but there is
still no actual sex in the game.
It is a credit to Chris' writing abilities that even in spite of all this, the
game is still pretty hot. Although you don't have much direct control over the
action, it is still fun to watch how the girls act and what they do. It would
have been vastly improved by more descriptions and varied actions, but what is
there is very nice.
Technical
The game is small and you wouldn't really expect to find many technical problems
in it. Happily, this is one expectation that it lives up to. The only thing I
found is an error in the 'bad' ending where it looks like a description got left
out. But like I said, I had to try really hard to even get to this ending so if
you're trying to get a good ending at all then you'll never see it anyway.
Final Thoughts
In the hands of most people, this probably would have been a very bad game. It
is very short (partially due to the fact that it was a min-comp entry) and it
certainly could have benefited from a few more possible commands. However, what
is here is solid writing and solid erotica, and well worth the few minutes it
will take you to play it.
Rating: C
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