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Sprung

Sprung puts players in the shoes of either Becky or Brett in a conversation-based visual novel that mostly consists of dialogue. Sprung can be regarded as a dating sim, though the linearity and variety in the…

30 8 December 2004

Sprung is an adventure developed by Longtail Studios, released 8 December 2004 on Nintendo DS.

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What Sprung is

Sprung is an adventure game developed by Longtail Studios and released in 2004. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sprung puts players in the shoes of either Becky or Brett in a conversation-based visual novel that mostly consists of dialogue. Sprung can be regarded as a dating sim, though the linearity and variety in the game (as well as its humor) also lend it to being an adventure game. The game was one of the first dating simulation games to have a wide commercial release in North America.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are comedy and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Sprung holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 40 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Sprung launched on 8 December 2004, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, World of Warcraft and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, World of Warcraft, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.

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When did Sprung come out?
Sprung was released on 8 December 2004 for Nintendo DS.

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