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Developer: Winter Wolves Game Studio Publisher: Winter Wolves Game Studio Genre: Simulation > General Released: Jul 14, 2008 Players: 1 Website Download

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Michael Scarpelli: 6

Summer Session manages to be innocent and pervy all at once. It's the best way to explain it that I've been able to come up with: "Pervy". This is basically a small U.S. version of many very popular Japanese dating sims, or a downloadable version of any number of Newgrounds-style flash dating sims. You take on certain actions to boost certain attributes and make yourself more attractive to particular girls at school.

Note that I say "girls at school": this one is clearly aimed at the male audience. The pervy bit comes into play that, while the game's content is pretty strictly PG throughout, the goal you have with each and every girl is to get it on with them.

The game itself is addictive, largely due to the fact that it's a puzzle to figure out what each girl likes and the order of operations needed to court them successfully, but it is pretty hard to get over just how sort of funky the game is.

Pany Haritatos: 8

Summer Session is a relationship simulator. Unlike most games of these types, this one gripped me and would not let me go. I played it dozens of times just to satisfy my curiosity about the many relationships you can develop with the different characters in the story. The graphics were spectacular, and really appealed to my suppressed inner otaku fanboy. I found it rather difficult to game the mechanics, which is a good thing (believe me, I tried..). The writing was also excellent. A great all around package with a unique gameplay experience. Summer Session is good times and gets two thumbs up from me!

Coby Utter: 7

Dating simulations have never really interested me and Summer Session was my first experience with such a game. Taking on the role of a student in summer school, you must pass your biology class, and build relationships with your fellow students and teacher. Each week you set up a schedule of activities from studying to partying which boost or decrease certain stats. The core gameplay focuses on your interactions with several lively and unique characters, where you can make enemies or find the girl of your dreams.

Summer Session's presentation is very solid, with an intuitive UI system and vivid characters. The writing, which is what the game is largely focused on, is very good, and makes the experience compelling. The major issue with the game is its extreme brevity and lack of depth. Thankfully there are multiple endings to encourage replaying the game but eventually the dialogue and other writing repeat very frequently. Despite its shortcomings, Summer Session piqued my interest in the genre and was actually a bit enchanting.

Russ Carroll: 8

I have only played a couple of dating sims, so my perspective on Summer Session is really poor. That said, it has a lot of things going for it. For one, the dialog and story is interesting. Where I often find myself skipping anything that looks like text in every game I play, I often took the time to read the text in SS, and though the characters sometimes come-off a bit one dimensional, I found it hard not to be captivated.

In fact I played through the game way, way too many times trying to reach all of the endings, but I kept coming back sure that if I made just one change here or there I'd solve the puzzle and win the girl's heart.

It's likely my lack of experience with the genre that made the correct paths difficult for me to discern, but it's also the reason why I had so much fun trying to figure them out. At times Summer Session is a bit risqué for my tastes, but it's very entertaining nonetheless.