Date Night Bowling

DestructoidZoey Handley

7/10

However, it’s a fun time if you know what you’re getting into. It’s Date Night Bowling, and it does what it says on the box. There’s bowling and there’s dating. It’s a fun time if you can wrangle a partner, romantic or otherwise, but it doesn’t really have lasting appeal. A few times through, then you can take your balls elsewhere.

Nintendo World ReportJordan Rudek

5.5/10

Sometimes a date doesn't go so well, but the restaurant was good, or the movie was enjoyable. Maybe you bowled a 200, even if you left the alley alone at the end of the night. That's kind of the feeling of playing Date Night Bowling. The bowling itself is fun and challenging, even if the presentation of it is quite bare bones. The dating elements, however, are a major letdown, especially considering the strength of other Serenity Forge-developed games like Half Past Fate and A Case of Distrust, which have particularly compelling narratives and dialogue. There isn't much of a reason to recommen...

Gamer EscapeTimothy "Urthdigger" Hyldahl

5/10

Really, if I had to boil down my issues to one thing, it’s that the developers need to understand how to add content to a game. Games are all about what we as players choose to do, and for extra content to actually mean anything it should ask me to make different choices. For every dating minigame I’m making the same choices every other time that minigame shows up, for every frame of bowling I am making the same choices as every frame before it. All the pretty visuals don’t change that ...

Pure NintendoTrevor Gould

3/10

Date Night Bowling has an unusual concept, but it goes nowhere. While players are told "to bring your A-game," the developer, Serenity Forge, didn't bring their

The appeal of Date Night Bowling is incredibly limited. It’s for people that want to play a game with their romantic partner, and need something that both can enjoy equally, regardless of their gaming experience. At the same time, it’s for those that don’t want to become too competitive or heated. And both people also need to be old enough to enjoy the 80’s and 90’s vibes and aesthetics. It’s inoffensive enough in fulfilling that very narrow role, but its concepts fall down badly when you’re playing single-player, or with anyone other than your significant other. Throw in a deart…