My most poignant memory of secondary school was playing simulation games with my classmates. I introduced them to Sim 2 and Fashion Icon (gameloft), they introduced me to High School story and Stargirl, a win win for everyone involved.
However I was always drawn to the flamboyance of fashion games: the ability to choose an outfit, pair it with the blingest jewelries, having men fight for your attention and challenging your rivals. Secondary school me was obsessed and couldn’t get enough until my mom’s phone got taken from her at gunpoint in a Danfo. I bid bye to Sim 2 and Fashion Icon, my most beloved games at that time.
As an adult I found myself reminiscing about those days a lot and maybe that drew me into giving ‘Drest’ a chance.
Drest and Me
When I opened play store that stormy morning, I had never heard of the game nor knew something of that nature existed in fact I’d like to call it fate. I downloaded the app reluctantly, passed through the procedures grudgingly and picked a name unwillingly.
The Manolo Blahnik challenge was still on at that time so I pressed ‘play’ all of these I’d like to emphasize I did impatiently. What first intrigued me was the 3D model staring at me and subsequently the arrays of clothes, jewelries and shoes I could choose from though I was limited by the task at hand – I had to pick a Manolo Blahnik shoe.
I had heard of Manolo Blahnik, it was Rihanna’s favorite and the reality of the situation dawned on me: these were not outfits created out of someone’s imagination (there’s nothing wrong with that I assure you) but actual fits designed by real-life existing designers. By the next day, I reached level 10.
What’s the difference between you and me?
If you asked me on that stormy day what was so distinguishable about the game I would tell you there were no men.
To be honest, I would tell you I had finally found a simulation game that prioritized clothes; not fighting other girls for the top, no men flirting with you, no other pressing need asides purchasing clothes.
With Drest, it’s just you, your fashion/styling knowledge and whatever avatar you’ve picked at that moment. Oh, did I tell mention, you have a sort of IG looking portfolio that contains all the outfits you’ve worked on and people can actually follow you? I have two followers and five clothes with a 5.0 star and I brag about it all day on my X account
But a game like this does not come without, its own cons and I found out when I began rigorously rating the other ladies outfits. See I used to be a bit hard on them because why are you pairing a turtle neck sleeves with choker? I mean it was not my place to judge but um *side-eye*
However I’d later come to find out the graphics were a bit different: the game had a choppy, weird graphics thing going on during ‘rating’ (a process where other players rate each other outfits) which did not allow me view the outfits in its true glory specifically outfits that played a lot with diatric colors.
Another issue I battled with was ‘hanging.’ The game could hang or just stop working at some point especially when I wanted to pay for my outfits or sample a jacket.
An inconvenience the Drest Team could work on.
All in all…..
Drest tells a story: a struggling young lady on a journey to scale to the top by finishing tasks. These tasks include styling models of your choice in accordance with the tasks at hand which is enforced by the ‘must haves’ section and a free unlimited table to choose whatever you want.
So tell me, will you be giving Drest a chance?
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