Wedding Dash Review

Wedding Dash takes all the best aspects of task-management games like Diner Dash and makes them better. The graphics are impressively sharp, the storyline is endearing, and the gameplay is diverse enough to make it highly addictive. There are fifty levels at five different wedding venues, which would start to seem repetitive were it not for the quirky guests and the several random disasters to prevent. The wedding motif is a fresh step away from the typical task-management theme of running some sort of store, and it is complete with unique challenges and tasks that make Wedding Dash a must-play.

Basic Gameplay, Easy Controls

The controls are traditional for the task-management genre, utilizing only the mouse to play. You must seat guests, deliver their gifts to the happy couple, bring them food, honor their specific requests, and generally attempt to keep them from getting angry and leaving by clicking furiously. There are multiple guests types, each with their own idiosyncrasies, which is a definite improvement over many other similar games. Rather than just having different eating speeds (which they do), each guest type has a popularity level which determines whether other guest will want to sit next to them, different amounts of patience, and several of the guests can cause wedding drama by starting disasters – more on that later.

Integrated Story

The storyline of Wedding Dash is funny and well-integrated into gameplay, and die-hard fans of Diner Dash will love Flo's multiple cameos. You play Quinn, a friend of Flo, who is roped into planning a last minute wedding for a friend. Of course, the wedding is a success and Quinn decides to continue in the wedding planning business. There are several interactions with Flo, including Flo offering to waitress at a few of the weddings, and the dialogue between Flo and Quinn really couldn't be funnier as they discuss Quinn's failure on the dating scene.

Don't Let the Wedding Crash

The funny storyline plays into the rest of the game seamlessly, specifically the random disasters Quinn must prevent the bride from noticing. There are several disasters, the funniest of which are the bridesmaids cat-fighting and Uncle Ernie drinking too much. Aunt Ethel cries hysterically and sometimes the cake falls down; almost anything you can imagine going wrong at a wedding does, and you have to fix it before the bride notices. Why? Because each blushing bride has the potential to become a horrifying, raging monster that destroys all around her in her rage: the infamous Bridezilla.

These moments are all tied together by the great music, which does a wonderful job of changing based on the mood of the wedding (ie. Did a disaster just occur or is everything going great?) and integrating the sound effects. There are sound effects for everything, from the clink of plates to the live band, and they all add to the Wedding Dash experience.

Earn Money Based On Your Performance

You earn money by serving guests everything they want, fixing wedding disasters, and keeping the wedding running smoothly. Wedding Dash has implemented the traditional Diner Dash system of a specific monetary goal to win the level with the higher Expert Goal as an incentive for players, and each is celebrated with confetti and applause from your guests.

Rewards Don't Do Much

Unfortunately, this system offers no kind of other reward or earning potential. The score is added to a running total at the end of each level, which allows you to submit high scores and see where you rank among other players, but can't be used to buy upgrades or new clothes for Quinn or anything useful. All you will earn from winning the Expert Goal is a star on the game map for that level, so those looking for something to show off for all their efforts will be disappointed and may find the game a little pointless.

The upgrades are helpful, because they make gameplay somewhat easier by speeding up your waitress or increasing the patience of the guests, and you get to choose which to upgrade, but they are not offered very often and reset at the beginning of each new venue. There are several auto-upgrades which do hang around for future use, but these are few and far between. These elements could compile to make Wedding Dash feel repetitive and boring at times.

Conclusion - Head and Shoulders Above Other Games of This Type

Overall, Wedding Dash does what people love about task-management games, but does it with more humor, variety, entertainment value and addictiveness than any of its predecessors. The great graphics and sound effects complement the varying levels of intensity and hilarity in the game, and the addition of a ton of interesting and unique characters make it consistently fun to play. Wedding Dash will challenge your ability to manage tasks like never before, but will also amuse, entertain, and hook you more than ever.