Simulation

Kudos 2

Make choices like work & friends to improve your life!

4.73 / 5 from 15 player ratings

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DFG Exclusive Review Summary

Better than average but has some noticeable flaws.

Pros

You choose the path that your character follows.
Make decisions regarding your career and social life.
Allows you control your character without having to take care of every single detail.

Cons

No animation only text and pictures.
Game starts fairly slow with limited options.
Can become boring quickly from repetition.

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About this game

What kind of person can you become?

Kudos 2 is the ultimate life simulation game where you pick friends, socialize, build a career, buy a pet, and tons more!

Kudos 2 follows the success of the hit downloadable game Kudos that lets you make choices every day that will affect your career, happiness, and relationships.

You start the game right after your 20th birthday and have 10 years of game time to become the person you want to be. Will you concentrate on your career or have fun building relationships with your friends? The choices are up to you.

Every choice counts

Kudos 2 is a game about choices and here are just a few things you will be able to decide:

What will you look like? - choose hairstyles, clothes, shoes, and colors
What do you want to study? - become an actor, lawyer, doctor, IT professional, and more.
What will you do after work? - spend time alone watching TV, cleaning the house or go out with your friends to a restaurant, movie, or concert.
What will you buy? - save up for a car, get a pet, buy exercise equipment or read a book to improve an aspect of your character.
Who do you want to be friends with? - who you hang out with can affect your character in a variety of ways, choose your friends wisely!
Who do you want to date? - spend time doing what your love interest likes and see where it goes!

What you do and who you spend time with will affect character traits like honesty, energy levels, intelligence, muscle, relaxation, confidence, and more.

So how will your life end up? The choice is up to you!

If you like games like The Sims and other life simulations, Kudos 2 is a must try! Download and play the free version!

Kudos 2 improvements:

Sophisticated friends, gossip, more personality types
Faster game play
New mini games
Birthday parties
Build career skills that actually affect your day at work!
New art from legendary comic artist Jason McKelvie!

Kudos 2 Review

Review by Mick

Life Sim Lite

Kudos 2 is a life simulation game that lets you control the choices your character makes. Your job, your training and what you do with your free time is all up to you. Interaction with your character and others is minimal since you make the choice and then you are only told the result. You will experience ten years in the life of your character. People simulation enthusiasts will enjoy this game to a certain extent, but will likely become bored quickly.

Tutorial Tips Help You Learn The Game

You begin the game with either a short tutorial or just jumping straight in. Either way there are tips and hints throughout the game. There are three base people for each gender, you can change small aspects like hair and clothes for customization.

You start out as a waiter making a minimal salary, but you can take night classes to become whatever you want from a rock star to a lawyer. You will also need to maintain friendships, clean your house and take care of yourself. You will experience your character age from 20 to 30 and hopefully achieve the goals you set.

Point and Click Controls

Controls in the game are very simple to learn either through the tutorial or trial and error. The mouse controls everything since you will only be making the decisions and not performing the actions.

Mostly Text Based Game Play

The game is entirely text based, so when you decide to go out to the bar you won't see it but you are given a summation of the events (how it went, new friends, your mood...). You will earn money every day you work that you can spend however you want. There are a few activities that are free but most others will cost money. Going out to dinner, going shopping or night school are all examples of activities that cost money. While shopping you can purchase items that will help improve your life such as games that improve your IQ or exercise equipment to make you more healthy. To receive the gains from these purchases you have to select them as your free time activities.

Minimal Sound and Graphics

Graphics really don't contribute to this game since it is largely text based. Background pictures and the profile pictures of your friends are the only real graphics in the game. There is also very minimal sound to the game. The lack of much sound and graphics leaves the game feeling empty.

Either Addictive or Repetitive (Depends On What You Like)

While there are plenty of choices to make the game can quickly become repetitive, especially in the beginning. When you don't have much money all of the activities are out of reach. Even when you can do a variety of things the results are still exactly the same. A lot of people will become bored quickly with this game. Even the hardcore people simulation gamers might get bored with the lack of interaction.

Conclusion - A Simplified People Sim That Some May Enjoy

While Kudos 2 does an okay job of making a people simulation game, the lack of interaction will put most people off. If you do enjoy this type of game there are plenty of options and paths to follow as your character progresses. Players of any age could understand and pick up the game easily. There are probably better options out there, but if you are a fan of these games you can try the download and see if you like it, but don't expect too much.

Player Reviews

Kudos 2 is what?
Kudos 2 is not your average game. It's a people simulator. I barely know where to start with this game. Well first, you can create a person to look and wear what ever you like. Most people will have fun trying to create themselves but others will go for the more... odd route. Once you get into the game you can be anything from a car washer too a waiter. This game really teaches you how o balance your social, work and personal life all together to create "Kudos". A couple of cons to this game are that everything is text based. There aren't even pictures. It's purely simulation but does it in such a way too where it can interest you. I think this game is definitely worth what you pay for it as long as you like RPG's. This game is also great because you can pick a more realistic profession or shoot for the stars. It's all yours and you can play the way you want to play. The possibilities are endless!
by Stephen Hancock on Sep 23, 2012
Great Game
This is a game that represents a virtual life, you go to work, school, socialize. This game can be practice for later on situations in your real life.
by Babyii90 on Jun 4, 2012
Good Game
I love this game I really want it. I love sims game. I loved the trial and it was really amazing. I mean just the choices and everything. I love games that are really interactive and this was it.
by alexis staunton on Dec 29, 2011
I LOVED it!
Kudos 2 is one of my absolute FAVORITE games! Its fun and entertaining and everytime Im sick I spend the enitire day playing it!
by Sarah on Nov 9, 2011
Amazing Game!
I was a huge fan of Kudos so when Kudos 2 came out I couldn't wait to play it! I totally love it, its like kudos but better, I love the set up way better!
by Jessica on Sep 3, 2010
Great Choice
This game is a great choice if you're looking for a game to play!! everything about it is just wonderful. Kudos (the first one) is just as great :)
by sydney on Jul 7, 2010
Awesome!
If you tried Kudos, whether you liked it or not, you are going to LOVE Kudos 2. The only factor that matters is if you like this type of gameplay, and if you do, then this is so much the game for you. The original Kudos was fun, but there were a few too many cons than there were pros, but the people at positech really payed attention and fixed all of those cons. While you're playing, you can unlock new things to do by yourself and things to do with friends so you're always encouraged to keep playing to see what new feature is going to reveal itself to you. For example, you can unlock Walk in the park and Go to church. While walking through the park, you can meet new friends! While going to church, you raise your honesty and happiness and you lower your loneliness which is great to do before the next day at work. Getting promotions and graduating from classes comes much easier if you put your time and effort into it and it's a lot of fun. Your friends don't hold as much against you as they did in the original Kudos either. Also, when you go out to restaurants you can actually view the menu and prices and see the effects each meal will have on you before you make your choice, which in my opinion is a lot more interactive than Kudos 1. The character custom design is much better, it's easier to get along with friends, and it's easier to keep your character happy. All in all, Kudos 2 is a win-win. I'm not sure if I can think of many cons other than the main one being that the demo just isn't long enough! A few tips: If you're wanting to go out with your friends or you got an invite, make sure you check how much money you have, how much money going out will spend and then you're agenda for the coming day before you decide. For example, if you have a class or a dentist appointment the next day, and you've got 20 dollars that you spend going out with your friends, then come class or dentist time and you can't afford it. Missing a class means you don't finish as soon which prevents you from getting better, more desired jobs. Missing a dentist appointment just means you have to reschedule and lose out on a chance to raise your cleanliness and health. When going out with friends, the fewer people you invite the more they'll enjoy themselves because the point is that they want to spend time with YOU. If you invite 6 people, each of them are going to have share you, therefore lessening your guys quality time and relationship effect points. But if you keep it to a smaller group, like 2 or 3, they're happiness and relationship levels will be much higher and they'll enjoy themselves more, just make sure you invite people they have things in common with so they will have things to talk about! When you're out with you're friends, afterwards be sure to read their response messages because they will give you tips about what shows to attend or not to attend, what movies to see or not to see, and what restaurants in which to dine or not to dine. Buying and umbrella really comes in handy if your character is walking, or bussing and needs to avoid getting sick by being in the rain, and buying books really helps to strengthen things like confidence, IQ and so on.. plus, they speed through the books pretty quickly. I hope you all have fun playing Kudos 2 and that you also try Kudos Rock Legend because it's also just as fun of a game! I would really say Kudos is worth purchasing and I will the moment I get the chance.
by Kianna on Dec 23, 2009
So much fun!
I really enjoyed this game. It was so entertaining and kept you wondering what else you could do.
by Hannah on Dec 1, 2009
Mike94
This game was awesome. Then again I do like all the kudos games. They need to put up a full free version download or make the time limit longer though. But it is still a good game.
by Michael Gunn on Aug 25, 2009
Kudos 2
Kudos 2 is really awesome! It's been awhile since I've played the first one, but if memory serves the first one was really fun, but it had some more depressing qualities. However Kudos 2 has all the good parts of 1 and none of the drawbacks! I truly enjoy everything about this game. I'm a big fan of sim games, and this is one of my favorites, the music is awesome, and the game keeps you playing for hours at a time. I'd say the only drawback of the game is how addictive it is lol. I feel that Teens and Adults would love this game, I think that most people should probably buy this game. The only other sim game that i like more than this is Harvest Moon games but I'm weird like that haha.
by Nathanael on Aug 19, 2009
Fantastic simulation game
It's not often you find a game that is simultaneously so day-to-day yet so exciting. There are so many different options and so many random events, that I found myself unable to stop playing! Of course it had its problems. For example, sometimes the going to work got a little boring. However, occasionally events did occur which spruced it up and retained my interest in that part of the day. The graphics, though, are much improved from the first Kudos. I also liked the "diary" aspect which made it more relatable. But, for me, the interest was mainly in studying and applying for jobs. When I got a job, I'd find myself getting really excited! Yes, it's only a virtual world, but it's a nice, sometimes addictive escape from my own often seemingly boring life.
by Lizzy on Aug 18, 2009
It's Nice like the origional only better.
The game Kudos is realistic with wonderful music, and real life situations. But Kudos 2 has more features like instead of choosing pre-made characters, you can adjust the clothes and your character's color. The music on Kudos 2 is also just as nice as the first game especially the special themed food selection screens. The game is more colorful and interactive, and is really fun to play. Finally, Try Kudos 1 and see how you like it before you play the sequel. Other than that this game is really great for teens and kids.
by RoboRager1 on Jul 29, 2009
KUDOS 2
This is a great game, very addictive. If you like the sims or anything like that you'll enjoy this! I find It helps to go to college very slow, spend as much time with your friends as you can, it will keep you confident and happy. Read some stress books and get a dog or cat for extra loneliness.
by Cash on Jun 11, 2009
This is a review. For Kudos 2. Obviously. :P
I found Kudos 2 through Sims Social and it's practically the same...and I love it. I found the demo very entertaining and I would totally get this game! If I had the money. Cause you know...I'm broke right now. But really. It's a fun game. What I liked about the game was the different characteristics of the daily aspects of life, like "muscle" (as pertaining to fitness and weight) or "loneliness" or even "cleanliness." As I said before, it's like the Sims game, but in this way better because it provides more choices and variety. The reality of the prices like the bus fare and going out to eat at a Mexican restaurant with friends was also very cool. What I didn't like about the game wasn't much. I do want to point out that it cost money to do certain things that in everyday life you wouldn't really need to "pay for." I forgot what exactly it was, but I think it was like for taking a bath or watching TV or something. That was kind of whack, but oh well, life isn't perfect so simulations don't have to either, haha. Otherwise, this game was wayy cool. Kudos! :)
by sarena chea on May 31, 2009
better than kudos 1
I love kudos2 it is more to do all the game need is a part were u can have a choice to move in with your partner and get married.Also the game should keep the lottery ticket in the game and you can really win 10000
by bigsteph on Apr 24, 2009