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Wait. What did I just play???

Hello!
Freddie Fedora's Guide to Picking Up Women is a game released in 2014 by huntermusicandtv and the first one that I played so far... well now I wonder how are the others, anyway let's start from the beginning.
This game is listed as completed BUT it's really a sort of "lite version" of what it was supposed to be in the beginning, a 10 level platform adventure game with different enemies and even a boss battle.
But no!
I mean, what we've here is a 1-level game that's not really complex or difficult and a single enemy.

Anyway, after pressing start we begin our story inside a club, where our 45-years old friend Freddie Fedora is looking for a girlfriend. This guy, recognizable for his ordinary clothes, neckbeard and fedora (of course) has mastered the art of "picking up girls"... literally! In the sense that he can pick a girl and maker her literally hover few inches over his fedora transporting her around.

The problem is that the bald guy of the security does not tolerate this behaviour, and for some reason the door of the club is locked, but this won't be enough to stop Freddie Fedora, of course! Ok, so this is the game: pick the girl, pick the key and escape without geing caught by the bald guy.


Hey baby! Like a wise man once said "come home with me!"

The game is a sort of simple platform with a single level, and a single life: be touched by the bouncer (because, you know, kidnapping is slightly illegal!) and it's game over, be able to escape with the girl and you win, in any case do not expect any kind of interesting ending or slide, since the game will just close after finishing the game in one way or in another.

The game uses some simple and a bit crude assets (robably done with paint) that are at least original and animated, even if there is not a great variety of character sprites, just a girl and a man that possess enough variations to populate the club. It's simple but not as bad as the weird collisions and hovering girl. There is not much to say about music and sounds, but I was surprised to hear some recorded voice messages.

Final Verdict
Uhm... where should I start? Unfortunately there is not much to say, this game looks like a sort of tutorial and that's it... I mean, there is no explanation or anything but it's terribly easy to complete and has no other levels besides the one you can see on the picture over there. And it's so easy that's not even fun, and this is the real problem I mean I'm not bothered by the graphics or the silly premise (pick up girls... literally!) but having at least three levels would have enhanced this game. A LOT.
As it is unfortunately it's not worth spending five minutes with it, except if you're curious about this game. Well, your choice, but I warned you!