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The Clique: Diss and Make Up

(2009, Video Games - Girl Video Games, Rated E10+, Play it on: Nintendo DS)

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 10.

  • Is it any good?

    2.0

  • Common Sense says

    Shallow game explores cutthroat school cliques and shopping.

In this game kids can:   live vicariously, model clothes, play in a virtual world

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 10–13

The good stuff

  • Ease of play:

    The mini-games all have adjustable difficulty to accomodate players of varying skill levels. Even at maximum difficulty, they're all quite easy.
 

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    The game involving buying lots of clothes to put together outfits that adhere to each clique's style. Clothes are expensive, with individual items that can cost a few hundred dollars. The main character works at the mall to earn money to buy them.

    Girls will talk to you or not based on how the player is dressed. If dressed in the "wrong" style, expect a variety of snarky put-downs like being asked to post for the "homeless fashion expose." Gossiping – hearing a rumor and repeating it to a different girl – is also a part of the game.

  • Role models:

    Most fellow students come across as self-absorbed and shallow, obsessed with clothes, boys, and fitting in. The main character succumbs to this behavior for most of the game, but even when she realizes the error of her ways it's done in a cliched and unconvincing manner.

  • Violence:

    Not an issue.

  • Sex:

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    If the main character isn't dressed appropriate, she can expect to hear put-downs like, "You look ugly in those horrible clothes."
 

What Parents Need to Know

This review of The Clique: Diss and Make Up was written by Erin Bell

The Clique portrays school as a place overrun with cliques where students must buy expensive clothes and dish gossip to fit in. This is a world in which kids put-down other. Some of the gossip refers to comically mischievious situations, like a girl stepping in poo and then wiping it on the janitor's jumpsuit. Friends who each have a copy of the game can connect wirelessly to activate "BFF Mode," where they can exchange character information with each other and receive phone calls in the game from their "BFF" to share gossip.

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More on The Clique: Diss and Make Up

What’s the Story?

Loosely based on the novel The Clique by Lisi Harrison, THE CLIQUE: DISS AND MAKE UP is about a young girl's efforts to make friends and fit in at her new school by ingratiating herself with the six different ruling cliques: the Eccentrix, Mathletes, Jocks, Pop Divas, Arteests, and Pretty Committee. To impress each clique, players have to dress their character in certain clothes, perform errands for clique members (such as fetching items), dish juicy gossip, and in some cases perform well in a chosen school subject (the Mathletes, for example are impressed by straight-A's in algebra). As well, players take trips to the mall where they can work one of four job mini-games to earn cash and spend it on tops, pants, skirts, and shoes. Close

Is It Any Good?

The premise of The Clique is about as shallow as they come, furthering the idea that young girls have to dress a certain way to be accepted and risk snarky put-downs if they look "wrong." There isn't a whole lot of gameplay either, aside from the simple mini-games that represent jobs and classes. Once players have figured out what they need to do (buy the right clothes, run a couple of errands, and get invited to the party at the end of the day), the entire game can be completed in a couple of hours. The story – a typical teen angst love triangle with misplaced crushes and rivalries – is predictable, too. Fans of the book or movie might get a kick out of The Clique, but it's not a very satisfying game otherwise. Close

Publisher’s Details

Released on 8/25/2009, price $29.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E10+ (for Comic Mischief)

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  1. Kid Reviewer Age 11
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    I rate this title on for age 6 and give it 5.0
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    jennyhumphery
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0
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    • Safety isn't an issue
    • Easy to play

    Eh Ma Game

    I didin't like the idea of these girls using other girl to climb the sosial ladder at school .This game shows how vindictive girls are . The Clique books focus on fashion and the clothes that you make in the game are very unfashionable in my opinion. Still Iliked it for the drama and gossip.

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