Impressions: Style Savvy Styling Star
It’s not that I don’t believe Katy when she says something is good. I do, I swear!
It’s just that a game called Style Savvy: Trendsetters doesn’t exactly… inspire confidence if you know what I mean. Let’s be honest, these games came out during the time when shovelware on the Wii was the norm. The case cover is…less than desirable, to say the least.
I…I don’t want to play this.
This doesn’t look great. But Katy kept going on and on about it, and we have similar taste in games so I figured why not? I looked for it, to no avail. Getting it on sale would have been great, but Katy did me one even better two Christmases ago and sent me a copy to play instead. I tried it out, and amazingly I found that it wasn’t bad.
And then I realized it wasn’t just not bad, but pretty dang good.
When the newest iteration in the series was announced to launch on Christmas Day of last year, I downloaded it immediately. Lately, I’ve been kind of down in the dumps, so I’ve been logging a little more time than I usually spend on games because it’s actually pretty good for my mood. Tiny Cartridge wasn’t wrong when they said it was a “lovely, chill, funny game.” At first, the game was easy. Way too easy, if you ask me. You want a black shirt? A watch? No problem. I’ve got those in SPADES in my closet!
But then the requests started getting a bit more flavorful. They want an entire ‘lively’ outfit. No, no. Not from THAT brand. The other brand. You know, the lively one. And they can’t go outside like that! Didn’t you notice it was JANUARY? Geez. They’re going to freeze to death! (To be honest, I actually love that it takes weather into consideration when you have a customer; it adds a sense of realism!)
Everything is innocuous enough that I haven’t really raised my eyebrows at too much. The characters seem to all be living their best lives, or at least trying to. I’m honestly jealous. For some reason, my clothing choices are helping them attain their lifelong goals of stardom…which is…neat. Neat and great for my self-confidence even when I send them out onto the streets looking like a bedazzled train wreck in twelve different colors. What? I had to make them a ‘rock’ outfit and all I had on hand were primary colors! I didn’t have a chance to go to the exhibition hall yet, so that’s what they get for being impatient! Obviously, a life of fashion is not for me. Not every hobby needs to be a side hustle, after all!
What do you mean I’m not good at this?
I sometimes wonder if this is what it feels like to be a Stitch Fix stylist. Are there any stylists out there reading this that could weigh in? I’d love to know what your day to day lives are like. Like, do you guys have to deal with clients telling you they want shorts but then yell at you for giving them shorts? Sometimes I get frustrated with my clients. Like when they bother me right before I’m ready to go to bed because they want a pair of $3 socks, or when they give me a specified budget of $1,000 (I wish I had that much money to blow on clothing!) and then complain when I put together an $800 outfit. It’s suddenly out of their budget. But again, this game is heavy on the retail realism. I will never work a retail job again as long as I can help it.
Overall, if you’re on the fence about this game, just pick it up. It’s definitely worth your time and money, especially if you can snag a copy on sale.
Style Savvy 4: Styling Star is currently ONLY available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop for $39.99. There’s also a demo available.
Aaaaand if you haven’t seen Katy stream the game yet, now’s your chance if you’re curious about the gameplay.
