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Read Common Sense Media',s Choices: Stories You Play review, age rating, and parents guide. Choices: Stories You Play. Cheesy stories require players to choose between options.GET UNLIMITED CHOICES STORIES YOU PLAY RESOURCES!
Parents say. Kids say. Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Your purchase helps us remain independent and ad-free. Choices: Stories You Play. Did we miss something on diversity? Research shows a connection between kids’ healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That’s why we’ve added a new Diverse Representations” section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update. Suggest an Update. Your privacy is important to us. We won’t share this comment without your permission. If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. See our privacy policy. A Lot or a Little? The parents’ guide to what’s in this app. What Parents Need to Know. Parents need to know that Choices: Stories You Play is an interactive storybook app for teens like High School Story (made by the same developer) or Episode — Choose Your Story. As the stories progress, readers choose between pre-written scenarios to move the stories in different directions. Characters earn points for saying or doing things that make people like them, and readers get reward points for finishing chapters. Some series-based stories are updated weekly, in-app purchases are required to access some story options, and ads appear between chapters. In many stories there’s some sexual innuendo and swearing, and there are some messages around dating and appearance that some parents may not love. Read the app’s privacy policy to find out about the types of information collected and shared. Community Reviews. Parents say (63) Kids say (34) Toxic relationships. I am a clinical psychologist and this game perpetuates the love myths and toxic relationships and abuse. Please don’t allow your children play these kind of games. Report this review. Report this review. What’s It About? To play CHOICES: STORIES YOU PLAY, first choose your genre and book. Read the information on the screen and tap one of the optional choices. Or, once you’ve completed reading text with no choices, tap anywhere on the screen to move to the next scene. All dialogue and choices appear on-screen. Is It Any Good? Teens looking for some interactive stories may find this fun, but the cheesy lines, sexual innuendo, consumerism, lack of positive messages, and inability to create content make it a lesser choice. Choices: Stories You Play includes different genres of books — Romance, Fantasy, Mystery — and some come in series of books updated weekly, which is nice for fans who get hooked on certain storylines. Because the visuals don’t change much, a lot of what’s happening in the stories has to be described in the written text (“Dom is attracted to you.” “You knock the sword out of his hand.”) without any corresponding visuals. This often feels stilted and weird. And getting from one piece of dialogue to the next can be slow. The points come slowly, and some choices are off-limits until the player earns enough points or purchases them via in-app purchase. If the messages were more positive or teens could contribute stories, there would be more to recommend. As it stands, though, there are better choices for this type of app. Talk to Your Kids About . Families can talk about the concept of making choices that change the outcome of a story in Choices: Stories You Play. Are choices in real life as clear cut as they are on this app? Talk about earning points for making choices that cause other characters to like your character. When does it make sense to make a choice based on how others will feel about you, and when shouldn’t that matter at all?
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