Love in the time of quarantine, Five Dates to bring a cute rom-com to consoles next month

Looking for dates during the pandemic is a daunting task, but thankfully there are a lot of virtual methods you can pursue. Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media have announced that they will bring the FMV rom-com Five Dates to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on November 17, which will follow a series of potential dates with outcomes you can decide.

Vinny, a millennial from London, joins a dating app for the first time while living in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option. He must pluck up the courage to video date with wildly different personalities.

The viewer’s choices will define Vinny’s interactions with each date and their interest in seeing him again. Vinny is faced with digital game dates, awkward scenarios and unexpected truths..

Five Dates is an exploration of the unpredictable modern dating experience. Through his journey, the decisions the viewer makes for him will challenge their own conceptions of attraction and compatibility.

Throughout the game, your choices and your interactions will either strengthen or weaken your relationship with your date. The relationship scores are calculated from the start right through to the very end and will affect certain scenarios as well as having consequences in the 10+ concluding scenes. Five Dates features over 7 hours of filmed footage.

Check out the trailer above, and stay tuned for more news here on Gaming Trend.

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