Sydney Treads the Catwalk

Reviewed by: DeathDude

Positive Points: Intriguing storyline
Nice looking cut scenes
Humorous dialogue

Negative Points: Similar music reused

Genre: Adventure

Size: 15 226 KB

Requirements: Windows

Questionable Content: 15+ Language, 

Editor rating: 4.6

Homepage: http://ivandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/sydney-treads-catwalk.html

Download location: http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=994

When we last saw our friend Sydney, he had finally made his way to talk with the head of the CBD, which was trying to eliminate homelessness and unemployment in the city. As we see Sydney in the sequel to Sydney Finds Employment, things have certainly changed for Sydney. He is the host of a new TV show, and a magazine has also been put out, but unfortunately things are about to pick up pretty soon for Sydney.

Sydney soon learns that his TV show is not doing very well in terms of rating, after only two episodes. Sydney’s boss Keith Corps, tells Sydney he has only one more chance to improve the rating to the show otherwise it will be dun dun dun canceled! Keith tells Sydney that he should go check out the show that Sydney will have to beat in the rating, which is the fashion show that airs at the same times as Sydney.

Therefore, you must now go forth, scout out this fashion show and see what you can do, perhaps intimidate the competition or maybe even borrow some ideas, it is up to Sydney to see what he can do, along with some of his friends that will discover some interesting elements along the journey.

I have been looking forward to this game for a while, ever since I played the first game Sydney Finds Employment, and after finishing this game. I really did enjoy the work that went into the sequel and do like some of the additions that were added to the game and was also glad to see that elements such as the humorous dialogue was still present and just as funny as before, along with the new storyline and what you have to accomplish in the game. 

Many of the characters you encountered in the first game return, along with some diabolical new ones to face Sydney this time around, overall each character has their own unique personality and have their moments within the game that are set out and defined relatively good. Some characters are defined and written really well within the game and others not so much. Overall, however, generally you should really enjoy the characters that you will encounter in the game.

What was really nice to see this time around with the game was the really good looking cut scenes and close-ups of the characters during some of these cut scenes. Ivan Dixon the creator of the game has done a great job with all the graphics in the game, especially with some of the newer areas that you will see in the game. I really did enjoy the addition of cut scenes to the game and while there may not have been a lot of them, each one of them was nice to look at and simply added to the overall enjoyment of the game.

At first I was a bit torn about the story of the game, however as I was playing through each of the different areas in the game I really started to like where the story was trying to go with the particular idea. It works very well and by the time you do reach the end of the game, it really has managed to be drawn out and executed quite well in the grand scheme of events.

The music in the game was quite nice to hear, especially in some of the newer areas that you will be exploring. You will hear some of the older music tracks in some of the older areas of the game that are reused and I would have preferred maybe a bit of an update to these tracks but these tracks still work and I did enjoy listening to them again.

Overall, if you have been looking forward to the sequel to Sydney Finds Employment and have been hoping for good things to happen, you will not be disappointed with this game: Sydney Treads the Catwalk. It is a solid sequel, with many of the elements you have come to love from the series. From the great graphics and music, to the funny writing and quirky characters, you definitely should check out this adventure game if you are a fan or simply if you are looking for a great freeware adventure game to kill some time with.