Cool, music-loving dad Mat confesses to being deeply insecure and unsure of himself in company.

They all have hidden depths, though, and there’s lots to uncover about them beyond dad puns and stereotypes. The dads are a varied bunch – bad boy, teacher, barista, gym freak, theatrical – and they’ve got a varied skillset: Joseph, local youth minister, is the envy of the cul de sac thanks to his impeccable BBQ-skills Robert’s stony poker face is equally coveted by the group. Yes, the romance options are there, but anyone expecting a salacious male-only dating sim may be disappointed by its good-naturedness and universal human themes. Romancing hot dads and adding notches to the bedpost might seem to be the point from the outside, but Dream Daddy is really about the father-daughter relationship and how being a parent impacts the lives of each and every one of the ‘daddies’. A fast-forward button on ‘R’ enables you to skip to the end, but to do so would be to miss the point of the game.Īnd the writing is the point of the game. While that might sound like a negative, the writing makes it an utter joy and we happily read through reams of text. Dialogue options enable you to shape the conversation but they’re not as regular or intrusive as you might expect and you’ll spend a lot of time simply tapping through text boxes.

They’re not all ‘romantic’, per se, and often involve simply hanging out and chatting. Throughout the game, you go on three ‘dates’, although these encounters usually involve other people and take place at various venues at all times of the day. After Amanda gives you a hand filling out your profile, you’re free to message the dads you want to hang out with. All the residents of the cul de sac keep in touch on Dadbook, a dads-only social network where fathers share interests, advice and chat about dad things (cheapest places to fill up the tank, Top 5 Sean Connery films – stuff like that).

Upon arriving at your new place, you bump into a handful of neighbours, all (coincidentally) hot dads. You’re a strictly ‘punk-and-prog-rock’ analogue kind of guy, so while your easy-going fatherly skills mean you have a great relationship with your daughter, you’re clueless when it comes to the digital age, social networks, memes and the like. You play a loving father endearingly close to being cool, although hapless when it comes to technology. You create and name your dad in an editor – a receding blonde hairline stuck out on the ‘Hair’ tab, so we crafted a Simon Pegg-alike named Tim.

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