The Exchange Student

By: Tim

On: August 21st, 2006

The Exchange Student is a new episodic adventure game much like Telltale’s Bone adventures and the upcoming Sam and Max. In it, you assume the role of a twenty-two year old Italian casanova using a student exchange program as a cover for attempting to bed hot Swedish girls. If you’re thinking Leisure Suit Larry, then you’re partly right.

The game uses a verb coin interface (renamed “Amore”) most commonly found in classic Lucasart productions. Voice work is impressive considering the cast they had roped in, sounding much better than Himalaya Studios’ debut effort. No demo available yet, but a 50MB trailer showing quite a bit of in-game footage can be downloaded from the official web site. The first episode is set to be released soon.