“Be your worst self” this is the motto of Spooky High, the location where the game Monster Prom takes place, Monster Prom is a comedy dating game where you play as one of 4 monsters trying to take one of your eight most charismatic classmates, who are also monsters. Though the game seems like it would just be a silly dating game to play with friends, but it actually shows how life continues even when things don’t go your way, and how all these classmates are more than just datable monsters. Starting with my first statement, if you don’t end the game with the right standings with the monster you ask to prom, you will get rejected, and though the ending says that your life gets worse after that, the end credits say different. While the credits roll we see polaroids of all the characters having fun together, regardless of who you chose to play or date. The end credits are telling a story of how even though the game treats prom like the biggest event of your life, it is really only just a small blip in your life, and how even the people you get rejected by are still your friends regardless of what happens. The game is telling us that high school is just the beginning and end of a chapter in life.
Besides taking one of the monsters to prom, there are many different endings you can get, some are funny, like helping someone punch the sun, yes, the literal sun (he does it too), or helping a ghost girl create the perfect party. But there is at least one ending for each character that helps them become a better person, and it addresses a multitude of real problems people have, i will now provide some examples. Damien LaVey, a arson loving Demon whose dads are the kings of the 8th circle of hell, and want him to become the general of their armies, but Damien doesn’t want that, you discover that is aggressive and arson-prone boy is actually soft on the inside who has a dream of becoming a hair and makeup artist/stylist. And if you choose to follow this story you help him stand up to his parents and discover in the end that his dads just want him to be happy, making him the stylist for their armies instead. You help him be honest with himself and give him the courage to admit to his parents his true feelings.
Monster Prom is a great game for so many reason I can’t list them all, with many great characters that I can’t list all of them either. But maybe you’ll see a character analysis on some of them in the near future, maybe, who knows?
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