Bratz™: Flaunt your fashion

My first honest reaction to Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion was mild confusion about what kind of game it actually is. Outright Games positioned it as a casual adventure, but in practice it sits somewhere between a light visual novel and a fetch-quest simulator with occasional minigames sprinkled in. You pick one of the four original Bratz girls, Yasmin, Cloe, Jade, or Sasha, and travel across four locations, starting in Stilesville before hopping to Barcelona, Seoul, and the Stylin' Soiree, chasing fashion scoops for the Bratz digital magazine and earning style points to unlock new cities. The progression hook is simple: complete quests, earn money and followers, spend them at boutiques to kit out your crew. That loop is breezy enough that it rarely frustrates, but it also rarely excites. The actual gameplay moment-to-moment is thinner than the brand deserves. Most quests amount to walking to a flashing icon, pressing a button, and returning to your apartment to file the story. Occasionally a minigame surfaces, and these range from a photography challenge where you line up a focus box on a posing model, to scooter and hoverboard races, to basic rhythm sections where button prompts crawl at you slowly enough that challenge is basically optional. None of these are bad in isolation, but they are rare and short, and the stretches between them are dialogue-heavy in a way that even younger players may find repetitive given the lack of a skip or fast-forward option on NPC conversations. Loading screens add to the pace problem, landing long for what are quite small environments. Where the game genuinely delivers is in its presentation and wardrobe system. The art direction is unmistakably on-brand, colorful, bubbly, and recognizable from the first frame. The dialogue is fully voiced, which is a real accessibility win for younger players who are not yet confident readers, and several of the original voice cast returned for the roles. Returning fashion lines like Pretty 'N' Punk and Wild Safari appear as unlockable outfits, and fans of the doll line will catch references to iconic looks scattered throughout. A free post-launch update added the ability to switch between all four girls at any time from their apartment in each city, which fixed one of the most criticized launch issues. DLC fashion packs exist if you want a bigger wardrobe, but the base game's selection is already serviceable even if reviewers noted it feels a bit thin for a game with fashion in its title. The honest audience for this one is kids aged roughly six to ten, and Bratz fans who have affection for the brand and just want to spend a few hours in that world. Completionists chasing all the hidden treasure chests and optional side quests can stretch the runtime to around four to six hours. Nostalgia-driven adults hoping this rivals Rock Angelz or Rock 'n' Style from the PS2 era will leave disappointed. The comedic antagonists, deeper character writing, and tighter minigame variety of those older titles are not here. What is here is a gentle, totally inoffensive, occasionally charming afternoon for the right audience.

Alex · Scout Team

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