The Bottom Line
Pros
- selection of furniture and textures
- 2 modes of play: free design or challenge
- customize small details
Cons
- in challenge mode, furniture does not have set price - you set the price
Description
- Publisher: Activision
- Decorate rooms found on the TV show Trading Spaces.
- Remodel and decorate rooms while staying under the $1000 budget.
- Place furniture, doors, windows, and walls to improve the room's appearance.
- 100s of pieces of furniture available that can be textured with one of 1000s of choices.
Guide Review - "Trading Spaces: Design Companion" Review
The challenge mode is where the game part comes in. The time limit starts when you are ready to begin the challenge. However, the budget part of the game could have been better executed. When select a new item to buy, you are given the choice of how much the item will cost. This makes it very easy to beat the budget, you can just leave everything as zero. This could be handy if you were trying to do it for your own room, and had furniture already in mind.
"Trading Spaces: Design Companion" can be fun, changing the textures and details of everything (things like the width and height of sofas). However, if you are looking for an engrossing game, that keeps you on your toes, this is not it. It is more like the other home planning/designing software than a game.
