Bratz: Forever Diamondz is a story about a group of young fashion designers, so of course it’s going to be pretty. Geared toward preteen and teenage girls, Bratz has a more animated look instead of the very realistic approach that many game designers are taking now. But the graphics flow smoothly no matter how fast you move the characters or the camera angle. All the businesses are well detailed inside and out. The characters too are very detailed, each one unique in appearance (except for the Barbie clones, of course). And if you feel the need, there’s quite a few changes of clothing for them to wear. If you don’t like their choices, you can even design your own clothes.

The background music in Bratz is just that, background music. But you can spend your Blingz and purchase quite a few additional songs to listen to. That way, you’ve got the choice of what you’re hearing in the background. Overall, the voices are well done. Some of them are annoying, but you just avoid talking to those characters and you don’t have to hear them. The cutest background noise I think I’ve heard is the puppy’s footprints as it follows you around everywhere. It’s louder than it should be, it sounds more like an elephant is trotting around behind you instead of an adorable puppy, but oh well, it’s still cute.

Bratz: Forever Diamondz picks up where Bratz: Rock Angels left off. You start off playing as the four Bratz members, Yasmin aka Pretty Princess, Jade aka Kool Kat, Sasha aka Bunny Boo, or Cloe aka Angel. Basically you run around the area learning the layout of the first areas, learning how the controls work, and you create your mascot. After you accomplish all of that, you get a cut scene showing your fashion magazine concluding a search to find the newest Bratz fashion designer, Mandy Pickett. And your rival fashion magazine also chooses a new designer to join them, Kristy Baker.

After the cut scene, you’re back in your town where you perform various tasks to write your fashion magazine and aide the other characters in the town. Each of the Bratz members has a specific task that only they can do. Aiding their friends in town can be done by any of the Bratz, though. When you’re done with all the tasks to finish your fashion magazine, you’ll start the next set of quests to get ready for a fashion show, and then another set for another fashion show after that. The one thing I wish you could do is complete more than one task at the same time. Some of them require handing out flyers to everyone. It would have saved a lot of time to be able to hand multiple flyers out at once!

Throughout the game, you’ll find “Blingz” lying on the ground and be rewarded with Blingz for completing quests. This is your money for buying things in the shops. You’ll also find Bratz Tokens in random locations. There’s 25 tokens for each of the four characters. Each character will only see their tokens. These tokens are used to unlock movies and concept art.

There’s also a two player mode, but there’s really not much to it. You’ve got the option of playing one of two games against your friend or you can change your outfits.

I don’t think any of the Bratz games are meant to be very difficult. Some of the tasks aren’t as easy to complete until you learn your way around the area, but even then, you’ve got a locator function on your cell phone to tell you where any store is. The game tells you what you’re supposed to be doing and when. Each of the characters that you need to help have a huge exclamation point above them, so they’re not hard to find. But then the point of Bratz isn’t to be difficult. It’s all about playing the game, enjoying the fashions, and completing your magazine/fashion show.

The controls in Bratz: Forever Diamondz are quite easy to use. The left analog stick moves your character around, right analog stick moves the camera angle. If you want to move your character faster, use R1 to put on your roller blades. While on roller blades, Square will make you go faster and Circle is the brakes. Triangle accesses your cell phone which you can use to keep track of your assignments, locate stores, view messages, etc. To take pictures, without your roller blades on, hit Circle. Square will the zoom in the camera.

Unlike most licensed games, this one is quite good, for its target audience at least. If you’re looking for action, explosions, fights, etc., well you’re not going to find those here. But if you enjoy playing with clothes, make up, and helping friends, you’ll love the Bratz.