Avenue Flo Review: Multitasking Made Fun

Why do action games take precedent over role playing when families get together? Because it’s easier to run around like a maniac than have to think and respond to slow-moving challenges. But Avenue Flo breaks that glass ceiling by giving you clever and attractive characters throughout Dinertown - each with unique personalities and a lot of problems. Fortunately Flo knows how to multitask when it comes to saving the day. You’ll play along with her as she goes on missions to help keep an upcoming wedding running smoothly. Even if she breaks a nail doing it!

Avenue Flo uses big characters that are very cartoonish - yet nicely styled to keep the eye turned their way. Additions that take the game to the “next level” include voices that narrate and echo the voice balloons appearing over the “cast” and a point and pick up and click interface for taking what’s available and using it. The level of gameplay isn’t intense, it’s more casual and fun than manic. And for sure solving a puzzle like getting the mop to clean up a coffee mess in the diner isn’t on the level of Zork (for those old-timers like me who get the reference). But because the graphics are just so darned cute, it’s as much fun just tooling around the town as it is trying to accomplish a task. Trust me, trying to get those butterflies that got loose takes more than a pair of sticky hands.

The town itself scrolls a bit before moving into one of the many locations and there are no sharp edges to what is a cartoon-like rendering. Since the game works well for the younger set I can see that making sense, but as one of the “oldsters” I appreciate that there is a bit of humor tossed in that doesn’t require short pants. And for sure Flo is one cute redhead. But Lucy she’s not - Flo knows what she’s doing, providing you’re helping of course.