Pillowfight Girls

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The game received very negative reviews, garnering a [[Metacritic]] score of 33% based on four critic reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pillowfight-girls/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad|title=Pillowfight Girls for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=Metacritic.com|access-date=30 September 2014}}
The game received very negative reviews, garnering a [[Metacritic]] score of 33% based on four critic reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pillowfight-girls/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad|title=Pillowfight Girls for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=Metacritic.com|access-date=30 September 2014}}


PocketGamer UK wrote "Neither a fun trashy experience or a enjoyable casual game, Pillowfight Girls is a failure on many levels",{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/pillowfight-girls/pillowfight-girls/|title=Pillowfight Girls|website=Pocketgamer.com|date=27 May 2010 |access-date=7 December 2021}} and Appspy said "Can you believe this is "Episode 1" in a potential series of games? With any luck if future games in the Pillowfight Girls series are released they'll take more care to make things genuinely sexy instead of tweenager's fever fantasy".{{cite web|url=http://www.appspy.com/review/4255/pillowfight-girls-review|title=Pillowfight Girls Review|date=24 May 2010|work=appspy.com|access-date=30 September 2014}} IGN wrote "Even the threadbare appeal of hot chicks in little [[clothing|clothes]] is botched, as these plastic [[maiden]]s look as dead-eyed as blow-up dolls",{{cite web|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2010/05/24/pillowfight-girls-iphone-review|title=Pillowfight Girls iPhone Review|work=IGN|date=24 May 2010|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140930144623/http://au.ign.com/articles/2010/05/24/pillowfight-girls-iphone-review|url-status=live}} and Modojo said "Missing personality is bad enough, but terrible [[gameplay]] is even worse".{{cite web|url=http://www.modojo.com/reviews/pillowfight_girls|title=Pillowfight Girls iPhone Review|work=Modojo.com|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101544/http://www.modojo.com/reviews/pillowfight_girls}}
''Pocket Gamer'' UK wrote "Neither a fun trashy experience or a enjoyable casual game, ''Pillowfight Girls'' is a failure on many levels",{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/pillowfight-girls/pillowfight-girls/|title=Pillowfight Girls|website=Pocketgamer.com|date=27 May 2010 |access-date=7 December 2021}} and ''Appspy'' said "Can you believe this is "Episode 1" in a potential series of games? With any luck if future games in the ''Pillowfight Girls'' series are released they'll take more care to make things genuinely sexy instead of tweenager's fever fantasy".{{cite web|url=http://www.appspy.com/review/4255/pillowfight-girls-review|title=Pillowfight Girls Review|date=24 May 2010|work=appspy.com|access-date=30 September 2014}} ''IGN'' wrote "Even the threadbare appeal of hot chicks in little [[clothing|clothes]] is botched, as these plastic [[maiden]]s look as dead-eyed as blow-up dolls",{{cite web|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2010/05/24/pillowfight-girls-iphone-review|title=Pillowfight Girls iPhone Review|work=IGN|date=24 May 2010|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140930144623/http://au.ign.com/articles/2010/05/24/pillowfight-girls-iphone-review|url-status=live}} and Modojo said "Missing personality is bad enough, but terrible [[gameplay]] is even worse".{{cite web|url=http://www.modojo.com/reviews/pillowfight_girls|title=Pillowfight Girls iPhone Review|work=Modojo.com|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101544/http://www.modojo.com/reviews/pillowfight_girls}}


The Gamers's Temple wrote "This is a very bad game. So bad that it passed that point of being an amusingly bad game and just went right to being nothing more than a bad game. I hate it",{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerstemple.com/featured-review/iphone/836/pillowfight-girls-review|title=Pillowfight Girls (iPhone) Review|work=The Gamers' Temple|access-date=30 September 2014}} and Croyden Guardian said "It doesn't take itself seriously and provides some amusement for about five minutes or so, but that's about it".{{cite web|url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/leisure/games/8191740.print/|title=Game review: Pillowfight Girls - iPhone / iPod Touch|website=Croydonguardian.co.uk|date=28 May 2010 |access-date=30 September 2014}} TechnologyTell wrote "I know I sound like I'm being ironic here, but I really wish the developers, with this wonderfully absurd premise as a vehicle, had put the pedal to the floor and gunned it off the ramp (creatively speaking), either in terms of working out some insane backstory for the game, or in giving the [[fighter (character class)|fighter]]s some differences beyond how they displayed their [[pulchritude]]".{{cite web|url=http://www.technologytell.com/apple/56710/appletell-reviews-pillowfight-girls-for-iphone-ipod-touch-ipad/|title=Appletell reviews Pillowfight Girls for iPhone and iPod touch|website=Technologytell.com|access-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100831/http://www.technologytell.com/apple/56710/appletell-reviews-pillowfight-girls-for-iphone-ipod-touch-ipad/}}
The Gamers's Temple wrote "This is a very bad game. So bad that it passed that point of being an amusingly bad game and just went right to being nothing more than a bad game. I hate it",{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerstemple.com/featured-review/iphone/836/pillowfight-girls-review|title=Pillowfight Girls (iPhone) Review|work=The Gamers' Temple|access-date=30 September 2014}} and Croyden Guardian said "It doesn't take itself seriously and provides some amusement for about five minutes or so, but that's about it".{{cite web|url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/leisure/games/8191740.print/|title=Game review: Pillowfight Girls - iPhone / iPod Touch|website=Croydonguardian.co.uk|date=28 May 2010 |access-date=30 September 2014}} TechnologyTell wrote "I know I sound like I'm being ironic here, but I really wish the developers, with this wonderfully absurd premise as a vehicle, had put the pedal to the floor and gunned it off the ramp (creatively speaking), either in terms of working out some insane backstory for the game, or in giving the [[fighter (character class)|fighter]]s some differences beyond how they displayed their [[pulchritude]]".{{cite web|url=http://www.technologytell.com/apple/56710/appletell-reviews-pillowfight-girls-for-iphone-ipod-touch-ipad/|title=Appletell reviews Pillowfight Girls for iPhone and iPod touch|website=Technologytell.com|access-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100831/http://www.technologytell.com/apple/56710/appletell-reviews-pillowfight-girls-for-iphone-ipod-touch-ipad/}}


WatchOkayRead wrote "The game is, for the lack of a better term, what you'd expect from it being a $1 fighting game: it's simple, easy to pick up, the [[AI]] isn't terribly challenging, and best of all there's at least more than 2 characters to select from while playing, there's six of them to be exact",{{cite web|url=http://watchplayread.com/pillowfight-girls-review/|title=Pillowfight Girls - Review - WatchPlayRead|work=WatchPlayRead|access-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102225322/http://watchplayread.com/pillowfight-girls-review/}} while ThisIsLocalLondon said "I-play has released some excellent games into the [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] for [[iPhone]] and [[iPod Touch]], including Pool Star and [[Red Bull X-Fighters]]. Unfortunately, Pillowfight Girls isn't among them and is a poor effort".{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/leisure/games/8191740.Game_review__Pillowfight_Girls___iPhone___iPod_Touch/|title=Game review: Pillowfight Girls - iPhone / iPod Touch|work=This Is Local London|access-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084401/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/leisure/games/8191740.Game_review__Pillowfight_Girls___iPhone___iPod_Touch/}} Destructoid wrote sarcastically "Massive jugs and rampant [[chauvinism]]. That's what the iPhone was made for, folks!".{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/pillowfight-girls-bringing-sexy-misogyny-to-iphone-171094.phtml|title=Pillowfight Girls bringing sexy misogyny to iPhone|website=Destructoid.com|date=15 April 2010 |access-date=30 September 2014}}
WatchOkayRead wrote "The game is, for the lack of a better term, what you'd expect from it being a $1 fighting game: it's simple, easy to pick up, the [[AI]] isn't terribly challenging, and best of all there's at least more than 2 characters to select from while playing, there's six of them to be exact",{{cite web|url=http://watchplayread.com/pillowfight-girls-review/|title=Pillowfight Girls - Review - WatchPlayRead|work=WatchPlayRead|access-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102225322/http://watchplayread.com/pillowfight-girls-review/}} while ThisIsLocalLondon said "I-play has released some excellent games into the [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] for [[iPhone]] and [[iPod Touch]], including Pool Star and [[Red Bull X-Fighters]]. Unfortunately, ''Pillowfight Girls'' isn't among them and is a poor effort".{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/leisure/games/8191740.Game_review__Pillowfight_Girls___iPhone___iPod_Touch/|title=Game review: Pillowfight Girls - iPhone / iPod Touch|work=This Is Local London|access-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084401/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/leisure/games/8191740.Game_review__Pillowfight_Girls___iPhone___iPod_Touch/}} ''Destructoid'' wrote sarcastically "Massive jugs and rampant [[chauvinism]]. That's what the iPhone was made for, folks!".{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/pillowfight-girls-bringing-sexy-misogyny-to-iphone-171094.phtml|title=Pillowfight Girls bringing sexy misogyny to iPhone|website=Destructoid.com|date=15 April 2010 |access-date=30 September 2014}}


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