I hate Bratz - but that's because I think it teaches little eight-year-old girls how to be eighteen-year-old glamour models going around, trying to tantalise males with their strong Bratz perfume and wearing low cut Bratz tops for attention - and, believe me when I say that it really doesn't suit children of that age. And when they're sat there, smelling like pollen infested flowers, looking like young trailer trash, puckering up to put on some Bratz ruby red lipstick, while playing with their Bratz "my place or yours" doll house, it makes you wonder why they don't ban this sick filth! Mobile phones, fashion malls, expensive music, even adopting pets in the name of fashion - these are just a few of the things that Bratz Forever Diamondz contains.

The trouble is, the game isn't actually all that bad and I cringed at the sight of my target-age sister really having a good time with it. From my point of view, the game looked pretty dull - running back and forth between new shops, spending money, and well, finding money, all seems very materialistic to me. However, one thing that stands out as good is the voice work for each Bratz character - each has their own unique voice and personality, and you'll hear them talk throughout the entire game. It's not just a load of random phrases here and there either; the Bratz talk you through a story (if you can call shopping and writing for Bratz Magazine a story) as well as helping you along the game too. Any fans of the Bratz films that are occasionally released on DVD should find fun in the voiceovers and the small adventure the Bratz embark upon.

You can play as four of the main Bratz characters in the game and you can interact with the others ones that roam the Bratz world. In true eight-year-old fashion, you've even got a little mobile phone slash PDA that's easily accessed with a touch of a button - you can bring up a locator, which allows you to select from many different places, that, when selected, display an arrow marker that leads you to the place you want to go. This is especially useful if you have to go to the pet store for example - and if you ever forget what you're doing, you can access your planner from your phone too, so getting about and keeping up to speed with what to do is really easy, it's just a case of following arrows. Other phone features include a music player - you have a handful of tracks to listen to at the start of the game, but as you earn more money, you can buy new songs, all of which sound akin to the ones you can find on Bratz commercials and DVD episodes - you know, some sampled singing and a pumping beat. Then there's the change ring tone feature, you can even swap your phone facia and, judging by the features, I'd say this is quite an expensive model phone. Spoilt Bratz.

As you're roller skating around the mall, I also have to make note that, for the younger generation at least, the visuals aren't all that bad. The Bratz look quite similar to their doll counterparts - big eyes, long hair, unnatural tans, plenty of make-up and sluttish clothes - very inspiring for those young female kids playing at home! In all seriousness, Forever Diamondz is really good at pointing out what to do, where to go and what you can interact with - using large arrows and big markers, the environments are littered with things to do, collect and see, and I really cannot fault everything on offer - it's actually nice to see some effort being put in for a game aimed at the younger generation for once.

But that's the problem - it's a little girly game and doesn't appeal to anybody else. While I'm never small-minded when I review games of this genre, mainly because I have sisters that happily play games aimed at younger audiences, it's hard for me not to point out that Forever Diamondz is a little pointless - going here, spending money there, meeting up with your friend here and then skating back over there to maybe buy your dog a new sweater - it all seems very repetitive and not very enjoyable. It kept my sisters entertained for a while - they enjoyed how it looked and they appreciated the voiceovers, plus little spontaneous things, such as receiving text messages, but after a while I'd imagine they'd get bored - while smaller minds can't quite see past the slap coated on Bratz Forever Diamondz, I've seen this title without its makeup, seen past its thrills and features and I have to say that with its makeup on it really is a golden deceiver - but take that slap off and you've got quite a shallow run around game with girly morals that I for one disapprove of.

Reviewed by Dexter Pearson for AceGamez (All Rights Reserved).