'Wedding Dash 2' walk the same aisle as the original

— -- Many computer game sequels, especially those accessible try-before-you-buy "casual games," tend to play similarly to their predecessors, but PlayFirst's Wedding Dash 2 takes the cake, if you can pardon the pun. Despite a few minor additions, this time-management game is virtually identical to the original, therefore those expecting more might decline the invitation.

Quinn, a bridesmaid-turned-wedding planner extraordinaire, is approached by a brash billionaire who says he's been following her success and invites her to compete against other wedding planners in a new reality TV show. The winner will have the honor of planning his daughter's exclusive wedding.

Quinn accepts the challenge and begins to manage weddings in a handful of spots around the globe, including Niagara Falls, the rainforest and an ice palace, among others. But while the style of the wedding varies slightly based on the background graphics, the core game play is the same.

Like last year's game, Wedding Dash 2 challenges our heroine to take care of guests at the wedding, including seating them where they want (or don't want) to be at a table, serving them food they request and taking their gifts and handing them to the bride and groom. You'll also have to take care of "incidences" such as shooing away pigeons that get close to the chef and dealing with choking guests and screaming kids. You have to click on the guest's body for your mouse clicks to register, though it would have been convenient if you could also click on their speech bubble, too, which indicates what they want.

As the competition heats up, we also see acts of sabotage, including waitresses with a broken leg, food tampering and stolen tables. A new character, Joe Wright, takes photos of guests at the wedding, and once in a while Quinn's friend, Flo, from the popular Diner Dash games, will help out, too.

Different kinds of guests will arrive, too, such as slow-eating seniors, attractive women everyone wants to sit beside, a mother and daughter who need to sit side by side, dysfunctional twins, inebriated uncles and social butterflies. Wedding Dash players might remember the bawling Aunt Ethel, who is also back again.