The plot is that you have to date them so that you can break the curse with the first kiss of true love, but that just feels like a a Beauty and the Beast style downgrade. It's as if they didn't assume that anyone playing this game would still want to date a guy if he was turned into a talking animal.
Like, maybe I want to date a suave talking animal husbando, huh? Ever think of that Sad Panda?

