The story mode also includes several dialogues that will trigger when certain aspects of the relationship are met and this dialogues will help you figure where the relationship is going, while also warning you for any signs of trouble. You can balance these skills between your singles, so that you can focus tasks such as repairing items and cooking on one of your singles, while letting the other one carry the relationship. You gain one skill point for every five experience points and you can spend it on improving a certain trait of your single, such as their career, cooking, flirting, etc. Still, most of these actions are charming enough to enjoy, and the unlockable ones give you a sense of something new every once in a while.Ī neat addition to the game are the skill points your characters receive for their experience in the game. While there are plenty of options and you will unlock others as the relationship develops, some of them tend to get a little repetitive and the game could've used a more interactive world (and it would've been a welcome treat to be able to get out of the house other than for work). Most of these actions will revolve around satisfying your character's basic needs (hunger, hygiene, comfort, sleep), repairing items around the house (a chore you'll have to perform a lot until you buy better stuff for your apartment), and then there's the interaction between the characters (friendship, romance, sensuality, fun). The game itself is really simple to play, choose one of your singles click on the item you want to interact (or your other single), and choose the action to perform.
Once you start the game you can choose to play a free game, where you'll start in an empty apartment and will have to build from scratch as well as develop and satisfy your character's needs, or you can choose to play the story mode in which you start in a pre-built apartment, and your ultimate goal will be to get your singles married (and of course, get them to "do the wild thing").
Regardless of which characters you choose, or whether you play a gay/lesbian relationship the gameplay will pretty much be the same, but you'll have to focus on different activities to develop each character. It would've been nice to be able to create your own characters, but at least the predefined list of characters is pretty decent. The game allows you to play a heterosexual relationship as a well as a gay/lesbian relationship. Even though I have never played The Sims, it's perfectly clear it was the main source of inspiration and a lot of the game mechanics are very similar, so if you're a Sims fan you won't have any problems adapting to this game. One thing that should be mentioned, is that this game takes a lot from The Sims. (On a small sidenote: It's ironic that a game like this gets slapped with an AO rating, while games where you can blow the brains of thousands of people are ok for teens to play. Though the game itself isn't groundbreaking, it's got a certain charm that will keep you going until your singles tie the knot. Getting past the tutorial you will realize that sex isn't the only aspect of the game as a matter of fact there's very little "hardcore" material in the game, and unlocking it requires you to deeply develop a relationship between 2 singles in several areas, while talking care of some of the more mundane aspects of life and avoiding any trouble that will cause your relationship to go down the sink. By SYdoggXxX | Review Date: SeptemIt would be easy for anyone to dismiss a title like Singles: Flirt Up Your Life, as nothing but a cheap Sims clone destined to fulfill the fantasies of perverted voyeurs after all the screenshots and the AO rating make it pretty clear this game has sex written all over it, and while that is true (getting your singles into bed is one of your main goals) this game has a lot more to offer.