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Kitty Powers' Love Life
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What’s It About?
KITTY POWERS' LOVE LIFE expands upon the dating sim Kitty Powers' Matchmaker by adding new mini-games and a new village management mechanic. As in the previous game, you play a fledgling matchmaker working for outrageous drag queen and professional love coach, Kitty Powers. You're given a small village with limited housing and resources as you try to build it up to a love-filled money-making paradise. After advertising for different types of couples (geeky, glam, practical, etc.) to move into your village, you then help them find happiness both in and outside of their relationships by advising them on matters of both heart and home. On top of that, you help them find fulfilling friendships, hobbies, and professions, all by playing a new collection of mini-games. The better you life-coach your clients, the better your reputation, which affects how large and prosperous your village becomes. The ultimate goal as always, though, is to help young couples find everlasting love.
Is It Any Good?
Even though there's some repetition, there are plenty of twists and new activities to make you want to help characters find their soulmate. The core of Kitty Powers' Love Life remains to grow your matchmaking empire under the watchful eye of the stylish Kitty Powers, but the town sim aspect provides a whole new level of fun and complexity. To begin with, instead of simply matching couples, you now have to manage all manner of relationships. Your couples have neighbors and friends to contend with, and their happiness levels vary depending on how they get on with those people. You're juggling not only the concerns of fledgling couples still getting to know one another, but also each individual's personal needs. Are they happy at work? Are they bored at home? Does their partner understand them? Do they long to share a secret yearning with someone else aside from their partner?
It's up to you to help them become their best selves, even if it means their relationships go down the tubes. The whole thing's pretty tricky, but the mini-games by which you do it keep things entertaining. Well, mostly. Even with a fast-forward button, things can get repetitive and progress pretty slowly, and you might find yourself wishing your clients were a tad less needy. On top of that, parents could take issue with the game's saucy language (talk of nude dancing, for instance), crude jokes (talk of boogers and farts), and scenes set within a bar. Still, even with those concerns, Kitty Powers' Love Life is a smart, funny relationship/town sim that's sure to keep aspiring matchmakers engrossed for hours.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about honesty in healthy relationships. How important is it to be honest with your partner?
Discuss couples of differing sexual orientations. Do gay and straight couples face the same obstacles in their relationships?
Think about the idea of true love. Do you think it's possible for two people to stay together forever?
Game Details
- Platforms: Mac , Windows
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: Magic Notion
- Release date: February 8, 2018
- Genre: Simulation
- ESRB rating: NR for No Descriptions
- Last updated: April 30, 2018
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