City of Love: Paris Reviews

by Soundfanatic

The plot and characters are incoherent at best and rely on sexist and cliche tropes. The game also assumes you and everyone around you is straight. I'm so tired of these interactive stories not having any diversity or female love interests. Queer gamers are out here too you know!

***UPDATED*** Demoted to one star because of energy crisis. 5 "actions" a day, and some of those actions are "go to bed"???? Are you actually kidding me????? Is this so people won’t remember where they left off or what was happening by the time they can make another choice again? Is this an attempt to obfuscate the fact that the writing is terrible and there is barely any content here?

What a pathetic transparent cash grab. Don’t waste your time or money.

by Jamigurl

Love the game and it’s quite unique. The graphics are pretty cool too, but the reason I giving it only two stars is because I feel that the amount of energy for what you pay is too low. I’ve already put in almost 15 to 20 bucks and only got to chapter 4! I understand that the developer wants to make some money and I feel it is deserved considering how cool the game is but 20 energy pts per decision is a bit excessive. Maybe lower it to 4 or 10 at least. I would keep playing cause I love it but I’m going to have to uninstall soon cause I simply can’t afford it. Could you make it more price friendly?

by Vee AA

This game is beautiful. The animation, the characters, the plot, it probably the best roleplaying/story game I’ve ever played. HOWEVER, the little amount of energy the player has access to is an issue. I’ve downloaded this game about a year ago and deleted it days after because it took so long to get energy. It takes 24 hours to get energy, and that’s just too long. Not only that, but the free energy you get is only enough for about 5 choices, which is about only 3 minutes of gameplay a day. I know that there needs to be in-app purchases to keep this game free. I can tell it’s very well-made and that a lot of effort was put into it. But the amount of energy we receive daily is very unmotivating. I recommend making the time interval for energy renewal smaller (4-5 hours), giving the player more energy every renewal, making the choices cost less energy, or giving the option to do free offers (such as taking surveys, watching videos, sharing CityofLove , etc.)

by *-T-*

City of love is one of those decision based games that's been popping up lately.

It's such an absolutely beautiful game. The characters and backgrounds are lovely. So far, the story is interesting but for now it seems like every person you meet derails the main mission although to be fair I don't know the conclusion. My main issue with an otherwise interesting game is how quickly energy runs out. Every decision made takes a chunk of energy so you're barely able to get through less than half of each chapter which really stunts the story. You're then prompted to either wait till 6 pm everyday or pay for energy which doesn't seem worth it because the price is high for the amount you get.

Another little issue I have is that it would be great to be able to see/customize your character.

by Carson Lujan

I spent hours on this game. It’s so attaching, beautiful and a mixture of things. I realized that I haven’t played the game for a few months, so I came back to it… only to be instantly disappointed by one thing. My progress was lost.

I never deleted the game or did anything of the sort. Which baffles me why this has happened. I don’t even remember what chapter in the story I got up to, so that doesn’t help either. From what little I remember, I can say what point I passed. But that’s just spoilers so I’ll avoid that.

But please, I would really appreciate a way I could get all my progress back. I don’t want to play it all over again, including how atrocious the energy system is to accompany it.

by LittleBrownGurrl

The game is pretty fun! The way you approach different situations give you different outcomes. The only critics i have are that there needs to be more energy. One decision takes away 10 energy and you only have 100. So I can only make 10 decisions and then i have to either buy more energy or wait till the next day. And i wish there was an option to single out the gender you prefer because i hate talking to guys and never having the option to decline their requests to go somewhere. Oh yeah, you can’t decline requests to go somewhere! Which gets really annoying. 😂so i guess two complaints turned into 3 but i would recommend getting this game. It has some great characters and storylines.

by I.am.an.Anacoda

I am really confused right now. First of all, you (the developers) need to keep CityofLove updated, and generally update the status of CityofLove (for example on social media), it’s like you released CityofLove and then you were like “ok whatever happens happens”. You haven’t posted anything since 2017. I am really trying hard to figure out the changes in the updated version. What I am trying to say is, for example I see all these codes on Instagram for free energy and I can’t find anywhere on the game and/or the settings the section where I enter those codes so I concluded that this feature has been changed or taken down, and there was no post or no update that referenced that. So my request is to at least update frequently CityofLove or its status on social media so people don’t get lost and confused.

Other than that CityofLove is really great and that’s exactly why it wouldn’t be neglected.

Sorry if they are any grammatical mistakes, please note that my first language isn’t English.

Thank you

by Mely~😌

This has been a great story so far, with intriguing characters, lovely music, and breathtaking art. However, I've experienced a bug recently, and it has lasted for three days so far. The game starts to load, but just when it reaches 7/10, it shows an error in screen, despite having connection to the Internet. This bug has kept me from accessing the story, but I do believe it's a bug that can be fix and worth pointing out!

EDIT: After another try, CityofLove loaded, however, it also deleted my saved progress in the process. I believe this could be something to keep an eye on, so as to prevent that from happening to other players!

by Mckenna.h19

This game is super fun and i absolutely love the story line, however it is extremely annoying because you only get 100 energies a day and it costs about 20 energy per choice. This means that you get about 5 choices a day, which is about 2-3 minutes or less of playing the game, and it takes a full 24 hours to get more energy. If you want to actually enjoy the game, then you will have to buy a ton more energy which I find to be very irritating. I think there should be other ways to get energy like it refills every hour or so, or you could watch an add to get more energy, and there could still be the option to pay so they they will still make a profit off of the game. I typically never write reviews about anything but I felt like I should just because it would be such an amazing game if you could get energy faster. The storyline is great and I wish that I could read a chapter in one sitting without having to pay money for it.

by You Like Paper To

I love this game but there is one thing about it that I do not like that one thing is when you are playing the game you have energy. When you play the game for a bet of time in a day soon it say get more energy to pick the next sentence. So you can buy energy or wait and the time it makes me wait is at 6:00PM the next day so if you like waiting get it but I do not but I do say the wait is good because the game is fun. Also there is some bad words in the game so it is age 12+ I hope this makes you think if you want it now or not.

by Softblonde

I love so many things about this game, from the engaging storyline to the intriguing characters to the gorgeous music and visuals. My only wishes are that the energy system be more efficient (perhaps each decision would only cost 10 energy?) and that you could make your own avatar (though that’s probably a stretch).
I’ve noticed some grammatical and spelling mistakes as I play, but they’re not terribly distracting.
I also didn’t realize until about chapter 3 that you can tell when you have the ability to get a souvenir based on the visuals. I wish I had known that sooner!

by Divisie Kampioen

While I’m certainly ready to talk about the bad aspects, let’s start with the good: Amazing graphics, intriguing storyline and good characters aside from Raphael who seems like a real sleazeball. It has choices that impact relationships and the story itself, exactly what I’d expect from a game like this. The only bad aspect is the energy thing. I get that the creators need money, but this game is good enough to be worth a donation instead of an energy thing. I would have given the game 5 stars if it wasn’t for the energy ordeal. Still, this game is great and a recommedation for anyone wanting to play s good interactive story game.

by GreyEyes20

City of Love is absolutely beautifully animated and has interesting characters. The storyline has me coming back right at 6 every day to see what’s coming next. However I feel like the daily allotment of energy is too low, even for a game that’s free to play. You only get 5 decisions a day, some of which are used on trivial decisions that have no ostensible impact on the story like choosing what to drink at a cafe. CityofLove would be an excellent experience for me if the daily energy was a bit higher.

by Ccallis0246

This is a great, interactive story-game, and I really like it. The story is interesting, the graphics are appealing, but there are a few problems with the gameplay.

A lot of the time, I get annoyed when waiting for energy. I got so tired of it that I deleted CityofLove . It’s a great story, but I can’t enjoy the story if I can only read snippets of it each day. That’s kind of pointless. I understand that the developers need a way to make money from this free game, but there should be a few options (example: watch an ad) to have users gain more energy if they don’t feel like paying for it. I also think that unlocking some energy every now and then would be a great way to boost morale for the users of this game.

Unlike other interactive-story games, there’s only one story you can play. They get you interested in this game by making it take you forever to read it so that you’re not immediately uninterested after reading this one story. As interesting as this game is, I prefer Choices, which has several stories and allows you to unlock chapters over time (like Episode). Choices, however, has alternate endings to the stories based on if you’re willing to pay for gems to make the story better. My point is that this game only has one real thing going for it: you don’t have to pay to get a good story ending.

If the developers actually look at these reviews, I hope you take my thoughts into consideration.

by CareyingOn59

Overall, I enjoy this but there are some big flaws. First is the daily free energy. You can play for about 5 minutes and then it runs out. Nearly every review I read said the same thing, so it’s obviously a major problem. Please work on that. The second thing I don’t like is that you can’t replay 1 single episode to make different choices. You have to start over from the very beginning and go through the entire story again. It takes way too long. The third issue is the “souvenirs.” There should be a better reward for getting characters to like you. Something like free energy.

by Oofers-

This is one of, if not my favorite game on my phone. It has an interesting story and it’s fun trying to see which characters you want to befriend or the ones you despise. I wish it was easier to earn energy though because waiting a 24 hour period can be a bit much. However, the wait-time always makes me anxious and excited for more and when I realize 6:00 has passed, I start playing right away. I also love the fact that your character can have a relationship with any gender character. I find that great because not a lot of these games include features like that.

by Lucifer😈

This game is great. The art and music is amazing and for an app it is very smooth. The plot is interesting too and the choices really do matter. It would be cool if you could customize your character a little more (not necessarily appearance but personality too) or have your character be male but besides that I don’t have complaints. I’d gladly pay money if they were to create more City of Love games and I really hope they do. (Also I think it’s funny how I found in terms of looks Vincent and Tristan the most attractive and they’re both jerks whyyy lol)

by Laevateinn76

I adore this game, and although it requires a bit of patience to play without paying (as other visual novel games do), it’s worth it. The storyline is unique, each character has their own backstory, and the art is absolutely beautiful. It’s clear the team put a lot of time into the design aspect of CityofLove , as the game is incredibly visually appealing.
Really wish this was able to be continued but I know Ubisoft has other projects. It was always such a treat to get the notifications for new episodes!

To the devs: where did those iMessage stickers go? Am I just missing them when I search in the store? I loved them and still have CityofLove installed, so I thought I would still have them, but I looked and to my dismay, I can’t seem to find them on my phone or in the store anymore with the latest update. They were really charming and fun to use, can you please bring them back? Or just make a purchase-able package separate from CityofLove ?

by Phalstead

I enjoyed this Stories app more than any other Stories app! The love stories, the detailed characters and all of their different personalities. The only problem is this thing called Energy. You have to use energy to make a decision. Which is accurate but gets annoying. It takes about 5 hours to regain some energy. Which kind of takes the point out of the game. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great game! But if you fixed that it’d be a 5 Star game. It’s one of my favorites all ready! Imagine if it could be better!

by SaltEBella

Ok, CityofLove is freaking perfect! The graphics are to gorgeous, the characters are great and, the music is absolutely stunning. But, i feel like (and i don’t think it’s just me) the energy goes a bit too quickly. (This review doesn’t mean much coming from a person who's only on Episode one 😂) And it’s kind of expensive to get MORE energy if your wanting to play for long periods of time, and if there was a way to watch an ad to get a bit of energy,(correct me if i’m wrong, but i don’t recall seeing a “Free Energy” Option or whatever)For free, that would be convenient. Other then that it’s a great game and sorry to make you read this long old review 😂♥️ Anyways, see ya!