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Love

Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use…

70 7 February 2014 ESRB E

Love is an adventure developed by Fred Wood, released 7 February 2014 on Nintendo Switch, Ouya, Xbox One and Android. The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.

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What Love is

Love is an adventure game developed by Fred Wood and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Ouya, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Windows Mixed Reality and Windows Phone. It runs on GameMaker: Studio. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

From Russia with Love is a 2005 third-person shooter game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts (EA). It is based on the 1963 James Bond film of the same name but with several changes, including additional characters, locations, and a different villainous organisation. Additionally, it features elements of later Bond films such as the Aston Martin DB5 that debuted in Goldfinger (1964) and the jet pack from Thunderball (1965).
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 19 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Love holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 2 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9, 128MB. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Love launched on 7 February 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Love — frequently asked questions

When did Love come out?
Love was released on 7 February 2014 for Nintendo Switch, Ouya, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Windows Mixed Reality and Windows Phone.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Love?
At minimum, Love needs 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9, 128MB graphics, 240 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Love?
The main story of Love takes around 2 hrs.
How many GB is Love?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "240 MB available space" and the recommended line says "1 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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