Reviewed v2.5.2
A quick summary of Life with a Slave would be fixing someone that is broken and finding meaning in your own life.
Sylvie is a slave you “acquire” and you perform actions to build her affection for you. It’s a nice game albeit a little grindy if you decide to take on the daunting task of trying to unlock all the clothing pieces as well as the H-scenes.
2D models are great and the art style is very unique, the environments are nicely done and enjoyable to sit through.
Gameplay wise there isn’t much to it, the day is separated into time periods where each action costs are period in the day. Certain actions can be performed at certain times of the day. There is no money constraints with time being your only resource. The addition of the gallery and clothing store helps extend the playtime of the game significantly. On the topic of the clothing store, you can unlock more items after reaching certain stats with Sylvie and you can dress her up to whatever style you like.
Story-wise there isn’t really much to it, you have to raise enough trust points so that there is no bad ending. The story should realistically take only 1-2hrs at most with the rest of the game becoming a sandbox with unlockable clothing and scenes as you continue building affection and lust performing increasingly sexy things. Sylvie is adorable and cute you definitely will feel some sort of attachment to her after the main story is completed.
Pros
- Interesting art style and nice scenes
- Simple and easy to pick up gameplay
- Gallery present and accounted for
- Dress-up is pretty fun
Cons
- Short story
- Grindy if you choose to unlock everything
- Not much gameplay involved
Suggestions
- Extended story
- Sometimes the translations get a bit funky
- Display what stats are needed to unlock certain clothing