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Hot Date – Simulation Game Review
Hot Date is a Simulation/Entertainment/Word game from George Batchelor Limited, first launched in 16th December 2015.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 295+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Hot Date Stand Out
"Hot Date is, perhaps, the greatest dog romance simulator I've experienced" – Rock Paper Shotgun
"This is exactly as great as you'd imagine a pug dating game to be." – PC Gamer
"The best pug dating sim the world has ever seen" – Polygon
"Hot Date is a dead simple, totally hilarious speed dating game" – Kotaku
Iron your good suit and/or frock. Do your hair. Practice your smile in the mirror. You're going speed dating.
Explore the moods and feelings of your dates. Get to know them. Connect. Ask the right questions and try to get on their good side before the bell rings and your potential soulmate slips away...
FEATURES
Delectable music by Levi Pack.
Randomly generated personalities for unique dates.
A fusion of prewritten and procedurally generated responses.
More-often-than-not aggressive dating partners.
Dynamic Mood System.
An extensive list of speed dating questions and responses.
Adjustable quality levels!!
**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**
iPhone 4S
iPad 2
iPod touch (5th gen)
The game is not designed to run on lower spec devices than the ones listed. To do so will result in a potentially unpleasant experience.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
## Player Feedback
As a newer release, Hot Date is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
## Recent Updates & Development
**Latest Update:** 11th May 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Some fixes for iPhone X layout.
## Download & Availability
Hot Date is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
**[Get Hot Date on App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hot-date/id1057329502?uo=4&at=11l7vU)**
**Requirements:** Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
## Player Experience Highlights
**Community Insight:**
As much as we hate paid games, we have never seen one like this. Bird alone was great, so we already knew this was gonna be amazing. No ads at all, no nothing. Great gameplay so far. And may we say this is hilarious.
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We tried the one app that this developer had for a trial and we kind of loved it, so we bought this game, and it is honestly amazing. Although we wished there were more responses for each question, it is still an amazing game and it is very cute. Both of the games do an absolutely fabulous, superlative, and award-winning job of coming to the topic of notifications and rating their games respectively. We have not met and likely will never meet someone who does a better job than this person with requests for the user.
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These pugs are life the rudest and we love its slay 100% reccomendthese peoples apps are so good.
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Ive never been so judged in everything movement we make, and the jokes.THE JOKES ARE EVERYTHING. Anyway five stars because im an immature brat who loves everything.
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Omg we love this we recommend it the dogs dont change the look but new name and personality.its so funny you can name yourself anything you want.DOWNLOAD.
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Ive always wanted to be verbally abused by an endless string of pink pugs.
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Anyways!we love this game SO much!we actually just got and.... All we can say is that we love it. The only thing is that..Imma give ya a small warning!:you only have at least a minute or thirty seconds.No worries!It doesnt make the game so annnoying, though!On our only thought about this game, well, here it is..: GET THIS GAME IT IS AMAZING OK NOW THIS IS MY REVIEW IF YOU READ THIS READ THE TITLE TOO EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT VERY IMMPORTANT (we DONT KNOW) ALSO IM GONNA calm down now.If you are reading this and you helped work on this game, we just want to let you know this game is amazing, and!This is the best game we have almost ever played! P:.
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Like real dating without the heartache.
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Ok so this game is awesome now personally we love it its cute fun Kawaii and all dat so yeah we recommend plain dis awesome Kawaii game! YA Ok Bye.
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The game is great but its repetitive. Every pug is so mean to you. But we are satisfied and a would recommend this game. Thank you bye.
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You go on a date with a real cutie Sometimes they are sweet and funny Sometimes they are jerks It is a little repetitive but it is funny and we enjoy playing it and having people check it out without looking at reviews or photos so they just see Hot date and talk to a pug we like the rude pugs and the sweet pugs because you can do a nice date where you want to meet again or see how bad you can screw up a date.
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We were just playing and out the f noware the pug said the F word 9 Orta ten.
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Its great! And we really love it! But the only downside to this game is that when we bought it it said it was 1.99 but... Our mom got a notification saying we paid 17.99 and it costed 17.99 so we have no idea what happened its either the creator of this (witch your really cool dude)or its apple (Im on a ipad).
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One pug, Leland or some such, told us she's extremely committed to Sub-Saharan African animations. And also extremely committed to tumblr bragging. And the list goes on. She's obviously overcommitted to everything. Honestly, all of these pugs seem like terrible people. Seeing how real pugs interact, we expected much more from these digital ones.
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We wanted to support the developers of bird alone and based off the ratings and graphics we gave it a go. Remarkably disappointing. Its the same convo everytime . Had such great potential too.
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We wanted to look into other apps by the developers of Bird Alone. It has good graphics, but this game seems to have some bugs. We start playing, getting through a few questions before it seems to glitch. The pug is still moving, all the graphics are great, but it doesnt allow us to move on in the game or choose the next question. We end up having to restart the game for it to work again. We were hoping for a fun game to pass time but the questions from the pugs are the same. Not worth the money we paid. The pugs end up giving the same answers, and it is the same pugs after a while. They seem all frustrated and annoyed. Not a very happy game unless you know the correct combination of questions to ask, and it seemed very repetitive after only playing a little while. Would love to get our money back, as it doesnt really allow us to play anyway as it keeps glitching and needing to restart the app.
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One of the answers contained a swear word. Most people probably don't care, but we do. Deleting now.
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Its pretty bad. Its just the same pink pug over and over again. No variety, and all of the different pugs are jerks. We found it rather boring -- could not hold our attention for more than 5 minutes. Glad we found it for free on AppAdvice and didnt actually pay two dollars for it. 5 star reviews might be fake.
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We seriously just paid two dollars to play the same round of the game over and over. It had good reviews so we were like why not?. The questions are the same questions every time with maybe two variations of how the pug will answer. All the pugs are very stuck up and annoying. Not worth it.
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We love this game 1000000000/10 it's so great But.... Sherbert, he confessed his love for us and the game did not give us any option to respond... So we closed the game and when we went back sherbert was gone and now we're sad.
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We love this game, though most of the pugs are quite rude. There are so many things to say and so many reactions, it is endless fun! The only problem is that you cant tell when they are being sarcastic.
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He gets annoyed kinda but HES SPICYYYYY IDK XDDANYWAY THIS APP BLOWS BOMB we MEAN THAT IN A GOOD WAY! ITS SO FUN AND REALLY FUNNY we REALLY REALLLLYYYYYYYYYYY LOVE IT AND ITS SO COOL THE EACH PUG HAS DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES This is Amazing.
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When we said are you having a good time it said a cus word and we were like . This is a game for kids to play. Why would you but bad words in a kids game!?!?! We were surprised of he the pug said.
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The pugs are more mean than Kim jong un.
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Ik you worked really hard, and we think its good, but for two dollars, you already almost get through only 15 minutes of talking. And then you go through the same things again. We like the thought and imagination of dating a pug XD.
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This is an incredibly awesome and funny game!!! An update would be nice.... But props to the creator.
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Best pug dating game we ever played....... Only pug dating game we ever played.
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We loved this so much plz bring more options.
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We really wish there was a thing where you can marry the pug. It would make it a lot of fun.
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You got us. And now im on speed dates with pugs. We couldn't be happier! One thing thought is we wish some pugs were a bit more postive. Other than that im in love.
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Fun for when your bored. Also good for when you want to play something with a bit of free choices.
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All it needs is more pug diversity (color wise) and more phrases. Great app otherwise. L love it.
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This app is very cute. All of the pugs look very cute. We like the idea that they all have different personalities. We also like that you can change your name and the pugs react to it. We really recommend it.
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We loooooove this game and we found the perfect pug.
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This is the best game ever the money is worth it we'd put this under MUST BUY.
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This game isn't free but it is all worth every penny this game is amazing it's like a simulator game and it's also with dogs. We LOVE DOGS!! From 1-10 we would give this game 100 it's amazing more people should play it with most games we go to the reviews first to see if it's good but we didn't do that we watched pewdiepies vid and loved it so now we're here.
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Omg thank you! We loves pugs so much.
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We only bought this game because it looked so cool when Markiplier played it. It is.
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An adorable time waster. Better than dating humans, that's for sure.
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We've been waiting for this game to come to mobile for a while, and here we are. It's a dream come true. Now we can fill the hole in our heart anywhere.
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AMAZING APP we LOVE IT THE WORLD NEEDS GAMES LIKE THIS.
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We really enjoy this app for the laughs and conversations. It's a really funny and intuitive game, and it's like going on an actual date!! Lol.
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We loved this app so much we saw a bunch of Youtubers doing it than saw the app and could not resist it was worth it's money.
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This is a great game it has everything it's funnyit's cooland it's pleasant if u are considering this game GET IT u won't be let down.
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The pug is so cute! And you get to ask him so many wonderful questions! Also you get to here his/her answer.
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We love the really nice pigs but even when u get the mean pugs at the end of the date they are super nice.
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One of the cutest and funniest apps. This has made us laugh so much.
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It's really good we have nothing else to say.
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Even as a cat, we find this game entertaining to say the least. These pugs are clueless.
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Great game!!!!!...but... Is there more to the game? We mean! We love it 100%!!! But there should be a part were you can marry the pug!! Hehe..we hope you consider our point of veiw Thanks.
_User feedback from Apple App Store_
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**App Details**
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Size:** 46.94 MB
- **iOS:** 6.0 or later
- **Languages:** EN
- **Content Advisory:** Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- **Developer:** [George Batchelor Limited]()
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*Last updated: 11th May 2018* | *Genre: Simulation, Entertainment* | *Developer: George Batchelor Limited*