Ruku’s Heart Balloon ★★★☆☆

Where can you buy?

• Available on Steam
• Available on Switch

Explanation to Negative Feedback

Only three stories

The stories themselves have nice stories to them, and they’re not too short, but I’m going to put this into the cons because I think even kids would want a few more stories to go through if they were playing the game. I just feel like three is just too short for someone who might really like the art direction and style of gameplay Ruku’s Heart Balloon has to offer.

Achievements are difficult

I like the game. I’ve played it for quite a while. But I am NOT going to several hours trying to get the appropriate amount of points in certain difficulties of free mode just to get those achievements.

Which I’ve done, by the way. Spent a couple hours on just one mode to try for an achievement. There’s just no fun in it at that point.

I mean, I’ve got almost 10 hours on the game, and a lot of that is trying for achievements.

Explanation to Positive Feedback

Adorable artwork

The art has a child’s watercolor storybook style which really fits with what they were going for. It’s a very family friendly game that has stories that aren’t too short and aren’t too long and just features match games that might require a little bit of help in certain areas.

Customize puzzles

If you’re playing the game against someone, you’re able to customize a puzzle to your liking and try to compete with them in winning the game. You can make it hard, or simple, depending on your mood and how much you want to crush the opposing player, child or not.

Illustrations and sheet music

The idea of looking at illustrations from games isn’t new, but normally if you want to check out behind the scenes illustrations you’ll need to buy a DLC, but that’s not so here. And what’s even cooler is the fact that you can see the sheet music for what’s playing in the background.

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