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9 people found the following review helpful:
 I laughed out loud, January 29, 2008by puzzler (Everett, Washington) At one point, I actually laughed out loud. Thumbs up for the humorous writing. I thought it was very odd that the game at first creates an illusion that it is protecting you from making game-spoiling errors (if you try to get rid of certain objects that are important it prevents you, or they come back to you). But in fact, this is not the case. There are certainly a few important objects that the game WILL allow you to get rid of prematurely. I really don't understand the design decision behind this. Either let the player get rid of anything, or stop the player from shooting himself in the foot. This middle ground is actively misleading, dropping my rating by a star. With that in mind, however, the puzzles are mostly fair (assuming repeated plays or several save/restore cycles). I gave up on the final puzzle and got a hint, because it didn't seem well clued and I wasn't exactly sure what I was supposed to do. In retrospect, I think I would have gotten it eventually, but more through trial and error than through puzzling out the solution with careful reasoning. Because I didn't like this last puzzle, I dropped my rating by another star. As a side note, I feel the game is suitable for playing with kids (always a good thing in my book). Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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7 people found the following review helpful:
Like Playing a Monty Python Skit, December 10, 2007by Matzerath (West Coast, Salty Smell) In this enjoyable, extremely silly game, your mission is to unload ballast on a balloon headed for a live volcano -- said ballast mostly concealed on the person of your dull-witted, thick-headed co-floater. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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16 people found the following review helpful:
Comedy that works, October 19, 2007by Emily Short The premise is that you are trapped in a hot-air balloon, drifting perilously towards a volcano, accompanied by an uncooperative NPC who is carrying entirely too many heavy objects. Your task: get rid of everything that is weighing down the balloon so that you and your companion do not become one with the lava. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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