Not my coup of tea.

Too many of the puzzles rely on a guess-die-memorize loop for the game to work as an engaging puzzle platformer, at least if you're going for a perfect score in each of the stages.

More annoying than anything else.

I don't typically find those two things in the same space yet I find it here. The aesthetic is so sweet it could give you cavities and the concept seems wonderful with the trailer on the store page bringing it all together to paint a picture of what to expect. First off let me just say that the bits that weren't incredibly obvious or easy were VERY trial and error dependent. This essentially boils down to the fact that it'll take patience and lacks actual challenge. Saying this game is challenging would be like saying a race is challenging just because they blindfold you for 1/4th or more of it. If you're diligent you can mostly figure out which screen connects to one another, however there's still plenty that you'll only discover through a leap of faith. Which is something that produces artificial difficulty if not mild frustration. It gives you the controls bit by bit and doesn't explain them leaving you to more trial and error as well.

+Cute aesthetic
+Promising concept
+It's sweet how the orange character cries when one of the others dies

-Trial and error heavy
-lacks explanation and story which the trailer honestly is a little misleading in that
-Requires patience and lacks real challenge which I believe every puzzle game should provide
-can be done thoughtlessly
-failed to hold my attention

Personally I've found the "level split" more annoying than anything else. What they call "puzzle", I call broken render. Barely a couple of levels make use of the level split and it's nothing like Fez, for ex. The challenge should come from the platforms and puzzles themselves. Nice try with this twist but it didn't work for me, I just wanted the game to end cause the level design is no fun. It was just annoying trial and error.

Its not enjoyable solving the puzzles. Just frustrating trial and error.
Unique concept, but it does not make for a fun game.

Idea of turning levels into literally randomly scattered puzzles is just wrong idea

I don't really understand why the game levels are arranged the way they are, but it turns a game that would have been boring and unchallenging into one that is boring and aggravating instead.

Where is my Heart is a puzzle platformer with some good ideas, one that became quite frustrating over the course of playing it, and several questionable design decisions. While not exactly a bad game, by the end of my playthrough my opinion on it had lowered enough that I cannot recommned it; there are plenty of other games in the genre more deserving of your time.

The gameplay consists of around 20 short levels, where you must navigate three characters to the end and optionally collect hearts. The three characters can serve as platforms for each other, and on some levels have unique powers that are needed to solve the puzzles. The main gimmick, however, is the way that instead of showing the level in a single screen, it is broken into segments which are arranged quasi-randomly. The challenge is then to figure out the actual layout of the level from this presentation. At first, I thought this was an interesting idea; but it quickly wore out its welcome. This is especially true when you must jump from one segment to another; even the simplest jump becomes unnaturally hard when you can't see your target or the whole arc, and to me it feels like fake difficulty.

There are a couple of technical issues that also worsen the experience. The absence of gamepad support is annoying; while not necessary, I would have preferred to play it that way. Also, in a game where you are challenged to get all collectables in each level without dying, the absence of a restart level button is a criminal oversight. Instead, you must quit to the level select screen and re-select the level you are playing on, and in the more challenging levels that quickly becomes pointlessly frustrating.

I've certainly played worse games in my time, and Where is my Heart? is well-presented, distinctive, and inexpensive. But even at its best I'd only recommend this half-heartedly, and together with the irritations I have to say no.

The trial and error aspect of the game becomes frustrating rather quickly. The game itself isn't difficult, but it's intentionally presented in a confusing/misleading fashion which makes it hard to follow. For me, this was not a satisfying mechanic to play around. It feels like a cheap way to make the game take longer.
I enjoyed the music and atmosphere, but it wasn't enough to make up for the awkward game design.