Fruit Fusion!

Fruit Fusion is a free game that is fairly fun. The pixel graphics are cute and the music is fitting. It's not a game you will sink hundreds of hours into, but a game that is good to pick up for fifteen minutes here and there.

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Fruit Fusion! is a cute little puzzle game that takes the familiar fruit merging idea and mixes it with deckbuilding. I am dropping different fruits into an arcade cabinet and trying to merge them into bigger ones without letting everything pile up too high. The basic idea is very easy to understand, but the card system gives me more to think about than I would normally expect from this type of game. It is also completely free, which makes it pretty easy for me to pick up for a quick session. The actual fruit merging is simple but satisfying. I have to think about where I drop each piece because a bad placement can leave the cabinet in an awkward state and make the next few moves much harder. Getting two fruits together and watching them turn into something bigger feels good, especially when I manage to create a chain that clears some space. The stars also give me specific goals to work towards during stages, so I am not only trying to make the biggest fruit possible. The deckbuilding is what gives the game most of its personality for me. I can unlock cards, abilities and items and then build combinations that suit the way I want to play. This adds another layer to the usual merge puzzle because I am not completely stuck with whatever the basic fruit mechanics give me. I can also meet Aira, Rinka and Yuri, learn more about them and unlock different endings, so there is a small story element sitting alongside the puzzle gameplay. It is a nice extra rather than something that gets in the way. I do think the game starts to show its limits after I have played enough. The main puzzle is still based around dropping and merging fruit, so there is only so much variety the core system can provide. The cards help quite a bit, but they do not completely change what I am doing. Once I understand the basic strategy, I can sometimes feel like I am repeating the same process with slightly different tools. For a free casual game that is not a huge problem, but it does stop me from treating it as something I would play for long sessions. The presentation works well for the type of game it is. Everything is colourful and cute, and the arcade setting gives the fruit merging a reason to exist instead of feeling like a completely random theme. The characters and dialogue also give it a bit more charm, while the physics of the fruit makes every drop feel slightly different. I like that there is enough going on visually without making the actual puzzle difficult to read. What I appreciate most is that Fruit Fusion! does not try to make a simple idea unnecessarily complicated. I can understand the main gameplay almost immediately, but there are still cards, abilities, items, stage goals and character endings to give me things to work towards. It is the kind of game I can play for a few minutes when I want something relaxing, then come back later and continue experimenting with different combinations. I just would have liked a little more depth in the actual merging gameplay to give the whole thing more staying power. Overall, Fruit Fusion! is a charming free puzzle game that does a good job combining fruit merging with light deckbuilding and character content. I like the simple controls, satisfying combinations, colourful presentation and the extra strategy provided by the cards. The main gameplay can become repetitive and the depth is limited once I have seen most of what the systems offer, but I think the free price and relaxed nature make those weaknesses easier to accept. For me, it is a nice little game to dip into rather than a huge long term experience, and it does enough differently to stand out from a basic fruit merging clone. Rating: 7.2/10