(My first impression after 75 of 80 levels.) This is a puzzle game. It is not a platformer. You can't even jump. There is no story. There is no timer. You can't die, but you can get stuck, and then you need to restart or undo your last moves. Each level fits on a single screen, no scrolling.

You guide two black dudes, love and hate, and they can pull or push other dudes around and step on them and on each other to reach the big red button. Since they can't jump and can only climb one step (unless they find one of these updraft hats and position it just right), this usually requires careful planning. You get to meet different "others" as the game goes on. Yes, it's a mobile port, which is why you don't move your dudes directly, but the pathing is fine -- all you need to do is to click on where you want them to go, and they will, if they can. If you misclick, there's undo.

The first 10 levels are the tutorial. It looks like the art changes after every 20 levels, for a total of 4 "worlds", so there are some 80 levels total. (I think there used to be 70, and they added 10 when the iPad version came out.) The difficulty of the level varies quite a bit; they take me anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes to solve, so let's call it easy to medium diffculty.

I would love for the PC version of this game to have bigger levels, an editor, and Steam Workshop; what is has right now is a small price tag (I got an 80% off coupon for owning Tiny & Big), and enough of a challenge to justify it.

So the question is, how long to beat it? Well, that depends on how smart you are. As I stated up front, I have beat 50 levels so far, so the game should be good for 3 hours at least. Is the game inspiring me to beat it? Not really. I think the logic pathways of my brain that can solve "move boxes around" type of games have been exercised plenty before, by games as complex and inspiring as Tetrobot; and that the part of me that wants plenty of small puzzles when I'm bored is still in love with Lyne and its originality (do get Lyne on a touch device).

I like puzzle games, I got this 80% off, I certainly didn't regret getting this game, it's a solid puzzler. Recommended.

This review is just my initial thoughts about the game, I hope to edit this into a more in-depth review once I finish the game.

About Love, Hate and the other ones is a casual puzzle game. The idea is pretty simple: you control Love and Hate in an attempt to get from point A to point B. You click where you want them to go and they go there. Love has the ability to influence Lumps towards him while Hate has the ability to push Lumps away.

Like most puzzle games, the puzzles start off simple and get progressively more difficult. I haven't played this game too much, but I've already come across a couple good Head Scratchers in terms of difficulty (or maybe I'm just not good at puzzle games).

In summation, this game is a fun, casual puzzle game if you're looking for one. The controls are simple but the puzzles get progressively more difficult.
7/10

This is one of those Steam games that it is inexpensive enough and looked interesting enough to go ahead and get it and I'm glad I did. It starts off very simple but it slowly increases the difficulty. So far up to level 41, none of the puzzles were annoying but they do ramp up in difficulty as I played which I find a good sign in a puzzle game. You can take back moves and restart at any time so no complete backtracking was needed if I misclicked when almost done with a puzzle.

The graphics are charming and the appearance and voices of our two protagonists fit them well; Love is round and has a flower on his head with a loud friendly voice while Hate is sharp and harsh with a hissing voice that sounds like hate indeed. The cast of characters so far fit the atmosphere and the only negatives I can really say is that it took awhile to get a larger variety of characters in the puzzles.

Puzzle games are not my main style but some are quite good and this is certainly one of best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5hjwqCc_4Y&feature=youtu.be

About Love and Hate is one of those games that you wouldn’t really go out of your way to play unless you happened to have a couple extra dollars laying around and wanted to kill time, which makes sense that it feels like that as it was originally released on mobile platforms before being recently released on steam. It is a puzzle game that focuses on you alternating between two characters and using their special abilities of pushing and pulling blocks to complete puzzles. The game is fairly slow paced and doesn’t really ever reach a level of difficulty that makes you want to slam your face on your desk and give up like a good puzzle game should. You will quickly burn through 30 levels and wonder when you’re going to get to the actual meat and potatoes of the game.

The way this game was designed feels like a game that was designed with mobile platforms in mind as the levels are something you could easily accomplish while waiting in a line or going to the bathroom, not necessarily the kind of game you would want to binge through on your home PC. As you progress through the game, it does continually introduce interesting gameplay mechanics to attempt to maintain some level of freshness to the level design, such as teleporting, blocks that make you fly, and (literally) dead bodies that act as immovable walls, however; the lack of difficulty remains prevalent throughout which hardly makes the game worth a second run through once you complete the level.

The game is charming and you can easily sink about 3 hours of gameplay into it before you’ve had your fill and decide to move on to the next game. At an asking price of 6.99 this may be a steep premium to pay for the number of hours you will invest in the game, however be sure to double check your inventory for a coupon that knocked the game down significantly lower to $1.40 which at that price you might as well pick it up and test it out.

- Looks like there's about 80 levels, I've completed 40 so far
- The game introduces new mechanics throughout to keep it interesting, however the difficulty seems random, and doesn't really get progressively harder.
- Controls can sometimes be annoying since clicks can be misread causing characters to move where you don't want.
- Seems like it should be a free flash game, but it's cheap and a good simple puzzle game.

Fun puzzle game with a simple but logical endgame; "Push the button", starring "Love" and "Hate"; Love can pull objects and Hate can push them. A simple story line and gameplay, but able to twist my thoughts into knots i cant untie on a short notice...; Brilliant !!

About Love, Hate and the other ones has proven to be a good cheap purchase.
It's very cute and very fun but itsjust not hard enough for me. It feels like it would be very good game for kids to wrap their heads round, not people in older age groups.
Would I recommend? Yes, but not to anyone over, say, 13 years old.
Rated: 3/5

I've had my eyes on this one since I've seen it for the first time a while ago. Saw it on Steam, bought it right away and it's just like I thought it would be - just a hell of a lot more charming. It's a bit like Sokoban with really cute boxes.

It's a solid enough puzzle game with mildly annoying controls, very often, clicking ends up doing something you didn't want to (moving when trying to speak, or vice-versa). Some puzzles also seem mildly broken, I've had several instances where I didn't have to use some of the given puzzle objects, though most puzzles tend to make you require them all. The game takes a sharp difficulty spike near the end with some tougher puzzles that I don't feel the previous levels quite prepared the player for, though nothing is too terribly difficult overall. It's a fun little puzzle game, though maybe not worth the full asking price on steam, especially since there's apparently a mobile version available for $2, which is... a more reasonable price for the game, I feel. Especially considering the utter lack of music and fairly simplistic (though cute enough) graphics.

About Love, Hate and the other ones, this game is a mouse clicking game, with a puzzle aspect to it and it is just so, so cute. All you have to do, is use Hate and Love at differant times, and the other ones, to solve the puzzle and get either Hate or Love to the big red button, its just so easy ! or is it ?

What i would like to see in this game is maybe some Achievements added, for maybe completing a certain amount of levels at a time, if that is at all possible.

I just Love this cute little game, Im glad i purchased it ♥♥♥ *_* ♥♥♥

I bought this game in the auction, mainly because I liked the art work and I'm generally a fan of puzzle games.

The target audience and puzzle difficulty seem to be on a very introductory level however. I was also slightly disapointed that the game is purely point and click, with the entire puzzle within one screen on every level.

Fairly priced, just seems a bit too basic, maybe even feels like a phone game. Nice visual design.

Very nice, but easy puzzle game.

The first 60 levels are quite easy. In the beginning of the last 20, you are introduced to the last gameplay element, so there are also few tutorial and easy levels, only the last 10-15 levels provide some challenge. Throughout the game, about half the levels (not the first 40, always after the introduction of some new element) feel like tutorial or introduction. This game is definitely not for hardcore puzzlers, but for casual players.

The artwork is beautifull and the soundtrack (soundeffects mostly) is in perfect harmony with the graphics. If you want to listen to some music while teasing your brain, you can use your favourite audio player.

Not bad, but it can definitely be improved in terms of music. Puzzles are easy, but enjoyable.

At full price it's hard to suggest this game, I bought it for around a dollar thanks to a coupon. The art style is appealing enough and it's a simple puzzle game that can have a little bit of enjoyment.

My gripe with it is that the music gets old after a little while, constantly hearing "I HATE YOU" and "I LOVE YOU" with every click on a obstacle quickly grows old. Speaking of click, it's nearly all click based, while this isn't a bad thing I certainly don't like it, you can easily mess up, which leads me to believe that's why they put the undo option in, but that subtracts from the difficulty of any puzzle, which makes me think this game is more suited for a younger audience.

I give it a 3/10 I don't necessarily hate it, nor do I love it.. Or any of the other ones, I just think I don't fit the age demographic on this one.

It's just a puzzle game. It kind of aims for the "Lost Vikings/Trine" feel with multiple "dudes" in the puzzle, but it really just seems like they had to shove in a "love and hate" mechanic and didn't much care how.

The puzzles are moderately challenging and the aesthetic is nice, but the voice clips are just too much!

"I love you... I looooove you... I love you.... I looooove you..." over and over and over again. I had to stop playing. It was just getting to be irritating.

Since there's nothing new about the puzzles, I'd give this one a pass, unless you absolutely need to play every example of the genre.

The Puzzles are simple, and the Repeating words "I Love you" and "I Hate you" will drive you nuts, Trust me... it will not take long before you start saying "I Hate you" over this game...

pretty decent little casual puzzle game if you're into that sort of thing.

I love it it's so cute small and creative! it's got such character without any dialog or gimmicky epic stories. just.. well I simple cute puzzle game.

i think its a great puzzle game its fun injoyable and challenging and im only halfways through. the same guys who made tiny big have done it again both games are worth the price and are fun i give it a good 7/10 but if you know IGN they would give it a 10/10 its good

Let me start by getting this out of the way. For those looking to find endless gameplay, achievables, customization, or anything of the like, this is not for you! However About Love, Hate and the other ones brings a friendly, quirky take on the indie puzzle genre to a point, that I myself quite enjoyed for the price. I am a little over halfway through the total number of levels, but the difficulty and challenge is starting to ramp up as well. I imagine that those with a good mind for puzzles could beat the game in about 2 hours, less skilled individuals would possibly take no more than 3.5-4.

If you're looking for something mildly fun to kill time, look no furthar. However I would wait until this title goes on sale for the amount of gameplay you will actually receive.

The experience was fun, and rewarding, but for the low amount of content and the price, I would not purchase at full retail.

Pros - (Mechanics, Music, Great thought provoking puzzle designs)

Cons - (Price in relation to content)

Rating (Disregarding Price) - 7/10