I first started playing Minesweeper in school during the more boring lessons. This pastime activity quickly turned into a destructive habit that let me feel the pain of addiction without having to consume any psychoactive drugs. Every time I am in front of my screen and zoning out just a little bit, I catch myself pressing CTRL + N, typing "min" in the chrome tab, and pressing enter, all in the matter of a split second. Obviously, with this big of a habit, the gameplay changed a lot too. Now it wasn't about solving the minefield, but about doing it as fast as possible. At the time of writing this, my personal highscore lies at 65 seconds (I'll update my current pb's at the end of this review). Such a time isn't possible with logical thinking though. To accomplish such a thing, many possible constellations of colorful numbers and their solutions have to already be engraved in your brain, so you don't have to think about the clicks you're doing. This is the perfect setup for a never-ending flowstate. The only time, I am torn out of this parallel dimension is when my eyes are starting to burn from not blinking for ten minutes.

Overall great game, can't recommend it enough.
However, if your future plans are forming a family and having an actual career, don't even think about touching this game.


Minesweeper Personal Bests

Beginner - 2s (?)
Intermediate - 21s (19.07.2022)
Expert - 53s (15.12.2023)

Expert (No Flag) - 82s (19.07.2022)

The visuals are absolutely stunning. You don't see a game with such a striking, visual style that is so well put together every day.
The dream-pop soundtrack is pretty decent. Most of the time it sounds like a version of grimes that is way less uncomfortable to listen to.

The game has a very short runtime and can get somewhat repetitive at some points.
Most of the time the controls are janky and therefore don't justify the sometimes awkwardly placed obstacles.
The game does not do a very good job at matching the quick time events with the music.
The story of the game made little to no sense to me, but I reckon that this is not the main part of the game.

But my biggest complaint about Wild Hearts is the fact that after each level, you get sent back to the level selection. It would have been a much better idea to just let the levels run through, especially because of its core concept of the pop album that accompanies the game, which is constantly interrupted this way...

I wouldn't recommend buying this game. Instead, watch a playthrough to experience the music as well as the visuals. The gameplay is not that important.