Bliss Island

Bliss Island is a puzzle video game developed by PomPom Games and published by Codemasters for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Portable.^[1] An Xbox Live Arcade version was released on March 12, 2008.

Bliss Island
European cover art
Developer(s)	PomPom Games
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Platform(s)	Windows, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Release	Windows EU: May 30, 2006 PlayStation Portable EU: December 8, 2006 AU: January 26, 2007 Xbox 360 NA: March 12, 2008 EU: March 12, 2008
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Bliss Island is mainly played using an analog stick and an action button. Most of the modes involve making one of the colorful characters reach A to B, destroying a certain enemy or making an item move into a certain place.

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	PC: 69.50%[2] PSP: 47.50%[3] X360: 41.15%[4]
Metacritic	X360: 43/100[5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Eurogamer	5/10[6]
GamePro	4.5/5[7]
GameSpot	3.5/10[8]
IGN	3.5/10[9]
TeamXbox	3/10[10]
VideoGamer.com	4/10[11]
Pocket Gamer	5/10[12]

Reception

Bliss Island received mixed to negative reviews from critics upon release, with the Xbox 360 version getting the most negative reviews compared to the other versions of the game. On Metacritic, the Xbox 360 version of the game holds a score of 43/100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[5] On GameRankings, the game holds scores of 69.50% for the PC version based on two reviews,^[2] 47.50% for the PSP version based on eight reviews,^[3] and 41.15% for the Xbox 360 version based on 13 reviews.^[4]