Pokémon Ruby, overall, is a great game to play. The graphics are decent, and make it enjoyable to play. The graphics for the game are cute, and attracts a whole range of ages to play and get addicted to. The depth in this game is pretty decent. In Pokémon sapphire you have team aqua, who tries to expand the sea for water Pokémon. In ruby, its the opposite and team magma tries to increase the land for land Pokémon. The difficulty for this game is perhaps not as difficult as the old school Pokémon as we all know and love, but there is still a decent amount of challenges. Especially in the gyms, they mostly all have puzzles you must solve in order to get to the gym leader. The sound is also very good, and I haven't yet noticed a skip in the sound track, and it feels as if I am still playing this game on my game boy advance. This Pokémon game is unique, because it has a different set of Pokémon then Pokémon sapphire. I suggest you look up which different Pokémon come for either game. This game to me is better then sapphire, but its all in opinion. I really suggest you give this game a whirl. Enjoy!