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Misleading

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I thought Puzzle Quest would be a series of different puzzles. As it turns out it is just one puzzle played over and over again. It's really a terrible game. Don't waste your money.

if you want to avoid a role-playing-game, avoid this one

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Looking for something for ds like Bejeweled, but this one is not it. I looked at Jewel Quest, and it's ok, but I'll keep looking. (I know about the zoo animal one, and I don't think I could stand the graphics! I'm 61.)
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Endless game of Bejeweled

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: August 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game I was under the impression it consisted of a series of DIFFERENT puzzles. My fault for not doing enough researach. This game is a mind numbing endless game of Bejeweled. At least in regular RPGs when you get to a higher level the lower level characters are easy to beat and a fight doesn't last that long. This game however, takes an endless amount of time to complete a fight no matter what your level. I don't understand why there are so many high ratings on this game. If you like the idea of playing bejeweled over and over and over and over then you will like this game. There is no challenge and the story line is non existent.

Not what I expected

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is puzzle meets warrior. It is not what I expected when I purchased a puzzle game. You have to collect points to advance etc. You have to invest a lot more time than I am willing to get very far in the game, not the type you can just pick up occasionally and enjoy.

This game is boring.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I tried to like this game. I love RPG's, I love puzzle games. I played and played hoping it would get more interesting, but it didn't. It's the same lame puzzle over and over and over, and the RPG-side doesn't make up for it. It wasn't addictive at all, I had to force myself to keep playing. Cool idea for a game, this one's a failure. My guess is the people who rave about this game are more of the checkers type than chess.

May be okay for some.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My version is for the Nintendo DS lite. I did not really enjoy this game. Perhaps it is fun for some, but I did not find it to be. It is just a glorified "Bejeweled" game with a weak story line. Plus,it is somewhat difficult to understand the objective. I suppose you might enjoy it if you are a fan of fantasy games.

puzzle quest: challenge of the warlords

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

wasn't what I thought it was going to be. looking for something like 7 wonders of the world.

Entertaining but too easy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Seeing that there are quite a few reviews on this game already Ill summarize mine as much as possible:

I own 2 videogame stores and have played games forever, my best genres are puzzle, strategy and rpg. I have played a lot of Tetris and Advance Wars to name a couple.

Why did I buy this game?
- Because it was a puzzle/rpg game with good reviews for the DS

Basicaly you take turns with your opponent to join 3 (or more) same-type symbols and you get either:
- Red Mana (for spells)
- Blue Mana (for spells)
- Green Mana (for spells)
- Yellow Mana (for spells)
- Gold (to buy in shops)
- Experience (to level up)
- Deal damage to opponent

Pros:
- Easy to learn
- Much more than a puzzle game
- Quick to jump into the action
- Combos!
- Computer plays fast and is not stupid
- Non-linear gameplay, go wherever you want on the map
- Four different classes to choose from: Druid, Warrior, Mage
- Two save slots
- You can have npc join your party

Cons:
- Too easy! My high lvl warrior has spells that kill anything, fast.
- Finished the game in about 8 days playing many hours a day
- Quests are boring (but hey, its a puzzle game remember)
- You have to be very careful with the stylus (sometimes it does something you didnt want to do)
- Lots of the items for sale are worthless
- npcs that join your party do not have much impact on the fights

Conclusion:
- Needs a "HARD" mode where the enemies could have double HP or something =)
- Theres plenty of space for improvement and I cant wait for Puzzle Quest II !!

Addictive and Clever

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this game because my husband is a complete game junkie and wants almost every new game that's released. He wanted this one, and I thought it sounded like a good addition to our multi-player library. But out of the two of us, I'm the one who plays this most. It's a Bejeweled style "swap to make three of a kind" style game layered inside an RPG world, with one innovative twist. It's an opposed game, so you are playing against the computer (or another geek in multiplayer mode). The gems that you swap either give you mana points towards spells you can cast, experience, gold or do direct damage to your opponent. First one out of hit points loses the challenge. The nice thing is there's no penalty for losing (you don't really gain anything, but you don't lose anything either) so nothing's lost but the time. I sometimes wish they had given you a "flee" or "surrender" option so you can quit a fight you know you'll lose and move on faster. If there's no more moves available on that board everyone's mana gets drained, the board refreshes and you basically start all over (hit points don't refresh though, that's a blessing). This can make some fights go on FOREVER.

The quests are occasionally amusing, but the real fun is the puzzles. I have noticed one odd thing about them though, there seems to be a finite number of starting arrangements for the board. There's multiple options open after each move, so no two games play exactly the same way, but as I play the same boards over again I am able to remember which were good moves and repeat them. This is handy against some of the tougher opponents.

There's also a "citadel" where you can do some character improvement. Capturing enemies, training riding mounts, learning new spells and crafting new items happens in your home city. You can capture others to increase your gold supply as well. I've just now started playing with this section of the game. There's two twists on the standard puzzle game here. To capture enemies you must completely clear a set number of gems from a board. They're usually arranged in some colorful pattern, and there's only one way that lets you clear them all. To learn a spell from a captured monster you have the standard puzzle board, but you're trying to match a certain amount of gems and scrolls. Scrolls are only created by matching 4 or more at once. To craft items it's the same game, only with anvils occasionally dropping as well as being created. These are actually much harder than the standard game, since no more moves means you lose, not just you start over.

The puzzles use the touch screen to swap gems around, which is a good use of this DS feature. The downside is the puzzle is on about HALF the touch screen, which means a 10x10 grid of gems is mighty tiny. Not for those with poor eyesight. And it's very easy to 'graze' a gem you didn't mean to get, causing you to make an 'illegal move' and lose a turn. ARGH! The list of available spells takes up the rest of the screen, and the top screen is showing your mana, status effects, hit points, etc. I understand why they did it,I just wish there had been another option.

All told this is a great DS game.

Good, not great puzzle game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun, but it gets old fast. It's basically Bejeweled on steroids, but if you don't already LOVE Bejeweled, this game won't make you love it. The RPG elements seem tacked on - there is no story to speak of, and that's usually the only reason I play RPGs. If you're looking for some hard Bejeweled with some leveling up, get this game. If you're not, don't.

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