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Very disappointing port

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 32 / 32
Date: December 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As someone that spent way too much time playing the Puzzle Quest demo for the PC, I was really looking forward to finally playing this game. I picked it up for the Wii so that my fiancee (who loves Bejeweled) could play it with me.

However, while it is exactly the same 5-star game under the hood, its appearance and interface on the Wii make it a 2-star version. The first time I fired it up, my fiancee said, "Ew." The graphics don't translate to the TV, at all - I tried it both on my big screen and on a 20" standard def screen and the text is nearly impossible to read, and the graphics get mangled by the translation. It just looks... ugly.

Furthermore, this was the first game on the Wii where they didn't use the Wii interface correctly -- instead of using the "point at the letters" keyboard interface that every other Wii game uses, this makes you hit up and down on the d-pad to slowly scroll through every letter in order to enter your name! Furthermore, the pointer used to move jewels on the board is very shaky, meaning that it will falsely make moves for you, costing you your turn as well as some life. You can get around it by switching to the "nunchuck controls", which also doesn't make a lot of sense, since the nunchuck isn't used for anything but the c and z buttons -- which could have easily been put on the 1 and 2, avoiding the need to two-hand the controls for the game at all, which just feels very awkward.

It also doesn't support play over the internet, which is pretty disappointing.

While puzzle quest is an awesome game, I would recommend that everyone avoid this port of it like the plague, and pick up the PC version instead. The appearance and interface issues with this version just suck all the fun out of it.

Huge disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: December 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I eagerly anticipated PuzzleQuest for the Wii.

Everything said in the previous review echoes my experience with this game. It's hard to stress enough the difficulty I had reading the text on screen - it made me dizzy and I was only able to play for a short time. The controls don't work well, so you lose points and die making moves you didn't really make.

This was an exercise in frustration and a waste of money. They should have spent more time and actually made it Wii friendly. Grrr. This gives the abomination of a game called Chicken Shoot" fierce competition for worst Wii game.

Not that bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this because I can't ever seem to get my DS lite version away from wife and thought it would be fun to see how the game translates on the WII.

As you can tell from the other reviews, the game doesn't utilize the WII remote very well, but you also have to realize that not every game will translate well to the WII. I use the optional controller method and the majority of my action utilizes the D-pad on the WII remote with the A button. I actually found this to be more relaxing and comfortable than constantly pointing the WII remote. A bejeweled type game really wasn't a good candidate for WII anyways, but at least they are making the game available.

The graphics and gameplay so far are nothing to write home about. It is simply a translation of the hand held version to the WII system. I was a little disappointed in that.

The text is a little small, but I do use a 40" widescreen LCD and don't find it intolerable. I don't plan on playing this game for hours at a time.

Overall, the game is priced well below what most WII games start at. If you already own Puzzlequest then I would pass on this. If you don't then I would buy the DS Lite version. However, if you don't have a DS Lite and want to play the game then I think this version is fine. Ultimately, the game is very addictive but you do have to know in advance what you are getting into and the limitations that are built into the WII version. At it's heart this is really a handheld game.

Rent it- dont buy it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love puzzle type games and RPGs so why not buy it?
The graphics are terrible, there is alot of reading, and at this point I dont get what to really do with the game, its not a very fun game and I think Ill be turning this one into the used game store.

Terrible Port

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Get another version. The controls are terrible (both control options), the audio is glitchy and the text is barely readable without a digital TV. It's not the Wii's fault, this is shoddy programming.

Major Disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my wife because she was obsessed with the Nintendo DS version. The Wii version is a major disappointment and a major piece of programing trash! Starting off with character creation you can't even make a custom name for your character because when you create your character it changes the last letter in the name to A... so instead of a character named Amy the characters name is AmA.

The text in the game is so small you have to be sitting 2 feet away to read what it actually says. Very disappointed that this was a huge waste of a gift I though was going to be lots of fun.

If you can look past the flaws, it's still a gem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: December 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A lot of folks are saying some seriously negative stuff about this port and I think a lot of it is whining. I've read all the complaints with the Wii version of this awesome game, and after playing it, I do agree with all of them. The pointing mechanic is flawed, the text is stupidly small, there's no widescreen support, and the music transitions are nonexistant.

But.... none of these flaws are crippling and can be lived with easily. I think this port is still worth buying if you like your Wii, so I'm going to defend it and go over each big flaw:

1) Pointing with the Wii: many people complain they keep making mistakes because it's hard to point. I had this same problem at first, but found that if you PUSH AND HOLD A on a tile, it will only let you swap it with one next to it and won't swap until you release the button. This cut down my mistakes to zero. Easily remedied.

2) The text is small: Yeah. It's small. I have a 29" widescreen lcd so unlike a lot of other reviewers, my TV isn't huge. But the text is still readable if I sit around 6 feet away, which is a pretty reasonable distance. I've had no eye strain and I have pretty bad vision to start with, so if you're willing to sit just a bit closer, this problem is solved as well.

3) No widescreen support: It's true the image stretches, but so what? Your other options are to buy it for a handheld system (which will be a small screen) or to buy it for some other system. The stretching really doesn't make the game look that bad.

4) No music transitions: This one is a stupid one and I have no idea why a programmer didn't just spend 10 minutes to add in some crossfade or something, but this negative to the game is also just niggling. I play with my TV hooked up to a nice sound system and I think the tradeoff of no transitions with being able to hear a richer sound is perfectly fine.

After reading these reviews, you KNOW what you're in for, so if you think you can look past these small flaws to enjoy the game, do it. If not, buy it for another platform. I personally find playing Puzzle Quest on the Wii very enjoyable, but no one is forcing you to buy this version if you don't want to!

Puzze Quest is great...just not on the Wii

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not entirely sure who is to blame for it, but Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords for the Wii is a huge disappointment. The game has no widescreen mode for 480p televisions, the text is too tiny to read comfortably, and the gameplay is hampered by bad controls.

The developer clearly does not "get it" when it comes to Wii games. The one thing that tipped me off right away was the name entry screen. While I would normally expected a sort of pop-up keyboard approach to entering text (a very common and convenient interface component adopted by many games) the alternative was to enter each letter by scrolling through the alphabet. And since each new letter entered started back at A, you had to traverse the entire alphabet once just to get to the lowercase letters. Even then, if you entered a name eight characters long, your name would end in the letter A. Bugs like these are unacceptable in modern gaming.

This game was rushed out the door, which is unfortunate since it has enjoyed success on other platforms. Having played it on the 360, I suggest sticking with that, and using your Wii for more Metroid-oriented pursuits.

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was looking for a game that would be fun to play on the wii. I'm sure this is fine on a regular computer but there's too much point and click for the wii. Even my kids got bored! I was disappointed with the graphics, it's very still and the only animation is a moving map. Overall, a bit clunky.

The handheld smash comes to the Wii

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Perhaps you've heard of Puzzle Quest? A unique blend of RPG and puzzle game elements, Puzzle Quest became a bit of a smash on handhelds not too long ago, and now it's made it's way to home consoles, including the Wii. For those who have never played it before, Puzzle Quest puts you in the shoes of a young warrior, and the usual RPG story and gameplay elements are pretty much applied afterwards as well. However, you don't engage in turn based or real time combat per se', but instead battle it out in a Bejeweled-style puzzle battle. What would normally get boring is spiced up with the injection of other RPG elements straight into the puzzle gameplay, making it all the more strategic, as well as addictive. What hurts Puzzle Quest, particularly the Wii version, is what others have complained about thus far as well: the presentation is very cramped. Reading text is incredibly difficult as the font size is quite small to say the least, which can be quite a detraction from the gameplay experience. It should also be noted that the controls for the Wii version are nothing to write home about either. Otherwise, for veterans of Puzzle Quest, you'll find that nothing else has changed, but there isn't anything new either. Online play would have been more than welcome, but there is none to be found, and the higher price for the Wii version of the game with nothing extra added to the package is disappointing as well. Those flaws aside, Puzzle Quest for the Wii is still worth checking out for RPG and/or puzzle fans looking for something a little different.

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