User Reviews (1 - 11 of 20)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

I'm guilty of playing with this many hours a day!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's a Puzzle game with a touch of roleplaying in it. I didn't know it was that kind of game when I purchased it on Amazon since it was on sale. I bought almost every game that was on sale at Amazon for the Wii. When I open it, start playing with it and see what happens, I was surprised that it was not just a puzzle game. I'm extremely happy with my purchase. Both my friend and I are addicted to this game on the Wii AND on the DS.

Puzzle Lover!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I hve no idea what all the negative reviews are about! I got this game and have been hooked since. It's full screen on a 56" HDTV, the graphics are perfect, I can read the words just fine. I'm already addicted and I LOVE IT!

I love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I dont know why this game is getting such bad reviews, me and my husband LOVE it. The controls are not bad as others have said; you just have to be careful when you point the wii remote as it should be. As for the game cheating, LOL I think all games cheat some when I'm losing but what fun would a game be if you won every battle or finished the game in 3 hours. Then people would be screaming it was too easy and where would the challenge be. The only thing wrong with this game is it keeps me up too late doing 'just one more quest'. Out of all our wii games, and yes we have lots, this is one of our favorites and the replay value is awesome. No two battles are the same, how many other games can say that.

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!

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.

Thoroughly addictive, with minor flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My wife and I both find this game completely addictive. We play on a 42" LCD that does a good job of up-converting (many TVs don't), and while the graphics and text are definitely not hi-def they're more than good enough. The storyline lets you take different tracks through, and consequences vary based on the decisions one makes - from the initial definition of the avatar on. The puzzles are challenging enough to make you think, easy enough - once you figure out the 'rules' - that you can do it as a relaxing mental exercise. But one with enough challenge to keep you involved.

There are sometimes problems with the control, where the system reads a minor twitch as a move, that can result in pretty bad consequences when the move you were trying to make goes wrong. But you know what? That's part of the game. You do that once, and you remember for a long time to be very careful how you move. Besides, the only consequence is that you may lose a particular battle and have to play it again, it's not like you were sent all the way back to the beginning of the game.

It is possible - in fact, probably even likely - to get access to a very difficult match when you don't yet have the points to succeed. This makes you have to come back and try again after doing some less difficult matches to build up your points, and probably helps to stay involved with the game.

Sometimes playing feels repetitive, and we take a break for a little while. But when we come back to it it's fresh again. My most advanced avatar is at level 42 right now - I recommend creating multiple different avatars so you can play it through in different ways.

It's not for finger-twitchers, gore-lovers, or probably even most devotees of FPSs. But if you like puzzle-solving in an interesting mythical world you'll probably enjoy this.

Puzzle Quest

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun to play. It's an easy game to pick up on. My only issue with it is the graphics. The game is on the Wii, so I didn't expect too much out of it, but there is a fair amount of reading in the game and the words are hard to make out. My TV is a 32" High definition Flat screen and the words can be fuzzy, almost to the point of being unreadable.

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.

Don't get for Wii unless TV is HUGE

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun.. It's very similar to Bejeweled but with a little twist. The only issue is that if you get this game for Wii, the text on a majority of the screens is physically impossible to read. I'm not sure how it works on other systems. I had a 27" TV and could NOT read the words. I recently upgraded to a 50" flat screen and it's still not the easiest read in the world, but it's legible now. If you like Bejeweled with a plot, this game is for you.

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.

Review Page: 1 2 Next 

Actions