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Nice Little Time-Waster

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Depending on your viewpoint & your gaming status, Puzzle Quest is either WOW Light or Bejeweled on steroids. This game combines aspects of both titles & ends up being a nice little hybrid game. Casual gamers will like its quick & easy pace; while hardcore gamers will appreciate its homage to WOW w/out the time demands. Play is intuitive & easy to learn. As w/WOW, each player can customize his style of play. All ages should enjoy this game; & the price is nice, too!

Great Little Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had read an article about this game in a computer magazine and being a fairly active gamer and relatively busy, I thought I would see if this game was worth its incredible review. It is.

It is an incredibly addictive game that does not require any learning curve and you can walk away from the game for 2 weeks and return as if you never left it.

You can choose 1 of 4 types of characters to play (the fighter, knight, wizard and druid) and each type had its specific strengths and weaknesses as you would expect (fighters have more hit points and do more damage than a wizard, etc...). Each class also has different spells in the combat segment which plays like the Bejeweled game (a fun game in itself) where you try to match 3 (or more) of the same colored gems in a grid and when yo do, they disappear and are replaced. However, the spells CHANGE the bejewled game into something more challenging and very deep and soon, you are looking at both getting certain types of colored gems yourself while preventing the computer from getting what they want for their spells. Each type of "monster" that you fight has different spells so each time you "fight" a monster, you always want your stones, but they will proboably want different ones (I suppose that a giant bat has a different taste in gems than a skeleton).

Your character will level and each level you can put points (4) into raising a skill which effects your health, damage, each of the 4 magic types (color types) and so forth. This is where it is easier for a knight to have more hit points because it is easier (you spend less points) to raise that attribute than a druid (for instance) but likewise for a druid to invest in magic than a knight. Magic helps you cast your spells when you have the required number of gems.

The game also has a light but interresting ( and comical) story to it as well. You can follow the plot without writting notes or really worrying about it. As well, whenever you accept a mission of some sort (up to 4 missions are allowed), you can put your cursor over the mission on the screen and a neat little red arrow shows you in which direction to go!

This is a must for the casual gamer. 8 year olds might enjoy this game as well as an adult. This will not be removed from my hard drive for a long time!

A Good RPG Puzzler.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My first experience with Puzzle Quest was in the original PC demo. I am a big fan of RPG's, puzzle games, and the old Warlords titles so I was excited to play. I must have run through that demo a dozen times. I was so excited for the full version to release on the PSP so I could play it anytime, anywhere.

I was soon disappointed. I am slightly color blind so I have trouble with the colors of some of the gems, but it was no problem in the demo because I just used the runes on them to easily tell them apart. The PSP's screen is a lot smaller than my computer monitor and the developer didn't bother making the runes easier to read on it so I was repeatedly defeated by the weakest of enemies. I knew I would have the same problem on the DS since it's screens are even smaller, so I just knew I would need to wait for the full PC version or a larger console version.

One day while looking around Amazon I noticed that they had it here. I picked it up and it's as awesome as I remember. You also don't need to keep the CD in the drive so you can just load it up and run a few quests at the drop of a hat. So far the development is solid and I haven't run into any bugs (or undocumented features). I do wish that it had at least a little bit more documentation, but the tiny slip of paper should get anyone started, especially if they have run through the demo. One can always ask Google for help, but the game isn't at all confusing and is very straight-forward.

The graphics are pretty good. They are very reminiscent of Warlords. Much of them appears hand drawn, which is probably why the cut scenes are not animated. The sound and music are good as well. The music was one of the best features of Warlords and much of that music still seems to be there.

The single most important part of any RPG is the story. The story so far in Puzzle Quest is pretty good, somewhere between three and four stars. The characters run the gamut between sympathetic and filler. You do keep playing to find out what happens to everyone.

Gameplay is pretty good. It's very easy to play, especially if you have played any of the flash games that the puzzle combat parts are based on. I haven't seen any harsh penalties for losing a battle. You often are immediately given another chance to do better. The game does keep a record of your wins and losses against various enemies. Different kinds of enemies have different skills and advantages over you. You also gain allies throughout the game and they furnish you with advantages against various enemies. Some of the RPG elements let you gain equipment to improve your character and skills as well.

It would be nice if there was some voice acting in the cut scenes, but the game is under $20 and I'm sure having competent voice actors would have driven the price up a lot. I can deal with the reading of dialog. While the story is good, it could have been a bit better. It may get better as I go along, though so I won't penalize it too much. For what it is, the game does a good job. Sometimes I think the enemy a.i. could be a bit better. I will sometimes make a mistake and leave the enemy with a great opening but they won't notice, leaving me with a chance to use it against them. Artificial Intelligence can be difficult to program, though so I won't hold it aginst them too much. The enemy still does a passable jog of keeping things interesting. You will see what I mean the first time a rat defeats you.

It's a pretty good game, and for $20 you really can't go wrong. If you want a quick puzzle game with a decent story I think you will like this game.

Simply Fun and Addictive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had played this on a Nintendo DS and decided I wanted my own copy for the PC. It's a great game and I think even more enjoyable on the PC. In fact, my wife plays it and she hates video games! Very quick learning curve, good sound and graphics, and the official patch that you can download adds a few noticable "tweaks" to the game. One tip, if it fails to run after install you need to run the patch. I'd recommend this to just about anyone.

A simple, yet very addictive game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A VERY addicting game that is a variation of 'Bejeweled' with RPG features.

This is an ongoing adventure/quest game that is entirely playable with the mouse; you compete against computer generated opponents on a 'bejeweled' styled game board. If you win you get money and XPs with which you can buy upgrades in the form of magic spells, rings, equipment etc. that make you stronger and more powerful.

There were things I liked about this game, but a couple of concerns as well...let me explain

1.)An extremely simple and addicting game. I player for hours; I played until my eyes were so sore they felt like they're going to fall out. You could waste an incredible amount of time playing with a 'just one more game, one more level' attitude.

2.)I downloaded this game from 'Steam' and there was no manual with it (in fact, I couldn't find a manual anywhere, even on the website from the manufacturer). And although game play, on its own, was simple enough, there were some game skills (basically on how to combine 'runes' to make powerful weapons) that seemed difficult to understand without some input from a manual; and without these 'new runes' you have almost no chance of winning this game. I had reached a point were my character seemed to reach a plateau were I was stuck; I had all the building options available, tons of money etc. The game was becoming very repetitive because I could beat all the 'regular' enemy with comparative ease; yet, I was so obviously underpowered against some of the stronger opponents (opponents that I needed to defeat to progress) that I realized my skills levels would take months of play (given the relatively SMALL & SLOW upgrades to my character) to get to a level where 'I might' beat some of these very strong foes.

3.)The game saves automatically when you exit it; a good feature.

Conclusions:
1.)A fun, compelling game that keeps you playing.
2.)It's reasonably priced.
3.)The availability of an online instruction booklet would have been appreciated not only for general game tips but how to develop a strategy that would allow you to win the game.

Depth?! In a puzzle game??

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What am I going to say that other reviewers haven't? If you are a nut who loves matching grid puzzles, you should have no problem playing this game. If you love RPGs but hate the endless overly dramatic combat sequences you must endure to fight a rabbit for that one last XP, this game is for you.

Granted, you will find yourself doing a awful lot of matching, but PQ does an admirable job of varying the game play for different scenarios. Destroy anvils to forge new equipment, match up certain quantities of each of the elements to learn new spells, clear the board to capture monsters and mounts. The rules change with every encounter, particularly since each foe has a set of special abilities that can radically change the tide of the game, or just slightly annoy you. You yourself have a large selection of spells and skills that you can manipulate the game grid with, changing the color of certain elemental gems, clearing a row or column, wholesale destruction of specific types or strategic removal of a single piece. I do enjoy how carrying certain special items can compliment your selected skills to create devastating combos.

While the mechanics of the game center around the matching puzzle motif, the spells, skills, equipment, game types and foes vary this up so much that you can find yourself staying up way too late to get that last twenty gold so you can buy the siege tower and capture cities for your empire...

A puzzle game good enough to suck you in for awhile

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In a nutshell, Puzzle Quest takes a decent grid/object match game and ads another layer of complexity by adding [computerized] opponents with different abilities and various spells you can use to augment your simply object-matching turns by either protecting yourself from additional danger in some magical fashion or put your opponent in a poorer position by "casting spells" at him/her that either impair his/her ability to attack you, or do direct damage to him.

This extra element turns a simple puzzle game into something a little bit more deep. You're not simply matching colors in a grid to eliminate them Tetris-style. Straight elimination of objects is augmented by the magic associated with the game. A certain type of energy is required to cast a spell that makes you a stronger player. Eliminating X objects of color Y gives you enough "mana" (magical energy) to cast a spell that protects you or damages your foe.

Andy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

An EXCELLENT game particularly for the price. A complex RPG type game with many, many options to improve your character. Battle is on a "Bejeweled" type board with many options an variations. Battle is tough (but not impossible) and requires a fair amount of strategy if you are going to defeat the opponent. Even if you loose a battle you acquire some experience and gold and have a choice of trying again or moving to somewhere else on the map to find a maybe easier battle. All in all a VERY addictive game and well worth the money.

Surprising!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game looks silly, but it is in fact one of the most fun things anyone can ever do. It is incredibly addictive and can keep you interested for hours at a time.

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