dteowner
Shoegazer
Puzzle Quest 2
They did a nice job getting back some of the magic they lost with Galactrix, but somehow this one still didn't quite have the addictive quality of the original. I found that I both needed and wanted to spread the game out significantly, doing no more than a handful of rooms per session, unlike my time with the original where I could (and did) play for hours on end. I purchased it thru Steam and the Steam achievements were a nice "side motivator", if utterly meaningless to the game itself. The story was completely forgetable, but that's not really what this sort of game is all about anyway.
I don't know whether I've finally burned out my enthusiasm for match-3 games or whether the series has ultimately lost its way, but one way or another I was ready for the game to be over a while before it was and it will be a good while before I fire it up again.
Still, for all my complaints, PQ2 is a fun game and they've done a nice job adding some variety to gameplay that was missing in PQ1. If you're looking for a casual game with touches of RPG that can be played in small bursts, PQ2 is a fine choice, particularly if it's your first purchase in the series and the whole formula is fresh.
They did a nice job getting back some of the magic they lost with Galactrix, but somehow this one still didn't quite have the addictive quality of the original. I found that I both needed and wanted to spread the game out significantly, doing no more than a handful of rooms per session, unlike my time with the original where I could (and did) play for hours on end. I purchased it thru Steam and the Steam achievements were a nice "side motivator", if utterly meaningless to the game itself. The story was completely forgetable, but that's not really what this sort of game is all about anyway.
I don't know whether I've finally burned out my enthusiasm for match-3 games or whether the series has ultimately lost its way, but one way or another I was ready for the game to be over a while before it was and it will be a good while before I fire it up again.
Still, for all my complaints, PQ2 is a fun game and they've done a nice job adding some variety to gameplay that was missing in PQ1. If you're looking for a casual game with touches of RPG that can be played in small bursts, PQ2 is a fine choice, particularly if it's your first purchase in the series and the whole formula is fresh.