Monday, May 28, 2007

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (DS, PSP)

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Another day, another slightly late review. Well, part of it is I've been busy lately. Most of it is I'm lazy. Let's get on with this then.

Story: You play the role of a young hero (gender and class chosen by you) and must help save the world from a great evil, the walking dead and all that. Of course you don't start out saving the world. Slowly you are drawn into it by doing missions for your Queen. It's not a great story, but you won't really notice the loss of good plot too much. 3/5

Audio: The tracks are completely forgettable. 2/5

Graphics: The characters all have art portraits which look nice, but the map is rather lackluster. This game isn't a graphics heavy game because it does not need to be though. 3/5

Gameplay: And why do graphics not really matter? Because this game is really an eleborate version of Bejeweled with a plot and some RPG elements. During combat a board appears with red, yellow, blue, green, purple, coin, and skull icons on it. You damage your enemy by lining up skull icons, while th read, yellow, blue, and green icons will fill your various mana stores when you match them up. By collecting mana you can use different skills that you have learned. Your character levels up by defeating opponents or by lining up purple icons on the combat board. You can also earn money through missions and combat. Outside of combat you can use the money to buy new equipment which will have various effects during battle or to upgrade your keep. If you have a dungeon or stable you can capture monsters and learn skills from them. The game operates by quests. There are the main quests, and there are side quests which you can take to help level up or gain more items. If you are defeated in combat, which you can expect to happen, you don't get a game over. Instead you keep the experience you found on the board and reappear on the world map. 4/5

Replay: You might try playing as a different job class, but in the lnog run I don't think it makes any difference. 2/5

Overall: Though the story, graphics, and audio are lackluster, this is a terribly addictive game. you will find yourself playing and losing track of the world around you. It does get frusterating sometimes as the computer seems to get lucky a lot, and battles can be very hard to win. Still it's a good game and I recommend it. 4/5

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