Puzzle Quest

by ValuSoft

Product Features

• For the first-time ever in a puzzle game embark on an epic single-player campaign comprising more than 150 challenging quests.
• Create and build a hero from one of four unique classes who gains skills, spells, weapons and more over the course of the game.
• Battle other Warlords for supremacy via multiplayer

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VRH6UE
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 22, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,218 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #96 in Video Games > PC Games > Role-Playing

Product Description

Unique and addictive game play that blends classic puzzle game play with RPG-style character and story elements.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andy, December 3, 2007

By 

E. D. Andersen "Andy" (Gresham, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Puzzle Quest (Video Game)

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.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A simple, yet very addictive game, February 23, 2008

By 

R. Nicholson - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Puzzle Quest (Video Game)

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 one concern as well...let me explain

The good:

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

3.)Several 'heroes' to choose from; each with their own particular skills, strengths and weaknesses.

The con: (singular)

No instruction manual! 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 combos' you have almost no chance of winning this game.

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Depth?! In a puzzle game??, February 8, 2008

By 

William C. Stern "Billazilla" (Columbia, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Puzzle Quest (Video Game)

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...