Customer Reviews

Puzzle Quest

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

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.

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.

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...

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.

I really dislike Bejeweled, but somehow, mixing the same gameplay with an RPG storyline and a few spells makes it all better.

The biggest problem with this game is that it's impossible to explain to someone without making sound like the lamest game on the market. "You see, you run around questing for monsters, but instead of fighting them, you play Bejeweled until they're dead."

Give someone 10 minutes playing time, however, and it becomes obvious how good this game is. Addictive gameplay keeps you going long after you planned to stop.

I can't believe how great this game is.

What's it like? It is like Bejeweled with a twist of a role playing accompanied with a wonderful "Lord of the Rings" type of soundtrack. I like the soundtrack so much, I've looked it up on youtube just to listen to it at work. It's a highly addictive game and worth very penny. Believe me, you won't be able to put it down.

Now if you are not a fan of role playing, then this might be for you. The graphics are simple here, no high tech videos or button mashing here folks.

What is great about this game is that it shows that you don't need to have all the fancy graphics, etc. to make a great game.

Enjoy and peace out!

Got this recently, more for my son and wife, than me. But, I tried it, and am hooked!

It's highly addicting. The monsters that popup all over the place as you do your quests can become a bit tiresome, battling them over and over again. However,there is so much depth to the game, compared to regular Bejeweled type games, it's definitely a keeper!:

1)Building your Citadel up, which opens up many game options.

2)Capturing monsters to gain their spells. Then, learning these spells with different type of puzzles, than regular battles.

3)Capturing evil cities, for income and access to your Citadel at them.

4)Battling harder monsters in battles for runes that you can use to make superior items to wear.

Just the fact of the game having a lot of role playing game elements makes it quite addicting to play. There are not many games I have played that can keep you playing for as long at one sitting as I have played this since I got it. If you are familiar, the Civilization series of games would be the most addicting game ever made.

On top of all else, this game has a lot of replayability. And, it's fun to play the versus on your home network, or internet, with your friends and family.

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!

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.

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.