Nintendo DS
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( - Innovative Gameplay Style: Strategy and role-playing elements that function harmoniously in the puzzle gameboard setting offer a refreshing twist on classic puzzle gameplay, fostering an exceptional depth of investment and enjoyment.
- Head-to-Head Gameplay Mechanism: Competitive, turn-based gameplay encourages you to plan, think and strategize against opponents instead of just react like most traditional puzzle games - game difficulty and progression are related to outsmarting your enemies as opposed to difficulty increasing solely through level progression.
- No Penalty For Losing: If you experience defeat, you are still awarded experience points as well as partial gold and then encouraged to try again - this allows constant progression and avoids any feelings that invested play time is wasted.
- Continuous Reward System: At every turn, you will acquire helpful companions, collect or cast powerful magic spells, gather informational "rumours," and obtain items like weapons, armour and money to advance your hero.
- Short or Long-term Play Sessions: Play in long or short doses since the depth of the game does not waver according to the length of a gameplay session - each battle ranges from 3-10 minutes.
- Create and Build a Hero: Choose from two male and two female avatars in each of the four character classes - Druid, Knight, Warrior and Wizard - to create, develop and customise your ultimate hero.
- Build Your Own Empire: Build an empire as you capture cities, build castles and gain a party of companions that will aid you in battle.
- Single-player: Battle against the computer AI as you embark on more than 150 challenging quests.
- Instant Action: Jump in and immediately play continuous battles to level up your character without participating in quests.
- Multiplayer: Battle live opponents via wireless connectivity.
Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords is a brand new, genre-bending title that ups the ante on traditional puzzle games by incorporating strategy, role-playing elements and a persistent storyline.
Set in the Warlords universe, the game challenges players to save the land of Etheria from evil Lord Bane as gamers engage in battles fought by means of competitive, head-to-head "match-three" style puzzle games in one of three gameplay modes: Single-player, Instant Action or Multiplayer. Victory will advance a player's customisable hero, magical arsenal, creature companions and more - ultimately rewarding gamers at nearly every turn and deepening their immersion into the richly diverse world. The game's remarkable mix of classic puzzle gameplay and an abundant suite of characters, customisations, spells, companions, tameable monsters and more provides a fresh take on the puzzle genre that offers endless hours of replayability.
Designed specifically for handheld gaming systems, Puzzle Quest can be enjoyed in long or short doses, cultivating a casual but deeply satisfying and compelling gameplay experience.
Average rating (8 reviews)
Puzzle Perfection.
Harmunt | 20/05/2008 | See all Harmunt's reviews (8) »
The simple formula laid down by the likes of Bejeweled and Zoo Keeper transformed to a fantasy adventure complete with hit points and spells.
This is amazingly addictive and guaranteed to be wedged in your DS for weeks to come.
Good use of the touchscreen and dual screen which reduces screen clutter somewhat. Particular note must go to the music which is great and perfectly suited to the game story and backdrop.
simply frustrating!
PJACE1 | 08/03/2008 | See all PJACE1's reviews (19) »
having played this on my psp i was looking forward to playing this on the ds.....how wrong was i....when playing and moving the items on the "game square" i found it very hard to pick and move the gems,skulls etc to the correct spot and selecting the chap on the map and bringing up the menu for selecting quests,shop,tavern was a pain too,you have to be exact on the mark..or could it be i have bad eyesight??? the psp was so simple just move the directional buttons so why couldnt they have done that here as well.......
great game but badly done on the ds
Addictive
markh117 | 16/02/2008 | See all markh117's reviews (5) »
I got this game for my mom for christmas and so far ive played it way more than her.
i got this for her to bridge the gap between casual puzzle games and games with a plot and it seams to have worked.
At its heart its a very simple puzzle game but the added plot and leveling up of skills keep this feeling new and fresh. If your a fan of puzzle games then this is a must get game, or its a great gift (esp at this price) to get casual gamers into more deeper plot based games.
Me and my Mom both love this game
3+ (PEGI) |
