These are impressions after only an hours play!
Puzzle Quest: BOTW is a fantastic game some, may even call it a revolution, combining RPG and puzzle gameplay to great results. Sadly Galacrtix lives nowhere near upto the first game, infact it is hard to tell they are from the same developer, this game feels like a bad rushed Puzzle Quest rip off set in space and not the sequal it should be.
I just can't understand what the developer was thinking, giving the game such a major overhaul.
As most of you wil know the core gameplay has had a HUGE overhaul and this is where my main problems lie. The new grid works in the way that the direction you match, is the direction the new tiles come in from. This would be ok if you could see maybe the next 10 tiles, so you know not to make some moves. However i seam to always make the wrong choice resulting in a huge combo (on the rival turn) and the rival causing me loads of damage. I am also finding it very hard to spot chains and the way the chain system works you can kill off a player in 1 good move, while rare this has happened a few times already in the first hours play.
This time your magic (now weapons) have to be recharged you can't use them even if you have the amount of magic you have to wait till they charge up and you could have lost it by then
The game focuses on 3 things
Warp gates - These are puzzles where you have to complete the list of matches within a set time. So it maybe red, blue, red, yellow, red, green... and you have to match 3 of that colour. Complete and you open that warp gate. These give you access to different parts of the galaxy.
Quests - These are a similar sort of thing to BOTW but with a space theme. However you will have to spend time opening warp gates to begin with to get access to the areas you need to complete them.
Mining - Here you have to match a set number of each item in order to gain your mined stock.
The way everything is setout can be daunting and quite complex to begin with, though i think i am getting the hang of certain things.
However i think the main problem is going to be (for me) the core gameplay (the puzzle bits) are just not fun anymore, they feel like a chore to me with everything being so random. I am not going to give up just yet but it has sure not grabbed me like the first game did.
One thing to note, the DS game is graphically very poor and is slow to react, which is already getting on my nerves a tad. Moves are made quite smoothly, but it can take a second for the game to notice any matches and eliminate from the grid.
The game also does not register your onscreen taps very well, while no problems in the puzzles/battles, navigating my ship and menus has resulted in the game just doing what it wanted at times. It also saves an awful lot which can be a drag if your going between areas a lot as it saves every time you enter or exit and area.
Puzzle Quest: BOTW is a fantastic game some, may even call it a revolution, combining RPG and puzzle gameplay to great results. Sadly Galacrtix lives nowhere near upto the first game, infact it is hard to tell they are from the same developer, this game feels like a bad rushed Puzzle Quest rip off set in space and not the sequal it should be.
I just can't understand what the developer was thinking, giving the game such a major overhaul.
As most of you wil know the core gameplay has had a HUGE overhaul and this is where my main problems lie. The new grid works in the way that the direction you match, is the direction the new tiles come in from. This would be ok if you could see maybe the next 10 tiles, so you know not to make some moves. However i seam to always make the wrong choice resulting in a huge combo (on the rival turn) and the rival causing me loads of damage. I am also finding it very hard to spot chains and the way the chain system works you can kill off a player in 1 good move, while rare this has happened a few times already in the first hours play.
This time your magic (now weapons) have to be recharged you can't use them even if you have the amount of magic you have to wait till they charge up and you could have lost it by then
The game focuses on 3 things
Warp gates - These are puzzles where you have to complete the list of matches within a set time. So it maybe red, blue, red, yellow, red, green... and you have to match 3 of that colour. Complete and you open that warp gate. These give you access to different parts of the galaxy.
Quests - These are a similar sort of thing to BOTW but with a space theme. However you will have to spend time opening warp gates to begin with to get access to the areas you need to complete them.
Mining - Here you have to match a set number of each item in order to gain your mined stock.
The way everything is setout can be daunting and quite complex to begin with, though i think i am getting the hang of certain things.
However i think the main problem is going to be (for me) the core gameplay (the puzzle bits) are just not fun anymore, they feel like a chore to me with everything being so random. I am not going to give up just yet but it has sure not grabbed me like the first game did.
One thing to note, the DS game is graphically very poor and is slow to react, which is already getting on my nerves a tad. Moves are made quite smoothly, but it can take a second for the game to notice any matches and eliminate from the grid.
The game also does not register your onscreen taps very well, while no problems in the puzzles/battles, navigating my ship and menus has resulted in the game just doing what it wanted at times. It also saves an awful lot which can be a drag if your going between areas a lot as it saves every time you enter or exit and area.
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