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| From: Valusoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5220
Platforms: Windows, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: PUZZLEQUEST
UPC: 755142716127
EAN: 0755142716127
ASIN: B000VRH6UE
Release Date: October 22, 2007
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| 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 |
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Product Description
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. Choose from two male and two female avatars in each of the four character classes-Druid, Knight, Warrior and Wizard-to create, develop and customize 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 ESRB Rated RP For Rating Pending
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Outstanding casual RPG September 17, 2008
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.
This game will devour your soul. September 2, 2008
I've been playing this game on GameTap now for about 5 or 6 days, and in that time I have discovered the most time-and-soul-sucking experience of my life in the past 10 years.
I'm not a big fan of RPGs. Haven't been in several years, because of the amount of free time they take. But I do love a good puzzler, and this one caught my eye. Once I started playing and figured it out, I was completely hooked, and will be until I "beat" it at least once.
If you want a nutshell description of how this game works, think Bejeweled meets Final Fantasy. Most everyone has the former on their cell phone and knows how it works, and that's basically all the knowledge you'll need to start this game. Buried in the puzzle game, however, you'll also find a role-playing adventure that's quite deep and even a little humorous in some places. The characters and story aren't as endearing or memorable as FF by any means, but they are intriguing and add to the fun of an already-addicting piece of work. Most of the standard RPG elements are here in PQ, including different classes of warriors from which to choose, building parties (which add both offensive and defensive skills to your hero/heroine during battle), forging powerful weapons out of runes, random monster battles, and the like. In addition, there are a couple of strategy elements like building your own cities and taking prisoners and making them join your party.
Of course, if you JUST want to puzzle, the game's got a couple of modes for that too. You can play against the computer or pound out gems with a friend online. In my opinion, though, the real fun lies in the RPG itself.
Since I've only been playing this for a short time, I can't tell you about every element of the game, but that's half the fun; discovering all of these gameplay elements on your own.
The RPG elements blend with the puzzle experience almost flawlessly, and you'll spend hours and days figuring out how to make your hero more powerful and exploring different strategies. The only thing that would make this game perfect would be a couple of cool video segments to help tell the story, but the beautifully-drawn backgrounds and anime-inspired characters are just fine the way they are.
All told, this is one of those games that, whether you play for hours or just a few minutes (which I haven't yet been able to do), will be one of the best gaming investments you'll make. It's deep, it's fun, and you'll laugh maniacally, cry, and at times even scream in frustration (most of the time in the same battle). Get it now, and prepare to alienate your friends and loved ones. Unless you play them online...
Excellent Game August 12, 2008
This is a cross between an RPG and Tetris or Bewjeweled. Will suck you in for hours. Only downside is gameplay can get repetitive.
Nice Little Time-Waster May 8, 2008
Depending on your viewpoint & your gaming status, Puzzle Quest is either WOW Light or Bejeweled on steroids. This game combines aspects of both titles & ends up being a nice little hybrid game. Casual gamers will like its quick & easy pace; while hardcore gamers will appreciate its homage to WOW w/out the time demands. Play is intuitive & easy to learn. As w/WOW, each player can customize his style of play. All ages should enjoy this game; & the price is nice, too!
Great Little Game! April 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
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