Puzzlequest is a great game that I'd recommend to any owner of a DS. There were just a few things that bothered me.
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The good:
- The gameplay is very addictive. Whoever thought of mixing an RPG with Bejeweled was a genious.
- When starting your character, you have some classes to choose from. This will effect what kind of spells you get and such. I thought this added a lot to replayability, as you can always start up a character as another class if you're dying to play some more.
- The game has a point system where you can add points to different stats to customize your character a bit.
- I was very happy when I found out that you can do things such as getting mounts and sieging cities. This adds a lot of depth to the gameplay.
- You can customize weapons with runes.
- There are other party members that you can get that will help you out on certain types of monsters. You can also get extra moves by capturing monsters and using mounts.
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The bad:
- The music in the game is not the best, and it's repeated a lot. I found myself keeping the game muted most of the time.
- The storyline and setting of the game are trite and corny. I tried to read the stuff at first, but I eventually just skipped all of the dialogue and went straight back to the gameplay.
- The computer always makes the best possible move that it can make. It will automatically do the 4-in-a-row gems that you will not be able to find. Most of the gameplay depends on luck because of this.
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All in all, I really enjoyed this game. It's probably one of the best games that I have played for DS. If you're a fan of RPG's or Bejeweled, you should definetely pick this up.