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Puzzle Quest : PSP

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game itself is fantastic. I now own a copy for both the PSP and DS. The PSP version's only flaw lies in the fact that your companions do not activate their abilities before appropriate battles. Other than that, the game is phenomenal

A LOT of promise..... with no return

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I first heard of this game from my younger brother who enjoyed the game imensly, so it seemed when I talked to him. So I picked it up for him as I owed him some money. Then as a good brother i had to open it and play it. Well I didn't love the game strait away, and as I played it became apparent more and more as to why. Some of the fights are over before hey start. You may not even get one hit off depending on your abiliies that are chosen as you level up. Then the music, along with the game play get's old and repetitive. You move around a screen that you can see enemys on but can't avoid, then play a puzzle game to beat them. Then you cap out at a whopping level 50 (wait I thought that this was a role-playing game????) Why can I not keep advancing my levels? The A.I. when playing against them seems too lucky, as i have barely only gotton a hit or two off of the some enemies. There is no originality in the puzzle aspect og the game, as with no different games. I mean that you could easily have different types of games when capturing an enemy, or making a rune item. But instead you play a different, or similair version of the same game. (There is very little difference should you attempt to distinguish them) Also worth a note is that it has glitches, NONE of the secondary people in your group do what they are supposed to do, as well as the screen may freeze on you for no reason.

But that does not mean the game is without merrit, It has beautiful graphics, and a simple game play that won't confuse those that are slow at these types of games. The sound effects though limmited are nice, and not over done. Plus for the PSP you don't have a stylus, which for a portable game like this may cause its own problems.

So if you want an inovative sounding game, that will last you hours, than his is the game to get. BUT it is incomplete with glitches, and you could a similair gameplay on a flash game off the internet.

Surprising Depth

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off, anyone familiar with the Bejeweled types of games online will immediately grasp the game. All battles, puzzles, and challenges are handled by playing this puzzle type of game. Of course, with an RPG twist, gameplay can be changed/affected with spells that you amass as you gain levels and/or capture enemies.

The only knocks against this game are:

1. The combat mechanic can get old if you're not interested in that type of game.
2. Once you reach the level max of 50, most enemies pose little to no threat.
3. The forging mechanic leaves a bit to be desired since it won't explain what you're making until you commit to do so. Also, some of the items are comparable to ones you can buy or pick up early in the game, so even creating a Godlike weapon can be anti-climactic.

I intentionally got those out of the way so I could begin to sing the praises of Puzzle Quest. Like I said, it's an RPG wrapped around a puzzle game. However, I'm truly amazed at how they took a game that is known and reinvented it into a game that easily sucked 25+ hours of gameplay out of me.

First off, you get to choose between four different classes. Yes, they matter. There are seven "stats" available to each character. The four magics (Earth -green, Fire - red, Air - yellow, and Water - blue), Battle, Cunning, and Morale. Each class has preferred stats which cost less to upgrade. You're given only four points to spend in stats when you level up and the preferred stats cost 1 pt each while some cost up to 3 pts each.

Once you've decided on a class, you begin quests. There are a bunch of them. Delivery quests, kill quests, storyline progression, etc. Sidequests give you access to new members who might join, new items, new titles (with stat bonus benefits), etc.

Eventually, you'll earn enough money to build a citadel of your own. This allows you to capture enemies and use them as mounts or learn spells from them. It also allows you to forge items (once you begin finding runes), train mounts to higher levels, and buy stat bonuses. Yes, spend your gold on the stats you'd like to raise but are too costly to raise with your level bonuses.

I apologize if I'm not explaining everything, but it's an intentional choice. There's so much to do in this game! For those of you that really want to learn every spell, make every Godlike weapon, train your mounts to 20+, complete every quest, conquer every city (with siege warfare), and collect all the titles, it's going to take a while.

For me, the game was a great length. I chose to complete all the quests (including the side quests), dabble in the other areas of mount training, spell learning, and item creation, and finally finish off the main storyline once I maxed my character out at Level 50.

It's a great game that you can pick up, fight a battle or two and put back down. Or, as was more my case, look up to realize that it's 3am and that the game has eaten those hours easily. Of course, just one more quest won't hurt...

Can't put it down

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Puzzle Quest really doesn't fit into a defined category for a video game. To best describe it, let me put it this way. It's a role-playing game that you travel from location to location on the world map. The world map is also where you get your quests, work on your citadel (more on that later), and access your inventory to change armor and spells. When you encounter an enemy, instead of engaging in some type of battle with weapons or magic you >simply< compete in a game of matching like puzzle pieces. Supposedly identical to Bejeweled, but I've never played that.

During battle, you have hit points as does your opponent. You try to line up, horizontally or vertically, 3 of the same pieces on the board by swapping the spots of 2 adjacent pieces. There are several different types of pieces on the board. So, if you line up 3 gold pieces, they disappear and you get the gold added to your total. Then the pieces fall down to fill in all the holes in the board and your turn ends. Their are skulls which, if you line them up, do damage to your opponents hit points. There are +5 skulls which do extra damage. There are also colored tiles; red, green, blue and yellow. Those are collected and are used to cast spells instead of taking a turn on the board. There are damage spells and defensive spells to name a few. Some spells switch tiles on the board and there is also a regenerate spell to regain hit points. There is also a purple tile that gives you experience towards leveling your character. If you line up 4 like tiles, you collect the bounty and get to go again. If you line up 5 like tiles, you go again and a wild card drops. If you use the wild card in a line of like tiles, it multiplies the number of tiles you collect for spellcasting. When either you or your opponent is out of hit points, the battle is over. You keep all the gold and experience points whether you win or lose, which is nice. If you lose, you can simply try the battle again and again until you win or quit and try another quest.
As mentioned above, you have a citadel you can buy. If you've captured a city (you can battle cities just like creatures), you have several options to choose from. If you've defeated a particular creature 3 times, you can choose to capture them instead of battling. In capture mode, you go to the puzzle board but a mini-game takes place. You have to make all the tiles on the board disapper before you run out of moves. Sometimes it's easy, and sometimes it takes some thinking...but it's always fun! If you capture the creature, you can try to learn their magic spells to use yourself. This brings another mini-game into the mix. In order to learn a captured creature's spells, you have to collect a certain number of each of the 4 colored tiles (there's a running tab at the bottom of the screen) before you run out of moves. The more advanced the creature, the more tiles you are required to collect. Also, you have to try to line up 4 tiles to make a scroll appear because you have to collect a certain number of scrolls also. If you fulfill all tile requirements, you learn the new spell and can use it in battle.
I won't get into every aspect of the game in detail, but you have creatures that you can ride on called "mounts" that are supposed to help you in battle. However, there is a bug in the PSP version that doesn't allow them to help. I will say that this bug really hasn't affected my gameplay. You have armor and items to aid you in battle that you can buy.
It's just a super fun, very addictive, and nice change of pace type game that I'm glad I bought. I can't seem to put it down!

Great game, but avoid the PSP version

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Puzzle Quest is a wonderful concept, setting match-3 casual gameplay in a basic Roleplaying Game framework to create a fresh new approach. But the PSP version is bug ridden, and has crashed on me many times. I had read online about the bug that the companions you find in the game don't actually help at all - that's something I could live with. But I had to give up playing one character because every time I tried to scroll through his spells the game crashed and the PSP shut down. I'm most of the way through with a second character and have only experienced two intermittent crashes, but that's inexcusable in a released title like this. I'm a professional game developer and would never release one of my own games with this many serious bugs.

NO NO NO

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off it is a good game but the glitches just like the DS version. Like someone said before you can't call you companions in to help well I could not use certain my spells. I gain 15 spells altogther and could only use a few. When I tried to select different spells my PSP FROZE AND SHUT OFF :(. This is why I give the game a 2, it a fun game but this glitch is killing me.

very fun game but way too short

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun game but its way too short. (around 25 hours on main quest)

about the bugs the partner bug isnt that big of a deal cause you never notice it, but there are a few other nasty bugs. One of the bigger bugs is if you learn certain spells from monsters the game will freeze and mess up your saved data (meaning you will have to start over) The way to get around this bug is not to master spells from monsters.

this is the best PSP game for 2007 so far get it and you will love the game. Its just too bad the game is over way too fast

A bug makes the game a lot harder!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The concept and game play is good but the major flaw of the game is the bug ONLY exist in the US PSP version. This bug does not allow your companions in your Quest to add bonuses. No wonder I have been fighting really challenging enemies by myself all the time!

I talked to D3 Publisher they told me that they are still discussing with SONY rather to replace the UMD instead of using patching it via memory stick. Will update you guys when they resolve this problem. Anyway
this game is perfect in Japanese and European version, also XBOX LIVE and Nintendo DS.

fun puzzle quest

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i've only been playing this game a few minutes and i really love it. although
it's super collapse like style it doesn't get old or monotinous.

WNDERFUL GAME FUN FUN FUN!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: March 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS ONE GREAT GAME IT IS SO FUN,ITS SOMETHING LIKE BEJEWELED,BUT ITS MORE CHALLENGING..AND FUN..YOU MUST CONNECT THREE OR MORE COLORED STONES AND WHEN YOU WANT TO TAKE A HIT AT THE ENEMY YOU MUST CONNECT 3 OR MORE SKELTON HEADS THE GAME IS VERY EASY AND FUN.ITS WORTH THE 29.99 AND PS.IN ORDER TO PLAY THE GAME YOU NEED TO BUY A MEMORY CARD..IF NOT YOU WONT BE ABLE TO PLAY IT..ITS A GREAT GAME..VERY FUN AND ADDICTIVE...BUY IT....

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