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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Everything people said highly touting this game is true. Deep fun puzzle game that appeals to people who love Bejeweled and even Magic: the gathering. I bought one, and days later am back to buy 2 more for my friends.

Difficult Quest, but addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I happen to have the PS2 version of this game, and when i purchased my PSP, this game was at the top of the list. It's just plain addictive, even with the slowdown and load times.

It's easy enough to pick up and play, and even though you will cringe at how the enemy "seems" to know what's coming down, (hence the difficulty) even though you can't see it, when you hit you first epic combo, you'll be caught.

Pros:
Charm
Ease of play
Addictive gameplay
Difficult but excellent AI

Cons:
Load time
Slowdown during certain spells

Even with the cons, this is still a 5 star game, period.

Stupidly addicting game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Didn't get 5 stars due to the fact that the monsters are VERY lucky every now and then. But other than those few times this game is great.

best "casual" game ever?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is not really a cross between Bejeweled and an RPG; rather it's a highly-enhanced Bejeweled wrapped in a story that advances as a reward for playing and winning the Bejeweled contests. That's not a bad thing - in this case it's nearly perfect, as the highly-enhanced Bejeweled was to my mind one of the most addictive "casual" games that I've ever played, and the story is an amusing light parody of a RPG story that provides needed intermissions in the action. My other favorite "casual" game is Lumines, but the problem with it is that it can take an hour or more to play through one round, while the rounds in Puzzle Quest are much shorter (and so more clearly "casual"). The other attraction to Puzzle Quest is the shifting rules depending upon your "spells", your opponent's, and the various bonuses earned via playing. This gives the game much more longevity than Bejeweled, although it does make it less "casual" as you need to develop an understanding of the interplay and power of the "spells".

I found the combination of pattern recognition and tactical rule optimization to be extremely addictive - like when I first played Lumines or Tetris, this game dominated my spare moments for weeks. The upside of this game is that it progresses from start to finish (final boss), so it provides a sense of mastery that is missing from an open-ended game with continuously ratcheting difficulty; the downside is that there is a finish. But a lot of those "spare" moments weren't quite so, so just as well...

I don't understand the heated comments about the bug in the game and difficulty problems. I noticed a couple of idiosyncrasies and experienced at least one crash, but these had very little impact on my overall enjoyment of the game. The game can be difficult at times, but why would you play if there's no challenge? I suspect some/most of the complaints are from people who find pattern recognition games generally difficult.

Buy this game.

More fun than a barrel of monkeys!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

very good game. They married the fantasy/adventure with puzzle game well. And gave it a purpose to. Sweet game.

Must Own

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've now spent hundreds of hours with this title, turned on a number of friends to it. If you haven't played this on your PSP (or any other platform it's on) you should.

Easy to pick up and play, single battles can last from 10 minutes to a half hour, which is a nice format for portable platforms.

Don't let the "casual" facade fool you. This is a gamer's game worthy of anyone's collection.

Puzzle Quest or Bust

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I first decided to buy this game, it was only because I had seen it on every other console and as an Amazon Black Friday deal of only $10 w/free shipping, I figured why not. Even when I first fired the game up, I was still a little hesitant. Now that I am well over 60+ hours into the game, I am still hooked. The game is like Bejeweled with a purpose and RPG flair. It is unbelievable as to how quickly you get hooked on leveling up and capturing creatures and laying siege on the neighboring cities. The only reason why I gave the game an overall 4 instead of 5 stars is due to the AI sometimes cheating a little in how your opponent sometimes seems to get many more skulls than you do in battle. It does make the game more challenging though and at least you aren't left with no experience when you lose a battle. An excellent game overall and well worth picking up if you enjoy puzzle and or rpg styled games.

Sweet little RPG with a twist

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am a not much of a puzzle fan but I love RPGs. I just got a PsP for X-Mas and this was one of the titles that i picked up. I am pretty far into the game and have to say that it does get a little tough and that you may find yourself facing the same enemy several times before you are "victorious". Although it is not your typical rpg and whether or not you are into those match three like "whatevers" I highly recommend this game..

Horribly Addictive... that's a good thing.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I know what you're thinking, "It's just a puzzle game with a tacked on cheesy story." Well, the truth is the story and RPG elements make this feel like much more than a puzzle game.

Basically battles are played out in a turn-based, bejeweled-like puzzle. You cast magic during the battle. You level up your character. The neat thing is that you play different variations of the puzzle to accomplish different events. There's strategy and choices to be made, and it gets very engrossing. It's long too. You'll be playing for quite some time... then you might come back to play again with a different character.

Make no mistake about it. This is not an action game. It's a puzzle, RPG-ish, strategy-ish game. It may move too slowly if you just want a hack and slash fix. If you like puzzle games and RPGs, then this game will take over your PSP for a good long while.

Highs:
Story
RPG elements
Magic to use in battles
Feels like you really EARN your wins
Capturing enemies and learning their magic
Taking over other cities
Length
Looks nice on the PSP
Themed music
It's available on every game system and PCs too.

Lows:
It sucks your time
You secretly sneak your PSP around to play every chance you get
Feels like CPU is too good sometimes
You'll lose battles frequently (but you feel compelled to come back for more abuse)
Battle same type of enemies more often than you'd like
3D map might have been cooler

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great way to pass the time on trips. It's a more in-depth Bejeweled type game where you have a hero you level up while playing. If you enjoy games like Lumines or puzzle games in general you may like this game.

The only thing I don't like about this game are a few bugs I have run into. They are minor performance problems were the game may slow down after defeating an opponent, but these can be overlooked and are nothing major.

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