5th July 2013, 10:56 AM
I actually finished this probably last week, but forgot to post about it. Very good game, had me hooked for weeks until I finally beat the thing.
Nintendo DS
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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix - I got this on PC some time ago, but while I liked it, somehow I stopped partway. After getting the DS version, though... I stuck with it this time, and finished the game. Overall. Galactrix isn't quite as good as the first Puzzle Quest, but it is a good game well worth playing, for fans of the original anyway. This is a sci-fi game, not fantasy, and has hex tiles, instead of square ones like the first game. The game is shorter than the original Puzzle Quest, unfortunately, and doesn't have as much postgame content either (no "conquer the cities", no expansion, no sequel...). That's unfortunate, this game deserves more. I wish the game was a bit longer. While it lasts it is a pretty good game, though. It's not perfect, sure, as the story is kind of messed up at times (I hate that it forces you to do some pretty unpleasant things... but this isn't exactly a branching story, so you have no choice for the most part.), and the game balance is a bit off as through the first half of the game I probably spent more time hacking jumpgates than I did actually fighting battles (the game doesn't have nearly as many required fights as the first game had), but still, I liked it overall. I really like the hex-grid puzzles, it makes things much more complex than the first game, which is interesting. So yeah, overall, PQ: Galactrix is a somewhat flawed game, but it's pretty good even so.
Nintendo DS
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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix - I got this on PC some time ago, but while I liked it, somehow I stopped partway. After getting the DS version, though... I stuck with it this time, and finished the game. Overall. Galactrix isn't quite as good as the first Puzzle Quest, but it is a good game well worth playing, for fans of the original anyway. This is a sci-fi game, not fantasy, and has hex tiles, instead of square ones like the first game. The game is shorter than the original Puzzle Quest, unfortunately, and doesn't have as much postgame content either (no "conquer the cities", no expansion, no sequel...). That's unfortunate, this game deserves more. I wish the game was a bit longer. While it lasts it is a pretty good game, though. It's not perfect, sure, as the story is kind of messed up at times (I hate that it forces you to do some pretty unpleasant things... but this isn't exactly a branching story, so you have no choice for the most part.), and the game balance is a bit off as through the first half of the game I probably spent more time hacking jumpgates than I did actually fighting battles (the game doesn't have nearly as many required fights as the first game had), but still, I liked it overall. I really like the hex-grid puzzles, it makes things much more complex than the first game, which is interesting. So yeah, overall, PQ: Galactrix is a somewhat flawed game, but it's pretty good even so.