Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Demo

Match three games may not be the most popular or the most complicated out there, but they do hold a lot of potential when it comes to replayability. Most of them can keep you playing for hours without realizing, since the gameplay is highly addictive and there are usually plenty of levels to try out as you follow the main campaign.

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is part of the legendary match three series, but it changed the scenery entirely from the usual fantasy world filled with knights and helpless princesses. This time, the action takes place in space and you must deal with a different kind of threat, as well as learn how to take advantage of the new weaponry and use your spaceship to conquer the entire galaxy.

The story is not all that well-written, nor does it deserve any kind of prize when it comes to the main plot and the characters that are part of it. You can, however, create a persistent character from scratch in the beginning of the game and gain experience as you go through the story mode, only to use it in multiplayer and take advantage of the skills you have learned while beating the singleplayer campaign.

The trademark component of the Puzzle Quest series are the match three battles in which you have to participate when you stumble into a hostile spaceship. In essence, you have to match the gems according to color in order to gain certain bonuses to your attributes, but you can also use them to damage the opponent. Moreover, depending on how high your attributes are, you can use certain abilities and inflict some serious damage.

Graphics-wise, the modest engine should not surprise anyone, considering the tradition of the franchise. The artwork is nice and there are plenty of interesting landscapes to gaze upon, especially since you have get to visit a variety of marvelous locations throughout a wild galaxy, filled with curious planets and bright star clusters, not to mention the breathtaking nebulae.

In essence, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is good, but it could have been a lot better if the developers paid more attention to what the fans wanted. Hence, the replayability factor is kind of limited now, while the A.I. is severely unbalanced and there are plenty of bugs to deal with when it comes to stability.