The Enthralling Realms: Curse of Darkness

As it’s always the case in fantasy tales, powerful magical artifacts are usually more trouble than they are worth, given the fact that they have nasty side effects to make up for the power they contain. Hence, things usually go wrong once someone gets their hands on such an item, so a couple of heroes must come a long and clean the mess while making sure the artifact remains out of reach.

The Enthralling Realms: Curse of Darkness is a match-three game in which you play the role of a halfling by the name of Ebbo as he is trying to make up for his mistakes by helping his people rebuild their villages. The game does not feature too many new ideas in the gameplay department, but it certainly has the spark required to keep you playing for hours on end.

The story revolves around Ebbo and his encounter with a powerful magical artifact, which he used the wrong way and brought war upon his village. He is quite sorry about the whole thing, but the other halflings are not too happy with him at the moment, which is why he decides to fix everything. Thankfully, he finds a couple of powerful friends to help him along and speed things up a little bit.

Although the mechanics are pretty much the same as in every other match-three game out there, the experience feels unique in some regards. Thus, the goal changes every level, such as collecting a certain number of a specific tile, or simply clearing all the highlighter gems. However, you can also make use of special tools and special abilities to get out of sticky situations, as well as use the currency you earn to rebuild villages in the meantime.

The controls are very responsive and intuitive, given the fact that all you have to do is drag gems from one tile to the other and watch them disappear once you get at least three of them in a row. Getting more unlocks combos and powerful explosions, which usually speeds things along quite a bit. The graphics are not bad either, but don’t expect anything too great in this regard.

Even if it lacks originality, The Enthralling Realms: Curse of Darkness still has what it takes to keep you engaged for a few hours, especially since it features over seventy stages and two difficulty levels. Thus, it’s perfect for match-three fans everywhere.

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