Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords

[dk3dknight]

Ive finally found a psn game that I actually enjoyed and perhaps totally addicted to.

Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords game, had I known that it was Warlords Warlords.. I would not have waited so long to get it.

Warlords, dates back to a set of turn based fantasy strategy games called Warlords which contained 4 games and later branched out to Warlords battlecry which is a rts in with has 3 games under that title.

This puzzle game exists within that same fantasy universe, all the familiar countries and some of the familiar voices and sound effects brought me back.

Its a much more solid game then I thought with a mix of puzzle/strategy/rpg into a single game.

The way the battles work in the puzzle game is that each player takes a turn by switching two pieces on the puzzle map, you have all the time to think out your move, but your move must cause a interaction of one of the moved pieces to connect with another 2 other pieces of the same type.

If you make a move that connects to 4 pieces or indirectly causes a object to connect to 4 like pieces you get to take another turn.

When the connected pieces terminate more pieces may fall into places and terminate themselfs if they connect with similar object.

The following is a list of pieces on the puzzle map.

Purple Star = experience point
Blue ball = Blue mana
Red ball = Red mana
Yellow ball = yellow mana
Green ball = green mana
skulls = (When terminates becomes an attack dealing out damage based on your characters weapon and stats. 3 skulls are needed to dull full damage if by some means a single skull is terminated it only counts as 1 damage)

Wild cards = wild cards can terminate with any mana color as long as you have two of the same color touching it, it usually has a multiplier such as 5x which means when it terminates you 5 + 2 which = 7

Special Skull = Has a modifier that adds to the damage, when it terminates it also destroys all pieces next to it and you gain any benefits as if the pieces were naturally terminated. *Knights can use there thrust skill to terminate this without combing it with another skull.*

When you create a hero you choose a name a profession and a portrait.

Each class has access to different skills, knights start off with thrust a skill that cost x red and x blue mana that lets them destroy a single piece on the puzzle map.
Later they get skills that destroy all the purple stars on the map, to turning any piece type into purple stars, to dealing direct damage.

The game map is set on a world of warlords and the game starts in the nation of breton.

When you level up your character gets access to new spells and distributes points across the characters skills.

I admit I had vivid dreams of being trapped in the game last night during my dreams which made me want to play the game more.. anyway ;P...

[ras752000]

I played the heck out of the PSP version . . . in a nutshell it is Bejeweled in RPG clothing. I may pick it up from the store . . .

[Copywriter]

I have this on "the other system" and I loved it. It's a great game.

I think the PSN has the expansion as well.

[jkwest]

I have this on the DS....not sure if its worth the admission price a second time...

[Copywriter]

Originally Posted by jkwest

I have this on the DS....not sure if its worth the admission price a second time...

I bought the DS version first and then got the "other" version for to play at home on a big TV and because I wanted some achievements.

Wish the PSN version had come out sooner, so I could have it on the PS3. But buying the game 3 times would be a bit foolish.

[mikejet]

Is the Wizard still broken like in previous versions?

[chnandler_bong]

Originally Posted by Copywriter

I bought the DS version first and then got the "other" version for to play at home on a big TV and because I wanted some achievements.

Wish the PSN version had come out sooner, so I could have it on the PS3. But buying the game 3 times would be a bit foolish.

Bah, surely it's no more foolish than owning three or more copies of the same movie, like me owning the VHS/DVD/Blu-ray of Pearl Harbor.

Originally Posted by mikejet

Is the Wizard still broken like in previous versions?

Broken how? I pretty much finished the game with the knight or warrior or whatever and was thinking of branching out.

[dk3dknight]

It is based on a rpg strategy game universe, meaning they have alot of lore and elements that they can cover.

It uses the similar skill system and some of the old professions, the world map is based on geographical locations of cities and locations from the battlecry universe.

The only sad thing is that alot of the races from battlecry did not make it into this puzzle game in fact its a humans only... which was slightly disheartening.

I have to say its a excellent game, and best use of one my psn cards, in fact the only thing ive discovered on the psn store that actually deserved to be purchased in my own thinking.