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...