Puzzle Craft
SCORE: 90
When I first saw Puzzle Craft I thought it was a match three game
like the Jewel Master series. Games like Cradle of Rome, and Cradle of
Persia. Puzzle Craft is so much more. We build building based on the
resources. We harvest food, dig in the mine for resources, and more. We
use the building in Puzzle Craft. So a market place is where we go and
purchase things.
Puzzle Craft is so much more than a match three. We string together the
same items. They can be right beside one another or they can be
diagonal. We need at least three in Puzzle Craft but do not need to stop
at three. On some screens I was tagging almost every single space.
Puzzle Craft makes us think too. We need food for the workers to go and
mine. We collect taxes every so many hours.
There are two aspects to the graphics in Puzzle Craft. The first is the
screens where we are matching resources. These look great with all kinds
of details. Then we have the town screens where things can look tiny. No
complaints though because they animate exceptionally well. I marveled at
this little hand held game on more than one occasion. It was neat
watching the characters walk around the town.
Puzzle Craft is very reasonably priced at $0.99. It has in app purchases
for those that can not be patient, or are too lazy to collect resources
for themselves. Family Friendly Gaming was provided a download code for
this review. And all of us here are extremely thankful for that. The
music in Puzzle Craft is catchy and pleasant.
Puzzle Craft does a fantastic job of training players at the beginning.
From there we are allowed to achieve things at our own pace. Want to
keep working on food? Then go for it. Want to mine as soon as you have
food? You can do that too. Players can pick and choose which buildings
they want to work on.
I had a blast playing Puzzle Craft. I thought it was one thing, and
found out it was so much more. I love being able to string together
items diagonally. That little game play aspect of this iPhone/iPod
Touch/iPad game goes a long ways. I hope to see sequels to this
franchise in the coming years. Puzzle Craft hits the right notes in my
opinion.
- Paul
Graphics: 89%
Sound: 86%
Replay/Extras: 92%
Gameplay: 93%
Family Friendly Factor: 90%
System: iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Publisher: Chillingo
Rating: ‘4+’ - 4+
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