Puzzle Kingdoms Top Quality

Like some other people, when I first bought this game I only played it for maybe a few hours, put it down, and didn't think I was ever going to play it again. I didn't like how I had to buy my recruits, and thought it was too hard to earn any money to actually buy these troops. I didn't understand why I could suddenly attack at times, and I barely understood why I won or lost battles. Navigating through the menu's was a complete mess IMO, the artwork was bland, the story was completely generic and lame. . . hell I was lost even with the tutorials. I had never played Puzzle Quest either because when I picked this game up that was the game I actually thought i was buying! Meaning, the puzzle game that got all the rave reviews.

Now, roughly 18 months has passed and I decided to give Puzzle Kingdoms another go. I poured tons of hours into Puzzle Quest and wanted to change things up a bit and figured it was time to give this game another shot. With some patience and downright luck, I am now hopelessly addicted to this game. Now that I understand how to play Puzzle Kingdoms, and have come to understand that the solid mechanics of the puzzle design, I cannot put it down.

When I say luck played a part in this, at one point in starting my new adventure I accidentally clicked onto one of the gray looking type rock buildings, only to find that I had to slay a dragon of sorts. Once I destroyed the creature, I was rewarded handsomely and thought to myself "OH, now THAT's how earn real money is this game." If I would have stumbled upon this in the beginning, or have understood how to set my characters up to attack (which I learned with patience and trial and error), I probably wouldn't have been so quick to judge this game.

Now, I love trying out different combinations of troops, as well as recruiting new troops with the added mini games they put into the adventure. Clearing the board/destroying "the box" is also so much fun, and a welcomed twist to the original game mechanics.

To put it simply, this game rocks, as does the sound and music accompanying it. While the graphics are downright horrible, the story meaningless, the interface un-friendly, it's not enough to ruin the game by any means.
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