Jewel Match Atlantis Solitaire 3 - Collector's Edition

You get your money's worth in this game. Over 50 hours in and I've completed the game but have not gotten all the achievements. In addition to the main game, the pre-made levels, there are also bonus games: mahjong,, super size levels, challenge levels, two-match solitaire levels, and solitaire variants including favorites like Klondike, Spider, Freecell, and Pyramid. And they give you a ton of those bonus levels, enough for a full game by itself. The main game is played by what is sometimes called up/down solitaire where you match cards based on if their number is higher or lower. For instance, say you have a 5 in your deck. You can match that with either a 4 or a 6. The fun part of this style of solitaire is making chains, long runs where you keep matching until you have to draw. An example of a chain is: 5, 6, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 5, etc. going up and down stratigically. The Collector's Edition content includes a whole extra game! Plus more bonus levels and solitaire variants to unlock. So you get basically two games in one. Definitely worth the money. A fun feature are the Fish Quests that unlock as you progress along. Each Quest has a certain number of things to do in order to unlock that fish, usually a mahjong level, a super size level, a challenge level, or a solitaire variant. Once those levels are completed the new fish is unlocked and will appear in the background and on the Castle building screen. That's another feature of Jewel Match games: building Castles. Each game has, I think, five castles, so with the CE levels that would make ten castles altogether. You build the castles piece by piece by buying them with the green jewels you find in the solitaire levels. When you have enough it takes you to the castle screen and you choose between several building choices. Difficulty Options: I played on easy or casual, whatever it's called, which is untimed and wild cards appear more often. There is also a timed version and a hard version where wild cards do not appear very often. You choose how you like to play, and you can change it at any time. Play one level on easy and the next on hard, whatever you like to do. The music is calm and soothing in this game, I like it and find myself humming it after I'm done playing and I go about my day. There are various card backs to choose from and a few card fronts.

Jewel Match is one of my all-times solitaire series! The game contains more than 100 levels plus additional extras that provide the game with high-replayability value, such as Mahjong, Match-2, challenge levels, card quests to unlock fish, etc. The game includes achievements, configurable Time/Relaxed mode, customizable card decks and more. You can also buy different powerups from the shop to assist you in clearing levels. This Collector's Edition also includes beautiful wallpapers of underwater castles that you receive upon completing scenes. Highly recommended!

Hmm... The money issue was fixed from the second game and then... Then the Buffs became worse... Couple that with new "bad things" like the "octopus tentacles" with a counter and "countdown" cards. They annoyed me. A lot. I disliked them. A lot. But because I like Solitaire... I held on. Eventually they became "not bad"... But every time I needed a buff -> It was recharging. Took me an extra while to do all the levels. And anytime I needed to take out the "octopus/count down"? Always had the wrong cards! Majority of the time those cards counted/mirrored MY foundation cards [i]exactly[/i]! Wonderful. In the end I did it... Even though it wasn't the same satisfactory feeling you get from the previous games. I also refuse to do the majority of the Achievements this time -> Due to the stuff mentioned above. Now I will definitely [i]watch out[/i] for "recharging buffs" and ensure I don't repeat the same mistake in the future. Thanks regardless. :> (So not bad... But prepare to feel pain/annoyance.)

[i]Jewel Match Atlantis Solitaire 3 - Collector's Edition[/i] is a card solitaire game developed by Suricate Software and published by Grey Alien Games. As the name indicates, it is the third game in the [i]Jewel Match Atlantis Solitaire[/i] series. Since there is no story here, I'll just jump into the gameplay. Like the previous games in the solitaire series, you're given 200 levels in the base game, with an additional 200 levels in a bonus version, as this is a collector's edition. You can choose from among three difficulty levels: relaxed, normal, or expert. (For purposes of this review, I chose to play on normal mode.) In each level, the objective is to clear all the cards from the board with your given deck. You have to pair a card on the board that is one value higher or lower than the card in your deck. If you manage to clear all the cards on the board, you can earn up to 3 stars. Also, the boards have coins and emeralds. Coins are used to purchase upgrades in the shop that can help you clear the board. Upgrades include increasing the number of starting cards in your deck and power-ups, like randomly eliminating a card from the board. Emeralds are used to purchase decorations for various scenes, which can then be used as computer screensavers. (Purely for cosmetic purposes, of course.) In addition, there are various mini-games, like the usual solitaire variants, mahjong solitaire games, and even a new match-2 level mini-game. Also, there are the usual Steam achievements/in-game trophies although they won't count towards a user's global total until the game is out of "profile features limited". Now that I've gone over the gameplay, I'll move onto my thoughts. I enjoy a relaxing solitaire game although it has been quite a while since I last touched on the [i]Jewel Match[/i] series. Although the gameplay for the usual levels is still the same, it's still quite enjoyable, and I found the levels to be pretty doable to clear. Especially, it helps to purchase power-ups and such to clear the boards more easily. In regards to the mini-games, I found most of them to be enjoyable. I'd say that the only one I didn't enjoy was the supersize levels. They're basically the usual levels but with way more cards on the board. For me, personally, the reason that I didn't enjoy this mini-game is that they take a long time to clear (even if you purchase all of the power-ups), and if you fail to clear the board, it's pretty much a waste of time because you have to restart the level and successfully clear the board if you want to pass the level. Now, if passing a certain number of supersize levels wasn't achievement-related, I probably wouldn't care too much, but since there was a specific achievement tied to it, I found this pretty annoying. It's doable, but it takes time and it can be a bit tiring. However, I did enjoy the other mini-games, and all of the Steam achievements unlocked for me without any technical issues. As for the art, it is as gorgeous as ever. Part of the reason that I play these games is for the art style, and I like seeing what new scenes I can unlock. Also, I enjoy gazing at the underwater scenes. I'm glad that this style is still used in the [i]Jewel Match[/i] series. In regards to the music, it is relaxing to listen to the tracks. I wish that there had been one or new tracks, though, as I didn't notice any variety or such. Still, they are soothing to listen to and fit very well with the theme of this game. Overall, would I recommend [i]Jewel Match Atlantis Solitaire 3 - Collector's Edition[/i]? If you enjoy solitaire in general, want a lot of value from a game, and enjoy the [i]Jewel Match[/i] series in general, then I think this is worth it. Especially if you're aiming to obtain all of the achievements, you'll get a lot of gameplay hours. (It took me over 47 hours to get all of the achievements. :o) Of course, you can choose to wait for a sale, and it's in a few Steam bundles. With that said, I'm looking forward to the next game in the series. ^^ [quote]If you found this review helpful/useful, please check out [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44702020/]The Introverted Gamer[/url].[/quote]

A little of something for every solitaire player.

It's the same deal as EVERY OTHER GAME in this series, with MANY LEVELS YOU CANNOT COMPLETE WITHOUT INSANE LUCK. This company sucks.

Wait this isn't Yahtzee....

If you've played any of the previous games in this series, it's pretty much more of the same. So far I haven't noticed anything new, though I could be wrong about that. But it provides a lot of play for the price.

This game is my guilty pleasure. So relaxing. Beautiful graphics, vibrant colors and so much content. It has every solitaire variant I can think of. The music is nice, but also repetitive. That's the only con for me. I strongly reccomend if you're into card games. My mom would love it for sure :>

Many, many solitaire games and variants. Excellent value.