
The original Match-3 RPG returns with an all-new adventure, bringing the classic combination of strategic puzzle battles with epic monsters, unique hero classes, and rich fantasy stories.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
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game is aggressively p2w, and stop adding achievements ffs
[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: Microtransaction infested mobile app![/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] "Puzzle Quest 3" is one of thousands of nasty mobile apps infesting the "free" section of Steam, but it's not really free. This mobile app puts Candy Crush's rather awful monetization to shame... yeah, at face value this a charming Match-3 with images that look like they were ripped off from World of Warcraft, but on closer look you'll see all kinds of toxicity... paygated content, timegating you have to pay money to get through, and of course completely P2W mechanics... all PvP matches are determined by who spends the most real world cash on the game. Toxic, isn't it? There's only a superficial game here. The game visuals and the game itself are incredibly shallow... think of them as the too-bright, colourful, thin plastic cabinet dress theme on a poker machine at the casino. That's basically what this is. So really, the mobile app "game" is just a veneer, a thin skin wrapped around a nasty, predatory mobile app cash shop. Ignoring that this is just a nasty predatory mobile app scam... at best, this is a garbage iPhone app. I didn't drop thousands on a high-end gaming rig just to pretend it's an iPhone, and I doubt you did either... this sort of trash has no business worsening your Steam library. On the important matter of pricing and value for gamers, there's a lot going on here with monetisation, so this really shouldn't be considered a truly free product because of that. On top of the toxic cash shop, you're expected to pay up $30 USD (!!!!) to unlock content through DLC purchases. The game should not be considered completely unlocked until you empty your wallet for the developer. This is misleading and predatory pricing on a product falsely marketed as "free". Given that this free game won't increase your game collector count, is it worth your time to add it to your library? Definitely not... this is just an unethical cash grab. Avoid at all costs.
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[h1]A typical example of greedy P2W paywalled grindy soulless low effort mobile slop abusing a genre defining IP franchise[/h1] I detest the fact I'm giving a Puzzle Quest title a thumbs down but this low effort P2W mobile scam of a game is a disgrace to the Puzzle Quest series. It lacks the depth and strategy we got used to see in the Puzzle Quest series regarding the gems and the skills. Moreover, the difficulty spike when you hit the grind/paywalls feels so artificial and boring rather than smartly challenging. Even Gems of War which is a P2W gacha match 3 has way more depth and strategy involved and the challenge feels more natural and fun than Puzzle Quest 3 and nowhere as aggressively paywalled as this game is. Puzzle Quest 3's only merit is probably the graphics yet even that feels soulless because the art style direction feels so generic in comparison to the series. I hope the developers have some dignity to at the very least make it a spin off rather than a straight out sequel to the masterpiece Puzzle Quest 2 is. At this point, they're not only just abusing a franchise's name but they're also actively harming it by ruining its image & lowering the bar for its main and genre defining series. Disgusting & shameless corpo behaviour. [b]Strongly advise any match 3 enthusiasts to invest in Puzzle Quest 2 or Puzzle Quest 1: Challenge of the Warlords if you want something oldschool challenging or even the most recent remake Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition. All of these are eons better than so called Puzzle Quest 3 and are a 1 time payment to unlock everything rather than the paywalled cash drain this cash cow disguised as F2P sequel is.[/b] My personal favorite being Puzzle Quest 2 but sadly that's abandonware nowadays so you'd have to find old school methods if you want to get it legally like buying an old physical copy. [h2]Developers, STOP ruining good old franchises with wanton greed![/h2]
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It has many great ideas and the visual representation is satisfying. However, the thing that destroys it completely is the arbitrary inflation of numbers. The enemy you could beat previously, like a rat, will utterly obliterate you later - after you just done beating a giant boss. This completely breaks the game, as it starts to be an immersion-breaking numbers race for stats. Not strategy of any kind. Ultimately, this renders it unplayable.
Третья часть берет хорошую идею Puzzle Quest и заворачивает ее в мобильную кормушку: таймеры, валюты, сундуки, гринд и магазин на каждом шагу. Старый кайф еще просвечивает, free-to-play жир давит сильнее.
玩这么多年卡牌塔防益智类游戏,第一次写差评,本来觉得大家都不容易,但是无缘无故就搞服务器选择性失踪也不出个公告,用繁体中文科学上网非亚洲地区就能登陆,steam是玩几天就服务器断断续续,然后这几天突然一次也上不去,,要不是有点科学上网经验,真发现不了,总之,战神的挑战(puzzle quest)1和2,还有万智牌quest也是玩了好些年然后万智牌脑瘫操作不给中文也跟着直接取消中文顺便账号信息也没了,以前那点好口碑全砸到3里了,总之性质很恶劣,不知道是不是505一直的作风,但是猛猛点踩就完事了
Ein weiteres Game, das den Spieler dazu animiert, massivst Geld auszugeben, um weiter zu kommen. PVP: die Gegner werden vom System ausgesucht und sind dann gleich mal 4-5 Level höher als ich, ja ne, ist klar! Fazit: auf keinen Fall spielen, wenn man gefährdet ist, auf Gatchas reinzufallen; man könnte ohne Ende Geld investieren. Solche Spiele gehören schon lange verboten!!!
刚开始玩觉得还可以,刚5级就登不进去了,垃圾
Мобильная версия очень сильно нагревает телефон. Пробовал разные настройки, ничего не помогает. Прошлый телефон сдох из-за перегрева от этой игры. Сама игра нормальный такой тайм киллер. С кланом по интереснее и по проще. Можно обойтись без доната, если поспрашивать сторожил как правильно начать играть и на что обратить внимание. Без костылей к серваку не подключиться, проще начать играть во что то другое. Сюжет прикольный и постоянно дополняется сезонами. Выбор за вами.
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