Spellarium 3

"Spellarium 3" is a great match-3 game with emphasis on minigames (solitaires, hidden object scenes and find the differences). It runs flawlessly and it will stimulate your brain! A very tricky match-3 with power-ups and unique ways to solve the puzzles. The word "puzzles" is key here; you might need to solve the level by removing first certain pieces! The levels themselves are hard but leave an impression and above all they are fun. So you will be glad it wasn't a piece of cake that required no thinking and ended in 10 minutes. The visual effects, animations and music will help a lot in keeping you calm and focused on the task at hand. If you are stuck, you can use the hint system, which I find very good, comprehensive and helpful. On top of that, they have added a beautifully crafted grimoire as help. It will keep you busy for hours but without overstaying its welcome and you can always replay it due to its nature. Featuring Relaxed, Timed and Limited modes. One of the most fun and intriguing match-3 puzzle games out there. For more reviews, follow my curator https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44864435-Mewesome-Reviews/

I've been revisiting the early games of this series after not having played them for several years (originally at another site). Quite surprised to see how challenging Spellarium 3 is - several levels can be rendered impossible or nearly impossible to finish if you do things in the wrong order! (And there's no "replay" button automatically appearing, as that hadn't been created yet at this point of the series.) A new feature of some playing tiles not replenishing and having to clear all of them out in order to remove a stump obstacle. Otherwise, it's mostly a matter of getting to the colored squares to trip them and then the level will finish itself. I'm not completely sure how many levels there are, as I haven't finished the game as of the writing of this review, but am guessing there are around 100 levels. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like there are a lot more minigames, even though there are only 3 types (solitaire, spot the difference, HOS). The story this time is the Dark Elements have wreaked havoc and destroyed a world, but Eric was tasked to rebuild it. Unfortunately, he's still using some unseen workers to do the work, and he doesn't treat them all that well still. I'm glad this got taken out of later games and have to chuckle whenever I see texts in subsequent games where Eric's whining about doing all the work himself. ;) Some of the game texts have obvious typos in them, but otherwise I had no tech issues while playing.