Ok, I'm not even kidding about this. I'm just watching random videos about games and I thought, with no reason at all really, "Hey I wonder maaayybbee if Gog would have Puzzle Quest from the XBOX 360 somehow?" BAM I type it in today, September 18, 2025, and IT JUST CAME OUT TODAY. YO WTF I am so hyped. I still have my 360 and PQ on it, but I never got to play any of the DLC. This is SO WICKED. Thank you to whoever decided to remaster this gem of a game. I HIT THE LOTTERY BOYS! YEEEEHAWW!! I haven't even played it yet and I'm stooooked!
Everything is great except how long it takes to walk around. TOO SLOW. TOO MUCH WALKING. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY PLEASE PUT IN AT LEAST SOME RUNNING SHOES LIKE POKEMON DIAMOND, OR LET US RIDE A HORSE OR SOMETHING! ANYTHING TO MAKE US MOVE SUPER FAST WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT TO MAKE SPEED POTIONS OR THE GAME TO GLITCH RANDOMLY. You even have to pay for teleport stones. do it! i WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT A 4.5 / 5 BUT THE SLOW PACE IS SERIOUSLY HOLDING THIS GEM BACK.
It's a really cool concept. Play as an alien biomass and make your way through metroid-esque levels and grow into a super monster eventually. Moving around is fun, sound design and effects are great, and it feels fairly polished. Only thing I don't like is no map system to keep track of where you are and have been, some of the backtracking is annoying and some of the puzzles can be a bit headscratching which forced me to go to a walkthrough video. If you get stuck just use your roar to find out where to merge next and go in that general direction. Hope there is a sequel someday.
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This is my first game review ever on GOG. WHY: I bought this game because I liked the idea/concept of it in general. Tarot card skill checks? Sounds neat and novel. Steampunk Britain? Reminds me of Frostpunk (which I mildly enjoyed in the 8 hours I've played it, but am bored of now). Character driven story and development? Ok, I'll give it a try. The Good: Art direction is nice. 2/3 playable PCS are interesting. Drunk Minotaur magician? Cool. Dwarf mechanic with a steam automaton companion? Cool. First chapter of game with Atticus was definitely interesting and I was intrigued for more. That's about it for the good. The Bad: Game got boring during chapter 2 and beyond with Clara. Moving around the bland map is slow and made me tired and impatient. Camera is on a rail. Boring sidequests like "Feed the dog/cat" with no reward. Finishing some other sidequests seems impossible because I exhausted all dialogues with all available NPCS and no idea what to do. Quest progression is confusing in general. Music is really boring. As a musician myself, a 6 year old with a couple hours of basic lessons could have come up with the score. Repetitive and bland. In game graphics are not anything to be wowed about. The Tarot card system is just a illusory dice system. Critical failure if you get The Fool, and Critical Success if you get The World. Thought there would be more to it than that. Summary: I really wanted to like this game, but it's just not my thing. Slow, bland story & gameplay, confusing quest progression, bad music and a bit buggy. Overall, unless this is under 5 bucks, or if you really like games like this, I'd save your money.
