

Puzzle quest is the best puzzle game of it's kind. However this version is worse than the original one. It is a good game, but a pretty dissapointing remaster. First of all it has enforced telemetry that you can not opt out of. At least it says it in the EULA, which is the very first thing that greets you when you open the game. Second of all they changed the art. In the original one, the characters had anime style art. For this one they tried to change it to more western art, but they didn't go full western style. So the art style is somewhere in the middle and feels very off. It also seems to have less character portaits for some reason. Third, they changed the combat ui (the match table graphics). It doesn't as smooth as the old one. They also changed the mana gems shape. Before all the mana gems had the same shape, so you knew it was mana gems and used to power your spells. You also knew that all other gems were important, as they had different shapes. Now each mana gems has it's own shape (each gem has it's own shape) making hard to distinguish their primary role and reducing the importance of the other gems (as they are no longer unique). Some people might see this change as a plus though. They also made some changes in the map ui, which I also feel are inferior. They removed the multiplayer (and the ability to upload and downlaod high scores from/to the internet). Generally it gives the sense that they copy / pasted the original and made some worse changes to justify being a new game. It seems like they remade the game in unity, which comes with it's own problems. Overall, you're better off buying the original version.