Jigsaw Deluxe: A Review
Today’s giveaway is a jigsaw developed by Elefun Games and is a little over 18Mb. There’s very little information over on their web site about this game and I didn’t find any images to post. I've uploaded a few, but by the time I didcovered what todays game was going to be there was only 90 minutes left before the change over, which didn't leave me with enough time to give the game a better trial run and take more screen shots. :(
The Game
A nice little jigsaw puzzle game that has several themes (8 in total) such as nature, cars, flowers and architecture. All the themes apart from nature are locked and you have to earn stars by completing a puzzle. The bigger the puzzle and the faster you complete the puzzle, the more stars you can earn to unlock more levels. You can choose from eight puzzle forms, that is jigsaw puzzles with different shaped lugs. There’s also four different sizes of puzzle to choose from 4x3, 6x4, 8x6 and 10x8. Completing the smallest puzzle (12 pieces) for example will give you 120 stars whereas completing the largest puzzle 80 pieces) will give you 800 points. These are small puzzles compared with what you can do with the jigsaw puzzle given away a few weeks ago that went up to 1020 pieces. (Infinite Jigsaw puzzle); though today’s makes it ideal for the kids, or the larger ones for adults who don’t have too much time to play games such as these.
There are two modes, arcade and relaxed modes. The former has the jigsaw pieces appearing from the left hand side on a sort of conveyor belt that moves quite slowly. Occasionally you’ll get bonus pieces such as a magnifying glass which when activated (by clicking on it) it will show you where a piece on the conveyor belt should go. While I was playing it I also got another bonus called a magnet, which when you click on a piece on the conveyor it will stick to the cursor. You wave the cursor around over the jigsaw and when you come near to the place where it belongs it’s attracted to it. You must complete the puzzle before the conveyor runs out of room, which is three sides of the jigsaw puzzle.
The relaxed mode I basically the same game but without the stress of having to get the pieces placed before your conveyor is full. The same bonuses apply.
You are further helped by the fact that the outline of every piece is shown on the puzzle board.
You can save your progress on any puzzle that you start.
Images – as a slideshow:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Jigsaw%20Deluxe/?albumview=slideshow
Images – all on one page:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Jigsaw%20Deluxe/
System Requirements
Pentium 1000 or Highest
128 RAM,
Sound Card,
32MB Video Card
Conclusion:
Not a bad jigsaw puzzle for the kids. I would say it’s a little too easy for adults apart from the largest two played in arcade mode, though older children should be able to cope with those. I like the power ups, which add a more arcade feel to the game as opposed to infinite jigsaw puzzle that had no such thing, though Infinite Jigsaw was a much better game due to the ability to add your own images of any size as well as being able to change the size of the jigsaw up to massive proportions. Still this is an uncluttered and well presented game that is worth 7 out of 10 in my estimation.
I don’t particularly like the themes and puzzle formats being locked, but then again it wouldn’t be an arcade game then, lol
Thank you Elefun Games and the Game Giveaway project.
