Wind & Water: Puzzle Battles (28.3Mb)
Want to grab one of the best freeware games released so far this year? Well now’s your chance! I don’t usually post many color-matching puzzle games, but this one has to be a brilliant (!) exception. It’s hot off the press, so here goes!
There is a storyline mode with 30+ hours of play, and the game boasts a broad range of interesting scoring and gameplay elements that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. You work your way across a huge level-map, “where you’re given challenges, earn money by your successes, spend it on character upgrades and bonuses in the stores, and meet a large cast of characters in a variety of goofy cartoonish dialogue scenes. You can also distract yourself with a variety of quickfire arcade minigames, and generally do a lot of puzzling.”
The main gameplay consists of rotating diamond shape grids with the keyboard, mouse or a gamepad to form diamond-shaped blocks of four colors, which then disappear. There’s a variety of advanced scoring techniques, too, such as elemental combos (remove two or more different colours in a single move), full combos (clear all of a specific colour from the board in one go) and more. The game comes with a complete tutorial.
There’s also Puzzle Fighter-esque Vs gameplay against the CPU or another player, where you aim to chip away at your opponents side of the screen, removing viable moves, alongside plenty of single player modes.
The game has a level of content to match most commercial games. It is supported by donations, and for $10 if you wish, you can get a personal in-game avatar, or for $15 an animated set, but of course you don’t have to donate to download and play it!
There’s a very pleasurable atmosphere to the game and an atmospheric sound-track. The graphics are excellent throughout, the in-game story is funny and well-developed and there’s the option to play against another player. What more could you ask!
The game is cute, charming and clever, and most of all fun! As I said, it’s a Brilliant game! Do get this one!
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