Jewel Match Aquascapes Collector’s Edition Review (Steam)

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For this Jewel Match Aquascapes Collector’s Edition Review, we dive into a wondrous Match-3 undersea world and let the cares of life drift away! Make matches across sprawling coral reef levels, and collect sparkling treasures to restore magnificent maritime mansions to their erstwhile splendor.

Jewel Match Aquascapes Collector’s Edition Review Pros:

  • Nice graphics.
  • 410.2MB download size.
  • Steam achievements.
  • Match 3 gameplay.
  • Three difficulties – normal, advanced, and insane.
  • Tutorial – 12 levels, you can play in any order and it is optional.
  • Tips and hints pop up during play but can be disabled.
  • Game settings – auto scroll speed slider, music sliders, Interactive help, fullscreen, static pieces, no hint arrows, magic arrows, custom pointer, disable visual FXs, and smaller windows.
  • Online leaderboards.
  • You can save wallpaper images and set them as your desktop wallpaper.
  • World map levels selected.
  • As you play you earn treasure to buy and rebuild the kingdom.
  • Three game modes – relaxed, move mode, and time mode.
  • Uses just the mouse.
  • You match together groups like fours and fives to make special gems that can turn into any piece or a helpful arrow Bomb where arrows go across the screen in a specific direction and clear as it go.
  • Each level generally plays out over multiple screens (rooms) and you can do them in any order or if you get stuck go to another room.
  • After finishing a level you can sometimes stay afterwards to clear up all the remaining treasure.
  • The goal is to clear all the gold-colored squares by matching pieces on them.
  • Many power-up types can appear like bombs that can be Enhanced by matching pieces near it or the arrow bombs as explained earlier.
  • There is a host of third-party pieces like snails that turn tiles gold, crabs, and boxes that need breaking.
  • Clever mechanics like a compass room where clearing pieces by a compass changes the direction which in turn changes where the pieces move and act.
  • Different arrow-type bombs in terms of direction and behavior as one can bounce off pieces.
  • Coins appear.
  • Collector’s Edition extras – extra wallpapers, extra jigsaw maps, extra scenes, extra spot the difference, customized strategy guide, and making of.
  • Unlock mini-games and earn pearls to unlock more rewards.
  • You have a map to show where you can go and what rooms are cleared.

Jewel Match Aquascapes Collector’s Edition Review Cons:

  • A lot to take in.
  • it doesn’t have the same flow as the previous games.
  • Levels take way too long to finish.
  • It’s possible to play a level infinitely.
  • The game doesn’t offer any one-off power-up or abilities purchases from a shop or anything.
  • So many times a level of completion comes down to getting the right block at the right place.
  • The game crashes ALOT and it can happen anywhere at any time.
  • It seems the game doesn’t like fullscreen a lot as I got more crashes when using it.
  • Overall the game feels a lot flatter than other entries.

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Jewel Match Aquascapes Collector’s Edition:

Official website

Developer: Suricate Software

Publisher: Grey Alien Games

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Steam

  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Sound - 6/10
  • 6/10
    Accessibility - 6/10
  • 7/10
    Length - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Fun Factor - 6/10
6.4/10

Summary

The game Jewel Match Aquascapes Collector’s Edition is a match-3 game with a download size of 410.2MB and offers Steam achievements. It features three difficulty levels – normal, advanced, and insane, and includes a tutorial with 12 optional levels. The game settings offer customization options such as auto scroll speed sliders, music sliders, fullscreen mode, and more.

As you play, you earn treasure to buy and rebuild the kingdom. The game offers three modes – relaxed, move mode, and time mode. The gameplay involves matching groups of four or five to make special gems that can turn into any piece or a helpful arrow bomb. Each level generally plays out over multiple screens (rooms) and you can do them in any order or if you get stuck go to another room to help you in another room.

However, the game loves to crash frequently, especially in fullscreen mode. The levels take too long to finish and it’s possible to play a level infinitely. The game doesn’t offer any one-off power-up or abilities purchases from a shop or anything. Despite its attempt to push the genre/series forward with rooms and more puzzles, the game feels a lot flatter than other entries in the series and doesn’t have the same addictive feel I come to these games for.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!