REJOICE! For the gems are back this year. Puzzle Quest 3 Announced!

[Ashodin]

Puzzle Quest 3 Announced

This morning 505 Games announced Puzzle Quest 3, a free-to-play sequel that takes place 500 years after the original.

A direct follow-up to 2007 surprise hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Puzzle Quest 3 will once more see players traveling across the world of Etheria, competing in 1-on-1 battles against fantasy creatures by combining gems to harvest resources, used to cast powerful spells and abilities. The official announcement mentions a "3D game world," which is new to the series, as well as some sort of gameplay twist that is not explained.

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I am a Puzzle Quest veteran and nerd, and I loved Puzzle Quest (played a shitton of it on Xbox 360), Puzzle Quest 2 is cool and the Sci Fi Galactrix, but the king has returned.

WHAT SAY YOU

 

[ghostcrew]

OH FUCK YEAH!

 

[Dest]

puzzle quest fucks.
i'm in.

 

[cw_sasuke]

ngl...thats dope :o

Edit:
No gameplay or plattforms, welp. Still excited.

 

[Human Resources]

ok sure, i've got a 100 spare hours around here somewhere

 

[Kouriozan]

While I loved PQ1, I couldn't get into 2, so I have high hopes for 3.
Free to play? I played Gems of War but after a while it asked so much playtime to keep up I gave up.

 

[Skulldead]

If the AI don't cheat like the first game i'm ready to play it.

 

[KNZFive]

Been playing Marvel Puzzle Quest since launch which is....over 7 years ago now. I played the original on Xbox 360 before that.

So yes, I'm definitely down for this.

 

[Ashodin]

While I loved PQ1, I couldn't get into 2, so I have high hopes for 3.
Free to play? I played Gems of War but after a while it asked so much playtime to keep up I gave up.

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The developer looks to specifically recapture the Magic and feel of Puzzle Quest 1

 

[KoolAid]

ngl...thats dope :o

Edit:
No gameplay or plattforms, welp. Still excited.

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Their website says PC, mobile and consoles

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

YES

 

[lordmrw]

It's about time. I beat puzzle quest 2 six ways from Sunday and want more.

 

[treasureyez]

i can't think of a game that needed a "3D game world" less than Puzzle Quest but i'm still intrigued

 

[demi]

Nothing has been able to capture the same as the original. PQ2, PQ Galactrix, Gems of War, etc... fingers crossed though

 

[cw_sasuke]

Their website says PC, mobile and consoles

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Thanks, makes sense that it would be on everything.

 

[plufim]

I'm wary of it being free to play, but that aside, nice.

 

[Endless]

No gameplay or plattforms, welp. Still excited.

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"mobile devices and PC later this year, with additional platforms to be announced" https://37-allgamesdelta.s-ul.eu/snlpRave

 

[More_Badass]

F2P sours this announcement

 

[Redcrayon]

Puzzle Quest rocked, looking forward to this

 

[Rag]

I'm bummed that it is free-to-play. I haven't had a positive experience with free mobile games yet.

 

[Zebesian-X]

Free 2 Play is... spooky, but I've heard great things about their marvel puzzle quest games so here's hoping it's reasonable.

 

[Hero of Legend]

How's the Switch remake/remaster of the original? I heard it has issues, were those ever ironed out, same with performance?

 

[Tokyo_Funk]

I know someone who worked on PQ 1 and 2, gonna go ask if he's on this one.

 

[Gnorman]

I know it wouldn't be most people's preferred platform to play a game like this but I really hope it comes to ps5.

 

[Waggles]

F2p

gonna be trash

 

[Deleted member 5596]

Candy Crush F2P model meant terribly unbalanced levels that either required lot of luck or use of paid items...

Hope this is different, really enjoyed the first one back in the day.

 

[Deleted member 11976]

I hope to god it doesn't have F2P bullshit in it. I must've spent 100s of hours in PQ1 on the DS. I would happily pay full AAA MSRP for PQ3 if it avoided F2P MTX.

 

[werezompire]

Really liked the original back in the day, but I'm worried about the move to F2P.

 

[Ashodin]

If anything I would believe Infinite would base their monetization on customizing your game and wanting it F2P to get the most people to look at it

 

[Comic Obsessed]

There was a Puzzle Quest 2?

 

[Ashodin]

There was a Puzzle Quest 2?

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It was alright, they tried to Diablo-fy it

 

[Tigerfog]

I hope the art style will look more like the first game than the second one.

 

[Ravelle]

Oh man, I didn;t care much for the sequel but I adored the first one. Exciting stuff!

 

[Robin64]

How's the Switch remake/remaster of the original? I heard it has issues, were those ever ironed out, same with performance?

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Sadly it never got a fix patch.

 

[Ishmae1]

Love me some Puzzle Quest

Now Peggle 3 needs to materialize and the circle will be complete.

 

[NosgothNihilist]

It's been said , but free to play tells me when I get my ass kicked multiple times that I may be locked out from trying again for a set period of time unless I have some in game currency that is earned or bought with real world currency.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Sadly it never got a fix patch.

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Maybe they've been too busy with Puzzle Quest 3. As long as they finally get to it then I don't mind, but it's weird that they haven't gotten to it yey. Someone from D3 said a patch was being worked on:

Puzzle Quest early game-breaking bug : NintendoSwitch (reddit.com)

 

[Brick]

Hell yeah! The original is still one of my favorite puzzle games

 

[Herr Starr]

I loved Puzzle Quest 1 and disliked PQ2 because of its dumb level scaling that mean leveling up served absolutely no purpose whatsoever. I would love to see a game recapture the magic of PQ1, but being F2P fills me with a strong sense of doubt.

 

[Bear]

So excited about this. Love these games.

 

[mere_immortal]

Will give it a try. Are there any good match 3 mobile games out now that aren't stuffed with free to play timers or 6 different currencies? Something I can just buy for a few quid and enjoy without having to do daily login or any of that other crap.

 

[Jay Shadow]

It's been said , but free to play tells me when I get my ass kicked multiple times that I may be locked out from trying again for a set period of time unless I have some in game currency that is earned or bought with real world currency.

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Check out Gems of War if you wanna get an idea of what free to play might look like from them. That's their current puzzle game that they've been supporting for the past 6 years.

 

[trashbandit]

Hoping this hits as hard as PQ1, none of the followups have done it for me.

 

[Kneefoil]

I love Puzzle Quest, but it's also the only series I know that gives me Tetris effect, which is hella annoying.

 

[NosgothNihilist]

Check out Gems of War if you wanna get an idea of what free to play might look like from them. That's their current puzzle game that they've been supporting for the past 6 years.

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Thanks. I'll check it out. Truly enjoyed puzzle quest and snatched it up again for the PS4

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Will give it a try. Are there any good match 3 mobile games out now that aren't stuffed with free to play timers or 6 different currencies? Something I can just buy for a few quid and enjoy without having to do daily login or any of that other crap.

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-Hero Emblems (iOS only)
-Starbeard
-EightyEight Games catalog
-Million Dungeon
-Troll Patrol

 

[dogbox]

Hoping this hits as hard as PQ1, none of the followups have done it for me.

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My thoughts exactly! Holy crap did I love that first one haha. Here's hoping!

 

[firehawk12]

These days, you'd have to add a gacha system to it right?

 

[SirNinja]

Hmm.

I want to be excited about this (hell, I was the guy who port-modded PQ1's expansion to PC), but the mention of F2P and unspecified platforms has really cut off my hype. We already have Gems of War, from the same developer, for our F2P Puzzle Quest timesink; not sure how PQ3 is going to fit in to that ecosystem.

There was a Puzzle Quest 2?

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There was, although they tried to take things in a very different direction than PQ1, and it kinda didn't work for the most part. Instead of traveling across a giant continent, conquering cities and building an empire, PQ2 was basically one town and one interconnected dungeon. The smaller scale didn't really fit PQ's weird nature IMO. PQ1 also let you pretty much break the game with overpowered combos, where PQ2 was much more reigned in. Normally that would be a good thing, but I absolutely loved PQ1's potential for game-breaking chaos. It somehow worked really well (unless it crashed the game, lol)

 

[Freezasaurus]

Cool. Let's hope the AI is a bit more balanced this time lmao