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Interesting that you found this significantly less quality than the other one you reviewed. I suppose it's not too surprising though as most sequels or follow-ups often fail to meet their predacessor's standard.

Stuff:

the mainstay of the previous title has always been to provide a board full or pre-placed gems and get you to match block of the same colour

of; blocks

One new mode is to give you set pieces to fit on an open grid that turn a set section of the blank tiles gold, kind of like a static Klax

I'd take out "is to" and just make the sentence read "One new mode gives..." etc.

I think there's a problem with the statements you make in your conclusion. "...had it been left at the inclusion of Mysterville, I’d probably be coming away with mainly positive things to say.... But by shoehorning this uncomfortable element into a game it doesn’t fit just so it can claim to be branching out does nothing but dilute the quality of what should have been an otherwise enjoyable experience."

The thing is, it almost sounds like you meant to refer to the Klax-clone rather than Mysterville since it's the latter that you effectively rail against in the last quarter of the review, and you don't provide us with any other information as to other unnecessary inclusions that your ultimate conclusion could be referring to. Granted, I could be misreading, but I am very confused.

What espiga does in his free time
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will

*poke*

What espiga does in his free time
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will

This is a fun game. I played it on the iPhone (it cost an entire 99 cents). I suppose I should have reviewed it for Janus's contest.

//Zig

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