Puzzle Quest Galactrix

posted by Jaitu at 08:48

You know it's things like this that remind me why restricted internet access during work hours can be a *good* thing. Puzzle Quest Galactrix is the soon to be released follow up to Puzzle Quest. Shifting it's focus from swords and sorcery RPG themes to those of deep space sci-fi. It also departs from the rigid grid based match three game play to a hexagonal matrix. I remember reading an interview months ago where (I think) the guy behind Tetris said "if you want to make a successful puzzle game stay away from hex grids", but then he was also the man behind Hexic.
Although this is only an online demo (the game will eventually be released on all major formats) it's clear that they've managed to infuse the game with the digital equivalent of crack cocaine.