![]() Its premise is simple enough: Match gems in quicker and quicker succession in order to boost your meter to the top. While Endless Mode offers a casual (almost catatonic) mode of play where you never run out of moves, which is likely to appeal to newcomers, the real standout addition to Bejeweled 2 is Action Mode. The game sports a classic mode where you make matches and increase your score until no more moves can be made, but it also includes two new modes: Action and Endless. Whether you prefer to spend your weekends mercilessly blowing people away on Xbox Live in Call of Duty, or if you play the occasional game of FreeCell during a lull at work, you’re going to have a good time with Bejeweled. Part of the beauty of Bejeweled has always resided in its accessibility. And with the game priced at a paltry $2.99, it’s easily the best value for your money in iPhone gaming. With the immense install base of the iPhone and the unparalleled accessibility of its native App Store, porting Bejeweled 2 to the phone was a no-brainer. This latest iteration first arrived in a Web-based format in 2004, followed by releases on Xbox Live Arcade in 2005 and PSN in 2009. Known for its wildly popular and often brilliant casual games, such as the Pachinko-like Peggle, Bejeweled remains PopCap’s iconic flagship title. Since it first appeared as a Web-based application in 2001, Bejeweled has been downloaded more than 150 million times, according to developer PopCap. If you’ve surfed the Web in the last five years, I’m willing to wager you’ve also played Bejeweled. Recommended very strongly to everyone.The de facto puzzle game of the Internet Age arrives on the iPhone at an unbeatable price If you want some tile swapping and line making action, this is as close to the original web version as you are going to get. Yes, strictly speaking it's Bejewelled 2 HD, but like many franchises, they are all basically the same game. Thankfully, EA have got it right for Bejeweled. This is a top notch version of Bejeweled - and just because it's an official version doesn't mean that's guaranteed (I'm looking at you, Flight Control). I think that's fair in a trial version of the application, but after paying for the full game, perhaps just seeing it once on the first run after purchase is enough?īut I can forgive all of that. There's one irritation right at the end - both on the menu, and when I exit, there's an option to see "more games". And finally you have Action mode, which puts you against the clock to finish each level before the power bar runs out. There's no time pressure, you just play along.Ĭlassic is, as it states, if you're looking for the game with level up options once you fill the power bar. If you want the pure experience with no changes, go for the endless game (or the "zen like state that is the endless game", according to the EA website). In short, if there's a sweet spot for games like this, they've found it.īeing handed the "2" moniker means that some tweaks have been done to the basic game. Of course, a game like this needs the right balance of speed, grid size and complexity and by being the original, EA can use the formula perfected over the years by PopCap. Everything runs at a fantastically smooth speed, when you touch one of the jewels to switch it with another it twinkles and spins round, and when you start a chain reaction of disappearing lines (creating more lines), there's a crash of sound effects that makes the twinkling graphics look and feel solid, and hand you a huge aural sense of accomplishment.Īnd the maddening addictiveness of Bejeweled is there. Naturally the more lines you make, the more you score, and the faster the power bar fills up.ĮA have done a top-notch job in this HD version. If that results in a line of three, four or five matching jewels, they will disappear, fresh jewels will fall in from the top, and you carry on playing until either you finish the level (with a full power bar) or there are no more moves.Īlong the base of the screen you have the power bar - which fills up as you make matches of three, four or five jewels. ![]() ![]() For those of you who haven't come across the idea of Bejeweled before, you have a big grid full of jewels, and your only move is to swap a pair of adjacent jewels.
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