Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (Game)

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

GAME » on February 24, 2009

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A sci-fi follow-up to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords.

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Overview

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is a sci-fi fantasy tile-matching puzzle game developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher for the PC (both digitally and via retail) and Nintendo DS (Platform) on February 24, 2009. It later received digital releases for the Xbox 360 (Platform) on April 8, 2009 and PlayStation 3 (Platform) on May 7, 2009.

A follow-up to the 2007 game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, and sometimes seen as a spin-off of the Puzzle Quest (Franchise) series, Galactrix switches from a high fantasy to sci-fi while switching from a tiled grid to a hexagonal grid, with the pieces falling inward based on the scenario's gravity.

Gameplay

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix uses a circular board filled with hexagonal tiles. On the players turn, the player selects a tile, then chooses which of the six adjacent tile spots that the original tile will move to, causing the two tiles to switch places. Just as in the first Puzzle Quest, matching different tile types will bring different results.

Tiles

Red - Weapons
Yellow - Engines
Green - Space Ship's Computer
Blue - Space Ship's Shields
Purple - Psi Power
Silver - Intel

Each fighter has a shield and a health bar, the shield must be depleted before health can be damaged. The shield can then be restored by matching Blue tiles. Damage is caused by matching up numbered attack tiles called mines that replace the skull tiles of Challenge of the Warlords. When matched, the amount of damage done is equal to the sum of all the numbered attack tiles.

Story

Humans have colonized distant stars, and four conglomerates have become the law of the land. One of the corporations is delving into dangerous experimentation, that could have dire implications for humankind. The player begins as an inexperienced space ship pilot. As the player gains experience and skills, the will get more intel on the nefarious experimenting going on.

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