Honestly, if you've played and enjoyed Puzzle Quest then Chronicles will surprise and excite you in no way whatsoever. It's every standard fare puzzle game ever made with the standard fare RPG and adventure elements of Puzzle Quest thrown in, as they were a good idea once. Frankly, it's a boring idea.
Puzzle Quest super fans will be able to look past Chronicles' awful visuals and enjoy the fantasy puzzling it offers on the inside. But it is ugly as sin and doesn't do anything remarkably different from its inspiration. If Puzzle Quest is a super hot girl, Puzzle Chronicles is her homely friend with a nice personality.
Presentation - 6.0
Graphics - 4.0
Sound - 7.5
Gameplay - 7.5
Lasting Appeal - 7.0
Overall -
The developers of Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords created a new Sony PSP and Nintendo DS game called Puzzle Chronicles. Can it overclass is predecessor? This and more you read in our Puzzle Chronicles Review.
The campaign here is lengthy but not very satisfying, and 30 bucks is a steep asking price for a game whose appearance and repetitive nature make it feel like it ought to be priced as a standard downloadable release. Your hero may seem unstoppable in his struggle to overthrow an evil emperor, but he can't toss Puzzle Quest off of its throne as the enduring king of this genre.
