GameSpot: Puzzle Chronicles Preview

Developer Infinite Interactive created a new type of game with 2007’s Puzzle Quest, fusing together the seemingly incompatible puzzle and role-playing game genres. By layering the tropes of a fantasy RPG over the basic gameplay of Bejewelled, the Australian developer managed to produce a fiendishly addictive blend of gem battling and levelling up.

It’s possible to draw comparisons to its latest offering–called Puzzle Chronicles. After all, they both involve matching coloured blocks, roaming around a fantasy world, and building up your hero. But a closer look at the new game reveals some very different gameplay mechanics at its core.