Puzzle Kingdoms for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PC is far from your typical puzzle game. In an attempt to mix the genre up a bit, the game injects elements of both action games and RPGs to create a gameplay experience that actually finds a way to work.

Puzzle Kingdoms is a puzzle/action/RPG game that is more about strategy than it is about puzzles or action or role-playing. It’s like Bejeweled on crack, only better.

Or maybe not crack…after all, there are green glowing pot leaves...

But I digress. The gameplay itself is actually really addicting. You play a warrior type of character who lives in a land that is ravaged by drought and a massive food shortage. You’re trying to help the other kingdoms, but they’re all hostile, so when you approach a tower or castle, it attacks you. At the same time, there’s a group of monster-like creatures who are fighting against you as well and they’re concerned with “boxes” you are finding and destroying, and then… *bleep* to be honest, I don’t care. The story line isn’t really that interesting. I mean, I’m glad they have one, and it doesn’t feel forced. But in general, I care more about the battles than about saving the peasants.

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