Bejeweled 3 features an achievement system known as Badges, of which are obtained after certain benchmarks. Game improvements include the Instant Replay feature from Bejeweled Twist, advanced animation transitions, animated backgrounds, and 3D acceleration. A match of six or more gems (which is only possible through a chain reaction) creates a Supernova Gem, which destroys all the gems on its row and column in a 3x3 area. Like Bejeweled Blitz, it now activates when it is destroyed by a Special Gem while swapping it with another Hyper Cube destroys all the gems on the board. Matching five gems in a row creates a Hyper Cube, which detonates all gems of the color when swapped off the board. Matching gems in an L, T, or + shape creates a Star Gem, similar to the Lightning Gem in Bejeweled Twist, which destroys all the gems in its row and column when matched. Matching four gems in a row creates a Flame Gem, which explodes and destroys the eight gems surrounding it when matched. Gameplay of the game's Lightning Mode, featuring elements from Bejeweled Blitz. Unlike previous entries, there is no penalty for using the Hint button, although there is now a cooldown. If the player cannot find a match, they can use the Hint button to find a match. Unlike previous entries, the player can now swap other gems while other gems are still falling. When this occurs, the gems disappear, and new randomly generated gems fall from above, with gems above being affected by gravity, potentially creating a chain reaction. The main gameplay of Bejeweled 3 like previous installments in the series involves swapping two adjacent gems to form a line of three or more gems of the same color. It was released for PC and Mac on December 7, 2010, as part of the 10 Years of Bejeweled celebration, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of Bejeweled, and has been ported to several other consoles afterward.īejeweled 3 introduces several new elements to the mainline series, with some features from previous spin-off titles such as Bejeweled Twist and Bejeweled Blitz being integrated into the game, such as being able to match while other gems are falling, the replay feature, new special gems, an achievement and ranking system, and more. It is the fifth game in the Bejeweled series following Bejeweled Blitz and succeeds Bejeweled 2 as the latest mainline title in the Bejeweled series. It seems the place of huge hit is still vacant.Peter Hajba, Alexander Brandon, Allister Brimble (Nintendo DS)īejeweled 3 is a tile-matching puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games. Yes, this game will take some hours of your life but give you no pleasure or satisfaction. If you feel like yearning for this “new” title, it means that this is not as new as this was promoted. The artwork is polished but the jewels are the same shapes and colors as in the earlier Bejeweled installments. Why?! Because this one of those gameplays where we wait for and wish for challenging dynamic game modes. Well, the idea of a relax mode is not bad at all but to our mind is absolutely useless for Bejeweled 3. The so-called “ambient” music is too repetitive and positive messages sounds mawkish. But none of them performs this or that function. According to the developers idea, Zen’s pleasant music, bubble-texts with different compliments must calm down and make you still. This is an endless mode that help players relax from this fast-paced gameplay. Nevertheless, the last and the most advertised in-game Zen mode looks there rather odd. Of course, classical mode is as addictive as ever, the new ones are fun and innovative. There are eight main ways to play this game, a few of which are borrowed from the previous installments. The title is still about matching three like-colored stones to remove them from your game board. So, our fear was quite reasonable as Bejeweled 3 turned out to be not a reinvention of the captivating puzzle formula that had worked so good for the past years.
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