Разработчик: 10tons Ltd
Описание
Step aboard a fantastic adventure! Azkend 2: The World Beneath combines amazing art and ultra polished match-3 gameplay into a captivating experience. Click and drag with your mouse to match tiles and activate powerups. Unravel the exciting story and discover some of the most astonishing worlds ever imagined as you progress through the game!
Azkend 2: The World Beneath is a well polished match-3 game with "connect the tiles" mechanic. The game features many different and exciting level types with unique challenges. There are nearly twenty unique powerups to unlock and choose wisely for each level to hasten your journey!
Azkend 2: The World Beneath features beautiful location art to immerse you into the wonderful underground world. The amazing vistas are dynamic and change as you make your way back towards civilization. Gameboard tiles are carefully handpainted and topped up with pretty particle effects.
The story, drawing inspiration from Jules Verne, is told with gorgeous full screen animated scenes and professional voiceover. The story is filled with adventure and wonder in a way that is both exhilarating and relaxing.
- Amazing hand drawn and animated location art
- Super-polished match-3 gameplay with original twists
- Engaging adventure story with full voiceovers
- Three game modes; Adventure, Time and Medals
- Cinematic soundtrack by Jonathan Geer
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: 1 Ghz
- Memory: 256 MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 8.0
- Storage: 211 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
This is a match 3 game that I have a "love hate" relationship with. there are 3 modes, active several power ups and passive abilities. This gives the game-play some variety. There are two stage types, the first is a board that requires you to flip the tiles, this prompts and object (or medal in the second mode) to be placed on the board. You get this object/medal to the bottom of the board and "bob's your uncle." This is all done against a timer, so you have to be quick. Some of the later levels are difficult (more on this below).
The second mode is a "kill the bugs" mode. This requires you to sting the bugs as they make their way up the board. They have health and can take several combinations. Both of these modes can be played in the story then in the medal and timer modes. the story modes can be done with a bit of skill, the timer mode, I didn't enjoy and played very little of it. The medal mode, I wanted to complete and as of right now I give up. the last stage takes a massive jump in difficulty and a fairly pleasant puzzle game became my arch-enemy as it becomes the "Dark Souls" of puzzle games. I must have tried 100's of times to beat the last stage and it has continually "bent me over" and showed me whose boss. As I said I give up.
All that said, it was still a fun ride (not the bending over bit) and worth a few quid, if you are looking for a puzzle game to occupy the downtime between AAA releases.
7/10 Would squish bugs again.
This game has multiple different stuff to do. You have match 3, hidden objects, different levels where some are timed and you also get power ups. It took me just under 10 hours to complete the game, however some of the levels are really difficult to complete.
VERY fun, not for the faint of heart though, gets HARD near the end! Still stuck on the final level, will tackle it again some other time, wish me luck..... I recommend it if you like these sorts of match 3 games :)
Game Information
"Azkend: The World Beneath" is a Match 3 game. The game was developed and published by 10tons Ltd.
"The World Beneath" is the second episode of "Azkend."
The Game Review
Game Visuals
I want to mention that the visuals in the game are nicely done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu.
Game Audio
I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well.
Gameplay
There are two game modes to choose from: Challenge and Adventure. Both modes do have a timer.
This is a match 3 game, the objective is rather simple, you have to make matches of three or more of like tokens to clear them from the board. There are several different types of match 3 styles: "Swap;" "Chain" and "Group." The "Swap" style is where you have to switch two tokens either vertically or horizontally. The "Chain" style is where you have to link all the like tokens together that go in any direction. Such as "Up to Down;" "Left to Right" and "Diagonally." The "Group" style is where a bunch of similar tokens are cleared from the board in one move. The match 3 style that is used in this game is "Chain."
There are sixteen different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. These are in-game achievements only.
Miscellaneous
There are five different trading cards to collect. Only three of those trading cards are given out by the game. There are several ways to get the rest of the trading cards: Purchased from the Steam's Community Market; Trade with friends; Booster Packs and its Booster Pack Creator.
Final thoughts: I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.
Oh, this game sucked!
Well, it sucked time out of my life at least. I read a review saying it was too easy-- dunno if they got great RNG but I've played and reviewed dozens of match-3 games on Steam, and this was by far the most challenging! I had to redo the final level over 10 times before I got lucky (also, hint: it works best with the final active powerup, the compass generator. You also need to be comfortable with matching multiple gem types with compasses in between.)
I really got angry at some of the levels, if only because of the uneven difficulty, but that's the thing with randomly-filled boards. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't. Also, the tutorial didn't do a great job at telling us that some powerups are more suited towards some types of levels (e.g. the horizontal wind powerup is great for bug levels.)
What else can I say..?
Pros:
- One of the most 'original' (AFAIK) hidden object concepts, where they show you a rotated piece of the background and you have to click it. That alone was nearly worth the price of admission, although I fail to see what failing one of these mini-games would have done.
- Honest soundtrack. I've heard much better though.
- Excellent graphics. The backgrounds are for the most part exquisite.
- Very diverse gameplay-- many different powerups, several different types of levels, some involving strategy, others luck or skill.
- Overall the game is satisfying and I didn't have too many ragequit moments.
Cons:
- Timed levels can be very frustrating. Essentially the bug levels (and the final classic level in the game) will require you to be very quick. No ability to remove the timer at all.
- Uneven difficulty.
- Pretty short (main story can be finished in under 5 hours). Haven't played through the challenges yet.
- Story is completely silly (and terribly acted). Girl gets in a shipwreck, wakes up in a cave filled with beautiful remnants of an old forgotten civilization, but all she cares about is breaking everything apart to come back home. Also, kill a giant octopus which I'm sure most biologists would be very crossed to hear about. In the end she comes back home and all you get is a single screen with a 'congratulations' message. Worst ending I've been through since, uh... Monkey Island 3? And that was in the 90's... And it at least had a short video.
- I don't remember the game ever telling me I was able to choose my powerups before a level started. I only realized that halfway through the game. Maybe that's why it was so hard for me, I don't know. Generally speaking, the latest powerup is always the better one, but as I said, some powerups are better for some levels.
- Seriously, this isn't Heroes of Hellas. Hellas 2, 3 or 4 are all better than Azkend 2.
In conclusion: buy all of the Hellas games. If you have them already, and you're looking for more hex-grid match-3 games, then you can definitely try Azkend.
Save your money and spend it on a "Real" game.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | 10tons Ltd |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 24.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 83% положительных (6) |