Akhra: The Treasures
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Best game for fans of bonuses
Great game, I can't stop playing!
Such a number of different bonuses! I love bonuses and tasks to get them. Upgrading bonuses is breathtaking for me. When I got the Scepter of Haste, it was really exciting.
Nice graphics, but music is not ideal. So 4 in "Visual/Sound Quality".
"Level of Challenge" is great. But if becomes too hard you can switch to easy mode any time.
As for "Storyline". Its not a book, but lots of humor and interesting facts makes the game impressive.
March 17, 2012
Fantastic Match 3 game
Akhra is my favorite Match 3 game on BFG, and I own about 2 dozen of them.
Great features:
** There are over 100 levels to the game. I personally love games that make me work to get to the end. If I like the game experience, I want to spend hours and hours playing to the finish.
** There are 4 types of matching formats used in the game (drag-the-row or-column to line up the match, swap, create chains, and rotate a group of 4), and 2 types of finished forms (standard lines of 3 or more, or groups (think Tetris shapes)). The only con for the whole game, if you care about this, is that you don't get to choose which you do for each level, the game presets it. I don't like making chains, so luckily for me, it's the least commonly used format.
** You collect "resources" in the form of different types of elements, which you then use to manufacture your game power-ups. You can collect these resources by playing the main game, or by playing mini-games you unlock, or by going into a cavern and mining the elements, or by re-playing past levels.
** You earn bonuses that automatically activate during play, also using the resources you collect to construct and upgrade them.
** The music is annoying, but the visuals are stunning, and the game sound effects are awesome, which is why I'm giving that sub-category 5 stars.
** The storyline is interesting enough to read through if you care about that kind of thing, but skippable if you don't.
** You can play on relaxed mode (my preferred way to play) and puposely drag out completing a level so you can maximize resource collection (or to drag out the matching. Again, my preferred way to play). Or you can play on timed mode and speed your way through.
** There's a Statistics page that keeps a running count of the different kinds of things you've done in the game (Resources collected, power-ups used, etc).
I have been playing the current game for over 15 hours and I'm only on level 89 out of 105. Since I like the long-slow play method, a game that allows for that is my idea of heaven. But if you play for speed, I'm sure that the game would be satisfying for you, too.
Definitely a must-have for match-3 fans.
April 18, 2012