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Rune Stones Quest 
Help save the Dwarven Kingdom in Rune Stones Quest! Long ago, five Rune Stones protected and brought prosperity to the kingdom. The destruction of these runes by a sinister sorcerer has weakened the kingdom. Meanwhile the Army of Darkness threatens to erase what's left of the declining nation. The Rune Stones must be restored to save the land. The best Dwarven masters have prepared a quest to regain lost ancient knowledge and restore the runes. Will you aid them in their vital quest?
- Magnificent atmosphere and graphics
- Construct a settlement
- Seven unique locations
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
- CPU: 1.0 GHz
- RAM: 256 MB
- DirectX: 8.0
- Hard Drive: 119 MB
Game Manager System Requirements:
- Browser: Internet Explorer 7 or later
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Rune Stones Quest
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It may be good for beginners!
Very simple and easy game.
Small boards with easy tasks that will increasing - pick one kind of tile - acorns, 2 types: stone and wood, 3 types - branches, trunks (dark tiles) and stones, and so on.
Has no challenge or excitement.
Graphics ok, sound too, but does not encourages to play more than 15 minutes
It may be good for those who never played match 3 learn how this game (match 3) works.
November 13, 2012
Good concept - FLAT graphics, literally
*** Demo only***
Your village has been dessimated by the destruction of necessary runes and your quest is to restore these runes and rebuild the village.
With improved graphics the game concept seems quite good. The tiles are VERY VERY FLAT and rather than sliding they attach briefly to the cursor and are sort of dropped in place. Not a very smooth process for the seasoned game-player.
There is no timer although the time is recorded; there are no huge bombs just some bonus objects go 'pff' when swapped - we need more BANGS!! There are plenty of 'pests' like bee swarms, spider webs and frozen tiles. Matching with the tile underneath gets rid of the webs and frozen tiles but the swarm just hangs around for a while getting in the way.
I liked the idea of choosing which part of the new village to concentrate on next which then tasks you with collecting supplies of one thing or another.
I didn't like the mines games as the stones, gold and rocks all looked very similar as did the picks and the shovels. The gems were clearer but then the FLATNESS spoilt it. The library books and manuscripts were also extremely FLAT.
Not a buy for me unless the graphics and sound effects are drastically improved.
November 13, 2012
Okay Match 3, Weird Graphics
I did NOT complete the 1 hour demo, but since I love Match 3 games, I tried to do so.
Things that I enjoyed:
1) The initial graphics were beautiful. Having said that, the board tiles were horrible!
2) The actual match 3 part worked fine.
3) The quests were very easy to understand and accomplish.
Unfortunately, there were a lot of features that I did not like.
1) Though i said I liked some of the graphics, other graphics were terrible. I wonder if this was some sort of mobile port because the tile graphics were overly simple, flat, and pixelated.
2) There's no matching during a cascade. If you get a good cascade, you sit there and wait for it to finish.
3) There were no rewards for big matches early on in the game. Maybe they come later. I didn't make it to that part.
4) There's very little in way of explanation as to what I was doing. Now, it's a match 3, so I know that I'm matching. My problem was knowing what I was trying to accomplish overall.
5) Once I clicked on a tile, it stuck to my cursor. This is completely a personal thing, but I don't really like that at all for my Match 3.
I was sadly disappointed by this one. Again, some of the graphics were GORGEOUS, but the board is what I have to look at most. I wish they'd spent a little bit more time on it.
November 13, 2012
What on earth happened?
It is an OK game, but it looks like the developers dug out an old game with old graphics, spruced it up a bit and submitted it as a "new" game. The game is simple enough, the music is soothing but repetitious, but it gets a bit more challenging as you go through the upper levels. Not sure if I will buy this one since it is a Match 3, which seldom shows up these days, but the game just isn't appealing so think no sale here.
November 13, 2012
Awesome if you have 3D screen, otherwise FLAT basic graphics
Rune Stones Quest, 2011
Requires 256 RAM, 119MB
Help save the Dwarven Kingdom. 5 rune stones protected and brought prosperity to the kingdom for generations. Their destruction by a sinister sorcerer has weakened the kingdom and the Army of Darkness threatens to erase what little remains. They need your help to go on a quest prepared by the Dwarven Masters, to help regain ancient knowledge and restore the rune stones. There are 7 locations, the first location the ancient tree is restored then the settlement is rebuilt, from building roads, lumber mills, fountains, getting rid of pests, and collecting honey.
This is a basic Match 3, boards vary in size/shape plus have different tasks to accomplish. The goals for the current board are listed on a small board in the upper left of the screen. It will show a picture of the tile and how many of that tile you will need to clear. The Menu button is in the lower left of the screen. The players name and to switch players is in the upper right of the screen. Once you finish a board the board members that have tasks to accomplish are at the lower part of the screen in the center. If there is more than one person who has tasks to be done then you have a choice which to play first but once you click to see what that persons tasks for you are then you must play that one before looking at what the other people needed you to do.
Players with poor eye sight may find that the lettering is a bit fuzzy and not very sharp making it more difficult to read. The option category allows you to set the graphics settings for your computer, window or full screen views, sound/ music sliders 0-100 in increments of 5?s, plus a choice of custom or standard game cursors. Once you have made any changes push the apply button, (not the return to game button). Once you have applied the changes then you can push the return to game button.
Pictures on the tiles during the demo were easy to distinguish one tile from another. Close to the midpoint of the demo time they then made some tiles very similar. The tiles included a shovel and a pick ax with the same size, color, and length of handles plus they were also laying in the same direction. The other items on the board were 3 rocks: one gold, one light grey and one dark grey. Two were identical in shape and one was slightly different in shape but was the same size as the other two colored rocks. These may make it too difficult for some people to distinguish one tile from another.
No game timer but points are given depending on the amount of time you took to complete a board. I received 2?s and 3?s and assume there is also a 1 but did not get one myself and nor did I get a 4 when I intentionally tried to go very slowly. Each board may have hidden items to find under the tiles or you may need to clear all the darkened tiles on the board, as is normal in other M3 games. On the completion of a board, a table pops up and lists
Time- ___ points
matched items
bonus activated
pests activated
items collected
extra items collected
OK (you must click OK to clear the box and progress)
Table states the different scores in each area but the game has not explained why I need to know this. Does it earn me anything or if it does not advance me why post the table at all?
During certain boards one of five different types of pests may lock up a stretch of tiles. To clear the locked tiles you must make matches involving the locked tiles to clear them. You can also just work on tiles in another area as the locks tiles are not permanently locked and after a short time the locks will break and release the tiles without you needing to do anything.
Another of the challenges is when a section is involved in a mass of black swarming pests that takes up about 16 squares, you can only see the very edge tiles around the swarm and the swarm, eventually clears but it is a major obstruction to work around. If you are careful you can make selections that will prevent the swarm from occurring. The other thing that was a frustration was you can not make another match until all the tiles stop cascading or falling.
The story line is OK, graphics leave a bit to be desired in the background scenes unless you have a 3D screen, but the tiles on the boards are clear. Once you click a tile you must play that tile as it is stuck to your cursor. The music is calm and unremarkable. The game does not have all the bells and whistles but give it a try it may be worth a punch card coupon if you have one and you enjoy basic Match 3 games with no pressure involved.
November 14, 2012
A Bit of a Surprise
Flat Graphics come alive on a 3D monitor, changes the whole
play of the game. A good Match 3 game, great for passing time. I have added it to my Match 3 folder.
November 14, 2012
Match 3 for seniors
Excellent game with challenges and the ability to build something without having to go through a gazillion boards. Not really timed so you have time to puzzle out the best moves without triggering the pests. Nice graphics although the music gets a little boring.
November 13, 2012
A puzzling game (pun intended!)
After playing this game for about 2 hours, I am still puzzled by it. I find the graphics nice, and the game boards are very clear. But the scoring system is impossible to figure out. Is a score of 3 on time better or worse than a score of 2? Is it better to activate pests or not? Also, since progress is not shown, it is impossible to know how long this game is. I've restored one rune stone out of five and am close to restoring a second, but that doesn't exactly tell me how long it will take for the others.
The game has been easy except for the level where I restored the rune stone, which was reasonably challenging. There is a real attempt to provide variety in how the levels work, and the pests do add some challenge, but in general, the game is fairly easy, and has not gotten harder at the pace I would expect.
For a match-3 game it does have a pretty good story line, and you get to build rather nice buildings.
What puzzles me about the game is why it does not get harder. It has potential as a "different" game, but so far, it's offered little real challenge. I recommend it as a fun game for children or match-3 beginners.
November 13, 2012
Very Boring
Very boring and I usually love Match 3!!!
November 13, 2012
Slower Paced Relaxion
So-So All around.. Nothing Great, nor F'Nasty either
Easy to Learn Simple M3
Slower paced than most.. on the edge of boring... On the Edge....
If you have a stray credit... maybe buy (i did)
Enjoyable at least for the Demo
November 13, 2012
