Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep
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Beautiful Atlantis!
This is a visual delight!
The music is soft and hypnotic. Very easy to run out of time relaxing to the sounds.
You pop pearls by dropping them. There is a nice assortment of levels with varying degrees of difficulty. I found this to be entertaining and mildly challenging - my speed.
December 22, 2012
Nice game
I've been looking for a non-flashy, non-stressful marble popper game after getting hooked on Butterfly Escape and being unable -- after hundreds of valiant attempts -- to get past the more difficult levels. Tried and rejected Zuma and others because they were too noisy and flashy and hard on my eyes. So I played the trial for about 45 minutes and decided to buy it. Wish they had some help, but I guess I will figure stuff out eventually.
December 22, 2012
Jar of Marbles on steroids...
I bought this the day it was released at another site, because I am a "Jar" junkie. This sooooo far surpasses the Jar games! It's marble dropping with physics puzzles, and is totally addictive.
The story is just okay, but I only require a story in adventure type games, so, meh. The artwork is true eye-candy. The music is very pleasant and fitting to the scenery. The mermaid isn't cloying and whiny - like some of the fantasy "assistants" in this sort of games.
This adds some challenge to the Jar of Marbles format, in that you must also consider physics challenges, in addition to mere gravity. It's not frustratingly difficult as far as I've gotten, but it gets harder as you go, of course.
There are also mini games that really could have used a little explanation. You just sort of have to learn how to play, and what the goal is, on the fly. But that's a small ding in an otherwise superb puzzle game!
If you like Jar, you will LOVE this one!
December 22, 2012
Needs to be more upbeat
Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep was rather disappointing. I was expecting a Bust-a-Move or Luxor kind of marble popper, but this was like the original Jar of Marbles. Although it has great undersea graphics and a mysteries of the deep kind of theme, the lulling drone of the background music made this game a little too relaxing, but it was not enough to lull me back to bed, even when it was twenty-nine degrees in Chipley, Florida this morning.
Each puzzle has a new challenge, and sometimes you have to work around gears and other little obstacles to get past to pop the "pearls" needed to help the queen of Atlantis bring her undersea city back to life. We do get a blue-haired mermaid as aguide, but she's a little two-dimensional, and just as flat as this game is. I've abut had it with the Jar of Marbles type of puzzle games. Devs need to make these games a little more upbeat, especially in the sound department. There are lots of marble popper games out there. You won't really miss much if you pass up Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep.
December 22, 2012
loved it
great game not long enough i wood like more games like this
January 2, 2013
Wonderful game!
I love this game, it's challenging the more you play. The music is nice. You have to pay attention to how/where you drop the ball. It is a lot of fun. I bought it 30 minutes into playing the demo! It's wonderful to see a game that is not hidden object!
April 23, 2013
Fun and Stress-Free
This game can be very Addicting! You can take the time to play and not feel pressured with how quickly you are getting through the levels. The bonus rounds are fun and give a little twist to the game so it doesn?t feel repetitive.
March 11, 2013
Relax, enjoy
This is the most relaxing, ejoyable game. The music is never boring, it has just the right amount of ambience. The sound effects are soothing and not jarring. I keep going back to this game as it is visually captivating.
March 3, 2013
Not your normal ball popper game!
This game is a marble dropper game instead. It's still a game where you have to get 3 of the same color, but some marbles have items in them. There are different configurations on different levels and some are hard to figure out. You might have to bounce the ball off of something else. Anyway, I love this game and have played through it 3 times (I'm on the middle of my 4th!). Try it out. I bet you end up buying it! I need to find more games like this one!
May 1, 2013
MARBLE DROPPING MATCH 3
This is different, and amazingly enjoyable! Basically you are given a colored marble at the top (of which you can right click to change to the next one only) and you drop it onto the desired spot by moving right or left, onto the pile of marbles on the bottom. As they touch each other they tend to bounce and knock each other around and if you are lucky three or more of the same color will collide together and disappear. There are more and more obstacles as you progress but once you clear all the marbles with treasures inside you beat that level. Good music in the background and nice relaxing gameplay make this a must play kind of game. Enjoy!
April 26, 2013