Babylonia
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Excellent Match-3 game with garden building
Restore the hanging Gardens of Babylon to please the goddess Ishtar; bring Love and Harmony back to the kingdom.
- It is swap-to-match only.
- The objects for matching are beautiful ? sparkly gems shaped to look like flowers.
- Tiles drop smoothly, no clunkiness and you can make matches while tiles are still dropping.
- Choose between timed or relaxed mode.
There are 7 gardens to restore; each one consists of a palace with gardens outside. The palace buildings are no-choice as to looks or placement. You have more freedom of choice when it comes to the gardens ? which plants, where to put them and so on.
Earn resources in the M3 levels, use them to purchase flowers, palace parts and useful stuff such as spells, mana, water, extra lives, watering cans etc.
There are about 160 Match-3 levels.
There are the usual power-ups in the form of spells (purchased in the shop).
Also special tiles as rewards for skillful playing; make a Match4 to get a Rainbow Flower (match with any flower), or a M5 to get a Helix (takes out an entire horizontal row).
There is a Hammer tool that recharges as you make matches. It has several stages or strengths ? the first stage takes out one marble tile, the highest level will clear all Gems identical to the one targeted.
Obstacles are also the usual; chained tiles, boxes.
Some things were slightly annoying;
- You cannot move or sell plants.
- The spells have 3 levels. But you are forced to purchase all spells at level 1 before you get access to the level 2 spells, and there are 8 different spells, some of which I never used.
- You cannot skip in-game help ? very annoying when you?ve played the game 4 times already, and you still get the ?helpful? popup telling you about the Hammer, lol.
But these are minor irritants only ? the game is beautiful, relaxing and it?s a joy doing the garden restorations. Replay value is great, as I did the gardens over and over, finding the prettiest flowers and nice-looking combinations.
December 17, 2011
I really enjoyed this game.
I never play match-3 games. I don't even remember why I tried this one. It led to me trying some others, but after some time, I still feel that this one has superior quality.
The graphics are nice, the music is pleasant and the game play can be challenging - probably because I'm less experienced with match-3 - but still, very fun. I've replayed the game a couple of times trying for a better score.
January 16, 2012
Engaging Match 3 Game!
Babylonia is an engaging Match 3 game that includes rebuilding the famous gardens of Babylon. Some of the music is authentic to that general region. The Match 3 elements get progressively harder, and you're trying to rebuild and maintain buildings, grounds, and flower gardens. This is one of the better Match 3 games I've played; you'll enjoy it!
December 24, 2011