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Quick verdict
Game:
Zuma Deluxe
Download from:
GameHouse (FULL FREE version when you open a 30-day trial Fun Ticket account!)
Rating:
4/5
Zuma Deluxe is my type of game. Since the days of Bubble Bobble, I've loved matching coloured balls. Loads of gameplay and now online tournaments for REAL cash mean Zuma is long overdue for a look from you!
What's it about?
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You play... a stone frog. Perhaps one of the more unlikely video game heroes! Your task is to shoot coloured stone balls at rapidly advancing strings of similar balls as they grind their way along stone pathways towards the mouth of the mask you're defending.
Yes, it's a Match 3 game, but with a twist. The twist is, the back end of the string of balls is pushing the front ones forward. If they reach the hole in the ground, you lose a life.
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However, if you can break the chain of balls by matching three or more of the same colour, you buy yourself some precious time.
The broken chain means the balls no longer advance along the stone pathway. Use the time to shoot more balls and make more matches, thus removing more of the chain and buying yourself even more time.
Also on your side is the magnetic attraction of colours. If you break the chain and leave two balls the same colour on both sides of the break, the chain runs backwards until the colours collide.
If this creates another match, those balls vanish too. With luck or judgement, you can create a combo of successful matches and do big damage to the chain.
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Things start pretty easily, but it gets progressively harder as you clear levels. Some levels have multiple stone holes to defend; others have long, snaking pathways that go undercover and will bamboozle your attempts to break the chain.
There are helpful power-ups available. One reverses the direction of the chain for a while; another slows down the motion; a third is a bomb which blows up any balls around it. You can earn extra points by "chaining" consecutive successful matches together or by shooting coins. It's worth chasing points, as you get a bonus life every 50,000.
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Pros and cons
+ Fiendishly addictive gameplay; a nice concept, well executed.
+ Interesting Aztec themed graphics and sound.
+ Loads of gameplay, including Adventure mode.
- Looks dated.
The verdict
Zuma Deluxe is a download game you must try if you enjoy puzzles or Match 3 games. It's huge fun, has that very dangerous "one more go" appeal and now there are Zuma on line tournaments for cash, you should download it now, polish up your skills and go and do battle! Recommended.