Dragon’s Lore – majestic gem-swap puzzle game
by Toni McQuilken
Aug 13, 2012 12:50 PM –
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Dragon’s Lore is a majestic game of Japanese dragons and myths. The ideology is similar to Bejeweled gem-swap games where your goal is to match jewels of the same color, except in Dragon’s Lore, you can match gems touching adjacent or atop each other to work in 3D space. Read more about this casual time-waster game in this app review!
Price: $0.99
Tested on: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- A new twist on the traditional block-match game!
- Beautiful graphics!
Cons
- The story was cute, but a bit simple.
Features:
Dragon’s Lore is a Herocraft game that take the traditional block matching idea and turns it around a bit. Instead of having a static board with gems or blocks that you have to match three or more, you have a board that’s a bit three dimensional. To clear the board, you slide the colors either vertically or horizontally along a row or column, and try to match three or more. It sounds simple, but in practice, it can get hard as you move through the levels.
To go with the game play, there are some absolutely stunning visuals in this game. It’s got a Japanese look and feel to it, with a story line that follows a dragon trying to recover a harp for a goddess. To be honest, I thought the story was a little silly and simple. It’s nice that there is a story, but I could have done without it. It didn’t add anything to the game, other than to give it a reason to have the visuals to support it.
There are a few tiny quirks as it seems to be a game that was ported from a legacy smartphone platform. For example, text on some screens are tiny and navigation menu buttons are a bit small.
Watch on Mobile
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Dragons Lore Story
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Dragons Lore Level Done
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Dragons Lore Map
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Dragons Lore Menu
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Dragons Lore Modes
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Dragons Lore Player
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Dragons Lore Pause Menu
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Dragons Lore Store
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Dragons Lore Gameplay
Fun Factor:
If you like Bejeweled and similar games, then you’re going to really enjoy this one. It’s just enough of a twist to make it interesting, while being similar enough that you’ll have the mechanics down in the first level or two.
Addictive:
The story line does give you a reason to keep going back and progressing through the levels, but you almost don’t need it as a reason to play. The game itself is fun and worth it all by itself.
Graphics:
As I mentioned, the graphics in this game are stunning. It’s just pretty to look at, and it makes you want to progress just to see if they give you any new backgrounds to be in awe over.
Accelerometer, Vibration & Sound:
The soundtrack is an interesting mix of what sounds like a flute of some kind, with a beat to it. It’s not distracting at all, and simple enough that it doesn’t take away from the graphics. The game does ask you, on start up each time, if you want to enable sound or not for the session, so it makes it easy to shut it off if you want to listen to your own music.