Azkend 2: The World Beneath

This is a time management match three game. It also has a story. So far the game is good. The art work is okay. The music is calming and relaxing. It is a good time waster if you want to just chill. I would say for me it is a 7 out of 10.

This right now is my favorite bar top game. I use a Surface Pro 7+ on a bar top and play games using the touchscreen only. This game fits perfectly on the 3:2 screen and looks and plays beautifully. My wife and I are having a blast.

This is a match 3 game that I have a "love hate" relationship with. there are 3 modes, active several power ups and passive abilities. This gives the game-play some variety. There are two stage types, the first is a board that requires you to flip the tiles, this prompts and object (or medal in the second mode) to be placed on the board. You get this object/medal to the bottom of the board and "bob's your uncle." This is all done against a timer, so you have to be quick. Some of the later levels are difficult (more on this below). The second mode is a "kill the bugs" mode. This requires you to sting the bugs as they make their way up the board. They have health and can take several combinations. Both of these modes can be played in the story then in the medal and timer modes. the story modes can be done with a bit of skill, the timer mode, I didn't enjoy and played very little of it. The medal mode, I wanted to complete and as of right now I give up. the last stage takes a massive jump in difficulty and a fairly pleasant puzzle game became my arch-enemy as it becomes the "Dark Souls" of puzzle games. I must have tried 100's of times to beat the last stage and it has continually "be…

This game has multiple different stuff to do. You have match 3, hidden objects, different levels where some are timed and you also get power ups. It took me just under 10 hours to complete the game, however some of the levels are really difficult to complete.

It’s a tile-matcher game where you drag a path across 3+ similar tiles. There’s a whole story mode, and find the picture scenes between the tile-matching. As you play you unlock additional power-ups and you can switch them. There’s a diverse set of goals, from making a match on top of every tile of the board, to hunting the bugs making their way to the top. I think for the most part it’s an alright game, but it gets harder near the end. And the only way this genre can increase difficulty is to crank up RNG. And RNG is just not fun, it has no agency, your loss is not your fault. The very last level is RNG cancer and it really leaves a sour impression of the rest of the game. There’s plot, but there’s no story or setting. You travel, you fall down into the vril hollow earth, you get out, the end. So, here's Azkend 2 with a story continuing from Azkend 1. Where's Azkend 1 on steam?

VERY fun, not for the faint of heart though, gets HARD near the end! Still stuck on the final level, will tackle it again some other time, wish me luck..... I recommend it if you like these sorts of match 3 games :)