Jewel Match Origins 2 - Bavarian Palace Collector's Edition

Tedious. So tedious. From the first level the levels are build in a way that it takes around 10 minutes to clear one. Also the speed with which you unlock the 'tools' to make levels more manageable is really slow. This makes the game not fun to play and especially not suited for a fast casual something when you have 5 minutes to spare.

Jewel Match Origins 2 - Bavarian Palace Collector's Edition may be a fun match 3 game but it will NOT launch!!! These developers have trouble with their games and you have to do work arounds to make them work. It black screens and says out of range. I'm tired of lazy devs. AVOID!!!

Jewel Match Origins 2 – Bavarian Palace Collector’s Edition from Suricate Software and Grey Alien Games is a content-rich continuation of a familiar match-3 formula, expanding on its predecessor with more levels, additional features, and a slightly more refined sense of progression. Set against the backdrop of a grand Bavarian estate, the game frames its puzzle-solving around the restoration and construction of an elaborate palace, giving players a clear long-term objective that ties each stage together into a cohesive, if predictable, experience. The core gameplay remains rooted in traditional match-3 mechanics, where players align gems to clear tiles, remove obstacles, and gather resources. The system is immediately accessible, requiring little explanation, but the level design introduces complexity through layered boards and multi-stage objectives. Many puzzles are structured in segments that must be unlocked sequentially, encouraging players to think ahead and consider how each move will affect future possibilities. While the mechanics themselves do not evolve dramatically, the increasing intricacy of level layouts provides a steady sense of challenge. Progression is closely …

I've played older versions and they were great, this bundle was total buyers remorse. I quit all 3 games within a few minutes, they are not fun at all.

Considerably harder and less interesting than Jewel Match Origins 1 or 3. I finished both of those games, gave up on this one. But you'll probably buy them as a bundle so this doesn't matter much, I guess.

https://youtu.be/I9KnhA-kAI0 Running this long as a a franchise with little to no variance between games it's hard to see them as much more than time fillers that focus on quantity over uniqueness.