Gyromancer Reviews

Judging by this latest set of review scores, the reception toward Square Enix and PopCap’s Gyromancer seems to be a bit mixed.

GameSpot gives it a 7.5/10:

Even with this handful of problems, Gyromancer delivers impressive hybrid puzzle/card/RPG gameplay for $15. While the campaign could use a little tweaking and the game could certainly be a little easier on the eyes, the jewel puzzle core of the game works just about perfectly. Like so many other PopCap games, this is one of those deceptively casual games that is easy to pick up and excruciatingly hard to put down.

Gamer Limit gives it a 6.0/10:

Gyromancer is a more expensive, more tedious, and less fun version of Puzzle Quest. Stick with the inspiration: you’ll save yourself five dollars, and enjoy it a whole lot more.

Gaming Bits gives it a 4/5:

You’re probably wondering how Gyromancer compares to the other puzzle-RPG, Puzzle Quest. That’s really one of the few games you can compare it too. Like in Puzzle Quest, Gyromancer has an ongoing storyline, a map, and creatures among the map you can encounter and battle. The options in how you equip yourself in battle are much more limited in Gyromancer. That may be good or bad for you, depending on how involved you like to get in prepping for battle. In Gyromancer, you have a few items you can use during battle, and mainly different creatures you can summon, up to 3 at a time in your party from up to 50 different types.

MyGamer gives it an 8/10:

Gyromancer is fun though, despite the weird difficulty curve but playing against human opponents can be more entertaining. Here’s the skinny: it’s defiantly not as great as Puzzle Quest, but it’s defiantly better than the oft forgotten Puzzle Kingdom. So it was defiantly worth the 800 MS Points I paid for it. At least check out the demo. But it will be interesting to see where Square Enix and Popcap take this new franchise in the future.

RPG Site gives it a 77%:

That’s the story of Gyromancer: while first impressions may not be all that great from the presentation, disappointing story scenes and how shallow the gameplay seems early on, it will go on to surprise you and prove to be a fun, addictive game, a successful Puzzle/RPG hybrid, and more than a worthy rival to Puzzle Quest.