Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Review

G4 TV X-Play is next up to review Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, and while they don’t love all the interfacing they quite like the game, giving it a 4/5.

By far the most entertaining type of puzzling here is the battle, where you face off against an AI opponent who you may have randomly bumped into in space or overtly went out and attacked. You both have renewable shields as well as some armor on your ship, taking turns matching gems and such, attacking each other by lining up and exploding space mines or by deploying various weapon systems that can be outfitted to your ship.

These systems require points from a red gauge filled by breaking red gems in battle. Breaking blue gems refills your shields, green and yellow your computers and engines (useful for powering non-offensive accessories), white gives you bonus experience for leveling up after the battle, and purple gives you points that can be spent to dodge random encounters in the future. This gives you plenty to think about when battling, and as your opponents gradually have stronger and stronger ships you’ll need to become a gem-smashing master. You’ll need some better hardware, too, and thankfully you can have up to three ships at your disposal, each kitted out with a number of weapons and accessories to make them better at offense, defense, or just plain avoidance.