A few key tidbits we noticed off the bat:

-Your shields protect you from damage to a certain degree – keep them charged by matching blue hexes
-Damage tiles, called mines (like skulls in the original PQ), get more powerful the longer they sit on the board
-Tiles will always fill in the di♛rection that you swapped the tiles, not simply from the top🐻 of the screen.

We’ve been itch෴ing for a Puzzle Quest sequel ever since we utterly destroye🍬d Lord Bane in Challenge of the Warlords (and soon after, Lord Antharg in the expansion for XBLA), and it looks like Galactrix isn’t going to disappoint – in fact, we’re optimistic that it’s improving on PQ’s original puzzle-RPG formula. Look for our exclusive hands-on preview and interview with producer Marcus Savino this Friday.

Jan 20, 2009