Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is based on a puzzle format but with a space and science-fiction bent. The game puts you in control of one star pilot and the member of main human consortium of science and enforcement. Your job is to travel about, fight battles, mine, hack broken hypergates and craft new gear for your ship. You can have up to three ships in your inventory, can take on crew members that make certain elements supposedly easier to perform, but it all comes down to the same puzzle-based mechanics.
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You start out with a basic ship, with no real gear on it, and then can either follow the story line and pick up various missions to chase you across the galaxy, or indulge in some quick battles to gain levels and train up. In order to fire the cannon, you have to stockpile a certain number of colored puzzle pieces (string them together in units of three or more to claim them) in order to use that. The colors of the pieces do matter. The blue pieces will bulk up your shielding, which can be handy in a battle if you are down to hull only.
The game combines a bit of strategy. The tactical element is there, but is confounded by random realignment of the puzzle pieces when you start clearing the board. You might think you are making a safe move, only to have the board align in such a manner as to give your opponent the opportunity to line up puzzle pieces that will directly damage you, or result is a series of wild combos that really bolster his or her chances of winning.
The actual puzzles follow the same base format, albeit with some different bents that create different challenges as you move through. While there are a number of mini-games, they are all basically the same thing and though the storyline does attempt to drive the gameplay forward, it does miss the boat. The core elements of the game are the puzzles, the ability to battle others, and in that regard the game is mildly entertaining.
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