Review:

So what isso special about this game? First of all it’s a graphics style that wasn’tchanged during all the series of this addicting game from the very first day itwas released a long time ago in 2004 by iWin. In the first sequel we learn the emotional heart-breaking love story of Rupertand Emma that makes you follow the young couple everywhere the developer wants.That’s the best part, because no matter what country and game-play thedeveloper will prepare for you – it’s a great pleasure to travel with thepeople you know quite good to hit the road with.

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The first partof the game was made in a match-threestyle and was just an ordinary matchinggame. It was very popular that time and the game has its ‘salt’ inside, sothe developer did not hesitate about the sequel, mixed the love story with thetragedy and hooked us. The next sequel changed the main game-play into a cardone. And all the casual players continued following the heroes and enjoying solitaire puzzle games along with thesearching for the ancient Jewel board.The third part of the matching game was a tournament one. The developer madeall the gamers around the whole world enjoy competing each other and having fun24/7. And also play the sequel of JewelQuest Solitaire game. And this was not the end of the love story. Today youhave the chance to meet the long-suffering heroes in a completely brand-newgame-play comparing to all Jewel Quest series.

Meet Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the EmeraldTear. Here you meet two the most popular casual game genres. Definitely bigsurprise for all the Jewel Series fans. Rupert and Emma are again with us andare ready to visit Egypt.The main game-play is not match threeas we’ve been expecting it to be. Today our goal is to find hidden objects (sometimes really hiddenwell) or items that are to be found in a definite time. If some of thedevelopers are moving toward connection of the scene and objects to be found –you won’t find such a connection here. So we can consider the game to be of earlyHOG game-play. The mini games are also can be found here and I found some ofthem rather difficult. For example, I couldn’t guess that the gems should bedragged with the mouth and clicking did not have any effect. But in general theother task was very easy and familiar: to arrange gems in a raw to make themdisappear and turn the board into a gold one. (Oh my! I did it thousands oftimes before. And I love it!Just giveme one more matching puzzle, I beg you!!!).

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A coolfeature I liked a lot was the searching for the jewels to buy upgrades. (Iliked the variety of hint options and jewels to be used for). You will havesuch possibility after each completion of several levels. Just do not miss themwhile searching for hidden objects.

Graphicsand all the game make our heart tremble with the anticipation of great puzzlesto be solved. But playing this game after such hits as MCF: Return to Ravenhearst or even Alabama you see that this genre (Imean pure hidden object game) is no more the one which used to be at the end ofthe previous year and all HOGs fansare now more into hidden and quest mix rather than a dull clicking on thestatic items on the screen. Jewel Quest makes its best by changing andexperimenting with the whole style and we like it and ready to play because itshows how different we became from the past Jewel Quest time playing. I keep on waiting for the new series andnew experiments.