Jewel Quest II - Gold-Rush In The Heart Of Africa

There is one step from love to betrayal. Professor Pack' girl left him and he decided to drown his sorrows in South Waters. Joining a staff of a cargo ship, he sets on journey to Africa. Wild Safari, Zimbabwe Ruins, Breathtaking  Victoria Falls and sparkilng treasures are to be discovered by those who will set his foot on a Southern continent together with Professor Pack.

At each location of the world's richest continent,  Professor is to solve puzzles by matching colored jewels.

Jewels nest in the tiles of a grid. The point of the game is to make a line of three or more jewels of identical color.

To swap 2 jewels from adjacent tiles, click on both tiles or simply drag a gem to the adjacent square. Once 3 or more jewels are matched, tiles under them turn gold. Each gold tile scores bonus of 50 points. The gems themselves disappear, giving room to new jewels. Often matched gems cause chain reaction leading to new matches.

A key strategy of all match-3 puzzles works in Jewel Quest 2 as well: the more gems are matched simultaneously, the higher scores you get. When all tiles are gold, the level is completed.

Colored gems are to be removed from the board before the timer runs out: if the level is not completed on time, one life is taken away from you.

Still, by doing quick match, one can score extra points as well. Depending on how much time is left, one is rewarded with bonuses.

Pay attention that when the board is filled with gems, some tiles remain empty.  Empty spaces come in very handy: jewels can be moved into any empty space while solving a puzzle.

If one is completely at his wit's end and makes no matches for a long time, he is given hints.

Playing field literally sparkles with gold: apart from tiles that turn gold after each successful match, gold coins are occasionally added to a board.

Gold coins are power-ups: when 3 of them are put into a line, the player earns Special move. Special moves come in handy when one needs to uncover a buried gem or to remove any other jewel.

To use a Special move, click on a ‘special' button and then on any space or jewel.

Other coins and power-ups are to be discovered as well as one will be cracking 180 puzzles on a quest to find gold relics.

Jewel Quest II features gripping story and a smooth gameplay. Compared to the first version, it gives the player an opportunity to  compete with players all over the world, as two modes  - Quest and Tournament - are available in the game (let us remind that a first version had only a single-player mode). Africa-inspired graphics is stunning: background scenery takes one's breath away while jewels on the board dazzle with their impossible colors.

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