Academy of Magic - Lair of the Beast

Too boring to enjoy, not boring enough tu give up : perfectly annoying. The playfields are so fractured that random chance takes a much bigger role than planning ahead. And the mid-to-later levels are artificially lenghtened by requiring you to collect stones, and not giving you enough of them. On the plus side, you don't need to be good to win, just persistent enough to fill up your specials (which fill up too slowly -- booooring).

it a relaxing game fun to play

A very plain and uninspired Match 3 with basic characters and an uninteresting plot. No time limits to provide challenge and just basic Match 3 tropes throughout.

fantastic

I personally liked this trilogy of match 3 games as there is a rather simple but enjoyable story line to follow. Each stage has defined goals to achieve with the game play and this is very achievable within 20 to 30 minutes of starting each game board. The inspiration for this game seems to be Harry Potter and the story is as simple as boy becomes wizard and defeats great evil. The graphics are well draw and suit the overall story as Dennis discovers his heritage (just like Harry). I found that this was a relaxing game to play while I listen to my audio books as I can easily concentrate on both, not always the case on other such games. That being said its obvious there is a lack of harder challenges as there is no time limits to the boards. The sense of jeopardy or impending doom is non-existent. The only taxing part of the game is gaining power ups to complete a board faster.

A very good, E-Funsoft type game!

fun