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• Weekend ds game review: Puzzle Quest 2(2)

  
  Infinite Interactive tried to follow up its success with Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, which introduced not only a sci-fi setting, but hex tiles and a somewhat convoluted gravity system. For a number of reasons -- off-putting mini-games and wins seemingly based on luck more than skill -- Galactrix failed to capture the imagination and attention of many fans of the original.
  
  Now with the true sequel, Puzzle Quest 2, the developer brings back everything you loved about the original with a new coat of paint, and some new mechanics that don’t stray too far from the source material. The result is a game that feels wholly familiar, and like a homecoming for a series that nearly lost its way. But is that enough? For fans of the original, the answer is “please stop talking to me, I have a rat swarm to slay.”