Intelligent Qube

"For all you hard core puzzle gamers..."

Wow! That is about the only word I can use to describe this game. In this game, you are trying to eliminate blocks without getting killed. What you do is set a square. If you detonate it, the block that is on it will be destroyed. There are three kinds of blocks. The plain old gray one, the evil black one, and the fun green one. The way you play this is that you avoid blowing up the black ones, destroy the gray ones, and use the green one to detonate other blocks. At the end, the blocks fall off a cliff. The thing to do is to destroy the gray and green ones so they don't fall off the edge, while you let the black ones fall off. If you do all this, a new row will be added to your cliff. However, getting a blask block destroyed or missing a certain amout of gray / green blocks will cause a row to fall off. If you fall off the cliff, it's game over. This sounds easy, and it is... at least in the beginning. After a while, the playing field gets wider, as well as smaller, and there are more blocks to eliminate, as well as blocks that are harder to get rid of.

This game, although very fun, is NOT meant for people who do not like puzzle games. Even in the versus mode, you don't attack the other player directly, you try to get more points than the other does. The way you do this is by scoring a perfect, meaning that you clear all the regular blocks, but not the black blocks. For those who don't like puzzles, I'd have to say that they would give this game a 4. However, this game is absolutely great for those people who love puzzles. They can find challenges, as well as ways of scoring perfect scores (a very hard thing to do.) The VS mode will give a change of pace for those who are sick of the simultaneous modes in all the other games. They would give this game a rating of 10. Thusly, the averaged score is 7, a worthy score for a virtually unknown puzzle game.

Although this game is great for the puzzle freaks, people who aren't obsessed with these games will probably hate this game. The biggest problem with this game is he replay value. There is no change in the puzzles. However, this makes it very easy to create a FAQ Walkthrough about (hint hint.)

Therefore, this creates a wonderful game. Style, fun, coolness, and just an attitude of "slow and steady." It is great for people who are extremely bored, and makes an excellent renatl game, even better than buying it. A tournament mode for this game would be a great idea, but it would take forever for experts to beat each other. Even though, this game is a good overall game and even better for puzzle freaks and fans. Have fun playing this game, especially the puzzle freaks.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99