I didn't play Bejeweled, but I'm been playing an endless game of Bejeweled 2 for well over a year, does that count?
Question of the Day, April 29, 2010
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I played it a bit when the craze first hit as all my friends were talking about it. Once I got started I would play it for hours and hours but I quickly got bored of it and just stopped playing altogether. Popcap games are require your full attention and sadly, I don't see the point of wasting my time on that when I could be wasting my time on something with a storyline that gets me thinking and laughing.
Got the achievement for level 280 in Endless mode.
Used to be quite high in the XB Live top with my time for it too, although I haven't checked or played for a long time...
Used to be quite high in the XB Live top with my time for it too, although I haven't checked or played for a long time...
I love bejewelled 2! There is actually some strategy to it that not many people seem to pick up on:
1. For classic games, you need to store hypercubes. They act as 'lives' when you run out of moves.
2. For classic games, choosing gems at the top of board preserves the moves lower down. Work your way downwards and then use a hypercube when all moves are depleted. Rinse and repeat for very high scores.
3. Do the opposite for action games! Matches at the lower section of the board are more likely to trigger cascades if there are more layers of jewels to fall down above them.
Just a couple; there are a few more written strategies for obtaining hypercubes etc, and keeping them alive. There's a surprising amount of depth for a game that on the surface looks completely random.
1. For classic games, you need to store hypercubes. They act as 'lives' when you run out of moves.
2. For classic games, choosing gems at the top of board preserves the moves lower down. Work your way downwards and then use a hypercube when all moves are depleted. Rinse and repeat for very high scores.
3. Do the opposite for action games! Matches at the lower section of the board are more likely to trigger cascades if there are more layers of jewels to fall down above them.
Just a couple; there are a few more written strategies for obtaining hypercubes etc, and keeping them alive. There's a surprising amount of depth for a game that on the surface looks completely random.
There wasn't a middle choice between "Not my thing" and "Yes it's great" so I picked "not my thing", I have it on my Ipod touch, but only play it if I am bored in the train.
