Bejeweled 3 | Xbox 360

About the Game

Bejeweled 3 returns to the traditional match three formula after the slightly different spin off Bejeweled Twist . As in previous games, players are presented with a board filled with gems of different colours. The aim of the game is to remove gems from the board by swapping adjacent gems so that a chain of three or more gems is created. New gems will then be generated at the top of the screen and fall down in the empty spaces.

Story & Setting

The quest mode consists of a number of challenges. There are also four additional secret modes that are extended versions of quest mode challenges.

Gameplay & Core Systems

It is untimed and ends when no further moves are possible. Here players can turn on various audio-visual effects. players have to activate relics and each challenge corresponds to a relic. In poker mode, players have to make poker hands with gem matches. The butterflies mode has special butterfly gems that move up from the bottom.

Standout Features

• New gems will then be generated at the top of the screen and fall down in the empty spaces.
• This can lead to a chain reaction when gems fall down and create new matches.
• Bejeweled: New in Bejeweled 3 is that players can continue swapping gems during a chain reaction.
• A match of five gems will create a hypercube which can be matched with any adjacent gem and then destroy all gems of that colour.
• Here players can turn on various audio-visual effects.
• There are also four additional secret modes that are extended versions of quest mode challenges.
• By doing so gold coins, artifacts and diamonds can be mined from the rock.
• It has only two game modes however, classic and speed (the latter identical to lightning), with the same power-ups.

Modes & Ways to Play

The zen mode is meant for relaxation and has no end. Lightning is a timed mode and ends when the time is out. The quest mode consists of a number of challenges. There are also four additional secret modes that are extended versions of quest mode challenges.

Presentation & Atmosphere

Here players can turn on various audio-visual effects. These are breath modulation, ambient sounds, mantras and binaural beats. There are two graphics modes, for faster and slower machines.

Audio support includes Dolby Digital.