Attached to certain links are special charms, some of which are part of a 30-strong collectible catalogue, others used to fill up a power item icon in the centre of the upper screen (with a random link remover, bombs, lightning strikes to clear whole rows, and so on), and the primary ones being to break locks on the progress bar that otherwise prevent completion of a level, and with more than 135 to work through across the game’s four modes it certainly takes a lot of creativity to remove specific links to eventually reach, and then subsequently clear, the important charms.Ĭhain Galaxy makes you work hard to earn more, which is ideal for a game such as this, since it is not simply mindless chain clearing. Simply filling that meter by clearing as much from the board as possible before running out of options - resulting in a game over - is not the be all and end all of the game, however. In the time it takes for that to happen, though, skilled gamers will be able to swiftly rotate any surrounding similarly coloured links so that combination moves are formed, with multiple clearances occurring in a row to fill more of the meter on the top screen that must be filled to progress to the next level. Once a chain of the same coloured links has been formed vertically, horizontally, or in numerous directions thanks to special four-way loops, there is a slight pause to allow for other links to be added to the selection, if possible, before they disappear, allowing ones from above to drop downwards. This proves to be extremely restrictive to begin with, yet as more time is poured into Chain Galaxy, and the art of forming long chains using the various link types in the most advantageous way has been mastered, hidden depth comes to the fore.
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The idea is somewhat different to the norm, with a board full of chain links that can only be rotated individually, rather than employing the usual tile swapping nature of other Match-3 titles. However, with the cute little Jesus-like creators piecing together the world between stages and the extremely aurally pleasing, calm and melodic soundtrack, the atmosphere set up is definitely a positive one, leading to playtime hours flying by faster than you realise.
2011’s Jewels of the Ages set a precedent for the genre, and coming off the back of City Interactive’s two-in-one pack it may seem like a massive step back when jumping into this. Whilst the Nintendo DS has been inundated with all manner of Match-3 efforts, be they simple puzzle-only affairs or ones with other elements mixed in, Chain Galaxy is one of the better releases.
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Chainz Galaxy is actually the third entry into the PC puzzle series, but is only the first game to reach the Nintendo DS.