Konami's Puzzle Chronicles ... sounds familiar

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 13th 2009 at 11:00PM }

From the womb that brought us Puzzle Quest, comes Puzzle Chronicles (working title). Designed by Infinite Interactive -- same as Puzzle Quest, Galactrix and Neopets Puzzle Adventure -- Puzzle Chronicles is another RPG/Puzzle hybrid, but this one is made for Konami. It will release on PC, XBLA, PSN, DS, and PSP at some point before the dinosaurs return and eat us all.

The game appears to be Puzzle Quest, but jewels drop Tetris-style from the side. The title features online and offline versus modes and five minigames. Check out some of the screens below!

Gallery: Puzzle Chronicles

Tags: konami, puzzle-chronicles

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 13th 2009 11:05PM

this reminds me to ask a very important question. is galactrix coming to PSP?

KFelon @ Apr 13th 2009 11:05PM

Hopefully this one is better than Craplactrix.

Uncontrol @ Apr 13th 2009 11:30PM

i returned my copy of galactrix DS and the guy said "yeah a lot of people have been complaining about this"

i got rune factory 2 instead :) i still love challenge of the warlords though

this looks kinda lame though

Blue_Falcon @ Apr 13th 2009 11:05PM

So they're retreading the same ground all the while making it look like a terrible flash game?

Sign me up for two copies, please.

Markez @ Apr 13th 2009 11:16PM

Yeah, that screen shot leaves a lot to be desired. At this point I would just like to see a Puzzle Quest sequel, or redux or something. I've been underwhelmed by the XBLA demo of Galactrix. +1 to that fella up there that called it Craplactrix :)

maskedrose @ Apr 13th 2009 11:24PM

ugh...

Puzzle quest is a game that hates you.. even when you seem to be winning... bam.. enemy gets a heroic effort and kicks your arse.

Then the thing broke on me... game really hates me.

But I'll buy it again for super cheap so I can continue to lose...

Will this game hate me just as much? Probably

Jeff @ Apr 14th 2009 11:48AM

Found it for 3$ at EB games a month ago and decided it was worth it, but I refused to buy it at full price from the PSN Store because of the unsolved companion bug.

Yingerman @ Apr 13th 2009 11:33PM

5th KONAMI GAME TODAY!

Alexisonfire @ Apr 13th 2009 11:41PM

A sorry case of a one trick pony ending up being killed and then beaten to a pulp.

Puzzle Quest was a great game spun from a new idea. The last thing it needed was for it to be remixed and repackaged in 20 different ways.

chispito @ Apr 14th 2009 3:38AM

Well this would be three ways.

Ugkul @ Apr 14th 2009 4:47AM

What new idea? Bejeweled has been around for ages.

Alexisonfire @ Apr 14th 2009 12:37PM

New idea as in the mixing of a bejeweled like puzzle game with RPG elements.

TX2 @ Apr 14th 2009 12:07AM

I just got the original puzzlequest earlier this year, and even after the hype of it's concept was long gone, I found this to be a great game.
Galaxtrics didn't look very good though, And honestly, most of these spinoffs and knockoffs look worse.

I'd much rather see someone go full force with the novelty of it all. Like a tetris Based puzzle game where the Tetris pieces are the heroes (Except for Zig Zag, which is the villain).

garnsr @ Apr 14th 2009 12:08AM

Shouldn't that be slide in from the side, not drop in?

Kairu Jutsu @ Apr 14th 2009 1:46AM

To each his own, lol.

Boff @ Apr 14th 2009 5:36AM

I thought that too! Physics my friend.

Drop from the top.
Slide from the side.

Ooo they rhymed too!

Courtney @ Apr 14th 2009 1:54AM

I've been playing Galactrix the last couple of nights on XBLA, so far it seems enjoyable enough. No, it doesn't quite live up to the original PQ, but all the parts are there and they still work.

Swiftor @ Apr 14th 2009 1:57AM

I'm very curious to see how Puzzle Chronicles turn out, the visuals aren't terribly important as long as the game play remains addictive.

As for the current offering... aside from the excessive gate hacking, I didn't think Galactrix was all that bad (although it was admittedly inferior to it's predecessor). If there was a patch that replaced hacking gates with defeating "gate keepers" I'd be much happier.

Dr Scientist @ Apr 14th 2009 3:40AM

The gate hacking definitely needs reworking, its the only part of the game I don't really like.

Bob @ Apr 14th 2009 1:08PM

I'm with you there. Comparatively, it doesn't measure up to Puzzle Quest, but it's enjoyable. The gate-hacking is monotonous, and I think it lacks the variety that Puzzle Quest had in its minigames, but for portable entertainment (I play it DS), I'm still glad I bought it.

The Tetris-variant might be fun. I do hope it's a bit more of a departure than Galactrix (which could have tweaked the formula a bit more).