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Glyph Review

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By Andreea Dihel, Gaming News Editor

11th of May 2007, 21:32 GMT

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Glyph by Absolutist Games See editor's ratings
Version reviewed: Glyph 1.0 Build 163

Good:
+ great graphics
+ great story

- no multiplayer feature
- ends too fast

Bad:

System requirements:

Pentium II
500 MHz
64 Mb RAM
DirectX 8.1 or higher
16 Mb 3D video card



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There are a lot of puzzle games that go around in the wide virtual world. The reason for which there are so many is pretty simple: all of them are addictive and have something that keeps the person playing no matter what.

For some it's the funny story. Or maybe the story behind the game is pretty interesting and that can count too. Or maybe it's just a story that has a mystic air, full of mystery and we all know how humans react to mysteries: like a cat... they gotta know what's underneath.

Maybe the game doesn't have any of those... But has something else. That something else could be great graphics. That's a major thing for a puzzle, which really can't rely on a story. The looks are everything. Pretty "modern" I can say, because looks today count a lot in real life too.

But going back to the biz, today's game has both looks and a good story.
How would this sound to you? The player in this game takes the role of a descendant of the Elemental Masters - take it how you want, but that got my attention.

The action of the game takes place in the world of Kuros. Now don't go out and take off the map of the Universe, because you won't find anything there. Of course everything is an imagined reality...the name sounds cool, though.

Now, the mission goes something like this: it is up to you to restore the world of Kuros to its once beautiful state by harnessing the powers of Wood, Fire, Water, Metal and Aether. I guess Aether should be something like "Air". But AIR doesn't sound cool enough (unless a basketball player "wears" it), so they had to change the name.

Basically, all you have to do is to break through layers of rock by matching the so-called Guardstones. Doing that, you uncover the mystery of the Glyphs. In technical words, you have 14 interactive objects, power-ups with 3 boost levels and 125 custom levels and also the Quest Mode, which will keep you pretty busy.

This is when you realize the graphics of the video are great. It's like watching a Final Fantasy cinematic movie. But that's not all. The action gets frantic as you move through the levels. Not many puzzles can do that, but these here can.

Another strong point of this game is the music. Usually, these games have an annoying music, which makes you exit them. Luckily for us, this one here has a really relaxing sound track that goes very well with the whole theme and mood of the game.

With these being said, our advice to you is this: be patient and wait until your power-ups are at maximum level before you use them. If you do this, you'll probably be amazed at the results, especially with the stone sorter, color spread and flash bomb.

Enjoy everybody.
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EDITOR'S RATINGS:
Story:9/10
Gameplay:8/10
Concept:9/10
Graphics:9/10
Audio:8/10
Multiplayer:5/10
Overall:8.5
 

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Wood | Fire | Water | Metal | Aether
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