Launched in 2017, Empires & Puzzles: Match-3 RPG is a brand new match-3 puzzle game that combines magical gladiators, epic match-3 battles and the building of strongholds, with thrilling RPG elements and PVP duels. It was produced by Small Giant Games, a Finland game development company that was founded in 2013.
On iOS AppStore, Empires & Puzzles’s rating is 4.7 out of 5.0, with user reviews of more than 76,200. On Google Play, its rating is 4.3 out of 5.0, with 2,191,520 user reviews and more than 50,000,000 installs.
Empires & Puzzles is updated regularly, and most of the updates are about adding new challenges events, minor improvements and bug fixes.
Game Setting: Players can start their epic adventures through different worlds. There are amazing graphics in the game, and players can enjoy the wonderful visual effects in a magnificent virtual world, meet fantastical creatures and detailed monsters, and experience the epic loot as well as powerful heroes.
Gameplay: This game is a match-3 puzzle game and players can achieve victory by creating epic combos and matching various colourful shields. Besides, players can build their fortress in the game, where they can level up their troops and farm valuable resources to build their Empires. Moreover, players can collect many mighty armies and legendary heroes. And they can also craft legendary weapons to support their heroes in battles.
Battle Online: Players can enjoy battling with other players around the world from other empires. Furthermore, they can also play with their alliances. Those winners who successfully raid enemies’ stronghold in PVP duels can get great loot.
Pros
- Players find Empires & Puzzles a fun game that is great for time killing.
- The game is a great combination of different elements including a hero mechanics system and an expansive cmpaign, with a core of match-3 setup.
- This game is easy for players to pick up and contains fun and competition at the same time.
- It's a freemium game, and those that pay will have a better experience. As long as you are patient you can play this without spending ridiculous amounts of money.
- The graphics and gameplay are really good.
Cons
- There are some problems in Empires & Puzzles: annoying pop-up ads, a slow upgrade system, a clearly sexist female figure, and the significant pay-to-win factor.
- The latest version of the game may not be compatible with some devices. Each update may cause difficulties for some users to run the game.
- Playing this game needs time and patience. It may take months and some players find it difficult to play. If players want to play at a faster pace, they need to spend some money to increase the chance to get what they desperately want.