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 | Zuma's Revenge |
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Product Description
The world’s most popular ball-blasting action game is back…with a vengeance! Survive a newly evolved world of Zuma, where evil tiki bosses rule the land! Fire spheres to make matches, destroy the deadly stream of balls, and battle six imposing bosses. Slide and hop for sharper shots, and score explosive power-ups. Will you succumb to the perilous pitfalls, or can you conquer this ball-blasting challenge?Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2253 in Video Games
- Brand: PopCap Games
- Model: PCB-ZMR-EN
- Released on: 2009-09-15
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Format: CD-ROM
- Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
Features
- Conquer over 60 levels and 6 mini-game Boss Battles
- Play four game modes - Adventure, Iron Frog, Heroic Frog, and Challenge
- Use a variety of potent power-ups, including three explosive new shots
- Explore new gameplay like lily pad hopping, slide-aiming, and more
- Enjoy amazing graphics and effects that bring Zuma into the modern world of gaming
Customer Reviews
ZUMA FUSION!!!
ZUMA is back! And if you can
believe IT IS EVEN BETTER!
PopCap Games introduced the original
ZUMA in 2003 and brought to the foreground a genre that was, up to then,
oriented exclusively towards kids. ZUMA created a new school of games:
from the excellent LUXOR Series to the recent INCA BALL, the playful
BEETLE BOMP and (my favorite!) ATLANTIS: SKY PATROL: Zuma-clones came in
all shapes and forms. Some introduced new ideas and some of them
improved the original concept. And the new ZUMA has incorporated most of
them.
If you have already enjoyed the original game, let me tell
you what is new. First off, yes, the graphics and sounds are much
improved. Also, your frog does not have to simply rotate all the time.
As with LUXOR, in some stages you can slide across a predefined path
(not always horizontal) whereas, in others, you can hop between multiple
Lily Pads.
Moreover, there are now three new special abilities: the
Laser beam, the Lightening and the TriShot. With the Laser you can
target specific balls (advisable to aim at the bonuses!); the Lightening
will remove all balls of the same color as the one you targeted; and
with the TriShot, well, it is pretty much self-explanatory: you fire off
three metal canon-balls that wipe out everything in their path.
Finally,
every 10 stages there are now bosses you cannot harm until their
henchmen get smashed (an idea from ATLANTIS: SKY PATROL) or their
specific weakness is figured out - and of course you will be fighting
the color-stream at the same time.
If you are not familiar with
the game this is the gist of it: a series of colored balls (with the
number of different colors increasing every few levels) streams in and
you have to shot and match them in sets of three or more in order to
remove them - and prevent them from reaching the end zone. There are now
numerous different modes (ADVENTURE, various CHALLENGES, IRON FROG) -
and all are exceptional addictive!! So take care not to have any
deadlines or immovable obligations looming!
This is a perfect
example of what has come to be known as Casual Gaming. It would be a
good idea to download the limited-time free trial version from a casual
gaming site (such as POPCAP GAMES or REFLEXIVE - you can Google them)
and decide for yourself whether this is indeed your cup of tea. It comes
to about 100MB so a fast connection will be needed for that.
Everybody
can make a good game that will run only on a super-computer. This is an
example of pure programming genius!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
Part two of a very addicting game.
Oh the hours I played the
original version of Zuma! I could have been working on more intellectual
pursuits, but no - I was addicted to Zuma. But then after much time had
passed it lost it's appeal from over-use and slipped into the
background, once again I had time for all the old hobbies that I had
loved. I only played occasionally- and I was in control. Things were
good.
Then, Zuma's Revenge came out. My husband brought it to my
attention. I tried to seem disinterested. But we ended up buying less
than a week later. When it arrived I tried to be coy. I didn't even look
at the box, and gave it to my husband to load on his computer and play.
The
familiar Zuma sounds, mixed with new ones kept seeping into my ears...
The new graphics... they seemed intriguing. And new levels... and sort
of a story line... and new types of 'power' balls... It was too much for
me. I loaded it and began playing. That old familiar feeling was back
again, compelling me to play for hours on end until my eyes dry out from
staring at the colored balls.
Game play is similar to the old
version, the idea is hitting colored balls to make matches and eliminate
them before your time runs out. But this version has new levels and new
configurations- in several you can hop your zuma frog to a new lily pad
or in some he slides along a track at the bottom. I also appreciated
the Tiki area where you can see your stats for game play. For someone
like me who fancies herself a champion Zuma player, it's cool to have
the data although I miss the old version where you could see if you had
beaten your top score and it also let you see other user's scores if
they happened to be higher than yours on each level.
I also liked
the new way they configured the challenge area, and the extra iron frog
challenge is nice.
I'd say it's worth the 19.99, but you can
download a free trial at [...] if you still aren't sure.
Can't be beat in two weeks
I hate it when I purchase a
game and have it beat in two weeks. This game keeps the challenge up.
And, I love the fact that it has "adventure" mode and "challenge" mode.
When the adventure gets too tough, you can play in challenge mode for a
while and challenge your own score. I still haven't beat the game, but
it's not frustrating me, it's keeping the game fun. Really am enjoying
it.
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