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Lunchtime Video - The Many Load Times Of 'Puzzle Quest Galactrix'

Posted 3/2/09 12:00 pm ET by Stephen Totilo in Lunchtime Video, Video

Today's Lunchtime Video starts with a blizzard and then turns into a video chronicle of the many loading sequences of the otherwise-fun DS game "Puzzle Quest Galactrix." Watch and be amazed.

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TheWoj (3/2/2009 11:39:43 PM)

I'm really turned off by Galactrix. The load times kill me because I can only play DS in short bursts, and I don't want my time taken up by loading (ON A CART IN 2009?! COME ON!) While I can't say the story in the original Puzzle Quest was some spectacular piece of fiction, it kind of acknowledged its own stupidity and had some humor. Glactrix seems to be trying way too hard, and I've found myself skipping most of the cut scenes. Also, the music is sub-par, especially compared to the great music the first one had. And it kills me that matching four gems does not constitute a free turn. Maybe I just relied too heavily on creating and spamming red gems for multiple turns in the original.

Stephen Totilo (3/2/2009 2:00:09 PM)

@Tony, I haven't had that problem that much, but I believe it happens once in the video here when I'm trying to quit out of the puzzle (4:40).

Tony Capri (3/2/2009 1:54:38 PM)

Yeah, the load times are abhorrent, but have you experienced any issues with input recognition? I know I've been having a heck of a time with getting the touch screen to read my commands properly.

Cronotriggers (3/2/2009 1:25:07 PM)

Wow, that sucks. That would annoy the poop out of me if I played for more than 30 minutes. I was thinking maybe it was decompressing the music, but the music is static throughout the whole thing, so there is no major reason why players have to deal with that.

alice (3/2/2009 1:23:36 PM)

ooh, dating spammers have made it here.

apoloimagod (3/2/2009 12:29:00 PM)

Good to know about the loading times... I'm not that much into puzzle games anyways :-)

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