Zuma's Revenge continues the lineage of Zuma: highly addictive
ball-blasting, color-matching gameplay. The high-res graphics and
new features of this iteration bring it in line with its casual
game contemporaries of the past few years. So how does this sequel
stack up to the original?
First, Zuma's Revenge is an iterative rather than transformative
sequel. The basic puzzle gameplay is the same: You, as a stone frog
idol, go questing into ancient temples to discover their secrets.
Your frog does this by matching balls you spit from your belly with
rolling colored balls (that clack like billiard balls) on a long
and winding path. Three of the same color balls are destroyed,
including balls that match up after the original destruction. The
frog rotates itself around an axis or moves horizontally or
vertically, shooting to clear the balls before they reach the skull
at the end of the path.
New to Zuma's Revenge are additional powerups. Laser lets you
blast individual balls into nothingness; Lightning eliminates all
the balls of a single color, and Tri-Shot gives you one massive
shot that clears out anything in its path. These three powerups are
rare, and all give you a huge leap forward in clearing the level.
Returning powerups like Slow and Reverse help immensely, too.
Also new to Zuma's Revenge are boss battles, in which an angry
Zuma god fires projectiles at you. While you handle the usual Zuma
gameplay, you also have to clear a gap to fire a ball at the god
enough times to defeat it. Zuma's Revenge introduces a new
Polynesian setting, ruled by the angry god and final boss of the
game, Zhaka Mu.
Zuma's Revenge plays wonderfully and the music and graphics are
at the peak of what a casual game can offer, even keeping in mind
that it's designed to run on a wide variety of PC systems. The
resolution is far higher than the original game and it no longer
letterboxes on widescreen monitors. This makes for a
color-bursting, visually arresting game with graphics and sound
that refer to ancient civilizations, but with a humorous cartoon
bent.
Anyone who has played Zuma has moved on to other casual games
will want to come back and regain all those lost Zuma skills. The
new powerups and boss battles are just enough to lure that veteran
player back and maybe some new players, while they're at it. The
granddaddy of casual has his groove back, so check it out when
you've got some free time.
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