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Popcap makes casual games and aims for an audience with a low tolerance for frustration, and that’s fine, but a difficulty slider would be nice. Constantly losing is no fun–but constantly winning isn’t a whole lot more fun. Playing beyond the initial demo, I finally died in a boss battle in the second “World.” It may get harder yet–I know the Penny Arcade guys love this game, and they’re “133t”–but it would be nice to feel a bit more stress early on.

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I made it to the final boss of the third chapter of the first world with a full shelf of health potions and having not died once during the prior game. Bookworm Adventures teeters on that fine edge between “Cute” and “Cloying.” More serious, at least to me, is that the game is not very challenging–or, to be fair, the first hour of gameplay isn’t.

Popcap has a very distinctive style, and there’s a point at which you really begin to suffer from cuteness overload. They may even change your tiles randomly, so that great word you almost had the letters for vanishes and you’re left with nothing but a mix of “g,” “c,” and “k.”Ĭomplaints? A few. They will cause some to be locked, some to deal no damage if you lose them, and worse. The monsters you face will do things like stunning you (so you miss a turn), or, worse, messing with your tiles. You are allowed only a small set of magic items on each level (though you never lose those you win and can swap them out between stages), so choose wisely! If you have Farmer Mac’s Almanac, for example, adjectives do bonus damage. Got it? Good.) In addition, various magic items change the value of a word. (For you Warcraft players, think of “dog” as a green item, and “taxonomy” as a purple epic. The longer your word and the more unusual letters (such as X) it uses, the more damage you do. Click some letters to spell out a word, and then press “Attack!” Your word flies across the screen, smacking the enemy. On one side of the screen is you on the other, your foe.

Gameplay in Bookworm Adventures is very straightforward, and no reflexes are required, a blessing for the slowly graying gamer. You also face foes with more interesting powers. You win magic items and potions as you travel, your Health Bar expands, and you gain more tactical options. As with its predecessor, Bookworm Adventures 2 adds in elements from role-playing games. Making longer and more complex words gives Lex greater fighting prowess, while special 'gem' letter tiles offer a range of power-up effects of their own.įor more information, check out Gamezebo’s review.Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 isn’t a simple spelling game with some graphics bolted on, though.

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In the Bookworm Adventures series, players take on the role of Lex the Bookworm, leading him through a series of books involving fictional characters which Lex must overcome by forming words from an ever-changing set of letter tiles. To celebrate the first new installment in the Bookworm series since 2007, PopCap has also dropped the price of Bookworm for iPhone from $4.99 to $.99 from now until Aug. The three books, 'Fractured Fairytales,' 'The Monkey King' and 'Astounding Planet,' each offer a complete story and 10-chapter adventure in which players once again take on the role of Lex the intrepid Bookworm to right wrongs and defeat evil-doers through superlative spelling and use of the game’s many new and existing role-playing game elements. According to PopCap, the price for each book will vary from one online distribution partner to another this new episodic packaging and pricing will become available in the coming weeks. The three individual books of the game will become available on and partner sites including MSN Games, RealArcade, and Yahoo Games.

Initially available on, Steam and iWin, Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 will carry a list price of $19.95 for the full, three-book deluxe edition.īeginning on August 19, the game will also be available in 'episodic' form. The sequel to the 2007 original takes players into three new literary landscapes with a bevy of new features and lexical challenges. PopCap Games has Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 for the PC.

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