jimweinberg's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:1.9
- Helpful Votes:124
- Reviews Submitted:18
- First Review:July 6, 2013
- Most Recent Review:March 3, 2025
- Featured reviews0
Laruaville is back, with more Match 3 puzzles and mini-games to solve!
Overall rating
2
/
5
Don't Waste Your Money
PostedMarch 3, 2025
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Strategy, Time Management
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
If you're looking for a game that is truly stupid with levels that are literally impossible to complete and a dialog that is at best childish, this is the game for you.
I have run into levels that leave you with no playable moves, and therefore impossible to complete. A cardinal sin in a match three game.
The game is not intuitive at all. You are constantly faced with no idea how to proceed, and the hints (which I hate to use) are no real help.
Bottom line: This is not worth the cost (even if you can get it free).
I don't recommend this game.
Unwrap a mystery one match at a time!
Overall rating
2
/
5
Not Really a CE Game
PostedDecember 10, 2024
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Card & Board, Match 3
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
I enjoyed playing this game, despite the clunky graphics. However, it's not really a CE game. The CE levels are merely repeats of the main levels. Basically, they're charging a CE price for a non-CE game.
I don't recommend this game.
Enter the Cursed House to test your Match 3 skills and banish the evil spirits!
Overall rating
2
/
5
Just Plain Boring
PostedNovember 15, 2024
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I've played all 14 versions of this game, and the best thing I can say about this one is, I'm really glad I got it on sale. It's tedious, monotones, highly repetitious and basically uninteresting.
I don't recommend this game.
Overall rating
1
/
5
3 of 6 found this review helpful
Same Old, Same Old
PostedMay 27, 2023
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Once again, LGT SIA has put out a game with nothing new. It's the same old features, same old music (which is truly annoying), the same old story line.
There's no real challenge to this game. I've completed half the game levels, and most of them only takes half the allotted moves.
The only real challenge is the beetle levels, although I believe at least one of them was impossible to solve.
Bottom line, save your money and buy something else.
I don't recommend this game.
The playful spirits of the Cursed House series are back with another round of spine-tingling match-3 puzzles!
Overall rating
1
/
5
11 of 15 found this review helpful
Don't Waste Your Money!
PostedSeptember 9, 2022
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Card & Board, Match 3, Time Management
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
I've played every version of this game since it first came out in 2011, and bought it immediately. BAD MOVE! this one is AWFUL!
There's nothing new. Same graphics, same challenges, same plot line, level after level after level. In fact, it's not really a new game at all. It's just version 10 repackaged as version 11. You'd think that after nine months, they'd come up with something new.
In fact, it's worse than 10 because it commits the cardinal sin of any game -- IT'S BORING! So much so, that I deleted it less than half way through.
This game is a total waste of time and money.
I don't recommend this game.
Help your favorite puzzle-solving wizard build beautiful scenes!
Overall rating
2
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5
1 of 3 found this review helpful
Perhaps the worst LGT SIA offering yet.
PostedJune 15, 2022
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Card & Board, Match 3
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
I consider myself an expert in these games. I've played all the Spellarium, Laruaville, and Cursed House games, and this one is truly awful.
I've had 3 levels, where I had no moves that would let me win. I didn't run out of moves (I play limited moves), I literally had no moves. This is just bad programming.
As usual, the graphics are good, but the story line is pathetic. Overall, it's not a very fun game. I certainly do not recommend it.
I don't recommend this game.
Climb the mysterious tower and save your Viking heroes!
Overall rating
3
/
5
4 of 8 found this review helpful
Not As Enjoyable As Its Predecessors
PostedMay 29, 2022
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
I've played both of the predecessor tower games and thoroughly enjoyed them. So when ToW2 came out, I bought it without even trying the trial version.
The good news is that there are several new challenges. The bad news is that they've put too many of them in each level. While they're challenging, it gets to be a headache trying to solve them all.
If you're looking for a challenging, but laid back game (like the earlier ones), this is not the game for you.
Beyond that, the story line is ridiculous and could have been left off.
I don't recommend this game.
Join the Ghosts as they build a glorious recreation of the Wild West and challenge yourself to some incredible new Match 3 puzzles!
Overall rating
2
/
5
9 of 25 found this review helpful
Just Another Laruaville
PostedMarch 23, 2022
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
This game is reminiscent of every other Laruaville game published, and I don't mean that in a good way. They've used almost all the old tricks, so other than the coins being mobile, there's nothing new in this game. The story line and dialog is just boring.
My level in these games is Expert. I prefer to play these games without using the powerups. This game, can't be done. I also prefer to play it my way, as opposed to the way the developers want me to play it. Again, can't be done.
I was really looking forward to this new version. Boy am I disappointed. It certainly wasn't worth waiting for.
If you want to waste your money, go ahead and buy it ... it's your money. Me, I'll save mine for a game that has something new to offer.
I don't recommend this game.
Everyone’s favorite ghosts are back, and this time they’ll have to help a very unusual guest in their latest match-3 adventure!
Overall rating
1
/
5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
Worst Implementation of This Game!
PostedFebruary 25, 2022
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
I've played all of the Lauraville games, and enjoyed them all - except this one. I play limited moves. Have the levels are either laughingly simple (requiring less than half the moves allowed, and the other half are almost impossible to complete in the number of moves.
You spend so much time trying to get the matches you need, that it becomes frustrating. Plus, you have to complete the level in the order and way that the developers want it completed, and woe is you if you make a "mistake".
I like to play these games my way, which doesn't always match the way the developers want. Even if I make a "mistake", I should be able to recover and finish the level. NOT WITH THIS GAME!
This will be the first version that I won't complete because the implementation is just too stupid!
I don't recommend this game.
Follow a puzzle-solving wizard as he tries to use time itself to stop the world from decaying in this cosmic Match-3 strategy game!
Overall rating
1
/
5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
Should be called Spellarium 0
PostedSeptember 21, 2021
jimweinberg
fromDayton, Ohio
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Match 3
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I've played this entire series and have always found them enjoyable and challenging. Until now. This one was way too easy and was no challenge at all. Even when I made mistakes, I could finish the level in the allotted moves. I finished the game, in my spare time, in two days. Very disappointed.
I don't recommend this game.