georgiarealist's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.4
- Helpful Votes:55
- Reviews Submitted:26
- First Review:July 19, 2012
- Most Recent Review:September 10, 2025
- Featured reviews0
Time management challenges meet Match 3 puzzles meet matrimony in this family-driven journey!
Overall rating
4
/
5
Lots of levels if you like Match 3 and Time Management
PostedSeptember 10, 2025
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I generally like the Square Root of Tree games, and I was pleased to find 90 time management levels in this one (although one level seems impossible on even the Easy setting, as I'm not young and have arthritic fingers and can't manage to click fast enough). However, I am less happy about the 90 match 3 levels as I don't care for limited moves match 3. These are especially frustrating with many little corner places it's hard to get at and lots of layers to be removed in most cases. The tips shown in the game (which are all about the Match 3 part rather than the time management part) aren't even right - there's a constant one that claims you need to turn all the tiles gold and that's just wrong as you're mostly turning them pink. The bonuses you purchase would help more if you were able to control how and when more of them are used, but if you load the ones you can load at the start of a level, they're simply dropped into play at the beginning and you have no way to direct them where needed. I don't think I will ever finish the last match 3 level or get all the diamonds on the time management level that makes you keep all customers at 4 hearts or more.
I really wish Big Fish would finally give us the sequels we know are out there for the other time management games from SQRT (Barbarous 3, for example). I enjoy the stories - the match 3 part has nothing at all to do with the story in this one.
I recommend this game!
Shape a world of beauty and legend with fantasy time management!
Overall rating
5
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5
Nice to have a new twist on a Vikings tm game
PostedMay 13, 2025
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
First of all, I ran into the problem others have had with Level 5, but I decided to try different approaches. The solution is to make sure you finish all the buildings and gardens before you remove the big 2-man blockage that drains the river. You can continue once that's done, but if you remove that first you can't complete the gardens properly - you get that "no path" message. Hope that helps.
I haven't completed the game yet, but I'm looking forward to playing the rest of it.
I recommend this game!
Turn up the grill and get sizzling in this cooking management game!
Overall rating
2
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5
What does this have to do with baking bread?
PostedJanuary 26, 2025
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
Based on the demo, this game is just like the Cooking Live ones. I don't see any bread baking involved in the storyline, just another cook & serve game. I might eventually buy it if it goes on sale cheap enough or I have points getting ready to expire (unlikely), but I'm certainly not in a hurry to do so. The only reason I'd even consider the CE is for the extra levels.
I don't recommend this game.
Help Jane decide what she truly wants before it’s too late!
Overall rating
5
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5
SQRT does it again!
PostedAugust 20, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
From the description, I wasn't sure about this game but decided to download the trial version. As soon as I got into it and realized it was another Square Root of Tree game, I knew I wanted to buy it. I'd ordinarily wait for it to be eligible for a sale, but I decided the 100 bonus points was good enough. Love these games! The storyline is so much better than other time management games - I have trouble persuading myself to stop playing when I need to go to sleep. There are some minor issues, probably due to translation, like on Level 5 the stated goal is "give out plates" when what it counts is cleaning up the broken dishes. Not difficult to figure out if you watch the cut scenes, though.
More SQRT games, please!
I recommend this game!
Join Emyr and the Barbarous party again and take on legendary new challenges!
Overall rating
5
/
5
Strange new title for long-awaited game
PostedJuly 24, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I don't know if it has taken 2 years to think up this odd name for Barbarous 2: Tavern Wars, but I'm glad Big Fish finally has it. Now please don't make us wait so long for Barbarous 3, which has been out for some time already. I enjoy games from this developer (although not as fond of the Delicious series, which I find excessively focused on clicking like mad - plus I hate the orange & green color scheme of those). The Barbarous series is especially fun to me, as it's quite humorous. I did have to replay some levels more than once to get all 5 stars, but I managed in the end without resorting to lowering the difficulty level - I had to do that to get all the stars in the Elena's Journal game, as some of the Amazon levels were quite difficult for my arthritic hands.
I recommend this game!
Help Erika and her friends overcome new challenges in an unforgettable magical setting!
Overall rating
5
/
5
Another great game from Square Root of Tree
PostedJune 27, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I enjoy the games from this developer. I find them well drawn with an interesting storyline and excellent translations. Although I'm not a big fan of the Delicious games, all of the recent series like Primrose Lake, Barbarous, these Arcane Arts ones, and the more recent Elena's Journal and Undercover: Blood Bonds are games I play over and over. I'm happy we didn't have to wait longer to get this one. Now we need Barbarous 2 & 3 - seeing Emyr's bar in this game is just teasing me!
I recommend this game!
Vera finds herself engulfed in a mystery straight out of a dark fiction novel!
Overall rating
5
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5
Not my favorite storyline, but still a good game
PostedJune 2, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I think this is my least favorite of the Square Root of Tree time management games, but that's just because the vampire story isn't my favorite. The game is still very well done and the story moves along so you want to keep going to find out the next development. It obviously is made to have a sequel, and I will be watching for it. This one had no apparent tie-in to the Barbarous ones, unlike the Arcane Arts Academy game (despite all the bars, Emyr's wasn't one of them).
I recommend this game!
Discover the City of the Amazons as Elena follows in her father's footsteps!
Overall rating
5
/
5
Another SQRT game
PostedJune 2, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I really enjoy the Time Management games from Square Root of Tree. I find them well made, with interesting storylines. This one has a small connection to the Barbarous and Arcane Academy games in that Emyr's bar shows up in both this game and the Arcane Academy one (same booth & sign, too, plus Emyr obviously behind the bar). I hope we will get more of these, as I find them much better than other games in this genre.
I recommend this game!
Travel and cook to save unique eateries from corporate takeover!
Overall rating
3
/
5
Can't find the bonus levels
PostedJune 2, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
There are only 3 restaurants that i can find - no farm at the end. My other problem with this game is that if you get 3 stars on every level (which is pretty easy to do), you get all the upgrades for that restaurant well before the full 60 levels and finish the restaurant with money that doesn't carry over to the next location or give you a way to spend it - it just vanishes. Also, at the end of the first restaurant you aren't given a chance to buy the last upgrade before going to the next location. You only get that option after finishing the 3rd restaurant. I'm not sure why.
I recommend this game!
Erika’s world always seemed to have some hidden meaning she could never quite grasp… until now!
Overall rating
5
/
5
Fun Time Management
PostedMay 14, 2024
georgiarealist
fromMarietta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I really enjoy most of the similar games from this developer, although I wasn't a fan of the earlier Delicious games (too much clicking, especially in some that wanted you to find the little mice that were not even visible, such as ones in the cabinets). Well drawn cartoon art, an interesting storyline, and tasks that were just challenging enough that I had to replay some levels to get all the stars. Now, please get the next installment reasonably soon - it's already been out for a while. (And we still need Barbarous 2 & 3, please.)
I recommend this game!