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Marvel Puzzle Quest is a video game released by D3 Publisher and Marvel Entertainment on October 3, 2013, and developed by Demiurge Studios. The fourth installment in the Puzzle Quest series, it is a free-to-play, match-threerole-playingBejeweled-style puzzle battle game set in the Marvel universe, featuring 200 playable, recruitable Marvel characters.^[1][2] It is available for free on the iTunesApp Store for iOS, Google Play for Android, and Steam for PC.The game is also available on Facebook for worldwide Facebook users.^[3] A high-definition port of the game developed by WayForward Technologies was released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 October 16, 2015, and Xbox One on February 4, 2016. The game was also released on Amazon Kindle on March 29, 2016.

Gameplay[edit]

Players assemble a team of three Marvel superheroes or supervillains from various storylines, controlling the team against a team of up to three other superheroes or supervillains in match-three, turn-based battles.^[4] Each color-coded match does damage to the player's opponent, while creating action points which can obtain special skills. Gems disappear and are replenished from above as they are matched.^[5] When they are matched, the six colors of gems on the board grant energy that can be used to execute special moves.^[2] Players trade hits back and forth until one of them is downed. When all enemies are downed the fight is over revealing a reward for the winner: one of the in-game currencies, special boosts or a new character. This character can be added to your roster. If it's a duplicate, it becomes a level-up cover.^[5] Players earn points by winning battles, and then apply the points to unlock new attacks and level up.^[6] The board is highly tactical, with up to half a dozen potential considerations beyond the best match at any given point.^[2]

There are two main modes: story and multiplayer, where you can fight against other teams controlled by the game's artificial intelligence.^[2] The game is free, with opportunities to purchase level-ups or new characters.^[2][5] New characters, a bundle of Iso-8, hero coins and other items can also be obtained by replaying old levels.^[5] As a player's roster expands, the possibilities for team composition and skill selection also expand.^[5]

A player collects in-game comic book covers to unlock new characters and improve existing ones.^[7] Each character has a set of real comic book covers associated with them, which represent the character's abilities and allow the player to improve the character's abilities or level them up.^[8] In July 2014, Team-Ups were introduced, allowing a player to battle with single-use abilities from characters that aren't part of the player's teams.^[9]Characters are ranked in different tiers using stars. They range from one star characters to five star characters which are the most powerful.

Synopsis[edit]

The story involves a powerful new substance called Iso-8 and Norman Osborn's attempts to supplant S.H.I.E.L.D. There are five missions to stop Osborn on his worldwide terror spree.^[2] The original story is based on the Dark Reign storyline and was written by Frank Tieri and Alex Irvine.^[10]

Characters[edit]

The game features an array of classic Marvel heroes and villains, including Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Storm and Magneto, along with lesser-known characters like Moonstone.^[6][7][8] In commemoration of the game's first anniversary, Thor: Goddess of Thunder, the female version of Thor, was added on October 17, 2014, making Marvel Puzzle Quest the first video game to feature the character. Devil Dinosaur was also added as a playable character for the anniversary, via an anniversary pack and as a daily reward for those who had been playing for over 365 days.^[3][11][12] Other characters that have been added since the game's inception include Blade in October 2014^[13] and Cyclops in February 2015.^[14] On March 26, 2015, MTV News announced that Kamala Khan, who was announced as a new Marvel character in November 2013 and is the first Muslim superhero to lead a comic book series, would soon be featured in the game.^[1]New additions to the game include characters from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse such as Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, and Kingpin, as well as Mysterio from the 2019 release of Spider-Man: Far From Home.

History and development[edit]

The first Puzzle Quest game, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, was conceived and designed by Australian game designer Steve Fawkner, the original designer of the Warlords computer game series, which he created in 1989. In creating Puzzle Quest, Fawkner was inspired by his love of the tile-matching puzzle video game Bejeweled.^[15]Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords was picked up by D3 Publisher and released on March 20, 2007, for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.^[15] It was an instant success, winning a 2008 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award for Downloadable Game of the Year. It was also nominated for Handheld Game of the Year.^[15][16] Versions for Xbox Live Arcade, Wii, Windows, PlayStation 2 and mobile followed later that year. It was released for PlayStation 3 and iOS in late 2008.^[17][18]

Marvel Puzzle Quest was launched worldwide by D3 Publisher and Marvel Entertainment on October 3, 2013.^[4][5] It was the second game developed internally by Demiurge Studios.^[19] The game was originally titled Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign, before the subtitle 'Dark Reign' was dropped following a July 2014 update. D3 Publisher stated that the revised title signified the beginning of the game's expansion beyond the 'Dark Reign' storyline.^[9]

On February 18, 2015, Sega Networks acquired Demiurge Studios, but the acquisition did not include the rights to Marvel Puzzle Quest.^[19][20]

Critical reception[edit]

IGN rated the game a 9.1 out of 10, writing, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest has taken the idea of a puzzle game with a strategic/role-playing element overlay, and turned it into an intricately crafted, remarkably deep experience.' IGN added that the game is 'compelling at each level' with 'constant challenges and goals to work toward.'^[2] Touch Arcade awarded it four out of five stars, calling it 'compulsively, sickeningly playable' and writing that, in comparison to other Puzzle Quest games, Marvel Puzzle Quest is more calculated and strategic, with a focus on team fighting rather than individual combat.^[5] The game has received a rating of 74 on Metacritic.^[21]MacLife said it 'does a good job of spicing up the match-three genre for comic fans.'^[7]

Marvel Puzzle Quest is a 2014 Tabby Award Best Android Apps and Games winner in the Game: Puzzle, Cards & Family category.^[22]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abVictoria McNally, 'Exclusive: Marvel Superhero Kamala Khan Is Making Her Video Game Debut,'MTV News, March 26, 2015.
2. ^ ^abcdefgRowan Kaiser, 'Avengers, Assemble Your Gems!'IGN, October 11, 2013.
3. ^ ^ab'Marvel Puzzle Quest Celebrates One-Year Anniversary in Style,'Marvel.com, October 2, 2014.
4. ^ ^abMegan Farokhmanesh, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign launches for iOS, Android Oct. 3,'Polygon, October 2, 2013.
5. ^ ^abcdefgJoseph Leray, '’Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign’ Review – Match-3 RPG in the Marvel Universe,' Touch Arcade, October 12, 2013.
6. ^ ^abBrad Gallaway, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Review,' Game Critics, January 28, 2014.
7. ^ ^abcNathan Meunier, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Review,'MacLife, October 8, 2013.
8. ^ ^ab'Marvel Puzzle Quest Developer Diary,' Marvel.com, October 29, 2013.
9. ^ ^abAldrin Calimlim, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest drops ‘Dark Reign’ subtitle, welcomes Deadpool and Team-Ups,' appadvice.com, July 29, 2014.
10. ^'Join the Action in Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Episode 1,' Marvel.com, December 9, 2013.
11. ^Phillip Martinez, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest Developer Talks Thor: Goddess Of Thunder And Return Of Devil Dinosaur At New York Comic-Con 2014,'iDigitalTimes, October 13, 2014.
12. ^S. Prell, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest is first game to include female Thor,'Engadget, October 5, 2014.
13. ^Nick Tylwalk, 'Marvel Puzzle Quest Adds Blade Just In Time For Halloween,' Fansided.com, October 23, 2014.
14. ^'Scott Summers! Slim! Ol One-Eye! CYCLOPS! Finally in Marvel Puzzle Quest!'Demiurge Studios, February 12, 2015.
15. ^ ^abcRichard Moss, 'From Warlords to Puzzle Quest: The Journey of a Video Game Pioneer,' Polygon, November 6, 2013.
16. ^'Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords,' interactive.org, 2008.
17. ^'Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords,' IGN, March 20, 2007.
18. ^'Challenge of the Warlords Now Available at iTunes Store,' IGN, January 16, 2009.
19. ^ ^abSamit Sarkar, 'Sega acquires Demiurge Studios, but not its best-known game, Marvel Puzzle Quest,' Polygon, February 19, 2015.
20. ^Dale North, 'Sega Networks acquires Marvel Puzzle Quest’s Demiurge Studios, invests in 2 Western developers,'VentureBeat, February 18, 2015.
21. ^'Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign,'Metacritic, October 3, 2013.
22. ^'2014 Winners, Users’ Choice and Finalists,' Tabby Awards, 2014.

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Your whole gaming experience on Marvel Puzzle Quest is completely defined by your roster. The game dishes out enemies based on your current roster, so it makes it very important to have the best of the best.

Look at yourself as a coach for your own professional sports team. Gone are the days where everyone gets a chance to be a part of the team, you will need to leave that thinking back in Elementary school. If you are going to go far, you are going to have to shape up.

This guide will help detail a handy process of picking and choosing who you keep and who will be sold for much-needed ISO-8.

Step One: Acknowledge that it will suck at first

Unless you plan on actually putting money into this free app, you will have to go through the seven layers of Marvel hell before anything good happens. Even when you pay for those special tokens, it might not give you anything good.

You start out with 1-star Iron Man given to you and after playing for a while you will have a decent 1-star team. But it is still one star.

At this stage, the Versus matches are your best friend. It may be difficult but do not pay attention to your score. You will get attacked and you will lose. It is the nature of the beast.

There is always someone better than you. If you happen to be always at the top tier with maxed 5-star characters then you probably are not worried about bringing your A-game.

You will suck, but here it is not your fault. Playing the matches that you can reasonable win will get you ISO as well as the possibility of getting more cards. Versus matches are great for accumulating your 2-star team, as well as random 3 or 4-star cards. It can happen.

That brings us to the next step.

Step Two: You are going to have to let go

The 1-star team you have been cultivating is going to teach you your next important lesson: selling your team for ISO.

You can expand your roster through Hero Points (gold coins). Know that it will be easier to expand your roster earlier on. Personally, I would recommend only using Hero Points on expanding your roster. While at first you may think that you have plenty of slots, it will quickly fill up and you will be ruing the day that Marvel has made you choose (but more about choosing later).

Now that you have started getting 2-star cards, things will become easier. Saving up ISO might become a problem. Try focusing on only three of the 2-stars you get. There are a lot of 2-stars and after a while they will become a dime a dozen. You will not have enough ISO to max level all of them. So focus on some.

With your 1-star cards that have gotten you this far, as soon as you get a viable 2-star team you should sell all but one of them. Why? Because Deadpool's Daily has one match that is specifically for 1-star cards only. The only way that you will be able to max out Deadpool's Daily and get extra ISO, is if you can win that match. I recommend keeping the Iron Man 1-star for this purpose.

Now you might have some breathing room. This is when a problem might start.

You can randomly get 3-star and 4-star cards from tokens you win in the Versus and Events. This brings us to step 3.

Step 3: *Slap* Get those stars out of your eyes

You may be hating life trying to get your 2-star team the cards it needs. You try every Versus and Event while crossing your fingers. You may even be thinking about shelling out for a Legendary Token.

But suddenly, there across the way, like Cinderella at the ball you are finally tossed a bone.

You open a token and the usually silver rectangle of a 1-star or 2-star card is replaced with a golden one. Excitement fills your veins and you click repeatedly to see what you won.

It's a 4-star card.

You may be thinking: “Yes! Now all those people who beat me in the Versus will quiver in fear” or “Events will be easier now. Maybe they are boosted this event!”.

However, I am going to deliver some rough news. It is not always a good idea to keep them.

Getting a character with the base level of 70 will greatly affect who you will be playing and how difficult this game will be from here on out. It will always be difficult to get more cards on them. A maxed out 2-star card will always be more useful on your team then this 4-star card with one power on them.

Not all 4-star characters are going to be worth it.

Sometimes it may be really difficult to sell this 4-star card. Especially since they all are really nice looking. I like just looking at the Elektra one sometimes.

If you have the roster space and nothing of worth in rewards then go ahead and add them if you want, just know that things might not go as planned in the future.

3-stars are where it is at. There is a reason that the most available cards are 3-stars. It is a nice medium that also can be a resourceful powerhouse.

Why don't we do a comparison? Lets take one of my favorite cards: Thor. However, Thor 4-star will have only the one card to show what you are in store for.

2-star Thor vs. 3-star Thor vs. 4-star Thor

Red: 1115 max vs. 2132 max vs. 630 + 137 for each Charged tile (If you don't have her power that creates charged tiles, or Ragnarok's, then that is useless.

Yellow: 796 plus 9 green tiles vs. 2486 plus 9 green tiles vs. 356 team damage

Green/Blue: 2206 to target + 1103 to others vs. 4518 to target + 2259 to others vs. Makes 3 Charged Tiles

That green power for 3-star Thor packs quite the punch.

So now lets get to the point that we have all been waiting for. When you get all the characters fates in your hands as you assemble the A-Team of Marvel Puzzle Quest.

Step 4: Gather your party and venture forth

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Your team needs to reflect how you want to play and if you can get your A-Team to cover all the power colors, even better.

Your 2-star team will not be that difficult to decide on. But do decide on 3 to 4 2-star characters and keep them. Sell all the rest.

The dynamic duo of the 2-star team that most anyone would recommend is Black Widow and Thor. That does leave a third character to fill your team. Personally, I fill that space with Ms. Marvel.

Ms. Marvel not only has a black power that attacks (taking advantage of Black Widow's passive black power that steals AP from the other team) but her red power can destroy enemy shields. This is incredibly useful against Bullseye, Falcon, and 3-star Magneto.

BAM. You have your 2-star team. You spend time maxing them out. On the way you will find higher level cards.

What to pick?

This is when you should start taking notice of all those people you play against in the Events and Versus. Even more so when you get to play as them. Take notice of their powers, which hurt the most, which keep the other team alive for as long as possible, who you generally curse at showing up against you.

When you win 3-star and up cards you will have to make a choice. Is the precious space in your roster going to be taken up by this card?

So here is a checklist you should go through:

• What is the power for the card you won? Is it good?
• Are the other powers good as well?
• Who could they team up with?
• How often will their cards show up?
• Is it needed in a current event?
• How many cards do you have for them in your rewards?

For example, let's talk about why I decided to delete my 3-star Bullseye in exchange for 3-star Captain America.

I had won my 3-star Bullseye early on, back when my roster was still in the single digits. I had thought at the time that Bullseye would be useful. And at the time he was, he was boosted in the event and made it easier to win more.

However, soon enough Bullseye got pushed down in my roster as he was inundated by better characters.

Now fast forward to when my roster is 27 cards. I have over 20 cards in my rewards and I am nowhere near close to getting enough Hero Points for an expansion.

What do I do?

Looking through the cards, I narrow it down to the characters that have at least two cards already in my rewards. They will get priority. There was: two cards on Elektra, two cards for 3-star Human Torch, two cards on Sentry, and two cards for 3-star Captain America.

The two cards for Elektra were not ideal: both were Double-Double Cross (purple) that creates three enemy strike tiles. I keep 4-stars with useless powers for as long as I can before they expire. If I get more of their cards or happen to get an open space that has no one ready to fill it, then I recruit them.

That leaves only the 2-stars left to decide through. Sentry is pretty useless for my style of play. That only leaves Human Torch and Captain America.

The deciding factor?

This was during the Unstable ISO-8 event where 3-star Captain America was boosted and a required character. I could easily pick up at least one more of his cards before the week was done. And with this boosted character added to my team, it would be a lot easier to reach the points required in the even to receive him.

And thus, Captain America took the place of my 3-star Bullseye, who had only one card on him and had been completely useless.

And as luck would have it, using Captain America helped me get enough Hero Points to expand on my roster and add Elektra.

And that is how you decide your team.

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