Tomb of Tyrants

PROS: So far my favourite Match-3 game (although there ain't much competition). Tomb of Tyrants us seemingly simple but eventually requires somewhat strategy and watching over different things. Fulfilling requirements for schemes and rituals while defending and expanding the tomb becomes meditative that you do while listening to podcast etc. Sprite graphics have fun animations, eventhough you don't usually have time to follow them closely. CONS: As the game is endless, the poor tyrant is doomed from the beginning. There are slight improvements between games, but when eventually games start to take hour and you loose only because certain resource is not dropped in loot enough and losing your strongest warriors because lack of those resources it demoralizes. There's lots of contents but not that much.

I'm writing this review after reaching the 100hrs mark. I bought it long time ago (leaving at +90hrs though) and gave it a new shot lately for several hours more. I like the overall idea of matching tiles to get ressources, and also the quests to unlock new stuff. But I have to be honest with you guys : I never ever understood sh!t at what was happening in the dungeon itself. I just randomly moved available minions around when a room was blinking red, or if the game alerted me that enemies were 1 room away from my Tyrant. And all regardless of who I picked and what room I put it in. Same goes for purchasing rooms, just bought whatever stood at the top of the rooms pile. I know the minions have stats. I know the room have various effects. I guess that both positionning is important to optimize the dungeon defense. But I sincerely couldn't care much and would not put effort into planning things ahead. People purchasing match-3, are essentially match-3 die-hard players, not management freaks. So, from the bottom of my match 3 enthusiast heart, thanks to the developer for this lovely gem. But next time, don't bother doing something that "complex", it's really not necessary. I enjoyed the game with the randomness of it, and perhaps a more rng based approach would have sufficed. I think most people mistook this game like some puzzle quest in which you match tiles and something fun happens on its own in the dungeon. And I wish it was exactly that. You have something there, it just needs some rework in order to appeal a wider crowd.