Luxor Review

Egyptian Match-up Game Refreshing Look

Submitted by drummerbuddie on Sat, 2010-08-21 22:28.
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Pros:
Nice graphics and color; ancient Egyptian theme is quite befitting. Good variety of specials and bonuses to give the player variety.
Cons:
Great theme, no extensive storyline. Once complete, there's not much of an award as to a mere congratulations.
Review:

I always looked at Luxor in stores normally without a second look. Now that I played it, I seem to slightly regret that.

I grew up with arcade games that promote match-up games. PopCap's Bejeweled series, Chuzzle, and especially Zuma, in which I find most similarities in Luxor.

Although I prefer the 360 degree turns that Zuma offers, Luxor makes up with having the bottom-restrained scarab shooter by allowing it to move side to side, with falling bonus points and specials that adds a dash of a "fall-catch" game to it. With shooting specific colored spheres to stop the scarab minions from bringing them through the snake path into the pyramid.

This game offers a refreshing new look to a matching game with great Egyptian references: Isis, Pyramids, colorful hieroglyphics, scarabs, and the likes. However, with such a mysterious and widely popular theme, it may just be a matter of taste, but I get no real story with this game. If I had not read the description laid out above, I would not know of any such.

Regardless, this game comes with a great blast of color, timing, and wide variety of bonus points and specials.

Conclusion:

Despite the yearning for more story to keep the player engaged, the game gives great graphics, variety of gameplay, and an above average level of "addictive-ness."