Puzzle Tag is almost as average as you can get for a puzzle game, so much that I wasn't planning on doing a review on it at first. But as you can see, things change. Despite having multiple game modes, it suffers by having two modes being almost the exact same game, and all 4 modes being "click on the f***in card to win". My brain must be lazy for not thinking outside the box, that or Puzzle Tag was in a box the entire time.
I do not know the name of any of the game modes, so if the author could add that to the comments it would be greatly appreciated.
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GAME MODE #1
It's a standard memory match. Click on a card to flip it, revealing a picture, Find the card with the exact same picture. Match all 8 cards before the timer expires and you win! Game over if timer expires. The harder the difficulty, the less time you'll have on the clock.
Score Chart Easy: +50 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock.
Score Chart Normal: +500 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock.
Score Chart Hard: +1000 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock.
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GAME MODE #2
In this 13 round mode, cards will reveal themselves to you before going hidden. You must memorize & find their location. Reveal them all and you win! Click on the wrong one and you must redo the round over again. Game over if the above timer expires.
*Note: Due to a bug, you only need to reveal one correct card. You can then click on it an infinite amount of times for an instant win. (100% confirmed bug)*
Score Chart Easy: +50 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock on final round.
Score Chart Normal: +500 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock on final round.
Score Chart Hard: +1000 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock on final round.
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GAME MODE #3
This is a copy/paste of game mode #2, only this time you have to click the cards in the number order. Despite that, game mode #3 is where the real challenge is.
I f***in flunked this game on easy difficulty. My brain capacity couldn't memorize everything past 10, so I can't tell you how many rounds or what the score chart is. Respects go anyone who can complete this on hard difficulty because it will show no mercy.
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GAME MODE #4
The only mode with any uniqueness to it. In this mode, you are given a scrambled puzzle picture. You must move the pieces by holding down the click button, and drag it to a piece next to it. This continues until the picture is formed correctly. What is interesting is that each time you play gives you a different picture for each difficulty. There's at least over 30, making it worth coming back to a few times.
Note: Sometimes pieces don't drag over when you click on them. You can work around this by moving next piece over to the piece you were going to move. [Example: Pieces 1 2 3 You want to move 1 over to 2 or basically 1->2 3 to get 2 1 3. But 1 refuses to move. You can instead move 2 over to 1 or basically 1<-2 3 and it will give you 2 1 3 just fine.] I(100% Confirmed bug)
Score Chart Easy: +50 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock on final round.
Score Chart Normal: +500 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock on final round.
Score Chart Hard: +1000 points multiplied by whatever is left over on the clock on final round.
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Game Mode #3 and Game Mode #4 is where the real fun is at. The rest are just going to be ignored or used for toddlers. I can't look past how the majority of the game is just clicking on the card to win, but I can say it surprised me, and that it's a decent edition to the newgrounds archives. The final verdict is a 6 out of 10 - slightly above average. Putting it bluntly: Puzzle Tag is a worth-while time passer until the "good games" are released.
Final Verdict: 6 out of 10
NG Rating: 3 Stars