February 12th, 2008 by PCGGame Review: Abundante
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Game Description:
Exotic lands await the brave explorer. Grab your cart and start smashing bricks and release the shiny gems. Form different shapes with bricks to receive even greater treasures and make your way through the thick jungle. Beautiful graphics, playability, and sound will envelop the player in this easy to learn game which provides hours of fun.
Game size: 16.0 MB
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Review from: GameZebo
Make some room on your calendar because a little 'ol game you haven't heard of--Abundante!-- is waiting to be downloaded, and believe me, you won't be able to stop once you begin.
Before we get to the story, the premise behind this arcade puzzler is simple enough--well, to start, anyway.
Gamers are presented with a grid of randomly placed gems insides of bricks, such as red rubies, green emeralds, white diamonds and blue sapphires. Using your mouse, you must roll your mining cart at the bottom of the screen left or right and click to grab the bottom gem(s) of the same color. Then, you must roll the cart and click again to shoot it back up towards the grid; the idea is to create at least four adjoining gems of the same color, which breaks the bricks and releases the gems so that you can catch them as they cascade down to the bottom of the screen. Don't take your time breaking these bricks, as the rows slowly begin to descend; if they touch the bottom, it's game over.
Sounds like fun--and you'll no doubt succumb to the "just one more level" phenomenon found in well-made casual games--but this, my friend, is just the beginning.
Before long, gamers will begin to see a twist in the game-play as you must also create specific patterns of these gems in order to receive bonus points (i.e., more falling gems) at the end of the level--which is a blast to catch and rack up your score. Players will see what shapes to make out of the gems on the right-side of the screen such as a 2x2 (box) shape, four in a row horizontally, a letter "L," and so on. This adds another layer of strategy to the game-play.
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Before we get to the story, the premise behind this arcade puzzler is simple enough--well, to start, anyway.
Gamers are presented with a grid of randomly placed gems insides of bricks, such as red rubies, green emeralds, white diamonds and blue sapphires. Using your mouse, you must roll your mining cart at the bottom of the screen left or right and click to grab the bottom gem(s) of the same color. Then, you must roll the cart and click again to shoot it back up towards the grid; the idea is to create at least four adjoining gems of the same color, which breaks the bricks and releases the gems so that you can catch them as they cascade down to the bottom of the screen. Don't take your time breaking these bricks, as the rows slowly begin to descend; if they touch the bottom, it's game over.
Sounds like fun--and you'll no doubt succumb to the "just one more level" phenomenon found in well-made casual games--but this, my friend, is just the beginning.
Before long, gamers will begin to see a twist in the game-play as you must also create specific patterns of these gems in order to receive bonus points (i.e., more falling gems) at the end of the level--which is a blast to catch and rack up your score. Players will see what shapes to make out of the gems on the right-side of the screen such as a 2x2 (box) shape, four in a row horizontally, a letter "L," and so on. This adds another layer of strategy to the game-play.
Review from: PixelParadox
"Abundante! - REJOICE! I HAVE FINISHED THIS GAME 4 TIMES. FOR ME IT'S THE BEST GAME OF THE WORLD. THE MUSIC IS VERY NICE AND STAYS IN YOUR HEAD. THE GAMEPLAY IS STRONG AND THE STORY REALLY INTERESTING. I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY SOON, BUT I AM WAITING FOR ABUNDANTE! TWO. HAVE A NICE DAY ;)"- Abundante! Bunny
"Review of Abundante - I think this is a game for those who want a straightforward and entertaining action puzzle. The theme is nice and I love all the special effects. Bascially you need to form groups of at least four bricks to break them. After that the bricks release gems which you can collect. Abundante! also has a twist called "shapes": for example you can arrange bricks to a 2x2 formation and get a nice boost to level progress and lot of points if that formation is displayed in the shapes panel. Abimdamte! reminds me of Astro Pop, but it is more fun and easier to play. I would encourage everyone to try this, for me it is good fun and there are several hours of it." - Mix 'n Match
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"Review of Abundante - I think this is a game for those who want a straightforward and entertaining action puzzle. The theme is nice and I love all the special effects. Bascially you need to form groups of at least four bricks to break them. After that the bricks release gems which you can collect. Abundante! also has a twist called "shapes": for example you can arrange bricks to a 2x2 formation and get a nice boost to level progress and lot of points if that formation is displayed in the shapes panel. Abimdamte! reminds me of Astro Pop, but it is more fun and easier to play. I would encourage everyone to try this, for me it is good fun and there are several hours of it." - Mix 'n Match