It finally happened, a 1 star game. The game is addictive. So why the 1 star? It’s because you can’t complete the game. It has a serious bug on the 3DS. I’ve completed 75% according to the game. The next set of puzzles require special crystals to fill all the tiles with gold. The issue is all the special crystals/coins fall when they reach the edge. So if they fall right away, then how can you fill the edges with gold? Exactly. I checked the PC version on YouTube for comparison and nothing falls there. I’ve spent over 50 hours and now I can’t play the rest of the game (25%). This is only one thing I happened to discover. There have been a few puzzles that felt cheap/broken. There is probably more that is wrong with the game that made my experience worse. I also found out that you can get extra time or swaps if you fail too many times. Such feature doesn’t exist with the 3DS version. The PC version is also clearly prettier and sounds better. Jewel Quest IV is a good game if you enjoy match 3 puzzles, but play it on PC. I consider the game complete because I can’t advance further.

Reviewed on Nov 03, 2022


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thank you for posting this so I didn't waste hours of my time, wow that's unfortunate

1 year ago

Thanks for reading @pewpewmaster1. I was still hopeful that I missed something and that it wasn’t a bug but it’s not mentioned anywhere in the guide, the ingame tutorial or any of the buttons doing anything about the issue. I’m going to check one more time and will update my review if I find a solution or find the right way of making those special crystals stick.