Bejeweled 3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 19 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

12
Average:

2
Bad:

0

Pros:

Improves and expands upon the game fifty million players know and love. Gorgeous in high-res. New soundtrack. Objective-based modes. Addictive.
Classic gemmatching fun, Most of the new modes are excellent, Bright visuals and sound effects, Quest mode provides a nice sense of progression.
Plenty of modes to fool around with, achievements to unlock, and butterysmooth gameplay

Cons:

Steep requirements for a casual game. Addictive.
A high price for a safe sequel, No online leaderboards, Zen mode doesn't satisfy.

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Last revision on November 4, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Improves and expands upon the game fifty million players know and love. Gorgeous in high-res. New soundtrack. Objective-based modes. Addictive
Classic gemmatching fun, Most of the new modes are excellent, Bright visuals and sound effects, Quest mode provides a nice sense of progression
Plenty of modes to fool around with, achievements to unlock, and butterysmooth gameplay

Reviewers Didn't Like

Steep requirements for a casual game. Addictive
A high price for a safe sequel, No online leaderboards, Zen mode doesn't satisfy
Not all of those new modes are well thought out; Zen mode smells like bunk

Expert reviews and ratings

100

There are some games that people never seem to get tired of, and the Bejeweled series is apparently one of them. In the latest installment, Bejeweled 3 adds onto what its predecessors began: lots of mouse-clicking and matching. The infectious...

By Blogcritics on July 12, 2011

But while some social features and updated visuals would have been nice, Bejeweled 3 is still the best match-3 game on the market. The sheer wealth of game modes is incredible, as it the variety. This isn't just any match-3. There's something here for...

By About.com on May 24, 2011

Bejeweled 3 is the surprisingly addictive puzzle game by PopCap which was released in December of 2010. Players swap gems in order to make paths of like-colors disappear, thereby increasing the score and unlocking nifty graphics and special effects....

By Realm of Gaming on May 20, 2011

There’s something enormously satisfying about lining up and knocking things down in the name of entertainment: dominoes, tenpins, pedestrians… Well, maybe not the pedestrians [i beg to differ - Ed.], but you get the idea. Nearly a decade ago, PopCap...

By NZGamer on January 28, 2011

Productivity at an all-time high? Not any...

By GamePlanet on January 13, 2011

Looking over the last 10 years in ‘casual’ gaming, there is one title that has been repeatedly hailed as the pinnacle of mass appeal, Pop Cap’s Bejeweled. The concept is simple, match sets of 3 or more jewels in a square grid to score points. The...

By Strategy Informer on December 15, 2010

Despite a hit-or-miss assortment of new and old modes, Bejeweled addicts are guaranteed to flock to this game in droves – and why not? Bejeweled 3 takes a few risks, and the result is essentially Bejeweled 2 plus a handful of both worthwhile and...

By PC Advisor on December 14, 2010

Bejeweled 3 brings a treasure chest of improvements and enhancements to its gem-smashing predecessor. Just in time for the holidays, it's priced to stuff some stockings....

By PC Mag on December 13, 2010

Undisputed kings of the casual gaming scene, PopCap Games entrust us with the third installment in what is arguably their most popular series yet, Bejeweled. Is there enough left to squeeze out of this tube of toothpaste? Or will we be left with an...

By Tech Olive on December 11, 2010

So, Bejeweled 3, eh? Really, all you need to know is that the core game of Bejeweled 3 is nearly unchanged from the Bejeweled formula we all know and love. As you'd expect, the meat and potatoes of Bejeweled 3 is the untimed classic mode, a...

By Games Radar on December 10, 2010

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