this game plays by itself, lol
Reviews for "Galactic Gems 2: NF"
Love it!!
This is going to sound incredibly harsh, but it kind of goes in line with what NeonSpider is saying.
As it's been pointed out, there is nothing "technically" wrong with this game. That said, there is really nothing unique about it either. The graphics (albeit nice) are generic. The music (again, nice) is generic. The mechanics (though relatively polished) are unoriginal, and it all just comes together to look like a generic clone. There's nothing identifiable about this game. I could not describe this game in any way that does not describe Bejeweled (and yes, they've done space-themed backgrounds too).
If you don't feel like changing up the gameplay, maybe give us some cutscenes with twisting subplots and intergalactic intrigue. That way, we'd have something to get invested to, and when I'm trying to get friends to play it, I could say "it's Bejeweled with cutscenes" rather than just "it's Bejeweled".
Technically it's fine and there's nothing wrong with it, but this kind of game has just been done to death. The idea was new, original, and interesting somewhere around 2001. It is now 2014.
On the positive side the graphics are nice and there are powerup "special" tiles.
For people who have already played these kinds of games years ago, we're already bored of them. For everyone else, good strategy is concentrate on removing lower tiles before higher tiles.
Good game, nicely balanced for difficulty. Level 24 is almost but not quite impossible, and level 30 takes forever. But all in all, well done.