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Jewels of the Nile

In Brief

Jewels of the Nile is a bubble popping match the colored balls game.

Suggestions:

After you've had an opportunity to play today's giveaway please take a few moments to give some positive or negative feedback about the game; for example, what you liked or disliked about the game, or how it could be improved. If you don't like the genre at all, please explain why and if any, what improvements would change your mind? If you don't have time to post a comment today, please do so at your convenience, thank you. To access the comments once the giveaway is over, open up the game giveaway to its home page then scroll to the bottom of the page where it says Archives and select the date the giveaway was live (giveaway days are in bold type). This will open up the appropriate page for you to post your comment or review.

There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers new or fresh ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality? Giving such feedback instead of saying nothing or just saying this game is rubbish or good may bring more developers to the site, which could mean more and better games. Would 'you' give away thousands of copies of a game (or extra content for a game) away to a community that complains all the time instead of giving useful feedback? It only needs a few moments of your time.

This site could be transformed if only the community would be more forthcoming in their opinions of the games they are getting for free instead of complaining about the way this site has changed, for example, they don't like MPC games, they hate HOG's, have had enough of Match Three and Time Management games, or they want to see the latest version of Call of Duty or some other big name AAA game given away or that they don't like Steam games. If something isn't for you then please move on to the next giveaway, or check out the forums HERE, HERE and HERE, where a few members of the community post details of various free games and free game sites as well as links to various indie bundle sites etc; you never know, you may find something that really interests you.

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity 24/7 HERE.

Installation:

Jewels of the Nile downloads to a 33 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 61.5 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Jewels of the Nile\

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

Introduction:

Bet you've never expected this number of Jewels of the Nile! Now you have an excellent opportunity not only to count but to catch them all! You have to help Anuket, one of the goddesses of the Nile River, collect the gems around her territory in the brilliant Jewels of the Nile game. To complete this difficult task you have your powerful scarab shooter which is designed to hold only 2 gems simultaneously. You should push them into the line of jewels so that the similar colors appear together. As soon as you get 3 gems of the same color they disappear making the quickly moving chain shorter. To help you in your complicated mission Anuket upgraded your shooter with laser to push the gems precisely and the ability the rotate it vertically and horizontally. So this time you can also climb up the walls! To make the things even better 15 types of the bonuses with fall on you from the blue sky. Among them are additional lives, multicolored balls, bombs, additional bonuses and what not! The only problem is to catch these extremely quick flying items. But as soon as you get used to the speed you are fond of the mighty power of the precious bonuses. Enjoy this entertainment to the full extent without any limits. The music and sounds effect will help you feel the atmosphere of Ancient Egypt - you won't be able to stop this fun! The catching game Jewels of the Nile is definitely worth trying! Download it right now absolutely for free and prove yourself you can collect all of the jewels in the Nile region!

Reference accessed HERE. 12th aug 2017

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Jewels of the Nile to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE

The Game:

Jewels of the Nile is another take on the well worn Zuma/Luxor marble popping match three game. It has the usual elements, though the shooter is slightly different in that you cannot angle the shots from a fixed position, instead you move the shooter around the periphery of three sides of the arena, (the bottom and sides); also there are 15 bonus types that drop randomly; not when you score a match, but at any time (see image above for details of each bonus). They include color swap, lives, bombs, speed up and slow down, multipliers, stop and a black hole bonus to name a few of them; (that last one, which is not listed in the bonus list I've never seen in one of these games). The graphics are okay, looking a little like the first Luxor game that I first played over a decade ago. Otherwise there's nothing much else to tell about this game; (see my conclusion below).

Conclusion:

Jewels of the Nile is a standard marble popper with some slightly different mechanics and bonuses. Personally I found the game a little slow and the movement of the cannon was at times a little frustrating, especially when trying to navigate the sides via the cannon.shooters track. At the most I'd score this 6 out of 10 for game play.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Jewels of the Nile and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

The rest of the information that used to be posted here can be found in the forums HERE. Finally, check out Delenns for details of other free games and offers HERE