Jewels of the Nile

In Brief

Jewels of the Nile is a bubble popping match the colored balls game. It was originally given away August 12, 2017 HERE where it received a positive 78% thumbs up from 37 votes with 14 comments. to get an idea about the game you can see a video of game play HERE

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

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 scarab cannon around the periphery of three sides of the arena, (the bottom and sides); also there are 15 bonus types that drop randomly at any time and not when you score a match; (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 fifteen years ago (Luxor was released in 2005 and was one of the first games I purchased following my accident that helped with pain management via distraction therapy). There's nothing much else of significance to say about Jewels of the Nile; (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 scarab cannon was at times a little frustrating, especially when trying to navigate the sides via the cannon/shooters track. This is because the movement of the scarab isn't intuitive as in when you get to the side rail you feel you have to move your mouse upwards, but this isn't how it works. You only use the X axis of the mouse (i.e. side to side movement only). I was constantly losing matches because I kept trying to move the scarab up the sides by moving the mouse in the Y Axis (i.e. up and down). Also, I found the random power up drops were so fast, unless I was directly beneath the power up when it spawned, I would miss catching them.; plus, it was very hard to distinguish one power up from the next due to the drop speed. At the most I'd score this 6 out of 10 for the game play.

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

If you are having problems installing the game check the FAQ's thread HERE and read through the communities comments because sometimes fixes have already been posted; and if for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, you have a game to offer the community, or are unable to download the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve you can do so HERE. Please see the moderation policy HERE for details about posting comments.

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

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The latest game to be given away via Epic Games this week is Inner Space a game about exploration, about player-driven moments both small and grandiose. Take your time, soar through the skies and dive through the oceans, and the secrets of the Inverse will reveal themselves. Next week we will be getting Offworld Trading Company - Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS and GoNNER - a tough as hell score-based procedurally-generated platformer with rogue-like elements. GoNNER is also a story about friendship between Ikk, Death, and a space whale named Sally.

Don't forget to check out the Game discussion threads over in the forums for details of other free games and offers HERE (I've recently updated the thread though 'some' of the links to older bundles are no longer active; however, most of the links still take you to the latest deals); especially Delenns thread, HERE.

Three more games have been added to the indie Gala freebie section. These are Shuyan Saga - a graphic novel series where action scenes come alive in 3D combat game play. Set in an ancient Chinese martial arts fantasy universe. Mechanic Escape - a platform game full of infernal chases. Waste Walkers Deliverance a top town post apocalyptic survival RPG and the sequel to Waste Walkers (also still available HERE)

You can get Black Desert Online free until 2nd March via Steam. It's a sandbox, living-world MMORPG; with beautiful graphics, action-packed combat, hunt monsters and huge bosses, fight with friends in a guild to siege nodes and conquer castles, train your life skills such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and much more! (thanks for the heads up Delenn). Also, still available to play for free via Steam until Half-Life: Alyx is released on the 23rd March the entire single player Half-Life franchise, which you'll findHERE (sadly it doesn't include the excellent Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, which is one of my favorite shooter that I still play with a few friends).