The amount of stars you collect is determined by the number of turns it takes you to defeat the enemy. In Battle Mode, you will take turns against your opponent (unless you disable this mode in the settings) The goal is to build up Attack or Heal Cards as you play a normal hand of solitaire until you can't remove any more cards. The Fog Cards need to be removed twice, and the Axe Card is required to Break the Ice Card. The Coins earned can be used in the Shop to purchase Power-ups, but you can only store 5 Power-up Cards at a time.Īs you progress, various Obstacles are added such as the Magical Stone Card which requires using the Mace Card to smash. Some cards have Coins that are earned when you remove them and Jokers turn into Number Specific Wildcards that can be stored for use at any time. You can earn 4 Stars per level, (4 Stars=perfect, 3 Stars=1 card remaining, 2 Stars=2 cards remaining, 1 Star=3 cards remaining) Combos start at 6 cards and you get 1 Undo per level.
There is also a Freeplay Mode (Higher/Lower, Match 2, Sum 14) a Tri-Peaks Mode, and a Five-Peaks Solitaire Mode as well as the Story Mode. There are various Mini-games throughout the levels that popup, such as Match 3 Games, Find The Diamond (the diamond card shuffles around and you have to pick the correct card when the shuffling stops) Memory Game (flip 2 cards over to find matching objects) You can Enable or Disable the Score Effects after each level (yes!) Enable or Disable the Background Effects, Enable or Disable Simple Battle Mode (during the Battle Card Mode, your opponent will not play any cards on his turn & will just build up battle cards after you click on the deck pile) and you can Enable or Disable the Hidden Objects (before each Realm or set of 10 levels, you must search for Hidden Objects unless you disable this feature) The choices aren't over yet folks! You can Enable or Disable the Mini-Games Timer. You can choose from 16 different Card Graphic Styles and 5 Font Styles and 8 different Cursors and there are 20 Achievement Trophies (I could be wrong, they are difficult to read until you earn the achievements) You can Play in a Casual Mode (which has a high probability of earning special cards & allows you to play King to Ace and vice versa) a Normal Mode (normal probability of earning special cards & allows you to play King to Ace and vice versa) or a Hard Mode (which has a low probability of earning specialty cards and does not allow you to play King to Ace & vice versa) You can also choose to play in a Higher/Lower Solitaire, a Match 2 Cards Solitaire or a Sum of 14 Solitaire Mode! There are 20 Solitaire Realms and within each of those Realms, there are 10 Levels each. Add that to a Solitaire game that has features you want, features you insist on, and features you never knew you needed and you've got yourself glued to a computer chair saying, "just one more level" okay, "this is my last hand"
NO DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH HERE, THIS IS A POLISHED GEM Legends of Solitaire is a legendary series that keeps getting better with every game and this one exceeds my expectations, I didn't want to stop playing long enough to write a review, and ya'll know how much I love to talk! This game has amazing detail with atmospheric music, a tad bit of fog, subtle background FX, well-drawn characters, and an engaging story. Try the demo, I think you just might like it. After coffee, I will be into the 30th level, it is a fairly challenging solitaire and there have been no technical issues to spoil the fun! "Diamond Relic", so far, is very enjoyable and I look forward to many hours of quiet, relaxing time with it.
I appreciate that the game can be customized, I like that feature!
Ample bonuses to help out, a choice of cursors plus there are hidden objects (optional) and a battle card game that are a bit of extra fun. The graphics are very busy and interesting and the music is good. I think the card fronts and backs are very nice, I always enjoy trying them all throughout the game.
The variety of games is perfect for me personally. Great solitaire games are rare these days! It is a very good solitaire game, so I'm thinking the quality will be the same, maybe better in "Diamond Relic." I bought it without hesitation after playing the entire demo. I dusted off the cobwebs and played a little to refresh my memory. I actually forgot about it until I saw today's release. I Am Happy That We Have A New Legends of Solitaire It has been quite a few years since purchasing the previous game, "Curse of the Dragon".