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 As the title might indicate, is the follow-up offering to one of the numerous e-Funsoft Match 3 series.  Somehow I managed to miss the first offering in this series and so must enter the story line a year after the opening disappearance of Holly, a friend of Emily the character you adopt in this game.  Emily will need to set out to solve the mystery of the initial strange events that were covered in the first episode of this series.

This game features the usual array of options to adjust the gaming environment including the various levels.  However this does not include any dialogue spoken by in-game characters during the game as this dialogue is limited to text only.  Among the available options is the ability to select either Timed or Relaxed game play as you complete various tasks.

With some slight adjustments introduced gradually by e-Funsoft over the development of its products, the Match 3 has kept to its own familiar format for the presentation and style of its Match 3 offerings.  The centrally positioned grid will be sandwiched between available power-ups on the left and the current challenge for the grid on the right.  This arrangement will be duplicated over the 72 levels of this game. 

The aim of each level will be to remove the tiles making up the challenge.  Generally this challenge and the removal of tiles from the grid will be achieved by creating groups of three or more tiles of similar appearance by swapping two adjacent tiles.  The group, thus created, will then disappear with the resulting space being filled by other titles falling downwards, sometimes causing a cascading effect.  The supplied power-ups can also be used to remove some tiles.  Additional power-ups, in the form of bombs, can be created as a result of producing groups of four or more tiles.

Certain tiles features in an e-Funsoft Match 3 grid will be granted a special attribute regarding an identification issue.  Their identifying symbol will constantly keep changing until clicked on by the mouse.  By timing this click you can use this facility to help with the creation of a group and the removal of certain tiles. 

Occasionally a grid will feature some tiles regarded as artefacts.  An artefact can not form part of a group.  To remove it from the grid, a pathway will need to be created beneath the artefact so that it falls to the bottom of the grid can be collected.  If present in the grid, an artefact will also feature as part of the grid’s challenge.

An e-Funsoft Match 3 title always spreads itself over five chapters of Match 3 action.   As part of each chapter, you will need to earn Stars awarded for completing a challenge.  These Stars can be used to purchase each of the four upgrades assigned to that chapter.  Upgrades have to be carried out in order.  Activating an upgrade will reveal more of the story line and Emily search for Holly within Hollow Town.

Linking together the various elements of the game will be a variety of cut-scenes.  These cut-scenes will feature static characters who will gradually reveal more of the background story as you adjust to the environment of Hollow Town and its ability to make time stand still and years pass quickly so that nobody ages.   I felt more could have made of this game by the introduction of an occasional mini game puzzle.

To test your Match 3 skill level and assist Emily in her search for Holly, you can download this title from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $9.99 or from Big Fish Games priced at £7.51.  This e-Funsoft title requires a 1.5 GHz processor with 1024MB of RAM and 171\mb of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.

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