It certainly feels that way at the moment. I downloaded Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords last week, primarily because I was so let down by Speedball 2, and have been addicted ever since. Essentially a mix of Bejewelled and a Role Playing Game (RPG), Puzzle Quest is cleverly designed to appeal to both a harder core audience and their less committed partners.
So all the normal RPG conventions are here - levelling, item lust, meandering plot, exploration - but instead of "fighting" you engage in a Bejewelled style match-the-gems game that starts off simple but soon requires forward thinking and tactics. Depth reveals itself over time, with players asked to build citadels and recruit team members. Don't expect World of Warcraft style complexity - although you can test your character in the online battles - but Puzzle Quest is well worth the tenner or so it costs to download. Anyone else been sucked in?
