向着冒险非凡大地出发!.doc

向着冒险非凡大地出发!Many say that the Universe moves in never-ending cycles ? cycles of life and death, cycles of war and peace, cycles of light and darkness. If that were true, then the lands of the Etherian knights had known peace for too long. Their kingdom had been quiet and 1)prosperous for many years. But soon, that part of the cycle would end, and another would begin... 人们都说，宇宙的运行就是永无休止的周而复始――生与死的循环，战争与和平的循环，光明与黑暗的循环。 如果这种说法是对的，那么阿加瑞亚的骑士们所在的这片大地也和平得太久了。多年来，他们的王国一直安定宁静、繁荣兴盛。 但是很快，循环的这一部分即将结束，另一个轮回将要开始…… These days, games are hardly lasting. Sure I buy games, only to sell them a week later because either I beat it and there’s no reason to go back and play them again, or that just isn’t a game for me. Then I met Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. It is, by any means, one of those rare games that come along every decade which, when you play it, you say, “Damn it! Why didn?t I think of that?!” 2)Essentially, it?s 3)Bejeweled with a 4)twist. Of course, puzzle games are fun, but most are like 5)chewing gum: they lose their flavor fast. Who would have thought to combine a puzzle game with a role-playing game? The folks at 6)D3 did. Within just one and a half years, from PC to Xbox, their creativity turned out to be a huge success. The great thing about Puzzle Quest is that it can be enjoyed by everyone. Casual players will dig the addictiveness注 puzzle battles while 7)hardcore gamers will 8)get a kick out of raising their own characters. Another feature of the game is ? if you lose a battle, you can return to the fight again and again until you win. I don?t know if this sounds nice to you. I find it really depressing from time to time, because some 9)opponents are just impossible to beat. Well, perhaps not impossible, but beating them is more 10)reliant on luck. Then, alas, when most of my magic is 11)drained, I have 5 12)HP left, and the losing tune is going on and on, it feels like I?m attending a funeral with my character as the guest of