I think I’m going to try and learn the Hide spell from my captured goblin, but I’m not sure how useful it will be.

Here’s a screen shot showing how the text looks on the small screen.

(Don’t forget to click it to see the full size version.)

Just to show you how small everything is, here’s a shot of the map.

Probably should have shown a screen with more text on it, really, but never mind.

To reiterate, it’s a long way from unplayable, but it’s not quite comfortable, either.

Anyway, I love the game, but had heard both good and bad things about the iPhone version, so decided to try out the Lite. It seemed fine, if a bit cramped on the iPhone screen, so I played until the end of the demo and then wanted to play more. Unfortunately, the Lite version doesn’t let you restart after you finish it, so I had to buy the full version. Yes, I had to. If you’ve played Puzzle Quest, you’ll understand.

Buying the full version isn’t that simple. You can buy Chapter One for £1.19 or Chapters One & Two for £2.99. Um, right. You can’t seem to buy Chapter Two on its own, though, so if I just bought Chapter One I’d then have to buy both Chapters One and Two at later date. Unless you can update from within the app, but I think Puzzle Quest predates in-app purchases. So I played it safe and bought the Chapters One and Two bundle.

I’ve played it quite a bit now. It’s still the same great game, but the text is quite hard to read and buttons seem to be quite hard to push at times, as if the actual area you can press is smaller than the graphic of the button, or something. After playing for half an hour or so without a break I’d realised I’d been staring so hard at the screen that I’d given myself that fuzzy head feeling that’s one step away from a headache, like when you’ve been trying to force your eyes to see a Magic Eye picture.

I really think the developers should have put their RPG font away and just gone with a less atmospheric but more readable normal font for this version of the game. It’s a successful port, then, but not an unqualified success.

I’ve become a knight of some sort, which boosted my morale, and I’ve got some nice new items.

Ah! There’s the microwave!

Turn-based, two-player Bejewelled/Zoo Keeper clone + RPG elements = addiction.

There’s not a lot of story, no exploration, mostly just text menus and battling. But it works.