Bloomberry vs Victoria
Bloomberry
Bloomberry is a fun and interesting match-3 puzzle-adventure game where you'll not only get to enjoy challenging match-3 puzzles as you try to save the world one weed-covered building at a time; you get to also raise an adorable virtual pet called Bloom.Gameplay-wise, Bloomberry tries its best to make each level you play as exciting and fresh as possible by introducing new gameplay elements or mixing things up a bit every few levels. The game also has plenty of fun power-ups for you to use, and a plethora of decorations to decorate your pet's home with.
Bloomberry manages to combine several popular gameplay elements from simulation games into a single casual match-3 puzzle adventure and it does it extremely well. If you love the current match-and-build games, you might like this one - you'll even get an adorable virtual pet to call your own!
Victoria
Victoria is a horror-themed match-3 adventure game that begins with a tragic story. The protagonist in this game, Victoria Miller, lost her husband and two children in an incident involving an aggressive poltergeist. Driven by her bitter need for revenge, she decided to pick up the ancient art of hunting supernatural beings and track the poltergeist across the United States in hopes of slaying it.At its core, Victoria is a pretty standard match-3 puzzle game where you’ll need to make matches of 3 or more in order to remove the items from the playing area. Most levels require you to clear away blue tiles by matching over them but sometimes, you may be asked to make specific matches in order to use the many weapons that will eventually be available to you against the supernatural creature you’ll be fighting. However, what allows this game to stand out from the usual match-3 games out there is the creepy atmosphere it provides and the occasional jump scares that's intended to give you a solid jolt from time to time.
Overall, when it comes to immersion, Victoria hits the nail on the head. However, despite the supernatural-fighting bits, the gameplay in this game can be rather simplistic, and after some time, rather mundane. That said, considering that true horror-themed match-3 games can be pretty rare, Victoria might just fit snugly into the gaming niche it is obviously designed for.