Gardenscapes: New Acres vs Victoria
Gardenscapes: New Acres
Gardenscapes: New Acres is an incredibly popular spin-off to Playrix's popular hidden object/simulation game franchise, Gardenscapes. Featuring a fun and addictive match-3 puzzle gameplay, you will be playing these match-3 levels to earn stars which you can then use to purchase new decorations and perform various repairs and also cleaning tasks around the place in an effort to help restore your great uncle’s - and now your – garden and mansion back to their former glory. The game also does a really good job of engaging its players by providing plenty of challenging obstacles, thrilling explosive power-ups, and fun boosters.So, do you have what it takes to rebuild what was once a gorgeous garden? Play Gardenscapes: New Acres now and find out!
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.