Matchington Mansion vs Victoria
Matchington Mansion
Matchington Mansion is one of the few rare casual games where you can not only enjoy fun games of match-3 complete with exciting power-ups, amazing boosters, and challenging obstacles, but also decorate your beautiful home in the process. However, unlike any somewhat similar games, you won't be earning "money" to pay for all of the new furniture. Instead, you'll be actually designing new decor and furniture by matching candies. There are tons of room designs, DIY decorations and even hidden rooms for you to unlock!Of course, interior decorating has never been trickier especially when you have a mischievous cousin who seems hellbent on messing everything up. There are plenty of other features that help to elevate Matchington Mansion from among the crowd of other match-3 games, such as interesting characters to meet and interact with. Most furniture in the game has mysterious secrets for you to discover as well. If you love having a pet around, you can get one in this game too!
Matchington Mansion managed to engage a host of players right from the get-go, because despite being simply a "match-3 game", this game is innovative enough to introduce plenty of exciting new features. If a unique and refreshing match-3/building game is what you're looking for, then you definitely need to check this game 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.