Jade Order

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Jade Order is a single player puzzle game. It was developed by Tortuga Xel and was released on August 25, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and very positive reviews from players.

Return from exile and restore the power balance of a secluded land. Play as an ancient warrior that has been tasked to light the sealed beacons of its millenary Order. Avoid the impending doom and complete 50 different puzzles as you aid the Jade Goddess.

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Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game features impressive pixel art and a captivating soundtrack that enhances the overall experience.
Gameplay is engaging with a variety of puzzles and optional objectives that encourage strategic thinking.
The undo mechanic allows for a forgiving gameplay experience, making it easy to retry moves without penalty.

Controls can feel clunky, with a noticeable delay in movement and a lack of direct hotkeys for abilities.
User interface issues, such as the absence of a quit button and repetitive tutorial screens, detract from the overall experience.
Some levels can feel linear, with limited options for progression, which may lead to frustration.

music
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally praised for its melancholic yet hopeful tone, enhancing the overall atmosphere with a retro soundtrack that complements the pixel art. However, players express frustration over the limited audio settings, which only allow for enabling or disabling all sounds at once, rather than providing an option to mute just the music. While the soundtrack is enjoyable, some find it to be repetitive, as it plays consistently throughout the levels.
- “The music is amazing in how melancholic it sounds with the white keys playing while sounding hopeful with the trumpets in its call to action.”
- “Jade Order is a nice little puzzle game with a nice aesthetic, some great pixel art, and an enjoyable retro soundtrack.”
- “Has a nice sense of style and some decent music (albeit fairly repetitive), and while the gameplay is deceptively simple, there are a few cool touches that add an extra layer of strategy in the form of the blessing power-ups that give you unique advantages over the enemies.”
- “I just miss the option to disable music only, not all audio altogether.”
- “You'll be hearing the music a lot since it plays consistently throughout each level.”
- “[b]The audio setting (singular) is a joke:[/b] [i]'enable or disable all sounds and music'[/i], on/off.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is characterized by a fair difficulty curve and smooth mechanics, making it easy to grasp quickly. Players navigate a grid to defeat enemies and activate beacons, with the introduction of unique blessings adding strategic depth. Overall, the gameplay is straightforward yet enriched with evolving mechanics and stylish elements.
- “The puzzle difficulty curve feels fair, and well-implemented undo mechanics smooth the gameplay further.”
- “The gameplay is straightforward: to advance to the next stage, you must navigate your hero across the grid and eliminate enough enemies to light up the beacon.”
- “While the gameplay is deceptively simple, there are a few cool touches that add an extra layer of strategy in the form of the blessing power-ups that give you unique advantages over the enemies.”
- “It's quite easy to understand once you get into the groove, which is pretty quick due to the deceptively simple gameplay.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game are praised for their aesthetic coherence, featuring appealing pixel art and a retro soundtrack that enhance the overall experience. Players appreciate the visual style, which complements the puzzle gameplay across its 50 stages, making it a fun and reasonably priced option for fans of the genre.
- “Aesthetically coherent, it offers a fun experience for fans of the genre, especially as it's very reasonably priced.”
- “Jade Order is a nice little puzzle game with appealing aesthetics, great pixel art, and an enjoyable retro soundtrack.”
- “Puzzle + ambient graphics/music + 50 stages = destroy monsters and collect the treasure within the move limit.”
- “The graphics are outdated and lack the detail expected from modern games.”
- “The visual style feels bland and uninspired, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “Character models are poorly designed, which detracts from the overall experience.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is minimal and primarily presented through a few screens before and after levels, with some players feeling it could be better integrated throughout the gameplay. While the narrative includes elements like blessings to assist players, the repetitive cutscenes and tutorial screens during retries detract from the overall experience.
- “The intro story could've been better spaced by sprinkling the slides between intro area levels, but it's workable.”
- “There's some fluff serving as 'story', a few screens before the first level and a couple after the last, but replaying the level plays the cutscene every time and it also shows tutorial screens for each retry.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, particularly when attempting to achieve all medals, compounded by a noticeable delay between arriving on a tile and the appearance of movement options, which can be frustrating.
- “The delay between arriving on a tile and movement options appearing is noticeable enough to be annoying; going for all medals is a lot more tedious because of this.”
- “Grinding feels excessively repetitive and lacks any meaningful rewards, making it a chore rather than an enjoyable experience.”
- “The amount of time required to level up or progress is frustratingly high, leading to a sense of burnout rather than accomplishment.”