The biggest change, though? The fact that even though it’s a F2P game, it doesn’t feel like one to the same extent that Blitz did. The pick-ups and weapons are a lot easier to use and understand than they ever were in Blitz. There’s competition - no longer are you just racing against the clock, but rather, via that aforementioned storyline, you’re fighting against all kinds of monsters and demons. What’s different, however, is that ToM: Arena has a bunch of stuff surrounding that core mechanic. To be sure, it’s still just match-3 game. This is kind of unfortunate even though I’m pleased the once-dead system is now getting a steady stream of titles, Arena is the better game, and it deserves the same kind of audience that Blitz had. Consequently, even though ToM: Blitz wasn’t great - it was your standard match-3 puzzle game– it was still pretty widely played on account of there being little else at the time.Ĭonsidering how many more games are out for the Vita now, I suspect that Treasures of Montezuma: Arena won’t get nearly the same pick-up.

It came out during the handheld’s troubled first year, back when the phrase “Vita has no games!” wasn’t just an uninformed talking point, but was, essentially, true. If you’ve had your Vita a couple of years, you probably remember playing Treasures of Montezuma: Blitz.

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