Bejeweled 2 Deluxe

I remember all the countless times I use to travel down as a kid to my nans house and see my uncle always playing this on his laptop while having a smoke and a drink. A timeless classic this game is.

The candy crush saga before candy crush saga. I remember installing this from a pirated CD bundled with other PopCap games. What a classic

The little Sister of Tetris and the Goddess of match three. If you cannot have Brick Breaker or Tetris than you play Bejeweled. That is the rule and you know it.

My first discovery of Bejeweled 2 goes back to being a little kid at my grandmother’s house. It was one of her absolute favorites, and naturally, it became one of mine, too. I spent countless hours either playing it myself or just sitting by her side, watching her clear levels. We’d always goof off, laugh, and then just quietly watch the weather together—simple, beautiful moments. Bejeweled 2 is more than just a game to me; it’s the perfect way to chill and relax, wrapped up in some of my fondest childhood memories i miss her

The music is good though. But my eyes miss the visual madness of Bejeweled Twist and Bejeweled 3. Same applies for the gameplay department, its not that chaotic or dense as those games. Rather it feels shallow and tame in this one. Perhaps they figured something that upped the gameplay in those later titles that is definitely missing in this one.
If you want to purchase for nostalgic reasons... go ahead. Its not a bad game. But i wonder how many of us would pick this over 3 or Twist after having played those.
Also PopCap should breakfree from their overlords at EA and start making new interesting titles as an indie studio once again. Screw mobile games, screw EULA and data piracy, screw EA terms.
All we want is brand new Pop Cap games that would stand upto their old classics.

Play this once only for its music, even though it fell short compared to the 3rd entry (still good game tho). You won't regret it

The game itself is "just" an "I have a few minutes, so let's play something not too serious and entertaining". But the real thing here at least for me, is the music. It's Peter Hajba, aka Skaven's ( Future Crew ) composition. It is a pure nostalgia for me to an era ( hello 90's, DOS, GravisUltrasound, Demoscene, etc... ), when 640KBytes were almost enough for everyone ;). It will never come back again, and I truly miss it. Those were the days ( at least in PC era )