Bejeweled 2 Deluxe

When you first see this game, you don't think about it much. You'll probably think "ah, a classic" and proceed to ignore it. But then you might think "I wonder how it will be like playing this in 2024?" Then you buy it. You download it. You open it up. You'll think "damn, this game looks aged". You see the different game modes. You start playing classic. You start to get the hang of it. It's very simple and easy, right? But then you try action mode. It's the same thing but timed. You see the timer at the bottom of the screen. You match jewels, you earn more time. But once that bar gets low, you think "fuck, am i gonna die?" Then you find a match at the last second. Then you see another match. Then one of the special jewels explode, earning you many points. You catch up on time. You get stuck on this continuous cycle. Until it finally happens. You actually ran out of time. Your score gets shown and you think to yourself "that was pretty fun". You close the game, thinking you'll forget about it. But you don't. It stays on your mind. "One small game won't hurt" you say. Then that small 10 minute game turn into 20. 30. 50. An hour. Two... You think you'll stop but you keep coming back for more.
Anyways, good classic game :D

You match jewels while you listen to music that goes way to hard to be in a game like this.
And theres a dude with a sexy voice

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

The sequel of the original 3-match game where other titles like Candy Crush got their inspiration from.
I remember this franchise from the time that you could play it for free as an official flash game (although with limited features to promote the full paid version), and that you could also play it for free against others when chatting them via MSN-Messenger.
The gameplay is both relaxing and challenging and the other game modes can either be more tense or zen.
More game modes can be unlocked the more you progress in each mode that are already available (you can look up its Wikipedia page if you want to know which prerequisites must be met if you want to unlock a certain new game mode).
Furthermore, the soundtrack of this game combined with its space theme is amazing.
Although, the graphics may look a bit outdated.
The best of all, since this is from a previous era: no microtransactions and no barriers (like limited lives that recover slowly with time) that push you to pull out your wallet and hamper your experience when your'e not willing or able to pay to continue.
This may be an old game, but I recommend it for anyone who want to play a 3-match game without any nonsense the other more modern free-to-play titles in this genre might have.

I would say in a joke for that i love this game, but this is one of the first and most important video games of my life. Discovering Bejeweled 2 was the first time I ever enjoyed a video game this much during my early years. While it may just be a small thing now, this is my all time favorite time waster, even going back to the countless amount of times I've purchased Bejeweled 2 on almost every platform. Beautiful game I will say!

I mean, it's Bejeweled we all know and love, but with more modes and the impetus of the series' tried-and-true cosmic space setting in future Bejeweled games... except 3 which uses a medieval theme for some reason
I consider 2 as the best of the series by a nostalgia standpoint

Beautiful soundtrack, solid and addictive gameplay. Not much else to say.