The Treasures of Montezuma 2

It's hard not to describe a match-three style game as 'ike Bejeweled,' but that behemoth has dominated the puzzle space for years now and any entry with similarities is doomed to be subjected to the comparison.

While derivative in many respects, The Treasures of Montezuma 2 steps up to the challenge and delivers a fun, match-three game with enough tweaks to make it a compelling time-sink.

The Treasures of Montezuma 2 is a simple drag-and-match game where sets of three or more similar coloured stones disappear once grouped.

Scattered throughout the playing field are gems lodged in the stones, and the aim of each level is to clear a certain number of gems to proceed.

The puzzles are augmented with a meta-game that allows for some simple tap-building of an ancient city. Each building you purchase adds new stones to the playing field, such as exploding blocks and lighting bolts.

The Treasures of Montezuma 2 features the relatively standard modes of Adventure, Survival, and Puzzle at its core, but the game also jams two extra styles of gameplay into the match-three gameplay to keep things fresh, with the aforementioned buildings helping add spice to the bonus blocks, and hidden treasure adding much-needed additional interest.

There are a few strange quirks though that mar the experience, however, with the most galling being the flaky response time after making a match.

While the Droid X may not be a top-of-the-range dual-core Android handset, a match-three title shouldn't cause it to stutter.

The music is repetitive, and the clicks and pops of disappearing stones don't add much to the experience, despite the best efforts of the bright and stylised graphics.

Despite these blemishes, Montezuma's blend of simple gem matching and the building creator makes it a solid mobile addition to the Android library.

It's not going to dethrone Bejeweled, but its reluctance to follow too closely in that game's footsteps mark it out among the multitudes of match-three me-toos.