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Out at midnight: Adventure Xpress is a match-stuff RPG puzzler for iPad and iPhone

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Out at midnight: Adventure Xpress is a match-stuff RPG puzzler for iPad and iPhone
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Adventure Xpress is a match-three puzzle game from Adult Swim and PikPok. It's just hit the App Store in New Zealand, which means it should be out in the UK at midnight tonight.

Rather than your usual story of adventurers and exploration, here you're playing an intrepid delivery person, making sure a cartoon-y fantasy kingdom gets its mail delivered on time.

Obviously villains try and stop you at every turn, and you need to whomp their faces off by matching runes together in a slidey-puzzling scrap.

There are boosts and bonuses, spells and achievements, and all the accoutrements you'd expect from a free to play tappy matchy smashy game.

What there doesn't seem to be is an energy system. I've played the game for a good half an hour and not once has it barked at me to fill up my post-delivery meter or any such nonsense.

Sure there are currencies, but they seem locked to the RPG-style progress. You can use some of the stamps you collect or buy to get earlier access to the best equipment for example.

It'll be interesting to see how the game develops after a bit more play, and you should definitely keep an eye on PG for our review in the next couple of days.

Either way, the game should be popping up on the UK App Store at midnight tonight. And if you're desperate for another fantasy-themed match three head-scratcher, it could be right up your street.

Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.