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Next Sword

Combining Puzzle and Battle

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You don’t have to be handy with a blade to excel in the clever Next Sword. You just have to be a smart swiper.

Slide and combine tiles on the bottom half of the screen and your hero will deal devastating blows to baddies. While it plays like a puzzle game, Next Sword is surprisingly cinematic. Combine a hero and a sword tile, for instance, and your warrior will spring into action, grabbing the weapon and charging upward to face his foe.

Next Sword’s monstrous enemies don’t go down easily. Keep merging to stay in the fight!

But that combo only gets you so far. Each level is a boss fight, challenging you to deplete enemy health bars in a limited number of moves.

A tall task, but you can even the odds by powering up tiles. Merging two swords yields a stronger blade, while fire and ice tiles imbue a weapon with elemental awesomeness. And skill cards (earned after successful skirmishes) add more tactical options with screen-filling spells and helpful creatures.

Rich with strategy but easy to play, Next Sword’s tile-coupling take on fantasy battles carves its own path.

    Next Sword

    Combining Puzzle and Battle

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