# Remember when this used to be a puzzle game?
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904 "2023-02-08T18:01:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@devinlc](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/devinlc)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/1 "2023-02-08T18:01:20Z")
I remember when GoW was an actual puzzle game, where strategy and forethought and matching skills were important. Now, it’s just a matter of plopping Chalcedony + 3 constructs or Queen Beatrix and whatever into a team and watching it auto-loop. I miss the old game.
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### Author:  [@thejaz180](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/thejaz180)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/2 "2023-02-08T18:15:09Z")
I remember in the old days; the goblins were the most annoying loopers, I’m just saying. It is what it is. What can you do? 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jerry_the_skunk)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/3 "2023-02-08T18:19:36Z")
Two words, that give me a bit of a relief, when I feel this way:
Arena Mode
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### Author:  [@TbIKBA](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TbIKBA)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/4 "2023-02-09T06:33:09Z")
And Pure Factions
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### Author:  [@Grundge](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundge)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/5 "2023-02-09T06:55:20Z")
I started back when they had the old graphics…which I still like. I remember starting out with garbage cards but it didnt matter because there was a lot less rng and with the right strategy you could win. Miss that yea but times change.
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### Author:  [@Crow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Crow)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/6 "2023-02-09T15:05:07Z")
Play explore and you can experiment at your own pace.
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### Author:  [@Pandagram](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pandagram)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remember-when-this-used-to-be-a-puzzle-game/78904/7 "2023-02-09T17:57:20Z")
With emphasis when it was a game. Now its feel like a job