As an oldie at life & computers but relative newbie at certain kinds of games, forgive the basic question. Installed Lost Kingdom prophecy from a few giveaways ago and having fun, and finally finished all the way through. But since the only match 3 I do regularly is the Fishdom series, which is slightly different, I have a few basic questions, and I think they may apply to not just LKP but others as well.
Mainly, is there a penalty for using power-ups? I don't mean the explosives that appear on the board---I think those are fine to use, and probably should be used before finishing the level to squeeze the most points. I mean the power-ups like the ax and tornado, etc. I played this first go-around trying, as a challenge, not to us power-ups unless I really had to, and managed to mostly restrict their use to the very last moment of the level, when the piece is one away from the bottom, to clear that last obstacle. Obviously the game would have gone much more quickly had I used all the power-ups when they were available, but I like the challenge!
Second, since I did this in untimed mode, does the score really matter? Many times, I could have continued making matches many more times, but just finished the level and moved on, so the score was lower than it might have been. What do you do---go for the finishing of the level, or go for the points?
And what exactly trips the lion? Usually happens after a big move, but not always.
I'm asking because I'm going to play this through again, perhaps in timed mode this time, once I can convince my superego to let me "waste time" again---this was addictive! ;)
