It simply does not load past the start screen. You'll get a swirling camera over a planet with no input from the mouse, keyboard or controller and no audio! It's broken and you should not bother buying it until it gets a patch, if it ever does. It's a very old game so I wouldn't expect it to ever work with modern OSes!...

I played about 23hrs and granted I am fan of PuzzleQuest games but this is my favourite. People who say the computer is cheating - I don't see it. I had just as many random crits as the AI. I think ppl just remember the random crits AGAINST THEM because "they hurt", and don't remember the ones they score agains the AI. Also, initially I played very defensively and conservatively, so I didn't get ANY crits. But once I took some chances with gemfalls, crits started to come too. I bought this game way back...

Anyone else experiencing crashes? Any idea how to solve them?

Ownership of whole collection is always enjoyable:)especially as for my favorite Match-3 RPG. Unfortunately PQ2 stays purchase disabled since 3 years ago.:( One may contact me in private who keeps a copy of PQ2 that had been bought from store before Valve canceled the gifts.There shall be a serious tradeoffer.Any information regarding owners or channels would also be appreciated tho. Thanks for every visitor's stopping by and valuable comments in advance....

nm - windows 7 64bit sp1