Go Try the Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Demo

One of the coolest little RPGs of 2007 was the original Puzzle Quest. A hybrid of tile-based puzzlers and old school RPGs, Puzzle Quest sounded like the stupidest idea I had ever heard. ...Until I played it. Then I thought it was awesome.

Cue the "sequel," Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, which brings the role-playing puzzle arena to the second most popular RPG setting, science fiction.

Currently confirmed for PC, Nintendo DS, and Xbox Live Arcade, I can't tell you if Galactrix will hold up to the original, but I'd say it's worth a shot. And so does the publisher, D3, apparently, as they have put out a downloadable demo for PC, which you can hop over to Big Download to grab.

The demo restricts your character to level 5 max, and only allows you to travel to a limited number of star systems, but should offer a better impression of the overall game than the flash demo.

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will be available on PC, Xbox Live Arcade, and Nintendo DS sometime this quarter in North America and Europe.