Gamergoddess's Bejeweled 2 guide

[Renaldo Moon]

I would argue that it's more important not to worry about speed first. I'd say, spend a few practice games completely ignoring your score, and just try to make as many hyper cubes as possible. Doing this will greatly help you see hyper setups 3, 4+ moves in advance as you get better and faster

Even if you just have:

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Try and set that up to

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And other such set-ups. It probably won't get you a lot of points, but it'll help you train your versatility. While practicing, since you're not worrying about score so much-- If you DO have a hyper, look to see if that using that hyper could set things up for another hyper.

I'd say doing things like this are important first, and then once you have that down-- ease up on the hypers and try to play quickly, incorporating what you learned where practical (I.E. where you won't spend 20 seconds chasing one hyper-set up. The practice should teach you what kind of things can be set up from what quickly, and what kind of things you shouldn't waste your time on, as well as training your eyes to notice hyper setups quickly, 3-4 moves in advance)

I probably don't average as high as Ikaruga does in Bejeweled, but that's because he plays it a lot more than I do. When I actively played after intense hyper-setup training, I would be averaging 7000-9000 per game, getting 5+ hypers on just about any layout I was given. But even still, it's a useless skill until you can move fast through the levels.

[Grengoddess]

Here is my WW bejeweled video guide
YouTube - Gamergoddess - WW Bejeweled 2 guide

Here is a video of an OMGWTF moment i got while playing the king version
YouTube - OMG! Gamergoddess Bejeweled 2

[catsnomeandinocats]

I think different playing styles and different levels of skill with this game. Could be directly related to and used for psychological study tools.
I know that I should be WAY better than I am. (Although, I did just recently learn about the many things to be looking for and to think about, and that an actual strategy is at hand.)I have been spastically moving around the board switching random gems (I'm still not entirely sure what is meant by a combo? is that when more than one move is made to get the three + gems?) None of it, with rhyme or reason.

I don't think I CAN for-see how a gem might move. ~not always anyway~ It's a bizarre phenomenon
The obvious ones I can, but sometimes I can't see it, even when I click the hint button. (now that's weird)
One more little tidbit to explain myself.
I'm really not stupid and have an above average I Q.....But If you are familiar with game systems like PlayStation, you know what an average controller might look like.
There is a red button and a green button, with an A or B on them. The one on the left is the "B" button. The one on the right is the "A" button.
As my son would help me on a game...he would say "Mom, I said the B button not the A button" ~Now it sounds insane to me too~ BUT in my defense. Since the A is the first letter of the alphabet, and since I read from left to right. In my mind I think the A button would be on the left.
The A is on the right and the B on the left. No matter how many times he says "it's the A button!" I'm going to go for the button on the left. So.... I tell him "Honey, you need to say either the red button or the green button. (he can't understand how it could be this way) It's just a different way I process the info. It doesn't change the quality of the information, it's just harder to reiterate at times.
My point is this. There are so many different ways, folks use their brain, to process information. Even though I'm very visually stimulated, and I detect patterns like a freak might do. Yet, no matter what I do, I just can't seem to hone in on any certain gem patterns to create future hypers with. I can, I just can't with more than one or two moves ahead. Even then I'm like a snail.
I'm so good at automatically spitting out results from a mental chart or pattern of something, subconsciously. Almost anything I do in repetition, in large quantities. I ALWAYS figure out a solution to a problem or new to contemplate or a trick to make it faster etc.
But bejeweled 2 has stumped me good! I'm going to keep it up, since I have the fairly new info. to work on.
Well, that's all but I'd like to say, I haven't proofread this last bit of the post and i'm tired, so if it doesn't make sense...................sorry
Whew! I'm done thank God! I have cotton fingers! lol