Tschumi
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I'd heard a lot of posts, read a lot of stories about this game, and i know exactly where they're coming from. It's a fantastic game with lots of great music (some less great) and obviously solid gameplay.
I've got a problem with it, though, and that is that i don't really enjoy tetris. I'm good enough at it and put a ton of hours into it in the deep past, but i actually prefer Lumines these days.
Lumines is a different take on Tetris released originally for PSP in the 00s, by Q Entertainment and the same guy who did Rez. In it you work with square blocks of 4, in different combinations and with different powerups, which cascade down, rather than remaining rigid like Tetris blocks. It's designed to be faster and have a lot more clearances (you clear any group of 4 same coloured blocks in a square) and i enjoy it a lot. It also pioneered this style of mixing music with this kind of gameplay to great emotional effect.
And that's funny because I think there are a lot of parallels between Tetris Effect and a Lumines. They both boast changing themes, great music which is augmented by how you play, visual payoffs and progression based on clearing lines...
In fact, I'm wondering if the same people who made Lumines are responsible for Tetris Effect, so similar are the two games. I've looked it up and that's not the case, but since Lumines came first I want to recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it.
Edit: Correction - it is done by the same dude. Which is why it's so similar. All is right in the world ~
The are two Lumines games in particular I can recommend, the original (available on ps4) and Lumines Electronic Symphony, which is on Vita (if it's on other platforms i don't know)
Don't spoil yourself too hard if you're interested in the game, but here is Electronic Symphony, you can see the parallels and gameplay which, I feel, is faster and more fun.
I like Tetris Effect, much as i would like a great expansion of sequel, but i find the core game to be outdated and a bit limited.
I've got a problem with it, though, and that is that i don't really enjoy tetris. I'm good enough at it and put a ton of hours into it in the deep past, but i actually prefer Lumines these days.
Lumines is a different take on Tetris released originally for PSP in the 00s, by Q Entertainment and the same guy who did Rez. In it you work with square blocks of 4, in different combinations and with different powerups, which cascade down, rather than remaining rigid like Tetris blocks. It's designed to be faster and have a lot more clearances (you clear any group of 4 same coloured blocks in a square) and i enjoy it a lot. It also pioneered this style of mixing music with this kind of gameplay to great emotional effect.
And that's funny because I think there are a lot of parallels between Tetris Effect and a Lumines. They both boast changing themes, great music which is augmented by how you play, visual payoffs and progression based on clearing lines...
In fact, I'm wondering if the same people who made Lumines are responsible for Tetris Effect, so similar are the two games. I've looked it up and that's not the case, but since Lumines came first I want to recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it.
Edit: Correction - it is done by the same dude. Which is why it's so similar. All is right in the world ~
The are two Lumines games in particular I can recommend, the original (available on ps4) and Lumines Electronic Symphony, which is on Vita (if it's on other platforms i don't know)
Don't spoil yourself too hard if you're interested in the game, but here is Electronic Symphony, you can see the parallels and gameplay which, I feel, is faster and more fun.
I like Tetris Effect, much as i would like a great expansion of sequel, but i find the core game to be outdated and a bit limited.
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i can enjoy it as a spiritual successor then!
