Tetris Plus review.

Now here's a good Tetris game! To resume this game in just one sentence, basically everything that Tetris S made wrong, Tetris + makes it right. To be more specific, let's start with game modes. There's the usual classic mode, where you just play regular tetris until the screen gets filled with pieces and you lose; Vs. mode to play against a friend (as far as I can tell there's no way to play against the computer), Puzzle mode and Edit mode. And what are these two all about, I hear you ask?

In Puzzle mode you have to, as the title suggests, solve puzzles. When you start to play there's already a set of pieces on the screen and your goal is to clear them in order for the Professor (the very anime looking archaeologist from the cover) to reach the bottom of the screen. You must be quick though, for when the pieces start to fill the screen he starts to climb them and if he reaches the spiked ceiling it's game over. Very addicting and refreshing mode, no doubt.


Edit mode, as far as I know, let's you create your own puzzles. Haven't tried it out yet, but from what I've read about it looks like a good tool for the more creative gamers.

Gameplaywise, this game rocks. The controls are way more responsive than in Tetris S and you totally feel like you're in control. Graphically this is also a very appealing game. The backgrounds are nothing out of the ordinary but they do their job and the overall presentation is great. The loading screens are animated, the main menu is colourful and the little characters are just damn cute.


My only complaint is about the playing field that fills only the left half of the screen. I assume the right half is intended for a second player, since there's a "press start" sign on it, but nevertheless it's a shame that we just play on half of the tv.

Anyway, if you're looking for a good, challenging and kind of innovative Tetris game, go for Tetris Plus. Unlike Tetris S this is available on all territories, so there's no excuse for not to get it.

Here's a video of the PSX version (couldn't find one of the Saturn version, but they should be fairly identical):

Tetris S review

Two posts in a row? Oh yeah! I'm trying to compensate for my recent lack of posting, I guess. That or I finally have something to talk about.

I've never been an actual Tetris fan. Of course I liked the game, it's just so damn fun, but I never had it in such an high account as most gamers do. This somewhat changed recently. On December 31st, while waiting for midnight to celebrate the new year drowned in champagne, I decided to put my phone money to use and buy some game to keep me entertained. My choice? Tetris! Since then I've been quite addicted to it. After trying some games on the Dreamcast (Sega Tetris and Tetris 4D) I decided to move back to the Saturn. There are just 2 games available, Tetris Plus and Tetris S. I decided to start with this one. What are my thoughts?

This game sucks! I definitely understand why this is a Japan only release. Who else would buy this piece of crap? Ok, this is Tetris, so it's not that bad, but it's so damn simple! It's from the same producer of Tetris 4D for the Dreamcast, and it shows. There's just 3 game modes: regular, vs. against a friend and vs. against the computer. My cell phone game has more variety than this...


Moving on to the game, graphically it's just to simple. The backgrounds are just still photos of well known places around the world (in vs. modes it's just a cartoon instead) and the only thing moving beside the falling pieces is a stupid-looking monkey that keeps making gestures for whatever reason.

But Tetris is not about fancy graphics, it's about gameplay, right? Well, this game sucks at gameplay too! It's slow and unresponsive and it just plain sucks. You can't make a piece fall down and then suddenly move it to the sides, cause there's a waiting compass between the two motions. You can't make it rotate in a split second, cause once again the game takes time to process your command. It's stupid.


So, any redeeming factor? Nope, even the title sucks. Tetris S? TETRIS ASS??? Do youself a favour and don't buy this game. Next I'm going to try out Tetris Plus and according to pretty much everyone, that is a way better game.

Sorry for the lack of screenshots, couldn't find a single in-game picture of this game (I wonder why...). Here's a vid instead: