“Tetris†drops the block in “Ultimate†edition, but thanks to tried and true gameplay, ends up making the lines it’s known for to keep hardcore fans around for a bit.
“Tetris†may be timeless, a 30-year-old franchise that continues to work, but a slew of multi-player issues and blander presentation than you’d expect, hurt the legacy more than they help in its newest release.
Make no mistake- a simple-straight ahead approach and great tunes have served the Russian-puzzler well for 30 years and Ubisoft’s latest take on the series does it justice, offering several modes of play while never straying too far away from the original formula, but it’s never more than you expect. There are no real surprises here, making “Tetris Ultimate†another good puzzle title, but never great.
While this will make the game easily approachable to long-time fans or newbies that, for some reason, have never played it, hardcore fans may be disappointed. A lack of bells and whistles and new ways to play make this game feel very, very old. Being attached to Ubisoft, you’d expect “Tetris Ultimate†to be pretty. While it’s beautifully colored, there’s never that added visual lush you expect from the publisher. The game doesn’t even feel optimized for wide-screen TVs as the main action happens in a much smaller section of the TV than you’d expect.
The presentation issues hurt much more than you’d expect, mainly because the gameplay hasn’t changed much, so there’s nothing eye-popping or “special†tucked away in what is supposed to be a 30-year special edition. It doesn’t matter if the music has been redone and sounds great or if you can play with your friends via game-share either. For what it’s worth, “Tetris Ultimate” is pretty plain.
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