{"id":22340,"date":"2018-11-22T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T00:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=22340"},"modified":"2018-11-26T23:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T13:06:41","slug":"tetris-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=22340","title":{"rendered":"Tetris Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Developer:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Monstars Inc. Resonair
\nPublisher:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Enhance Inc.
\nPlatform:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Playstation VR \/ Playstation 4 Pro<\/p>\n

T<\/em><\/span>etris<\/em> is a timeless classic.<\/p>\n

Alexey Pajitnov’s seminal 1984 puzzle game has been released on countless devices in its 32 year existence and there isn’t really a particular platform that is considered to offer the ‘definitive’ experience.\u00a0 I think most people’s earliest memories of it would be playing the classic 1989 Gameboy edition but nowadays, you can get a pretty decent Tetris experience on most smart phone devices and all the major game platforms.\u00a0 For my money, I think the best modern version of Tetris is SEGA’s\u00a0Puyo Puyo Tetris<\/em> on Nintendo Switch.\u00a0 It offers classic Tetris without any gimmicks, its portable, and its easy to hook up to four players.<\/p>\n

So far, attempts to iterate and\u00a0deviate\u00a0from the original concept has been a fool’s errand.\u00a0 Countless developers have tried it.\u00a0 In fact a quick Wikipedia search shows that there’s a new attempt nearly every year<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enter Tetsuya Mizuguchi.<\/p>\n

Mizuguchi-san is a genuine video game auteur with an impressive resume starting from his early days at SEGA producing\u00a0Sega Rally<\/em> titles to his recent work producing interactive music titles\u00a0Rez<\/em> and\u00a0Lumines<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Tetris Effect<\/em>, Mizuguchi has brought the\u00a0Lumines\u00a0<\/em>formula to\u00a0Tetris<\/em>.\u00a0 In Journey mode, players run through a ‘playlist’ of stages, each bursting with colour and sound.\u00a0 Dropping tetriminos\u00a0produce a musical note so its possible for the player to provide a beat to the soundtrack as they play.\u00a0 This interplay of music and gameplay will be instantly familiar to anyone who has played\u00a0Rez<\/em> or\u00a0Lumines<\/em>.\u00a0 Each time the player clears thirty lines, the\u00a0playlist moves onto a new stage.\u00a0 The soundtrack changes, the visuals shift and the journey continues.<\/p>\n

Conceptually, it sounds pretty simple.\u00a0 What makes\u00a0Tetris Effect<\/em> such a sensational experience is the ability to play the game in virtual reality and immerse yourself in Mizuguchi’s light and colour show.\u00a0 The man has an incredible talent for composing music tracks that are emotionally engaging and meld with the visuals in a way that is genuinely affecting.\u00a0 Reading player feedback on social media, its not uncommon to find people who have been moved to tears by the\u00a0Tetris Effect\u00a0<\/em>experience.\u00a0 It is perhaps one of the few examples I can think of of video game induced synesthesia.<\/p>\n

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Looking back on it, Tetris is the perfect gameplay foundation for a Mizuguchi game.\u00a0 Anyone who has ever lost an hour or two to a single sitting of Tetris understands that its a game where you can slip into a zen-like mood, where even on the hardest difficultly levels, you begin to stack the pieces almost on instinct.\u00a0 This ‘in the zone’ moment is the perfect way to experience Tetris Effect’s\u00a0Journey Mode.<\/p>\n

Happily, not only is the core experience a fantastic one, there is plenty to keep the player coming back.\u00a0 Producer Mark MacDonald talked about wanting to create a positive community around this game (which is why there isn’t a competitive mode) and to that end, Enhance Inc have been running social events on Weekends where players can work together online to complete objectives together and be rewarded with new stages and avatars.\u00a0 I’ve joined in over the last fortnight, loved the experience, and can easily see myself continuing to check in for my weekend Tetris Effect fix.<\/p>\n

With custom playlists, additional new modes including Marathon and Mystery Mode plus those weekend events, there is more than enough content to keep players coming back.\u00a0 Enhance Inc have really outdone themselves with this package.\u00a0 Its Tetris<\/em>, but not like you’ve ever experienced it before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tetsuya Mizuguchi melds Tetris, virtual reality and music with incredible results<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1702,2799,2615,2800,2801],"class_list":["post-22340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation-4-pro","tag-playstation-vr","tag-tetris","tag-tetris-effect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22340"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22364,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions\/22364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}