If you’re a big fan of playing with others, the variety of modes (available in cross-play as well) offers an entirely new level of gameplay.

The ‘connected’ portion of the title refers to the online mode where you can play with three others at the same time. It may have a slightly lower resolution while docked, but honestly it doesn’t matter at all. The pixels pop on the OLED, and the sound hits you more thanks to the front-facing speakers. Having that experience available wherever you are makes you feel more connected to it, allowing you to be transported away regardless of your location. It feels even better playing in handheld.

The music, the way it looks, the satisfaction of how it feels to play. Playing and feeling it for yourselves is going to do a better job than words ever could. To convey just why it is so emotionally charged in a review is impossible. I have wept whilst playing, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I play Tetris Effect: Connected to escape. If that wasn’t enough, the soundtrack offers a mix of powerful and emotional tracks that take proceedings to another level. Hundreds of colours bring each stage to life, reacting to how you play and providing some of the finest visuals I’ve ever seen. It offers a perfect marriage of light and sound, reacting to where you place the tetriminos. On the new OLED Switch model, these stages are gorgeous. Lighting plays a huge roll in its presentation. In the main single player mode of Tetris Effect: Connected, every stage looks different. Visually, it is about the most beautiful thing you’ll ever see.ĬHECK THIS OUT: Podcast 463 – Monster Hunter Rise PC versus Switch comparison Tetris Effect: Connected: Beautiful and impactful While you are still moving shapes, or tetriminos, across a grid to try and make lines of tiles disappear, the presentation and sound in which you do this is utterly stunning.

However, the creator of Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, has found a way to reinvent the wheel.

“But all you do is make lines of blocks, yeah?” Well, yes. Released late last year on Xbox consoles and PC, the handheld masterpiece has finally come home.Įxponentially different than its original iteration, Tetris Effect: Connected immerses you in the basic concepts of Tetris. Tetris Effect: Connected is finally available on Nintendo Switch. It’s a staple of gaming history, but even now, something so simple and so old can become an entirely different experience. Created over 37 years ago, it’s amazing how Tetris can still be relevant in today’s busy video game market. Cathartic and spiritual, it became not only the best game PSVR had to offer, but the best version of Tetris of all time. I originally played Tetris Effect on PlayStation VR.

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