![]() ![]() I didn’t have a chance to explore the online modes, however. In addition, the puzzle league online will have different rankings for which mode you play rather than a single catch-all ranking for matches. Even the skills that clear lines do damage, which feels even less fair.įortunately, everything that’s carried over from the first game is still here, which means that there is a wide variety of great modes to play, especially if you’re a new player. It feels unrewarding to win a match after doing a single four chain of Puyos or one Tetris. Each character levels up as you play with them, meaning that early matches are going to go even faster, and choosing another character later on will sorely disadvantage you. Matches are incredibly quick, especially if the characters aren’t all leveled up. When your health bar starts to go down, you can stop it by doing a combo of your own, but there isn’t much time to defend. Instead of making your opponent topple out, they have a health bar that is damaged by your combos and large plays in Puyo Puyo or Tetris. During Skill Battles, you select three characters each with their own unique skills such as taking out two lines of blocks, giving health, or striking down a certain color puyo. The other big addition is Skill Battles, which was, unfortunately, another letdown. Fortunately, there is another map menu that allows me to easily jump to any levels I want to replay or go for three stars. While the game tries, it doesn’t really feel like I’m exploring this big world with fun characters, and sometimes the game doesn’t seem to want to take me where I want to go. As you complete levels, other levels open up in areas on the map and, be they main levels or side stories, they’re a little bit of a pain to navigate to. To make things more frustrating, you have a large period of time where the characters are re-introducing themselves, making this feel like a Puyo Puyo Tetris Redux instead of a true sequel.Īnother point that was hyped up for this game was the world map, but it’s not even as impressive as Super Mario World from 1990. If you’re a fan of the Puyo Puyo characters, you may find charm in the cast, but they feel like more of the same even down to the mascot.Īs you progress through the story, the game will find any reason to throw you into a Tetris or Puyo battle, which kills the pacing whenever anything gets interesting. The story itself feels like it wants to be a crossover, but the Tetris characters aren’t any more recognizable than the Puyo Puyo characters. First is the problem with the story mode. The two main selling points of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 are the new story and the skill battles, and unfortunately, this is where the sequel’s additions squeal to a stop. And for what it’s worth, these modes are just as fun as they were when Puyo Puyo Tetris was first released. You are still able to choose between either Puyo Puyo or Tetris in normal battles, and swap mode remains as hectic and disorienting as before. Of course, there are new characters and options to choose from to suit the individual aesthetic needs of each player, but everything that was good about Puyo Puyo Tetris is still here. Each mode returns, without anything being changed significantly. After several years, SEGA decided to go ahead with Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, but does it provide enough changes to warrant a sequel? In our preview, we outlined the new additions to Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 including the new story mode, skill battles, and problems for lesson mode.įirst, we should discuss everything that’s here from Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. While the concept in theory sounded strange, in execution and through a wide variety of modes, it was a hit and even had tournaments at AnimEVO, the anime fighting game focused counterpart of EVO. Plus you can play as Sonic the Hedgehog.Several years ago, the competitive puzzle game community was given a unique mash-up of two unlikely allies: Puyo Puyo and Tetris. Overall, I think that if you can catch the game while on sale or if you really enjoyed the first game, then it is well worth the money. ![]() It does include a new game mode, however in my experience its not really that fun, but from what I've seen other people seem to like it. Not only that, it also has a new story with a few new characters, even old ones that you couldn't play as in the first game. It also allows you to select Japanese voices on the console releases, something that the first game did not. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 improves the menus from the first game, allowing you to hear the music and see the skins you select from the settings, rather than having to memorize what the skin or song you want is called. It is especially worth it if you do not own the first one. ![]() Although most people might be reluctant to buy this game because it seems exactly the same as the first game, it is well worth the money as it improves over many of the previous games mechanics. ![]()
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