Tetris 99

Overall 7.5/10 Total game score
Price 10/10Free
QUALITY 7.3/10Overall quality score
Performance
9/10Only lags when you yeet a BUNCH of attackers
Controls 5/10Very little customization, but base controls are good
Graphics 8/10Colorful, but I wish the HUD was cleaned up a bit(Attacker lines made horizontal instead of diagonal)
GAME PLAY
7.0/10Overall game play score
Difficulty 10/10Lol you thought u were good at Tetris
Content 4/10Base game is amazing but needs more game modes
Immersion 9/10 Glued to the screen
Story 5/10 Unless u worrying about the drama between the different tetronimos, nothing for ya
DESIGN 8.3/10 Overall design score
Sound
10/10 The electronic revamp of the old theme is amazing
Interface 10/10 Very easy to get into a game and start hard- dropping
Mapping 5/10 Not really applicable

Where we hard- dropping boys? This new installment in the long list of Tetris variants is a blast! With its engaging gameplay, revamped objective, and stunning visuals, I found myself glued to my switch trying to master the new take on an old classic. The game lacks a tutorial leaving the game mechanics confusing to new players, but it’s not too hard to figure out. You will start off getting blown away by other players, but slowly work your way up to building faster, cleaner, and smarter. Similar to other battle royale games, you are put against 98 other players, and the last person standing wins the game. That is the extent of the similarities. Tetris 99 has constant conflict and never ending build battles, leading to fast paced gameplay, and quick games. Considering it is free, this is a must have for any switch owner.

Overall it’s a fantastic game, and that cannot be understated, but it lacks the variety of game modes that make other titles in the genre so replayable.

For a quick beginnners tutorial click below

Tetris 99 Tutorial

Tetris 99 Tutorial

Here is an impromptu tutorial of how to play the game.

-The left joycon is used for controlling to location and dropping the tetromino

-The right joycon controls the orientation

-One of the joycons is used to chose an individual target(Not very useful)

-The gray bars on the right(junk) are the blocks other players have sent to you, clear lines to remove them before they get added to your screen

-The junk have a timer. They start turning darker colors, and then blink up until they get added to you screen. The timer gets lower and lower as the game progresses

-Clearing lines gets rid of an equal amount junk as well as pausing the timer controlling the junk

-When you clear multiple lines, you will see a small number appear. That is the amount of lines you sent to a player

-If you are the player that causes a player to die, you get the kill

-Every kill you get grants you half a badge

-Every badge you get clears and sends 25 % more lines, and slows down the rate that the tetrominoes fall(HUGE FOR LATE GAME)

-The other is used to target a category of players, this includes

-Badges : Player with the most badges

-KO : Targets a player who is close to dying

-Attacker : Sends junk back at the people attacking you

-Random : Targets random, don’t recommend this category

-The more people attacking you, the more lines you send to all of them.     This makes defending attacks very rewarding.

-When you kill somebody, you gain their badges

-LEARN HOW TO t-SPIN

-If you want to get in the same game as a friend fairly reliably, press the button to join a game at the same time. I found it works fairly well

Black Ops 4 Battle Royale Free To Play For All Of April

COD Black ops 4 battle royale for all of April starting yesterday will be free to play as well as coming with a new map.

Just for this month Blackout is free and they are releasing a new map as well this one is based around Alcatraz.

Depending on how the map plays out this could bring a portion of people back to blackout that switched over to Apex and went back to Fortnite. It is yet to be seen if the Alcatraz based map will be paid or free content, with Activision not making there estimated revenue goals for Blops 4 this could be the first push to make up some of the missing profit while bringing a lot of new and returning players to the game. You can find the trailer directly below and see if your interested I personally haven’t played the game in quite some time but this might just Bring me back.

New Alcatraz map trailer

Battlefield V, WWII With Women And Missing Content

Overall 7.5/10 Total game score
QUALITY 8.5/10Overall quality score
Performance
8/10Even on lower end PC’s you will get good frames and limited lag
Controls 10/10Changeable key binds and full joystick support
Graphics 8/10Looks very nice at maxed out settings, Quality drastically dips after leaving any setting other then max
GAME PLAY
6.5/10Overall game play score
Difficulty 5/10Not hard at all, sniping made a lot easier, time to kill decreased to include the COD crowd
Content 7/10Could use a lot more weapons and vehicles. Not many factions at all missing America, Russia and Japan
Immersion 9/10 Weapons are all time period friendly same with maps vehicles and uniforms
Story 5/10 Four story missions that are mildy interesting and take about 1-4 hours a piece
DESIGN 7.5/10 Overall design score
Sound
9/10 Music fits extremely well and there is a slight variation of the classic battlefield intro song
Interface 7/10 UI is relatively clean with not a lot of clutter except for the chat box and kill feed but both are customizable
Mapping 7/10 Maps are partially free roam with a lot of variation but there are not many upon release, there is a promise of more in the future

The eleventh installment in the battlefield franchise this one with a lot of controversy, but none of that matters let’s get into a game play review. Overall the game is pretty solid there are a lot of pros helping the rating score, graphics look flawless there are a lot of guns and each new tides of war season adds new vehicles, weapons, and clothing options that incentives people to keep playing and complete objectives to unlock the newest hot piece of loot for your character. Unfortunately game modes for BFV are very lacking with the loss of a fan favorite Rush and a few other modes conquest is the main game mode people play and grand operation which is just a giant amalgamation of maps and game modes sloppily thrown together, it’s still fun but the game loses a lot of points when you get bored of one game mode and only have two other options. Without a single player except for a few missions that are extremely tedious and long a lot of players were disappointed mainly because every battlefield game so far has had a great single player that draws you in then feeds you a story you care about, remember and draw on while playing multiplayer on maps you just watched your platoon die on, with the newest addition of battlefield V the people got four missions that they almost force you to play if you want some cosmetic items to look cooler then everyone else, they are fun missions and only take a few hours to complete but they are very dull at some points where the player just has to follow an NPC to a point kill a few enemies get a piece of paper then head through a city doing the same over and over till the mission end. There are a lot of weapons for each class that feel very different depending on how you use them, what scopes you have on and what specialization are on it.

Example of specializations

With a total of nine maps at the moment (more to come in the future) overall each map is different in it’s own way but for the most part only 4 of them are unique in every way which is different from the normal formula of a battlefield game but if EA stays true to there word it shouldn’t matter if we receive many more free maps which they have promised. Overall the gun play feels realistic, maps have a lot of variety between them and levolution is still very present, general game feel fits with the WWII time period, not a lot of game modes three of which are just a slightly different take on other ones or a grouping of a bunch of them plus rush missing as of right now. One huge flaw is that there are a few major factions not in game at the moment that EA has said they will include at a later date that include but are not limited to Russia, Japan, Italy, and most important America with many weapons and vehicles to accompany them, over time I feel the game (content wise) will get a lot better once there is more to do that can keep attention longer. Firestorm is set to release mid to late February the new Battle Royale game in the battlefield universe which could be a giant flop now that the Royale category is completely flooded with games.