I haven't seen this posted, but '
Boost Beast' is for the first time since its release at sale with a 25% discount.
People, don't sleep on this
puzzle masterpiece. It's to the
match 3 genre, the same frantic and genre defining take of '
Puyo Puyo Tetris'.
The game is made by the Japanese company
Arzest, that was funded by original members of the
Sonic Team. They were in Sega in the glorious golden age of '
Chu Chu Rocket!' and most importantly, the early attempts of the Sonic Team developing the '
Puyo Puyo' franchise.
All of this expertise designing
frantic, colorful and high octane puzzle games with a perfect design, is showed in 'Boost Beast' like in no other game.
And before that you say that all of the games of Arzest until this day were mostly disappointments, hear me, I will give you the reason in this point.
As a long term Sega fan who still miss the
Dreamcast glory days, Arzest have made disappointing games one after another, and they have ruined the 'Yoshi' franchise with mediocre entries.
But this is a case like
'Sonic Forces' and
'Puyo Puyo Tetris', both of them released the last year in Switch, and both of them created by the Sonic Team. The first one other terrible entry in the Sonic franchise, but with the second being one of these rare masterpieces in the video game medium that deserves a perfect 10/10 score.
And if you felt disappointed with '
Hey! PIKMIN', I have good news. Like Sonic Team last year, Arzest also released
a perfect 10/10 game with 'Boost Beast'.
Why you should buy 'Boost Beast' NOW?
1. Back in the Dreamcast an Playstation 2 era, Japanese puzzle games had a distinctive and sophisticated look through their graphic design. They were museum pieces that should be exhibited in any graphic designer's handbook. I can think in games such as '
Mr. Driller', '
Chu Chu Rocket!'. 'Boost Beast' is
a love letter to this era of innovative graphic design with colorful characters created with simple yet charismatic designs, with distinctive UIs and typographies.
2. This is
the best match 3 puzzle game made since the original '
Puzzle Quest - Challenge of the Warlords', period. But instead of focusing in the RPG mechanics, it creates a story mode with hundred of small levels with a flashy arcade focus, a perfect balance and a challenging and very satisfactory difficulty curve through more than 200 levels.
3. This game has been created by a team who comes from the most glorious period in the
Sega arcade era. Every single aspect, from the music, the sound design, how immensely satisfactory are the controls,
it elevates the match 3 gente to new peaks. I'm talking about
production values. After playing this game, if you try to return back to other puzzle match 3 games, it will feel like playing 'Tetris Ultimate', yes, that TETRIS Ubi Soft game, after having played 'Puyo Puyo Tetris'.
4. This game is as
addictive as cocaine, and it should be banned from Australia and Germany, maintaining the game far from the kids and your pets. Say goodbye to your life if you dare to start the game for a 10 minutes quick playing session. If you look to your clock, you will see that 5 fucking hours have passed. It's sooooo well balanced that if you try to master its complex scoring system to achieve a 3 stars rank in every level, you will be absorbed for the next weeks without thinking in any other different thing to this game.
5. Tons of different variants in each panel, the constant inclusion of new gimmicks and blocks, crazy layouts, refined combat sections forcing you to create elaborated strategies. Don't be fooled by reading match 3 puzzle, and thinking well, it's sound cool, but match 3 games are simple games, or repetitive games. This bastard will surprise you.
6. You are a cool person. You are reading
the coolest thread in Resetera. You are not waiting to play '
Far Cry 5' this month, and instead you are looking for the next Japanese cult classic and hidden gem, the game that in the next decade you will cite in a video game forum, and a bunch of crazy people will smile saying,
«oh, this was one of my favorite games back in the day, and it deserves much more love».
