REZ/Lumines Creator announces Tetris Effect, coming this Fall PS4/PSVR
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Heh. Is it bad if my first thought is I want the Tetris board to be bigger and have less screen space dedicated to crazy visualizations? This makes me think of websites with a tiny, fixed layout that's 800 pixels wide being rendered full screen on an HD monitor.
Good to see Ubisoft isn't strangling Tetris anymore, though.
Good to see Ubisoft isn't strangling Tetris anymore, though.
First I get Lumines on Switch in a couple of weeks and then a few months later this on PS4. Now all I need is for Nintendo to announce a new Panel de Pon or Meteos game and it'll be the most epic year ever.
It's a small 3rd party game of a 3rd party IP they don't own that isn't going to generate a lot of sales.
Sony won't pay for it, it only will help them with marketing with a few actions like this one in exchange for some exclusive stuff (the whole game or the VR version, total or temporal).
Those blue manta rays look like they were ripped straight out of Child of Eden as well. Interesting.
Lumines is the best Tetris game that isn't actually Tetris.
So now we actually get a real Tetris game, with the visual styling of Lumines, in conjunction to having a Lumines soundtrack that what looks to be synchronised the onscreen visualisation of something like Rez/Child Of Light.
Very much want! So much want right now!
I watched the trailer on my phone and it was great, the song and narration made it a super strong trailer. Since watched a 4K version on my work monitor and it was glorious!
I do hope it comes to more devices though, I'd happily take a stripped down version for portable gaming (eg: drop some of the background visualisations, but leave the music and core gameplay field)
So now we actually get a real Tetris game, with the visual styling of Lumines, in conjunction to having a Lumines soundtrack that what looks to be synchronised the onscreen visualisation of something like Rez/Child Of Light.
Very much want! So much want right now!
I watched the trailer on my phone and it was great, the song and narration made it a super strong trailer. Since watched a 4K version on my work monitor and it was glorious!
I do hope it comes to more devices though, I'd happily take a stripped down version for portable gaming (eg: drop some of the background visualisations, but leave the music and core gameplay field)
...It's beautiful.
After playing Rez Infinite Area X this is exactly what I dreamed they would make... the music & visuals from that trailer are just, perfect.
Unfortunately it's probably created for the soundtrack, so we'll have to wait until the soundtrack or game is out to get it.
thats a beautiful trailer, based on a very interesting study about the human mind.
Loved it. Its a shame I won't be able to play currently, but will buy as soon as I can.
Loved it. Its a shame I won't be able to play currently, but will buy as soon as I can.
I'm interested in this.
Has there ever been an outright bad Tetris game? Wasn't there some dodgy 3D game back in the day? Can't think of one I've played I've not loved though. The concept is just perfection.
Has there ever been an outright bad Tetris game? Wasn't there some dodgy 3D game back in the day? Can't think of one I've played I've not loved though. The concept is just perfection.
im more interested in the gameplay in the trailer, where you match the top rows only. hopefully its not just normal tetris gameplay with a grid like the screens
Im curious. Is the phrase/brand "tetris" not trademarked?
DAY 0 on the game but I wonder about the name.
DAY 0 on the game but I wonder about the name.
Absolutely, I forget who owns it (the Tetris IP has an interesting history) but they're protective. They license it out to developers.
This happened with me. Watched it on my phone and thought it looked awesome. Watched on my TV when I got home and it gave me goosebumps...Tetris of all things giving me goosebumps? I'm beyond sold on this. And I can't wait to see it in VR!
Tetris, the Tetris Pieces and Colors are all trademarked. They also attempt to claim trademark/copyright over falling block games, which has lead to a few lawsuits over mobile games.
The Tetris company is fairly strict.
Just found out about this. Watched the trailer 3 times...
Of course it takes the creator of Lumines and Rez to get me hype for Tetris in 2018
Of course it takes the creator of Lumines and Rez to get me hype for Tetris in 2018
I looked at the announcement thinking it was just another Tetris game only for the trailer to slap me on the face 50 times to tell me how wrong I was.
Something different and new being done with Tetris is refreshing at least.
I mean Puyo Tetris did that too but this is probably gonna be fun.
I mean Puyo Tetris did that too but this is probably gonna be fun.
Trivia:
This is when Destructoid interviewed the guys at the Tetris Company: Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov at E3 2009.
https://www.destructoid.com/interview-with-alexey-pajitnov-and-henk-rogers-on-tetris-135296.phtml
This is when Destructoid interviewed the guys at the Tetris Company: Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov at E3 2009.
https://www.destructoid.com/interview-with-alexey-pajitnov-and-henk-rogers-on-tetris-135296.phtml
If Sony just put the raw 4K trailer video up on their own PSN store as an exclusive, I reckon it would be a lot better by driving a lot of traffic to PSN. I'd feel a lot more connected to the PlayStation community this way and people could share the announce trailers in communities and social media. Getting notifications on mobile through the PS app and then casting the trailer to your PS4 would be amazing and no longer would amazing trailers such as this one be ruined by some bad YouTube compression.
Addendum: One thing I always wonder is what PlayStation vue is like. I like the idea of a TV service with live TV over IP, but I don't think it's been properly implemented yet, although vue sounds close. How Long does it take for a video/channel to show up after you've selected it? Is it like regular TV where the channels show instantaneously as you flip, or does it need to buffer/load and will start when it's ready? Cos there is a very big difference between the two of those in terms of quality of experience. Streaming trailers and videos for games on PSN store is abysmal. A large percentage of times, the video fails to load and at other times there are other problems like lack of sound. What I'm trying to say is, if that is the kind of streaming quality I could expect if I tried vue, I wouldn't subscribe, not based on that performance. Now, I'm pretty sure vue has better/more modern technology than what they use on PSN store perhaps. Or are they all coming from the same servers and use the same backend software delivery service?
Anyway, if they use PSN as a platform for announcing new games/trailers videos, and used "vue" technology to deliver these videos, it might be a good advertisement for the quality of their vue service and night help Sony grow that side of their business more effectively.
Edit: I dunno what I'm saying, my video was probably just bad quality cos of the shoddy WiFi connection in the hotel I'm in. The 4K one is probably way more amazing than what I saw.
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Enhance doing Tetris, I was already 100% in for, but that trailer is Rez Level X levels of mind blowing. And it looks like it might be BEAT based Tetris?!
Did you make sure to wear your oven not for that hot take? Need a cutting board for that edge? :)