In recent days, my family members have been engaging in a battle to be the best and I, once realising what they were doing, took it upon myself to take up the challenge. And that battle is in 1010! Puzzle.
To put it simply, 1010! Puzzle is a strategy puzzle game, where players much place various blocks on a small grid and delete the lines before the next stack of three. The the game obviously takes a shine from the classic Tetris but has made it well their own game. Instead of falling blocks and placing them in rows on the bottom, 1010! allows players to pick and choose where each block goes on the small grid, regardless of place, out of a selection of three randomised blocks, ranging from single blocks to giant L shaped and 9 grid blocks.
Small bits of music can be heard from time to time, mostly when deleting blocks and getting close to ending your game, but these (and the sound effects) aren't much to rave over.
Small bits of music can be heard from time to time, mostly when deleting blocks and getting close to ending your game, but these (and the sound effects) aren't much to rave over.
Gameplay can be quick or take up much of your time, depending on your placements and strategy. Colour range is bright yet not to the point of neon, whereas players can also pick and choose their background, which leads us into microtransations. Of course these are all optional, but some may be discouraged at the $4.27 price for a single skin pack of a background and block pattern. The game also heavily features ads, but this is to be expected and around 90% of them can be skipped. The game also offers players the ability to remove ads for a $2 fee. In total, if you're looking to buy all the textures and remove ads, you'll be set back around $21.80.
Lastly, I should mention the few bugs I have experienced, but none haven't caused many issues. Exiting the game to go back to main menu may occasionally take you back to your phone's dashboard, ads may randomly glitch outside the game when using the window option (but is gone by entering the game again) and the brief frame rate will stop on the occasion but only on long playthroughs.
All in all, 1010! is a fairly addictive game that has redefined the inspiration Tetris has left on the gaming world over the decades, and while their work is impressive, it isn't enough to achieve a "wow!" factor. Does this make it bad game? Absolutely not. Gram Games has made a well balanced and excellently made game, and is well worth your time to kill some time.
Out of 10, I give 1010! Puzzle a 7/10
1010! Puzzle is out now for free on the Google Play and App store.
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