I love a game that shouts such things as “Neato!” And “God!” While I feverishly press the buttons and cast my eyes on the screen, trying to make my fingers work as quickly as my brain. My skills in PlayDate game XTRIS definitely No God -bearing, but there is something in this classic voice of Dictor Arkad, which makes me think every time ” –this The one where I finally hacked the leadership table. ” (This is never).
XTRIS The game of 3 dollars from FleTch makes things that will make you chase the movement of the X around the board, consisting of four, five or six tiles. The timer installed for 60 seconds, and during this time you need to land on X as many times as possible. Every X that you collect will abruptly fall from the network and will be added to your account, which is weakly displayed in the background.
If it sounds easy, this is not so. X moves quickly, and when you participate in the race after the goal, using D-Pad to control the movement of the black square, everything becomes more and more intense. Music is built as anxiety that tells you that time is almost increasing, and the flame begins to shoot from the lower part of the screen. All this time, the announcer (voiced by Jordan Carroll) shouts the words of encouragement that begin to feel a little sinister by the end. This is surprisingly chaotic. Despite the relatively simple presentation, XTRIS Really justifies his promise to be “a juicy arcade action right in the palm of your hand.”
For each of the three levels – Tetromino, Bridge and Surggle – you can see how other players scored and how you add them. And as soon as you play at a certain level several times, you will be shown your own trends to see how you improve (or plateau). I continue to say to myself: “Just another attempt” when I am finishing the round, and we all know how this happens.
There is also a Zen mode for each level, so you can work on your dexterity without a time crisis and with a game on a track with a chiller. If you pump in the menu, you can also find several unlocked characters and characters to switch the appearance of the game, exchanging X for something like a frog or a piece of pizza. XTRIS Available in the PlayDate catalog is now for $ 3.