The Discussion Thread: The Greatest Games Event 2017 - FINISH YOUR LISTS

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#9 Puyo Puyo Tetris

Why did it make the list?
Puyo Puyo Tetris is hands down, no contest, the very best version of Tetris.  Even standalone, vanilla Tetris is a game worthy of someone’s top 50 list.  However, before 2017 I only liked Tetris.  This game made me a true convert.  I love Puyo Puyo Tetris!

Puyo Puyo Tetris takes two great games, and combines them so that the result is greater than the sum of its parts.  The beauty of both Puyo Puyo and Tetris is that they are both fun but simple games.  Puyo Puyo Tetris finds 5 different ways to combine Puyo Puyo and Tetris together.  The result is a game that is still simple to play, but has an amazing amount of variety to it.

The best part of Puyo Puyo Tetris is the local 4-player.  This has become my go to 4-player game now.  My family and I play it quite a bit, but I have also found a lot of our friends really love the game too.  Even people who normally don’t like video games really like Puyo Puyo Tetris to the point that they say, “Wow, I really want to buy a Switch now!”  (Of course, all year I have been replying, “You’re going to have to wait, because the system is sold out everywhere.”)   

Original experience:
I was a good ways into Zelda: Breath of the Wild when we got this.  Then I very slowly finished Zelda, because my family and I were always playing Puyo Puyo Tetris.  We were all pretty obsessed with it for several months.


How does it hold up today?
It was released on the Switch this year.   However, this is the type of game that will never get old.  I would not be surprised if I play Puyo Puyo Tetris every year for the rest of my life.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 21 December 2017