![]() ![]() So I reverted to speed: instead of patiently lining up four-line combos, I kept my long blocks in reserve and focused on just clearing lines as quickly as possible. However, trying to set one up was so distracting that I started seeing that screenful of failure-blocks even quicker. Have you heard of a T-spin? I’ve now watched two tutorials on them, and my head hurts. After several dismal finishes, I went online to see if there was something I was missing and discovered a new realm of pro Tetris moves. Tetris 99 has already taught me new things about Tetris. This is survival Tetris, where you’re squeezing tetrominos into teensy gaps at high speed as the screen fills, desperate for just a single line, like an investment banker stuck in his hometown on a Saturday night. ![]() ![]() Forget serene, calming Tetris, where blocks fall slowly and you arrange them into pleasing configurations to make them disappear. This isn’t just 99 players playing individual games at the same time. The music is a heart-rate-raising techno remix of the classic Tetris theme, which speeds up as players are eliminated. Clearing lines sends them off to threaten someone else’s screen go too long without making any Tetrises of your own, and lines of grey blocks suddenly appear at the bottom of your screen, igniting panic. But battle royale Tetris? How does that work?Īs in two-player competitive Tetris, players in Tetris 99 can target each other with attacks. In the past year, shooting-game standbys Call of Duty and Battlefield V both announced and introduced Battle Royale modes, and earlier this month EA released Apex Legends, a brand-new shooter that’s already challenging Fortnite’s viewership on game-streaming platforms such as Twitch. The trend was first popularised by PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and made stratospherically popular by the now-ubiquitous Fortnite. Tetris is surely the most unlikely game yet to jump on the Battle Royale bandwagon. ![]()
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