PS4 #76 · 2018 · E

Tetris Effect

A puzzle game about fitting falling blocks together, set to music and light.

Monstars · Enhance · 8–15 hrs

Difficulty

A rhythm Tetris whose Journey mode is a light show and whose Connected mode is a real multiplayer ladder. T-spins and Perfect Clears are still the score; Zone is the new dump button.

Tips

  • Start here

    Don't wait for the I-piece

    Play the board you have. A T-spin mini or a clean Tetris from a well you already built beats a 20-block wait for a four-line that never comes. Keep the stack low enough that a bad bag doesn't kill you.

  • Start here

    Zone stores lines, then dump

    Hold Zone until you have eight-plus lines ready, then dump for the multiplier. Firing Zone at two lines is a panic button that wastes the meter the boss modes are counting on.

  • Advanced

    T-spins are the score

    T-spin doubles and triples, plus Perfect Clears, outscore a Tetris-only plan in Effect's scoring. 6-3 stacking is a reliable well; 9-0 against the wall is how you get buried when the I-piece is late.

  • Advanced

    Hold is a T-piece pocket

    Keep a T or an I in hold on purpose. Don't burn hold on a random J you could have placed as a skid. The next-queue of six is enough to plan a T-spin; look at it.

  • Secrets

    Effect modes are extra Journey

    The ritual, the hidden journeys, and some Area/Effect stages hide extra score goals. Play Journey on a difficulty that still lets you T-spin; Speed Mode is a different muscle.

  • Multiplayer

    Connected co-op shares a well

    Connected mode literally joins the playfields; dump into your partner's well only when they ask. Zone Battle is 1v1 with Zone as the attack. Don't carry a 6-high garbage stack into a Zone you cannot clear.

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Summoned prints

Makers already conjured these. Five of the most-downloaded models tied to this game, from Printables and Thangs.

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