Tetris 2 for SNES

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Tetris 2

The bad Tetris

Genre: puzzle - blocks

Publisher: Nintendo

Year: 1994

System: SNES

Gameplay Score: 2

Gameplay Notes:

It's Tetris, but unnecessarily complex. Actually it's a mashup of Tetris and Dr. Mario, with an emphasis on Dr. Mario. The primary difference is that the falling blocks are colored like Dr. Mario, but in bizzare shapes that often include disconnected segments so it behaves more like multiple falling blocks. Again this adds complexity that is not fun to deal with. It's a bit like the design of Dr. Mario but with the poor design choices from BreakThru and PacAttack mixed in. It just makes you wish you were playing something else.

Level Design Score: 1

Level Design Notes:

Just endless mode and 2 player.

Theme Score: 0

Theme Notes:

I don't know what they were thinking with the background artwork. It's a photo of some weirdo's bedroom wall with a random assortment of monotone posters. Just... unappealing and distracting in every way possible.

Art Style Score: 1

Art Style Notes:

Tiny graphics. Nothing noteworthy.

Audio Score: 1

Audio Notes:

5 tracks to choose from - none of which hold a candle to the original music for GB or NES.

Overall Score: 29

Review ID: 622