Puyo Puyo tetris 2 is an enjoyable yet simple puzzler that combines two classic titles into one fantastic game that is sure to leave a smile on your face.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is based on the original title to make a bigger and better game, achieving a perfect experience with puzzles, new modes, new characters and the same playable perfection that Puyo Puyo and Tetris offer.
Now THIS is a game. GROUNDBREAKING graphics. INTESE gameplay. EMOTIONAL storyline. THIS is the pinnacle of video games. Can you REAAAAAALLY call **** if you haven't played this MASTERPIECE? This game has refined the Tetris gameplay into its final form if you will. The puyo puyo parts are mid, but because Tetris is such a spectacular, earth ****, genre defining experience that this game is automatically a 10/10. Must play.
Part of the charm of Puyo Puyo is the characters, and when you combine that with the personification of the Tetraminoes there is a lot to enjoy here. The Adventure mode is full of quirky and silly interactions with characters Puyo fans will be familiar with, along with any fondness for the characters PPT introduced. The new Skill Battle mode might not set the world on fire, but if you want more out of the game you could spend some time levelling up a team. On top of that, the game is just really fun to play, especially if you can join friends either in person or online. There is also more free content to be added into the game post-launch to look forward to as well! Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a welcome return when the world can do with an enjoyable game to see out 2020.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 might be a hard sell if you already own the first game and aren't a die-hard fanatic. This release doesn't change up the entire formula but instead improves on nearly every aspect of the previous title with more characters, more modes, and a delightful new story mode. There are minor missteps like the half-baked Skill Battle mode, but the amount of addictive content on offer is still extremely impressive. If you never picked up Puyo Puyo Tetris, though, you owe it to yourself to grab this one.
Everything that makes Puyo Puyo Tetris great is here, but the additions are incredibly underwhelming. The story is just as simplistic as the first one, and the new “map” is a glorified way to show off a list of challenges hidden behind light character banter. If you’re new to the series, this would be a good starting point, but anyone content with the first Puyo Puyo Tetris doesn’t necessarily need to upgrade.
As a big fan of the original and of Tetris in general, it really pains me to give Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 this score. I really want it to be higher, but the persistence of the sensitivity problem had me throwing down my controller and cursing in rage too much to not be a factor. If you aren’t a serious Tetris or Puyo Puyo veteran, this probably won’t matter to you and you absolutely can have a blast. But if you are, there’s a good chance you’ll experience some frustration alongside the fun. It’s still worth playing, but the issues are too significant to ignore.
After Sega publish Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 which it delays for too much and has lacking of contents, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a hell nostalgic experience at all. Although the game is not perfect to arcade experience and pretty unbalanced to the last game, it has contents and more aspects that brings more hours of playing this game. It brings excitement for me since this franchise start to nowadays. It's surpasses every puzzle game.
This game still reflects for Sega that they did what Nintendon't!!! Excellent indie game. Someone still sings that Genesis song. Nice!
So, I came into this game as a solid Tetris 99 player and a newbie at Puyo Puyo. I got half way through story mode, at which point Tetris had been very easy and Puyo Puyo had been a good challenge but was now becoming difficult. This was somewhat expected, although I thought I might get a little farther before Puyo Puyo became so difficult. I enjoyed this first half of the game and decided to try out another of the various game modes I saw in the menu. So, I switched to online play for Tetris only, something I was looking forward to. Online play for Tetris does not run smooth. I may go back to finish story mode or play other game modes but I can’t go higher than this with the disappointing online Tetris.
I have about 60 hours in PPT2 and have completed every mission in the campaign including the optional ones.
Gameplay: The main reason to play this is the online ranked versus modes. Although it's still better to play competitive Tetris in Tetris the Grand Master 3 for World rule and Tetris NES for Classic rule; there are some advantages to PPT2 online. It includes a new Swap mode that is pretty well balanced if you're good at both Tetris and Puyo and still has some online tournaments if you dig deep enough into the community. It also allows for 4 player Tetris and Puyo battles, although if you don't pick Swap mode you have to remake the room every time you want to switch modes with your friends. There are other modes like, "Party" (which is just straight up the versus mode from Cardcaptor Sakura Tetris) that includes items and, "Big Bang" which is mostly just good for practice and nothing else since its really repetitive. If you don't want to buy standalone Tetris games and Puyo games like Tetris Effect or Puyo Puyo Champions then this is a good game to let you play both. One BIG problem I have with the gameplay (other than having to remake lobbies any time you want to add a new player or change modes) is that the layout for your next pieces/puyos are in the typically standard spot for 2 player (Good) BUT in 3 or 4 player they move the next pieces UI around so it's on the opposite part of the screen which all of my tetris/puyo friends agree make it really hard to play (Bad).
Story: This is the worst part of the game, do yourself a favor and skip every cutscene if you play this game ( I didn't skip them and I regret it). Without spoiling anything, the story is kindergarten dialogue, all the characters are very one-track. They all have 1 quirk about them they constantly remind you of (even the characters that were previously more fleshed out in other games) and that consists of every cutscene. One character is obsessed with fun, one character is obsessed with love, one character gets really scared but then becomes really confident on and off, you get the idea. The campaign is also a mostly re-hashed story from the previous PPT game, none of the characters seem to remember anything from PPT1 and just kind of do everything again. Everything feels really forced like, "We're not sure what to do, clear our minds with tetris/puyo!", "Our enemy is angry, fight him with tetris/puyo!", "Our ally is feeling down, fix them with tetris/puyo!" it just gets really irritating. You will also 100% the game before you beat it if you do well, because the mission rankings seem to let you go waaay past 100%, kind of defeats the point of a progress counter for me. The story also forced you to play modes you may not want to play with no alternative.
Sound: Good
Netcode: Good, I'm in Colorado and I can play people from New Zealand over wifi with no problem.
Music: Tetris music good, puyo music unfitting, also contains Escape from the City from Sonic Adventure 2 for some reason.
Art: Good, pretty much what'd you expect.
Summary: This should have been a simple game to make well but the outdated online lobbies, sub-optimal UI, and pre-school children story writing really hold it back. The whole game feels a bit rushed, some transitions during lobbies and gameplay are fast and some are slow. It would be nice to have a Puyo Puyo Tetris Deluxe that is actually polished.
P.S. There is a shop where you can unlock alternate tetris/puyo layouts but there are only 6, they never added more after release, and they all look like crap except the classic layout.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a very fun game indeed, it’s packed with content and has a lot to offer, but as you progress further in some modes the difficulty just makes it too hard for me to actually enjoy. The AI in Puyo Puyo mode always has some formation set for them to use to instakill me if I don’t do something fast enough, and overall the difficulty can really mask up the fun in this game. I enjoy difficulty in a game, but not to the point where it becomes unenjoyable- even after the given lessons by the game.
SummaryJapan's beloved puzzle game series Puyo Puyo and the world renowned Tetris game franchise have teamed up again to deliver even more Puyo popping and Tetrimino clearing fun in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. Playing is easy: match 4 or more same coloured Puyos or complete a line of blocks to clear them from your board and dump Garbage into your oppon...