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TiQal
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Slapdash Games
Developer: Slapdash Games
Genre(s): Puzzle
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Summary
[Xbox Live Arcade] In TiQal, you have been chosen to make an epic journey through many obstacles to seek the help of the gods. The village of TiQal is in deep trouble! Destroy the block walls in your way by moving your magic Dropper left and right, rotating blocks, and dropping them into place to create squares of color. Build up multiple squares to score bonus points and unlock helpful power-ups. Do you have the skill and courage to complete your quest and save TiQal from certain destruction? The full game includes 120 action-packed levels for you to master. TiQal is addictive and easy to learn, yet presents challenging gameplay. Unlike other games in the genre, TiQal includes fourteen formidable power-ups to assist you in your block destruction. Multiplayer modes: Play with a friend in the co-op Adventure mode, or go online and challenge a buddy. [Slapdash Games]
Cheat Codes & Hints: Cheat Code Central
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Gameplanet
You will need to play the game to realize its potential and accept that TiQal is definitely one of Xbox Live Arcade's greatest games to date.
Read Full Review >NZGamer
Lumines and Tetris may have paved the way with their falling block puzzles, but TiQal holds its own with a combination of gorgeous presentation, humorous writing and a simple yet entertaining puzzle structure. TiQal is worth your time, money and praise.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
TiQal builds on rich puzzle traditions to create an exotic game full of ambiance and excitement.
Read Full Review >GamingExcellence
Ultimately, the power-ups and new block groups are the only things that expand TiQal's experience, and they're artificially spaced as unlockables within single-player.
Read Full Review >GamePro
A puzzle game has to be challenging in order for it to be addictive but TiQal gives players too many chances.
Read Full Review >1UP
TiQal falls squarely on the casual side of the puzzle spectrum, but it's an interesting change of pace for hardened veterans looking for a more relaxing puzzle experience, and a solid primer for block-dropping novices.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Unfortunately, it is pretty easy to beat, and as a result there will only be about 10 hours of fun in the initial play through. The simple game mechanic is not excellent, but it is good enough to go back and beat it several more times.
Read Full Review >Team Xbox
A great-looking but ultimately unfulfilling experience. There’s a lot of flash and flair, but not a whole lot of substance.
Read Full Review >IGN
TiQal is a fairly derivative falling block game, but it matches to the target casual audience fairly well. If you’re looking for a laid back puzzler it might be worth your time to give TiQal a try.
Read Full Review >GameDaily
While you're unlikely to find many online players to compete with, TiQal does offer a fun, albeit contrived, puzzle game experience.
Read Full Review >Console Monster
It doesn’t have the lifespan of other XBOX Live Arcade titles and your 800 Microsoft Points could be spent on a better title.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
There really is not much to TiQal. If you play the demo for five minutes, you've pretty much mastered all there is to the game.
Read Full Review >Totally360
Slapdash games have produced a pleasing enough title, one that might have rabid Tetris fans foaming at the mouth in anticipation but in all honesty it’s really nothing new or novel, and nothing you haven’t seen a thousand times before.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine UK
Passable, but there are better alternatives. [May 2008, p.92]
Games Radar (in-house)
If you have a modicum of gaming ability, the challenge is simply non-existent for dozens of levels. You’ll simply be going through the motions. Even casual gamers may find TiQal a bit too forgiving for a bit too long. It’s almost too casual.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
The problem isn't that TiQal is a casual game, but that it's a lazy casual game. A game so mired in existing formula that it has nothing to offer beyond bland distraction.
Read Full Review >Giant Bomb
It’s thoroughly unexciting and visually uninspired, but that’s more the fault of TiQal’s place in history. If it had been one of the first puzzle games on the service, it might stand out a bit more. But now, despite its passable gameplay, it’s hard to not just say “wow, they made another one of these?” and move on.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
At the beginning of the tediously unchanging Adventure Mode (the only mode in the game), you have nearly unlimited time when choosing where to drop a block. That removes any sense of urgency…and you really don’t need to employ any strategy to succeed anyway.
Read Full Review >X360 Magazine UK
Things couldn't get more generic unless there was somehow stealth, crates and a space marine superhero involved. [Issue#32, p.117]
Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
A good combo which works well, but the elements are already fun enough without muddying the waters. [July 2008, p.96]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
