Tumblestone

[strike]Tumblestone reminds me a lot of a game called Snood if it came with a Smith machine, since mouse movements are locked! Funny enough, it's also similar to Tetris. Although the game does change up the tile-matching genre with its own mechanics, I still wish it was a bit more polished and detailed. All in all, though, it's a great puzzle game. I haven't tried it on the Steam Deck, let alone played it since 2020, but I can't wait to play it again, especially with a friend.[/strike] [b]*Update: Nah, this game ain't it. The base price is insane, and apparently I have the trial because I’m being told to upgrade, but on the other hand Steam says I own it? I can't even remove the game from my library. Make it make sense![/b]

[b]Introduction :[/b] Tumblestone est un puzzle game de The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild sorti en 2016. Le principe inverse le match-3 classique : au lieu de faire tomber des blocs, tu les retires par groupes de trois depuis le bas de la grille. Un concept tout bête qui n'avait pas été renouvelé depuis Tetris, et pourtant ça marche. [b]Ce que j'ai aimé :[/b] [list] [*]🧩 Le twist du match-3 inversé, vraiment malin : chaque grille devient un vrai casse-tête de logique et pas juste un jeu de réflexes [*]♾️ Le contenu énorme : plus de 40 heures de mode histoire avec des modificateurs qui renouvellent constamment les règles [*]🏆 Le mode versus local à 4 joueurs, redoutablement addictif en soirée, digne des grands party games [*]💯 Un 91 sur Metacritic PC, rare pour un puzzle game, et franchement mérité côté game design [/list] [b]Ce que j'ai moins aimé :[/b] [list] [*]🎨 La direction artistique fait très cheap, clairement le point faible du jeu face à la qualité des mécaniques [*]⏳ Le mode histoire tire en longueur : passé quelques heures, l'enchaînement des centaines de puzzles devient lassant d'une traite [/list] [b]Conclusion :[/b] Tumblestone est un des puzzle games les plus i…

You will think about this game regularly. Very good with friends.

The developer was high on crack and a serious dose of weed when he was making Chapter 12. I've been struggling so bad in each chapter with those gimmicks but in Chapter 12 [spoiler]it was all [b]COMBINED[/b][/spoiler]. And bots on last boss fight were so fast I had to learn to play the game for the second time just to beat it. But it all somehow felt very rewarding at the end. Like my brain is still capable of thinking.

We arrange battles with friends over beer. A puzzle that can be completed with passion and obscenities

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