TRICKY TOWERS + CHIME Review

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Published on February 22, 2024 3:00:26 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN52F5foo1A

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Tricky Towers (2016)

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Review

Duration: 17:27

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Want a to revel in the pure puzzling that the Tetris piece can deliver? Then check out this Cheapness affordable gaming review of Tricky Towers and Chime [Episode 76]

Part 1 - Tricky Towers was made by Weirdbeird. This cheap gaming review shows how:
-It has colourful, cartoony, simple visuals (They don't show much)
-Has calming, pretty, whimsical, mischievous music that also instills the feeling of being pressured by the clock (If it doesn't have many tracks)
-It has nice thudding sound design that acts as a lovely substitute for traditionally arcadey sound ques
-Cool repurposing of tetrominoes to create a unique and fun game with new mechanics to consider (Wedging, physics, powerups, irregular shapes)
-Gives two different mental challenges: Building as high as possible in a stable manner and building compactly, fitting pieces into a constricted area
-It has no story or distractions (Either play the three different modes in endless mode or the 50 different trials/ levels) - focused on puzzle gameplay
-Difficulty ramps up considerably at later trials so I think most people will, like myself, not complete it. At least you don't need to complete all of the levels to be able to play them all as they unlock in sets of 10

Part 2 - Chime was made by Zoe Mode and published by One Big Game. This cheap gaming review shows how:
-It has nice, clean visuals with some flashing and mild changing background effects (If there isn't much to see)
-Great pure puzzler excellently repurposes the Tetris shapes towards a fun, unique, new game that can be calming or challenging depending on your taste (Create quads with the pieces to score)
-A freeplay mode is available if you don't want any time limit (If it MIGHT require you getting 50% coverage on levels for the next one to be available, but I maintain that's quite doable if that's the case)
-Great music (6 Levels corresponding to tracks from classical to a very upbeat version of Glados' "Still Alive") that repeats and shifts to more complex phases with increased board coverage and reacts to the pieces you placed on gets amplified because of them
-No story or distractions - very focused puzzler!

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0:00 Cheapness Intro
0:12 Part 1 - Tricky Towers
0:38 Tricky Towers - Tetris with Physics
1:18 Tricky Towers - Reverse Jenga
1:27 Tricky Towers - Powerups
1:44 Tricky Towers - Different Game Modes
3:05 Tricky Towers - Samescreen Multiplayer
3:15 Tricky Towers - A Spike in Difficulty!
3:58 Tricky Towers - Length Compared to Other Puzzle Games
4:30 Tricky Towers - An Inbetween Game?
5:16 Tricky Towers - Calming and Cute Music
5:54 Tricky Towers - Nice Thudding Sound Design
6:04 Tricky Towers - Visually Lovely if Not Much to See
6:16 Tricky Towers - Bad Value for Money
6:43 Tricky Towers - Very Small Download
6:50 Tricky Towers - Easy to Run
7:24 Tricky Towers - Kid Friendly... Probably
7:31 Tricky Towers - Samescreen Versus
7:37 Tricky Towers - Pros
8:20 Tricky Towers - Maybes
8:26 Tricky Towers - Cons
8:58 Tricky Towers - Ending Gag
9:22 Part 2 - Chime
9:51 Chime - Sparse, Clean Visuals
10:06 Chime - Brilliant Gameplay
10:39 Chime - Combo Multiplier
10:59 Chime - Great Score Chaser, Great Relaxer
11:48 Chime - Levels Are Musical Tracks
12:22 Chime - Repeating Music That Changes Phase With Coverage
13:03 Chime - Music Sounds Good While Still Reacting to Your Placement
13:35 Chime - Different Time Limits to Choose From
13:44 Chime - Length Compared to Other Puzzle Games
14:13 Chime - Good Value for Money
14:26 Chime - Ridiculously Small Download Size
14:34 Chime - It's Easy to Run
15:03 Chime - Is It Kid Friendly?
15:06 Chime - Pros
16:18 Chime - Maybes
16:49 Chime - Ending Gag
17:15 Cheapness Outro

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