Reviewer: Dos-Games-Online
This game is another version of Tetris with features like bombs and math bonuses. Controls are slightly awkward, there is a quick help that tells you what keys to press. The blocks have numbers on them, these numbers may earn you bonus points. For the most part, this game stays true to the old Tetris formula.
If you like Tetris, download Quatris for something a little extra.
Reviewer: loganjonker
Quatris is a funky little Tetris inspired game. It's funky because the first time I played it, I kept wanting to hit the up arrow to rotate instead of the Enter button, which when you are trying to rotate at just the right moment, can cause a little bit of panic. Any game that can cause panic and a little frustration is definitely worthwhile, no matter the graphic qualities of the game.
There's the cute little robot who acts like a UI, telling you what you goals are and instructing in what should be done in the level. He is also supposed to be the one who drops the bombs to eliminate blocks, though this action isn't very dramatic.
The numbers on the blocks adds little something extra, though at first it was confusing and a little distracting. See, when you eliminate a row of blocks, the computer adds up the total of the blocks eliminated and if that total equals one of the numbers listed as the Quatris number, then you get extra bombs. I get too busy trying to make rows, that I don't intend to make the numbers achieve Quatris, but apparently it isn't hard to do. I usually just work away and I can get the Quatris three or four times during a level.
When you use the normal bomb, it eliminates the bottom row, and the numbers in that row get added together and compared to the Quatris, which is a cool feature so you lower your height and have a random chance of getting Quatris and at times eliminate broken rows that are frustrating. I can honestly say I've never beaten the game. I enjoy Tetris and Quatris, but when the blocks keep falling faster and faster, I trip up, get discouraged and eventually call it quits for a while.
One of the wrenches that Quatris will throw at you is the occasional non-shape. You've got the standard Tetris collection, but then you hear a warning siren and you are delivered a disfigured shape. This shape has blocks that are offset, so it's like the Swiss cheese shape. Some blocks are missing or are only touching at the corners rather then side to side.
The last feature is the option to turn on and off the background grid. I suppose for beginners this will let you visually see what you placement is over the base so you can line up correctly. I don't think this is necessary though because unlike Tetris, if you press the down button once, it automatically drops you into position, so if you are off by a column, your sunk. In Quatris however, pressing the down arrow drops you only a few rows, so it takes two or three taps to land on the base, so it is a little more forgiving, and therefore the added grid is a little superfluous, at least nowadays.
All in all, I enjoy Quatris, because it offers additional nuances that make you more strategic in your play then with regular Tetris. I haven't been able to find a full version for a long time, so I am very excited to have found it here. If I had more thumbs, I'd use them, but for now: Two Thumbs Up!
Download Quatris (quatris.zip)
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