Tetris Effect - Xbox Series X|S now Connected on Game Pass!

[HarryBizzle]

Speed 11 bit on Celebration took me like three goes to get past.  One of the better songs, though. 
 

Anyone find leaving the game for the dash and other apps causes weird problems when switching from HDR?

[Yiggy]

14 hours ago, pinholestar said:

Oh man, Connected co-op mode is a truly beautiful thing.

 

 

I had my first go on this yesterday. At first I was not overly impressed with the very small play area and slightly reduced graphical effects of the individual play areas (even on a 55" Tele) however when it merges into one and you are taking it in turns to place the pieces it really is majestic. Thinking ahead has always been part of tetris but doing so with 2 others when you can see their ghost pieces and what they';re thinking is brilliant. When you move your piece out the way because they want to put it there and the virtual panic when you can see them flailing around not knowing where to put it. 

 

1. In the individual bits is there any benefits to scores or are you just trying to clear as many lines as possible to trigger the boss battle? 
2. Are there any other mechanics that I am not seeing?

[Yiggy]

Properly up for a forum go at this if 2 of you want to. 

 

Only thing about it is is that it seems to take quite a long time to clear an area. 

[alex3d]

50 minutes ago, Yiggy said:

Properly up for a forum go at this if 2 of you want to. 

 

Only thing about it is is that it seems to take quite a long time to clear an area. 

 

Yes, that is true. It also takes a lot of time for someone to revive. What is your Gamer Tag?

[Yiggy]

2 minutes ago, alex3d said:

 

Yes, that is true. It also takes a lot of time for sometime to revive. What is your Gamer Tag?

 

Gamer Tag is Yiggy Turnbill

[HarryBizzle]

Connected takes way, way too long. People also don't seem to understand that it's probably better to just play your move rather than waste meter finding the perfect move during the attack phase.

[rafaqat]

12 hours ago, Yiggy said:

 

I had my first go on this yesterday. At first I was not overly impressed with the very small play area and slightly reduced graphical effects of the individual play areas (even on a 55" Tele) however when it merges into one and you are taking it in turns to place the pieces it really is majestic. Thinking ahead has always been part of tetris but doing so with 2 others when you can see their ghost pieces and what they';re thinking is brilliant. When you move your piece out the way because they want to put it there and the virtual panic when you can see them flailing around not knowing where to put it. 

 

1. In the individual bits is there any benefits to scores or are you just trying to clear as many lines as possible to trigger the boss battle? 
2. Are there any other mechanics that I am not seeing?

 

oh man I was playing co-op today and I don't think the other players had read the instructions.  time and time again we'd get zero connected rows. Took us 30 minutes to beat the boss. 

[sir stiff_one]

Ha you can BE the boss right now.

[Darwock]

Is the weekly ritual still a thing on the new version? And what’s the target - 1,000,000?

 

It should be on now if it’s the same as the PlayStation, the target has been reduced to 500,000 for Focus mode there because less people play it now. Annoyingly I have had only 1 non-event avatar left to unlock for months now (Rare Chemistry) and it just won’t come.

 

I did beat my Combo record again last night though (98) so there is still gas in the tank!

[sir stiff_one]

You know I think thy may have nerfed the million rotations achievement to 100k here. Yeah weekly ritual started today, not sure what the target is.

[sir stiff_one]

500k

 

You are getting closer to SS with that Combo score!

[Yiggy]

Just finished metamorphosis. Got straight in the zone this time round and it only took me 3 attempts. Took me about a week when I played on PS4. Still a sensational experience and even more so as i am sure they’ve jacked up the particle effects. 

[bradigor]

Classic Score Attack is lovely but will need some adjusting each time. Takes a few moments to remember i need to switch to looking for Tetris clears for the points rather than T-Spins and combos. 

 

It is strange as when I play classic a standalone title I slip into it easy. Here though my brain needs convincing.

[Yiggy]

1 minute ago, bradigor said:

Classic Score Attack is lovely but will need some adjusting each time. Takes a few moments to remember i need to switch to looking for Tetris clears for the points rather than T-Spins and combos. 

 

It is strange as when I play classic a standalone title I slip into it easy. Here though my brain needs convincing.

Good to see you riding high top of the leaderboards! Makes me feel at home. 
 

I do think they could do a slightly better job at an explanation screen on each mode telling you the best way to win and score at that mode. What you said there was new to me. My 2 default tactics are always either...

 

1. Build up the walls to wait for the long 4’s and get Tetris after Tetris etc. 
 

2. When it’s super fast do it a line at a time. 
 

I know about T-spins and some of the advanced techniques etc but my brain never uses them very much.

[bradigor]

In modern Tetris combos and t-spins are the foundations to scoring. Back to backs too.

 

Honestly the best thing to do is focus on a simple t-spin in an offline mode until you get that down. Once you get that down you'll send loads more garbage. You can then build further into combos, etc.

 

With combos, if you can do single column for a Tetris, then expand that into a 2 column well and see how you go from a single Tetris with a l piece, to a 3-5 combo using t, z, s, L, J 

 

Then you will find us easier to go to 3 and 4 wide to get 10-13 combos. 15 and advice l above will take a while but don't base your game around it. 4-10 combos will protect you and reverse junk the other way.

 

A set up a like against weaker players is to 

 

Set up a t-spin triple with a 2 wide well above it. 

 

This allows me to get a t-spin triple, straight into a t-spin double and follow up with a 4-5 combo. 

 

Risky against better players but absolutely melts lower level players.

 

Also something I use early game in T99.

 

However I am still bit weak and slow in the late game. @sir stiff_one is your go to for that.

[sir stiff_one]

Classic Score attack is so hard. Even the rotation initial positions throw me off. You can’t rotate against the wall! Argh! 
 

Played as the boss yesterday in Connected VS - seems most people want to, so a lot of waiting around in a lobby for one person to join, who joins and leaves as someone has already called boss.

Had a couple of games of Zone VS. It’s decent. I feel sorry for all the players who think “I’ll give this a go, I’m pretty alright” and go up against a Puyo Puyo or T99 vet. 

 

[bradigor]

"How are they sending so much junk that early. They have to be cheating!"

[MagicalDrop]

11 minutes ago, sir stiff_one said:

Had a couple of games of Zone VS. It’s decent. I feel sorry for all the players who think “I’ll give this a go, I’m pretty alright” and go up against a Puyo Puyo or T99 vet. 

 

 

I guess it's early days at the moment so the ranking system is bound to create mismatches as players find their level.

 

It seems the update has fixed the network issues, I had rock solid online games for an hour or two last night. 

 

This included some generally excellent Zone Vs games - if I'm reading the rankings correctly I'm a semi competent player in the top 6% for this mode but batterings were handed out in both directions. 

 

Score mode was the same, I didn't realise there was a time limit. Is this stated somewhere? 

 

Connected Vs with randoms ought to be the best but as pointed out earlier, some of the rules / mechanics require fathoming out when a better tutorial would help everyone. 

[sir stiff_one]

Yeah it needs some basic tips on the in between screens for different modes.

[bradigor]

A tip for Connected.

 

Just prior to entering the attack phase, fill up the well as much as possible so there is more to fill in for lines when you all join 

[sir stiff_one]

Yep, exactly. Just slam pieces down anywhere when you hear it going towards Zone mode as they all dissolve to lose the holes. I mean, try and keep the whole playing field relatively consistent/flat but whack them down everywhere.

[Skull Commander]

I'm now addicted to this. It's brilliant. I love the music, the backgrounds, the sounds, and it all just clicks together. I always loved Tetris anyway, but this makes it so fresh feeling again. 

[sir stiff_one]

Jesus Christ @Jonsterthat marathon score.

[Jonster]

It was a good run haha! Didn’t expect it to be that high up the leaderboard though

[sir stiff_one]

Interesting how many people I’ve seen only soft dropping when building the connected lines.

[sir stiff_one]

I hadn’t realised until watching YouTube that in connected mode the purple blocks dissolve down to fill gaps.

[Majora]

Yeah it feels like there is a lot the game doesn't do a good job of explaining in the multiplayer modes.

[alex3d]

Why / what is the delay in Connected mode when the three players work together and place their stones? I press down on the D-Pad and the stones are at their final position but pretty much every time there is a delay (for lack of a better word) as if it doesn't recognize my move?

[bradigor]

2 minutes ago, alex3d said:

Why / what is the delay in Connected mode when the three players work together and place their stones? I press down on the D-Pad and the stones are at their final position but pretty much every time there is a delay (for lack of a better word) as if it doesn't recognize my move?

You have to take turns. It is your go when flashing. 

[alex3d]

I know. It still feels like there is something delaying my move. Maybe it's like this though.