Class of '09: Puzzle Showdown

Puzzle games are fine; this puzzle game is peak. I never thought being called a racist for being white was all that and a bag of chips, but well, ♥♥♥♥ me in the ass and call me Sally, this is it. peak gameplay.

It's fun as a puzzle game, but there's little to no story, more like a collection of fun interactions between the Co09 characters

i mean its better than flipside at least. the puzzles can be long asf tho

While I like the class of 09 franchise this game is not that fun. It is not puzzle but purely luck/rng based. Sometimes I happen to randomly get combos that let me win a hard level in 30 seconds and sometimes I wills spend 3 minutes trying to find combos and no matter how many combos I make I still lose. I wanted to like this game and but the difficulty range is way too wonky and luck based. I'm playing on pc so I'm unsure if its easier on another platform but this game was not enjoyable. The game play is so irritating I found myself irritated skipping through the dialogues because I wanted to get the game over with as fast as possible. Which defeats the whole point of buying this game. I will say there I DO THINK this was worth 20 dollars. They animated scenes which means took time and resources. I just think most of the people who play class of 09 a visual novel are more casual players than serious hence why there is a lack of enjoyment for losing 100 times in a row etc. I know there is a market for games where you suffer and are miserable all the time like rogue likes and what not I just feel like its not the game for me. Someone who is a casual player.

The voice acting is top notch as always. That's the end of the positives. While on its face the dialogue sounds like you'd expect, the premise and minimalistic plot give the script almost nothing to work with. The actual puzzle gameplay is rough at best and it has zero tricks to show you. You've seen everything it has to offer by the very first puzzle other than the gameplay getting faster. By the last few levels of Emily's "story" (the second hardest difficulty), it truly feels like you either get lucky with the starting board or you get pounded into dust by the opponent AI. Do not recommend. Because of the limited script, I can't even recommend taking the time to watch clips of the dialogue on YouTube. Never thought I'd say that about a Class of '09 game, but here we are.

TL;DR: The story is that the girlies clicked on an internet ad (scam) to get a free iphone and they are forced into playing a puzzle game and must beat everyone else. Writing is as funny as you would expect it to be and the characters are accurately portrayed. If you suck ass at puzzle games, this is not for you. It's based on Panel de Pon/Puzzle League which can get difficult and more jarring the higher in the modes you get. I love this genre though so its great getting a modern port of this game since Nintendo forgot about the IP.

Jeffery, waifu's were watching. Mostly Madoka from Madoka Magica.