KASIORI

Yeah it's a very cute arcade puzzle game. I already have it on switch but it's really nice to be able to play it on pc as well. I like the sound effects and the little puffs that appear when you put down the blocks. I like the chain mechanic that includes breaking the jars as part of the chain. The scoring system is very stoic - it doesn't reward clearing lots of blocks in one action (i.e., no puyo-esque "hellfire" configurations), so you need to really focus on the chaining (but you can still get chains without planning too much). I like how the solo mode lasts about 10 minutes unless you're really, *immensely* good - it's a very nice session length. It takes a bit of time to get used to how jars break and how they set of a chain reaction to break any other jars in their neighbouring 8 spaces (including diagonals, and any jars broken in this way will go on to break jars next to them, and so on), but it's fun once you get the knack of it. Also the "open" mechanic that takes away the barrier between your playfield and the opponent's (letting you make chains using *their* dropped pieces) is very rude and I adore it. I don't like the swimsuits, [strike] and it's unfortunate that the english story translation has many grammatical errors that make it hard to understand what is even happening [/strike] (edit: the english story translation has been revised now). Keyboard controls are hard-coded to WASD for directions, G, H, and T for the action buttons, and V and B for select and start (plus R and Y for the left and right bumpers that don't really do anything but they come up in the in-game control setting screen), so you'll probably want to use a remapper or controller (my keyboard is split right between G and H haha). The actual gameplay is fab though.

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