SUBARACITY

やることがあってもなくても一生遊んでしまう。 僕の10年来の友達、それがスバラシティ。 気付いたら一瞬で時間が溶けてる、オソロシティ。

Subaracity is a cute puzzle game. Bright graphics and overly epic soundtrack (Picture yourself doodling with crayons with some baroque sacred aria in the background). My god complex loves the music as I merge blocks and create a better, more imposing block. Is easy to pick and learn, a perfect time waster ^-^/ Graphics: Cute Pixels ★ OST: Epic ★ Learning Curve: Easy ★★ Steam Achievements Quantity: Not ludicrous ★★★ Nerd note: Subaracity (Subarashitii) is a portmanteau of "subarashii", meaning "wonderful" or "amazing" in Japanese, and "city". In fact was the clever name what caught my eye first.

Strangely perfectly work on linux but don't on windows. So if you are on win GO AWAY IT"S NOT FOR YOU.

J'aurais aimé y jouer, honnêtement, j'aime bien ce genre de jeux. Mais, malheureusement, celui-ci gèle dès le début. Peu importe ce que vous faite, ou ce que vous prenez pour jouer, clavier, souris ou manette, ça reste bloqué et vous ne pouvez pas progresser. J'viens de demander un remboursement... -_-

Fun for what it is, but very limited. So limited, in fact, that I already wrote a guide which I expect to need no upgrading, based on less than two hours of play. The core of the game is falling blocks of four types (three in casual play) which are defined by the type of base. Each has something on it, a person, a tree, or a building, and as they merge they level up to level nine. At level ten they all change from their original type to a white base, and can only merge with (any) other ten. Clusters of ten can merge into higher numbers, but those are locked, creating a definite end to the game eventually. (NOTE: I attempted selling them to open up the map, but you lose the points for the building, so that's not a viable strategy.) Everything falls straight down, and any pair of two or more of the same base type can merge. There is a little strategy in where you opt to merge them, in hopes of creating more matches, but it is very limited. You also occasionally earn a Mayor figure that can delete one section, but they are pretty few and far between. And that's it! That said it is cute. The controls work fine, the music is some sort of angelic chorus which is pleasant enough. I would certainly call it family friendly, and would probably entertain a small child who isn't too jaded, as well as an adult looking for casual game play that requires more thought than slots, but less than candy crush. An easy thumbs up. ADDENDUM: Five hours in and I think I am done. I haven't unlocked everything, but I'm not motivated to either. It was worth the money, I got it on sale.