Tidalis

Ein älterer Titel, der nicht gut gealtert ist. Zum aktuellen Preis einfach zu teuer und Fullscreen gibt es auch nicht. Es lässt sich zwar einstellen, aber was nützt es, wenn die Window Version mit einer Auflösung von 1280x768 in der Größe bleibt und es drumherum nur schwarz wird.

I wanted to like the game but the more I played it more I had some issues with it. The biggest issue is that if you went to full screen mode it didn't resize the game, it just put larger black boarders around the play area. I tried it in windowed mode but the same thing happened. Thought it may be the computer so I tried it on another and tried different resolutions but had the same issue hence, the setting is useless. Trying to play it this way is eye straining. The other issue (not really the game's fault) is that if your colour blind then your not going to get too far. I know that if you press the right mouse button over a tile that it will highlight same coloured tiles but this is useless in the more speed oriented sections. The only reason I played it for as long as I did was mostly luck in making things match. I didn't get very far so I can't really recommend a game I paid for yet can't play.

I recommend but with caveats. Yes, it's a neat little game that blends Tetris and "match three" games. Plus lots of variations and block types to keep things interesting. The only problem is that in creating complexity, Tidalis has forgotten what made the individual games attractive: simplicity. At its best, Tetris was very easy to start and hard to master, but there was a whole lot of leeway in between those extremes to enjoy before things got too frantic. Same with the match three stuff. By combining them, you add stress to what should be a relaxing and entertaining challenge. It's overall well made and has a great soundtrack. But the story is tedious and the developers seem to know this as they've added a "skip cut scene" button to bypass all of it if you want. I had a lot of fun early on but as it became more complicated it was more work and less play. Combinations, series of combinations, combinations of a minimum length, chains of combinations that didn't exceed a certain length, blocks that attract or repel your stream, blocks that block your stream, blocks that can be destroyed and blocks that can't be destroyed. And I'm barely scratching the surface here. Also, playing on a high resolution monitor (2K or 4K) can cause the play area to be an eyestrain because it may appear too small and it doesn't scale. I give it a thumbs up for being pretty well made but if you get frustrated easily, you might want to pass.

Pretty creative puzzle game with some interesting game modes and a lot of variants. The basic "streams" mechanic to connect and remove blocks is novel and adds more challenge than typical match-3, but on the other hand it makes combos rather hard to visualize and achieve, especially when trying to chain several ones. The "casual-friendly adventure mode" claim isn't exactly true, the campaign can get extremely difficult at times, in random spikes. Thankfully you can skip levels if you so desire, but it feels bad. The story is also badly written to the point of being cringeworthy. In typical Arcen Games fashion you have a lot of options to set up a game but it feels like it lacks good casual defaults that still present some amount of challenge. Despite the defects and confused presentation, the game has a lot to offer if you're willing to dig into the various modes proposed and "find your fun", so I'm cautiously recommending it on that basis. Be aware that the game graphics don't scale to modern screen resolutions (it seems to be targeting 1280x720?), they just get smaller.

This is a puzzle game reminiscent of match-3 or tetris, but it is a genuinely innovative game. It has a huge number and variety of puzzles, giving new spins to the mechanics or using them in different contexts. A great game for a very low price, I see no reason to not get it.

Bad

Just tried installing in 2020 - the game won't go past the "game start" screen (no options to continue).

Yes

Its quite good. The publishers say they lost money on it, by making too much content

Fun relaxing casual puzzle game. Nice music too!