There's a variety of challenges modes that can be unlocked nice little alternatives to the more recognised modes. There's also an asynchronous mode whereby you can tackle the replays of friends and of those on the leaderboards, so at least you can see how you measure up against others, even if you can't always play live matches. We preferred the 1vs1 games over the larger groups, but no doubt others will prefer the chaos of competing with multiple players (if and when you lose, you can practice while you wait for the next round). You can play other variants in multiplayer, not just the Battle modes, sometimes with several players competing, which certainly spices things up. We had trouble getting matches with some lengthy waiting times, and with the game only out a few days, this is going to be a worry for those who revel in the competitive side of the game. There's two competitive modes that can be played against the AI, and these can also be played online against human opposition (Battle has you compete with up to four opponents, Battle Ultimate has special blocks drop that, when cleared, grant players power-ups to either help clear their own lines or heap misery on the competition). These are both nice to play when you want a blast of Tetris, rather than play a fifteen minute plus Marathon or Endless game that requires prolonged concentration. There's the Sprint mode whereby forty lines need to be cleared as quickly as possible, and a timed Ultra mode where you have three minutes to accumulate as many points as possible. There's the Marathon mode, whereby you start on the ever-so-slow level one and go up a difficulty with every ten lines cleared, until level fifteen comes around and there's a constant bombardment of blocks and your reactions need to be razor-sharp. Included here are the standard game types that players have come to know so well. There's fifteen different levels with the blocks dropping at increasingly dizzying speeds, you get bonuses for clearing four lines at the same time, for spinning t-blocks to clear lines, and for removing every last block from the board. Tetris Ultimate doesn't do much to the original formula, at least in the main game, and the features that you've come to know like the back of your hand via a lifetime of playing the game all endure here. This won't be a long review, after all, everyone knows what Tetris is, right?! Ok, for those of you that've been living under a rock for the past twenty-odd years, it's a puzzle game that sees different shaped blocks (tetriminos) drop down, and by turning and manoeuvring these blocks the player must connect them together to make completed lines that then disappear, turning into points in the process.
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