In the middle of a pandemic, amid lockdowns and crushing isolation, at a time when I have no idea when I'll next see my elderly mother, Tetris Effect's new Connected mode is the multiplayer I need. Truly, the next generation has arrived.Īnd it arrives, as I said, at the perfect moment in time. Dear reader, I cannot tell you how excited I am to play this game with friends and reach this boss. I'm also told the final boss is something special. Music of course is one of the best things about Tetris Effect, and I'm told new music has been recorded for Connected. There are 12 bosses to work through, each based on one of the signs of the zodiac, and each with its own stage, style and, crucially, music. I was playing with strangers, and yet we found ourselves in unison. When all three players are in the zone together, quickly placing blocks one after the other, it is a quite magical thing. But it's not long before all three of you somehow start thinking as one, almost leading each other to place Tetriminos in such a way as to create that Tetris endorphin shot. You see an outline of where your Tetrimino will land, and you're sort of competing for position as your co-op friends move about their outlines on the connected screen. Also thrown into the Connected mix are Magicminos, magical purple Tetriminos that work to fill gaps, pushing anything in their way to fix the playfield.Īt first this is a quite bewildering thing to do. There's no way to attack the boss as an individual. This is the only way to attack the boss - together in co-op. When you're all connected, you each take turns to place Tetriminos, clearing lines that are pushed to the bottom as they normally are during Zone, then sent over to the boss when the meter expires in a bid to top it out. Meanwhile, as you clear lines all three players fill up their shared Connected meter, and once it's full, all three matrices converge to become one. Here, the boss can remove some of the garbage lines you've sent over.
The boss can also choose to go on the defense, too. The boss might turn your screen upside down, or send over a super large Tetrimino. Occasionally the boss will send over attacks, called Blitzes, your way, triggering a game-changing effect that annoys the hell out of you. Here's how it works: you start by playing in your own matrix, clearing lines as normal.
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