Every month Playstation gives away 2 games for free if you are a PS Plus member. For the month of August, one of the games was Tricky Towers. An interesting concept of mixing Tetris with a dash of speed playing and a hint of magic. Tricky Towers is a relatively simple game allowing you to sit back and relax. There is a minor story to this game in the collection of increasingly difficult challenges using one of three game modes (Survival, Race, Puzzle) which at times can get frustrating.
In Survival, it is a simple game of just outlasting your opponent(s) computer or human. In Race, as named it is a race to be the first player to cross the finish line with a somewhat stable tower. Puzzle is one of the more interesting game modes which sees you and other players competing to fit a number of blocks into a preset area in which you must fit all the blocks without crossing the laser.
The gameplay is reminiscent of Tetris only with the difference that the blocks don’t lock in place which doesn’t sound like too much of an issue but when you play against other computers or humans, can get crazy. One element that makes this a unique game is the introduction of Light and Dark Magic. These specific abilities only show up in the Survival and Race modes, but can cause issues. With the light magic, this is as expected able to assist you with your towers in the form of vines (which can wrap around blocks for stability) or the floating island (which allows for you to ether use for stability, new platform, etc). However for the dark magic, this can become somewhat of a nuisance (if being used against you) to where certain abilities such as block enlargement (really do you need an explanation) or the Gremlins (f*** them, they steal blocks from your tower) are meant to cause in some cases extreme hatred for that a**hole friend or a vengeful computer. But with the magic comes a cost, when you do happen upon these abilities you will only be able to choose from ether the light or dark magic until you survive long enough for the next one to show which allows for the choice of help yourself or f*** with your friend in the hopes that it drops his tower.
Tricky Towers is a must own time mini game that can lead to hours of fun when you play it with friends. It is currently free on the PSN till the first Tuesday in September, but worth the buy if it is between $5 and $10. I give Tricky Towers a 7.5 out of 10.
