Sometimes,this leads to weird and pointless games.
Other times it leads toveryweird and pointless games.
Its the price of a cup of coffee and makes my brain feel like its going to the spa.
Ive been on a bit of a puzzle game kick lately.
Part of this is becausethe fun history lessons in Tetris Foreverhooked me back into the genre.
A puzzle game with planets as the pieces?
For $5 a space-themed game couldve sucked and I probably wouldve been satisfied like the pig I am.
I will be honest: The game is a lot like Suika Game.
And the many, many Suika clones.
You got me there.
I do not care one bit.
This is just $5, folks.
I want to keep hitting that point.
Ever wanted to own a console you could actually fit in your pocket?
Each time you combine two of the same size, you upgrade to one of the next size.
Eventually, when you combine two Jupiters, you get a sun which is always satisfying.
Like Suika, theres also some physics involved.
Planets bounce off each other.
Combos pop up objects, leading to other combos.
For $5, Who Can Say No?
The graphics and 4:3 screen format would feel right at home on a 16-bit console.
The planets look like photos that were converted into super low-res pixel images.
Suika and most of its clones look like they were made in Flash in 2003.
Somehow Cosmic Collapse looksolderthan even that makes it also feel more modern.
Or I just like planets more than watermelons with smiles.
Of the Suika-likes, this is the one thatIlikes.
Man, Im sorry I wrote that pun but my delete key doesnt work anymore.
While playing it, I kept thinking how it felt like aSega Genesisgame that was lost and re-found.
Theres something about the style of the game reminiscent of when Columns and early Tetris ruled the Earth.
Unlike a lot of modern puzzle games, there arent ten different modes.
Starting Cosmic Collapse feels like those: no tutorial.
No cartoon avatars leading the way.
You just start the game and go.
Good news: the one sentence instruction manual is on the side of the screen.
The style extends to the music, too.
I think we just get one song, but God is it soothing.
I knowweve all got big games to play.
There are huge games coming that will swallow hundreds and even thousands of hours of my time.
Not to mention that theres still so much from 2024 that I need to finish.
And, most importantly, its only $5 at full price.
Doom is a simple game with a simple objective, and multiplayer complicates that.
