Blockscapes - Block Puzzle 17+

I enjoy the fact that there is a monthly contest! Me and my husband play against each other all the time. It is great because even if you have a busy schedule you have the entire month to compete. It is very challenging for me and hard to get over 6,000. I do wish they had more than 3 options to use at a time. I also wish they would allow different types of game play to choose from. For example: this game is like Tetris in a nutshell except you can’t change the shapes or the direction it goes down. It would be nice to have the Tetris version, different color blocks to choose from, and options to win special “advance further” type movements or the options to discard current 3 block options for 3 new block options if you get stuck. I get it that it’s the whole point of the game which is why I suggested the option to win moves like that or get so many at the start of the month and when your out. You don’t get anymore until the following month.

The ads don’t really bother me so much. I just wait for them to end and exit out of them. Sometimes I’m even interested in some of the other games advertised. Thankfully, I haven’t come across any inappropriate/unpleasant ads like I’ve seen in some of the other reviews, and I’m new to the game so unfortunately, I can’t relate as far as knowing why the update was so terrible either. What I do hate, and I’ve only seen two other reviews mention it so far, is being forced to use pieces that kinda screw your whole game over. I’ll have a nice round one minute and rack up some decent points, the next round though, I’m losing almost immediately because of the pieces I’m forced to work with. Gives me that ‘project makeover’ vibe where you’re forced to lose so you have to spend money. Doesn’t really make sense here considering the only real in-app purchase I’ve seen, is to remove the ads. I can accept losing a round, or not making a lot of points because of an error on my part, but when I line the pieces up to where I could knock out several blocks at once just to be given a bizarre or inconvenient block that I can’t even at least orientate to help me out more, it’s kind of annoying. Would really prefer to give 2 1/2 stars instead of 3 just for that alone. If I experienced what others have expressed displeasure with though, I’d definitely be rating much lower.

Blockscapes is a cleverly made game. The gameplay is very interesting, with these shaped block pieces you need to try to fit in the square space. It’s really fun to see how much you can fit before you either clear a full row, or don’t have anymore space. I also appreciate the fact that their aren’t any in-app purchases (besides the ad block but that makes sense). It’s such a breath of fresh air not to see a bunch of in-game products you need to buy which can, sometimes, also be expensive, or those piggy bank things in which you need to PAY for money in game.

Overall, I give this game 5-stars, since it’s a good way to pass the time if you don’t have anything better to do.