Wetrix

"Raining on Tetris' parade"

I really do not like this game. It gives a good impression at first… but you realize how stupid it is after ten minutes. It is like a watered down Tetris (excuse the pun) in 3D. Instead of game-bashing for a while, I will try to be fair. Overall, I would say to buy would be a mistake.

To be fair, I will go over the good points of this game first:
Wetrix looks very nice. The shadow effects are pretty good.
Wetrix's Sound Effects are clear and satisfying.
The IDEA behind the game is good, but poorly executed.

In Wetrix, you start out with a flat plane floating in midair. Different things fall. Different shaped Land formations fall from the sky and you must place them using tetris-like methods. However, In Wetrix, The object is to make enclosed areas, like swimming pools. Then, when water falls, you must land it into the enclosed areas. If water does not land in these areas, it will leak towards the edge of your floating platform. If too much water falls off, then you lose. Sound Simple? It isn’t. If too much water goes into an area, it will flood. If there is a little hole, water will start to leak. If you build up land too high, earthquakes will come. Sometimes, bombs drop, leaving gaping holes right in the middle of your lakes. Sometimes Fireballs drop. These can vaporize land, or evaporate water. Also, land-lowering formations fall. It is very hard, and tough to control.

This game is way too challenging. I cannot beat level two. This game also gets old very quickly. It is so fast paced you cannot move your land into accurate positions. Water falls way too much. The techno music is distracting.

Alignment is a HUGE problem. You think your piece is going somewhere, but you accidentally land it in water, so the water floods and you lose. Even though I have played this game for a total amount of a half hour (patience can only wear so thin), I have missed countless times. You miss because the control was a bit unresponsive; the land was falling at 900 miles a second, the music screeched (throwing your concentration), or the grid's perspective was off.

DO NOT buy this game. That is more of a command than a request. I think this belongs in the cement block with the famed Atari E.T game.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 03/25/03, Updated 03/25/03