Aqua Aqua

" The Best Puzzle Game Ever Made."

The Jest:
This is a puzzle game, a very unique one at that. You must make pools to collect water in, made out of falling pieces of land in various shapes. You get various points depending on many factors. If the water falls off the edge of the playing field it collects in the drain. If the drain fills up the game is over. Also if your land gets to high an earthquake will come, destroying most of all of your hard work, and more than likely ending your game. If you ever played Wetrix you will know what I mean, but there is a lot of up grades and new stuff that makes it better then the original on the N64.

Graphics: (8)
Great Graphics, every thing is in solid 3D. It has no slow down, even with having numerous actions going on at once. It is very colorful and overly cute(but that can be ignored), but what gets the highest note is, the water. The water effects are great, as is the evaporation. Over all it doesn't push the PS2's abilities though.

Control: (7)
The control isn't that bad, it can be tough at times though.
Because you want to make a water tight wall, you have to line the blocks of land just right, which can be difficult at first. This can also prove to be a problem in later levels where the pieces will fall down faster. this is all just a minor complaint though.

Fun factor: (10)
This game is very addicting. Those who are easily addicted to games use with caution. I played this game as if it where a massive story driven game. I played this game like 3 weeks probably 4 or 5 hours a day. If you find your self as addicted to this game as I did don't worry, you are not alone.

Replay: (10)
You couldn't ask for more replay. It has various modes , and the story mode locks you in. Even after you beat the story mode, you will want to play even more to get higher ranks, which you will get rewarded for. You will also want to beat your last score and amount of lakes and lake mates.

Buy or rent?: By all means buy, even if you do somehow get bored, you will want to play it again sometime. I personally loved this game and if you like puzzle games you will too. If you don't like puzzle games, rent it you might like it.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 10/14/01, Updated 10/14/01