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[buenoblue]

OP messed up a block placement and is now like fuck tetris. We've all been there

 

[Georges Chiellins]

what you're talking about, this is a classic

Now to further enhance your algorithm, have an old man playing weeb games songs on a violin

NO!

 

[Labadal]

If Tetris shouldn't be on any top 10 list, there shouldn't be any top 10 lists.

 

[Strategize]

It's the most objectively perfect game ever made, however, having said that, I agree with OP. I could never, despite how perfect, put something that conceptually basic as a top 10 gaming experience.

 

[bender]

It is the best game ever made. OP just made the top 10 of humans I'm killing first.

 

[Jeff Spicoli]

1) i have never seen Tetris in any top 10, but i don't mind that kind of "all time best"

2) Is an eternal game, the gameplay Is perfect and It Will Always be.
Even in 2123 It Will be playable, but maybe without hands.

 

[Seider]

The New Tetris on Nintendo 64 is one of the best games ever.

Try it and enjoy creating golden and silver cubes with Tetris pieces. Ive played this game for years.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

 

[March Climber]

OP you’re trying to fight nostalgia, but no one ever wins that fight.

Nostalgia:

 

[The Fartist]

Hot take:

 

[Otre]

gotta love those room temperature IQ takes.

 

[NightmareFarm]

People place too much emphasis on cultural impact over gameplay.

 

[Fuz]

This is not a hot take, this is a stupid take.

 

[Lasha]

I'm not sure you know what a game is if you think Tetris isn't among the best ever made.

 

[RoadHazard]

I mean, I don't know about BEST, but it's one of the few immortal games for sure. Tetris never gets old.

 

[CitizenKratos]

I agree with OP. It’s great for what it is. It isn’t much. Much more important games have been coming out since Tetris.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Modern gaming is very opposed to games like Tetris.

Perhaps that's why it's so shit.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Much more important games have been coming out since Tetris.

Interactive storytelling books? Yes. Games? Hardly.

 

[Portugeezer]

Speaking as someone who has no nostalgia for it as I only fell down the absolute rabbit hole that is Tetris just three years ago, no, Tetris definitely deserves to be on every all-time best list.

You fell down the rabbit hole of Gameboy Tetris three years ago? Or some modern version?

 

[AV]

Nah. Tetris is perfect and it's still as fun today as it was when it was created.

 

[SeraphJan]

By OP's standard many game would face similar problem.

But these list by professional are pointless anyways, every player have their own list

 

[existensmaximum]

Yeah, I think neither Tetris or Super Mario Bros should be in that list. Both are astoundingly important games that have a place in history forever, but "best games"? I guess it depends on what you mean by "best", and it also comes down to personal preference and taste. To me, Tetris has always been repetitive and boring.

Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World however...

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

That’s not how you spell shit take.

 

[GeekyDad]

Tetris is valid for cultural impact.

But for all time best games ever made = no.

I believe we have approached a time when we need to let go of this boomer mentality that Tetris is the top 10 best game of all time.

I agree in terms of cultural impact but not gameplay.

Only boomers enjoy Tetris.

Modern gaming is very opposed to games like Tetris.

That's twice within just the first few posts you defeat your own argument with discrimination rather than fact.

What is it about Tetris that factually nullifies it from being in a Top 10's list?

 

[Matt_Fox]

Tetris is the definitive videogame.
You play it purely because it's so much fun to play. There's no story begging you to give a fuck about it, no characters you'd wish to kill, and the music is lit.
It most definitely deserves a spot on that top 10.

It was good until that escort mission halfway through on the L shaped block.

 

[SCB3]

Its one of the most playable games of all time and arguably the best Puzzle game ever made so it definitely should be up there

Best games lists are kinda pointless though as its too subjective before you even consider different genres

 

[poodaddy]

We need to find whoever started the trend of calling people in their 30's and 40's boomers and lock them up before they ruin anymore discourse through their vapid vernacular.

We should grab whoever did yikes, this ain't it chief, and "Imagine .....", And toss them in there as well. I'd say grab the guy that did "Sad!" too, but it seems he may be getting tossed in soon for other shit so he's off the list.

 

[nemiroff]

Revising history disregarding context huh.. oh well, that's going to be a pretty damn huge slippery and messy slope. What's the new expiration date for games now then, a year or so..?

 

[T0minator]

...The VR tetris was pretty sublime though, music and all. You can zone out and go into a zen like state.

I came in here to say this. Lately since I got my PSVR2 I've realized how Tetris really is one of the best purest videogames ever. Just straight gameplay with great music to keep you going even more.

Tetris is top 10 worthy for all kinds of gamers

 

[GeekyDad]

Revising history disregarding context huh.. oh well, that's going to be a pretty damn huge slippery and messy slope. What's the new expiration date for games now then, a year or so..?

I get the feeling that's how the TC likes it.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Agreed.

 

[Schmick]

This is clickbait. And you all fell for it lol.







Damn.

 

[kyussman]

Boomers created everything great in this world......including Tetris......and it still lives.Where will your live service MMO's be in 40 years.By the way,as someone who will soon be 50 every time I hear the word boomer I consider it a compliment not an insult.....given the absolute mental health crisis young people in the west seem to be going through right now it feels pretty great to not have to worry about all that pointless silly shit that is driving them all mad,like knowing which pronouns to use on someone.

 

[bellome]

Tetris is pure videogaming essence

 

[Wildebeest]

I don't think Mass Effect should be on any list because when you die you cannot be buried next to Tali and Liara. They are not real.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I agree in terms of cultural impact but not gameplay.

Only boomers enjoy Tetris.

Modern gaming is very opposed to games like Tetris.

Not gameplay?? The entire game is about its gameplay.

Of course this is a shitty modern gamer take. Go press triangle for a cinematic cutscene.

 

[tomato shrub]

The problem I have is that the sheeple making these lists use Tetris to validate their otherwise cookie cutter choices, full of flavor of the week shit like Witcher 3 and TLoU. Pretending to have thought deeply about timelessness or whatever. Bitch, if you really wanted to go all into that, the rest of your list wouldn't be exclusively from PS4 and Switch. In these lists, Tetris looks pretentious, so from this perspective I agree with the OP.

 

[mrmustard]

I agree in terms of cultural impact but not gameplay.

Only boomers enjoy Tetris.

Modern gaming is very opposed to games like Tetris.

Yeah, i guess that`s why Candy Crush and other Tetris 'inspired' games make shitloads of money each year.

 

[UnNamed]

50 years from now, people will say modern games are boring since their future games are way more complex.

50 years from now people will say Tetris gameplay is still top notch.

 

[John Bilbo]

Tetris is great and I'm glad it came to fruition in spite of the Soviet Union.

 

[Matt_Fox]

50 years from now, people will say modern games are boring since their future games are way more complex.

50 years from now people will say Tetris gameplay is still top notch.

True, 50 years from now no one - literally no one - will be playing the current biggest sellers FIFA 23 or COD 22. Why would they.

I'd be willing to bet someone will still be playing Tetris though!

 

[RoboFu]

Tetris = 100% game all the time. No 2 games are exactly alike.

GOW R = 25% game 75% cutscenes. Every play through is exactly the same.

Modern games are better GAMES are they?

 

[The Cockatrice]

Tetris is a game and it was part of my childhood and I loved it just as much as I loved Witcher 3 or Prey or Half-Life. Your logic is dumb OP. Get off the internet child.

 

[nkarafo]

How about explaining why you feel that way OP?

 

[Naked Lunch]

How about Hatris?

 

[Nankatsu]

This is so fitting for this topic

 

[consoul]

A true hot take.
Now peep this :

Holy shit. I don't know how the player didn't die of a heart attack even before the square brackets began.

 

[funking giblet]

Well it ain't fucking Bloodborne or whatever shit kids plays these days.

Le'ts all just calm down and have a nice cup of tetris.

 

[Calverz]

I agree. I thought it was shite then and it’s even more shite now.

 

[anthraticus]

Who gives a shite avout LISTS anyway ? It's all meaningless except your own