Groovin’ Blocks Takes The iPhone Clubbing

Looking to add another match-three puzzler to your iPhone app collection? “You can’t be serious,” you ask. These days, the iTunes App store is brimming over with match-three misfits. Most would hardly see a reason for the addition of another one. Yet, Groovin’ Blocks is enough of a stand out to justify its existence. Zoo Games is marketing Groovin’ Blocks as more of a jam session than a regular puzzle game. After a successful spin as a Wiiware title, Groovin’ Blocks hits the iPhone screen in full force.

Spending some time with Groovin’ Blocks is like hittin’ up your favorite clubbin’ scene. OK, enough with the apostrophes. Seriously, if you’re a fan of techno beats and pulsating lights you’ll probably like this app. Yet, if rhythm is its soul, puzzling is its heart. Laid out in a Tetris-like format, players are made to arrange stacks of colored blocks within an empty room. Matching touching colors of three or more eliminates those blocks, freeing up space for those jiving on down from above. Building off this idea, Groovin’ Blocks introduces multipliers and powerups into the mix. Multipliers are obtained by hitting the down arrow simultaneous to a beat vibe scrolling in from both sides of the screen. When a multiplier is activated, it remains active as long as the player continues to nail beats when dropping block into place. Powerups are awarded as blocks with special power symbols on them are place with a beat. Some powerups increase the value of nearby blocks while others explode blocks around the powerup holder.

Groovin’ Blocks includes 50 levels which are arranged by songs. Locked levels are opened by reaching scoring achievements with matches, power-ups and multipliers. Casual, Experienced, and Hard difficulty levels can be selected in the playing arena. Each track has a happy / trippy feel while being quite different from the last. An easily navigated user interface is presented but we wished the instruction boxes were a little more flushed out looking. While no online scoring system is yet available, we guess Zoo Games will add one soon.

Groovin’ Blocks is no ordinary match-three puzzle game. While being Tetris-like at its core, this title offers surprises and interesting gameplay that is will stand above the crowd. Currently selling for $1.99, Groovin’ Blocks is an app we recommend you pick up is you like busting a move during your hectic day.

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