Best puzzle game of all time ( dont say Tetris)

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Lumines is great. And also available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC as well I believe.

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noiseredux wrote:Lumines is great. And also available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC as well I believe.

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I’m taking it back.

How far back?

WAAAAY BACK!!!

...Atari Video Cube is a solid game. There, I said it. Any other solid second generation puzzle games I’m missing?
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Oh man.. someone mentioned lumines so I GOTTA mention Meteos. Match game fighting gravity and the wait of other blocks to launch yourself off into space... great great great puzzle game
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Baku Baku Animal is a real blast, and it slips under most folks' radar. For more action-puzzle, try Pang/Buster Bros..
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:The Magical Drop games are also a lot of fun, though beware -- they originated in the arcade and it's thus a very hard quarter-munching type of series.

Magical Drop II is my only "real" 1CC and it's actually fair and fun and not overly difficult.

The issue is Black Pierrot in III. It's literally impossible to beat and nobody has ever done so. The issue is not just that it beats you, it's that it's so fast that it will clear the Quota before you can send enough bubbles to kill him. The only way to beat Magical Drop III is to sandbag for half of the game for a low score and then play properly for he rest.

The Puzzle side of III is fair, but significantly harder while II is much closer to the mean. III is clearly more difficult than it should.

As far as action puzzlers go, I can subscribe Puzzle Bubble. Don't dimiss it, it's much better than it looks like and the original is far better than the mobile clones you see so around.

For non-action, try The Incredible Machine 2 (Or 3.0, same game but for Windows).

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While not a traditional puzzle game, I think the LoLo NES games are great. Another action puzzler.

I need to get more into this genre. I really enjoy the games (Baku, Poyu, etc).

Surprised no one has mentioned Tetrasphere on 64. That seems to have a cult following within fans of puzzlers.

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You've got about 18 days to put money on the Wii Shop Channel and buy the 5 Art Style games which are on there. They're all fantastic, but Rotohex is my favourite by far.

There are also 7 of them available as DSiWare, which I think you can still download on the 3DS eShop.
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prfsnl_gmr wrote:Affordable Space Adventures
Angry Birds
Adventures of LoLo 2
BoxBoxBoy!
A Boy & His Blob (2009)
Braid
Chi Chu Rocket
Donkey Kong (GB)
Escape Goat
Lara Croft Go
Gorogoa
Henry Hatsworth & The Puzzling Adventure
Ico
Lemmings!
The Lost Vikings
Mole Mania
Monument Valley
Myst
Picross 3D
Picross DS
Portal
Professor Layton & The Unwound Future
Pushmo
Puyo Puyo
Puzzle Bobble
Puzzle League
Puzzle Quest
Quell Memento
The Room Two
Shadow of the Colossus
Spell Tower
Teslagrad
Toki Tori 3D
Tokyo Crash Mobs
Warlock’s Tower (This one broke me. Highly recommended.)
World of Goo
Zak & Wiki: Quest for Barbaro’s Treasure

Puzzle games are my jam. I’m sure I’ll think of more, and there are still a lot of great ones I still need to play.


Wow, hell of list. Only played like 4 on the whole list.
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dsheinem wrote:Tetris


I was waiting for someone to accept the challenge haha
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