Topic: A Topsy Turvy Life: Turvy Drops Impressions

If you've downloaded this game, what do you think about it?

I find it kind of dull. There are certainly worse ways to spend 200 pts, but the gameplay is just too basic for my taste. A few gameplay elements besides drawing and dropping boxes to clear lines would have helped.

Its a really addictive game imo. Best 200 points I've spent on the DSiware. In fact, I think the game is worth 500 pts. I like the gimmick of turning the DS upside down. It also has two gameplay modes: Endless, which is good, and Puzzle mode, which is very good. The gameplay isn't just "drawing and dropping boxes to clear lines". You have to really think about where the boxes/lines should go and react quickly too or the boxes/lines will reach the top and its game over. The gameplay is very strategic, especially Puzzle mode. Some of the puzzles are VERY hard. Endless mode is good too, though puzzle mode is my favorite.

The game is only 200 pts and its well worth it imo. I like this better than Mr. Driller and I paid 500pts for that.

Anyway, I say if you like puzzle games & you like the look of this, then go for it. If you don't like it, you're only out 200 pts. I like the game a lot. Most addicitve puzzle game I've played in awhile.

I don't think I'd say it's better than Mr. Driller, but it's definitely a worthwhile puzzle game with a novel mechanic. Certainly for 200pts I don't think you can go wrong if you like puzzle games.

Watch at the official trailer, it just scares me O_o, really these ist the WORST video a company can make about these game, the game doesn't look bad but the video was horrible, I think I will just not buy the game cause of the video.

Yeah, while the video was pretty insulting it's a nice little game with a interesting gimmick and good Polarium-esque gameplay. If you liked Polarium it's a pretty good game.

Looks interesting so far, added to my giant maybe list

Oh, wow, this looks like a cross between Tetris and Pictobits. For 200 points I'll give it a go and report back.

Edit: Okay, got it, and I think this game is pretty awesome for 200 points. I'd love to see some different music tracks, but the endless mode is totally addictive. I can definitely see playing this more than a Game & Watch or Electroplankton title. I'd give this game at least a 7/10 even if had been 500 points instead of 200, so this isn't just some lame excuse for a game released at 200 points -- totally worth it.

Gee, I didn't care much for this puzzle game. I had a hard time seeing where my tiles are going to fall on the bottom screen and it doesn't give you enough time to figure it out before it adds more tiles to the bottom (thus meaning you have to change the pattern of the tiles on top). If they just gave you a little more time before adding more tiles to the bottom screen, I think I would have liked it better.

I sort of know what you mean, because sometimes you start to draw something and then you wish you drew it a row higher, but if you just always draw higher knowing that's going to happen or quickly erase and modify when it does, it's usually not a problem. I think they're at least as generous with the time as Tetris Attack, and considering how quickly you can erase a huge mass of tiles, it seems hard to complain about the time.

The one thing I do find a bit odd is that the scoring doesn't increase with level, so if you want you can just stay at level 1 by avoiding ever clearing all the tiles. Of course, if you do that then you'll never score big by clearing 7 rows at once.

I think there's a bit of balance involved, if you had more time I think it would be too easy and you'd probably lose interest sooner - at least that's what I find with endless modes in games. I need it to be tough enough to be challenging without being impossible to keep me playing for an extended period.