March 2nd, 2010 | By Mike Gnade
Tagged in: casual | match 3 | PC Game | Puzzle
Stew: 5
Vitamini’s website describes it as “Tetris with physics.” That’s giving it a bit too much credit. The core mechanic of the game can be described as bashing floating, spinning blocks into one another. The closest visible resemblance to Tetris is that blocks fall from the top of the screen and land on the bottom. After half an hour of play time, I had no clue what I was doing beyond the basic controls. That said, I can’t say the game is without any entertainment value. The rudimentary thrill of knocking things around is fun for a bit. While there are hints of a good game here, the current product is just mediocre.
Peter: 4
This is relaxing and stylish, and the way the sound effects mesh with the music is cool, but I don’t really see the point to Vitamini. There’s no tension and no fear of losing. I played for a while, wondering when the challenge would come, but it never did. I even had a hard time getting to a game over screen. My blocks kept disappearing, whether I wanted them to or not.
Erika: 8
Three words can sum up this this puzzle game: Tetris with physics. Not to say that Vitamini is a straight-up Tetris clone, but the premise itself hints at this despite the developer’s desire to create a unique puzzle title. However what makes this game shine is the ability to dictate the pace of the game, and thus manipulate the level of difficulty to further customize the experience. This casual puzzle game is, indeed, relaxing and definitely worth the $2 asking price.
Sam: 4
Vitamini is a game where you match colored blocks as they fall and bounce around. You can control the most recent one that dropped to try and match colors, but this seems pretty optional. I had more success holding down the Space bar and letting block clusters shower down rather than trying to herd them where I wanted. They seemed to match themselves without my help, so it got bored pretty quickly. The game calls itself the easiest ever, but it’s barely a game. Make colorful blocks fall down, move them around if you want, score points. It’s certainly colorful, but that’s about it.

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