HUGE PROBLEM SEGA

[Miner 2049er]

I've played this game on PS3,PS4 and Switch but at last I'm hopeful the HUGE PROBLEM might get fixed here on PC, then maybe other systems. When you want to play TETRIS MARATHON in ENDLESS mode, the difficulty tops out at level 15 ; now any half-decent player can play forever at level 15 so it does literally become potentially ENDLESS, and therefore tedious. Please fix this SEGA _/\_

[SuperSnivy]

Originally posted by joechip7:

I've played this game on PS3,PS4 and Switch but at last I'm hopeful the HUGE PROBLEM might get fixed here on PC, then maybe other systems. When you want to play TETRIS MARATHON in ENDLESS mode, the difficulty tops out at level 15 ; now any half-decent player can play forever at level 15 so it does literally become potentially ENDLESS, and therefore tedious. Please fix this SEGA _/\_

I don't think it's going to be fixed. Endless modes in the Puyo series are meant as practice, not challenges.

[Miner 2049er]

It's not Puyo, it's Tetris, and I have played nearly all versions of Tetris, good and bad, but I don't remember ever seeing an endless mode where the difficulty topped out and ruined it. Even lamentable Tetris Ultimate doesn't have that problem, but it's much less nice to play overall.

[1.2M | Missingno.]

Everything that makes modern Tetris so trivially easy even at max speeds is considered a feature. Sega isn't allowed to fix this, The Tetris Company requires any licensed product to follow their exact Tetris Guideline specifications.

Modern Tetris is a joke, don't play it. Do play PPT if you want to play Puyo, because Puyo is amazing, but if Tetris is all you care about you're not going to find good Tetris here. If you want a proper Tetris game where high speeds become brutal, Arika's Tetris: The Grand Master series is where it's at.

[Miner 2049er]

Yes well that's unfortunate for ace and legendary players, but for the majority (?) of us average players Modern Tetris is just fine and dandy (apart from clunky Tetris Ultimate and a few others) - although I really enjoy Marathon Endless mode from time to time but never in Puyo Puyo Tetris. I am happy for you that brutal versions exist. The vs. mode in this can certainly get brutal if you watch the highest level matches, chaining t-spins and other complex moves are the only way to win.

[SuperSnivy]

... and now I'm thinking, it's actually pretty funny that you want SEGA to change those things in Marathon Mode because it was SEGA who started making Tetris easier (or rather, not literally impossible at high enough speeds) in the early nineties.

[Miner 2049er]

Well I want SEGA to make the one single change because I can't see any alternative as it is their game. (PS I edited my previous comment)

[1.2M | Missingno.]

Originally posted by Siggu:

... and now I'm thinking, it's actually pretty funny that you want SEGA to change those things in Marathon Mode because it was SEGA who started making Tetris easier (or rather, not literally impossible at high enough speeds) in the early nineties.

Sega made high-speed Tetris not impossible, which is good. TTC made high-speed Tetris trivial, which is bad. It's kinda sad how this game has a whole bunch of throwback references, but can't actually play like Sega Tetris...

TTC won't allow it to be changed, Sega cannot make the game harder. This is your new Tetris now. If you don't like it give TGM a shot. It's a hard game, sure, but you said you wanted things to be harder so there you go. TGM2 and 3 also have easy modes to ease you into it.

I'm actually not that good at TGM myself, I've only made it to level 500 (20G) in TGM1 once. Still a fun game, and I can feel myself making progress as I keep practicing. You don't have to be KevinDDR to enjoy a good challenge.