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Action puzzlers are a challenge to get right as they need
to have their own sense of personality to differentiate from the pack but don’t
want to risk going too far afield with their core gameplay for fear of
alienating people. Day and Night walks that tightrope pretty effectively,
offering up what feels like a mix of concepts from multiple familiar classics
and then throwing in a variety of elements that complicate matters in ways that
make sense but are generally new. The main hook revolves around both a day and
night, as well as a seasonal cycle, setting the foundation for you never being
able to truly be comfortable and needing to be mindful of what will happen when
things shift. Dormant blocks belonging to another cycle will activate as the
time of day changes and if you or your opponent were able to do some decent
planning amidst the chaos of blocks falling that can quickly turn things around.
In addition the game’s power-ups can be very effective and often provide a
choice of slamming them down to use immediately or letting them fall slowly to
sit dormant until triggered, providing even more room for strategy. Throw in
both a story mode and challenges for people to play through solo and this is a
puzzler chock full of challenges and fun.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.5]