Chime Reviews

Chime takes me back to the days when Lumines on the PSP was massive... possibly in some small sections of the PSP Puzzle Strategy community. Ok, so Lumines probably wasn't all that well known outside of the PSP, but essentially you had 2x2 different coloured squares come down, much like tetris. You'd clear the board and score points when you build up 2x2 blocks of the same colour, when a line would slide across the screen and take them out. In Chime, you don't need to worry about colour, but the pieces are all different configurations of 5 squares connected, much like tetris' 4 squares. You can move, rotate, and place them anywhere on the grid. The 'beatline' will move in time with the music, setting off events when it hits the shapes. If you have a solid blocks of 3x3 or more, they will disappear after a short while, give better music samples, and stamped down a completed section on the grid. The aim is to get 100% coverage on these grids before the time runs out. This game is great if you want to fill in time, or if you're into mixing a few tunes with samples based on how well you play. Probably a small cult following for that. In the end, since there are only 6 or 7 level/songs to play, it only becomes a grind to try to get 100% coverage on each level, not really much more than that. Pretty good if on sale, not really something to put in a wishlist though. 6/10

Fun game one of the few games I will not play for months then out of no where get a hankering to just load up and play.

The game play is actually very simple. Place pieces to create squares and rectangles to color the entire board. Despite the simplicity I find the game play to be so very relaxing. The songs are excellent. This is a great casual music based game.

Good selection of music with great, simplified gameplay. Easy to learn, hard to master, and very addicting. Chasing the hiscores after mastering the levels makes for an enjoyable and long-lasting experience. If you enjoy Tetris-like puzzle games, it's safe to say you'll have a blast with this one. Maybe check the track selection beforehand, incase you find most of the music unbearable. It holds up pretty well, even after all these years. Not too sure about the sequel, though, which was made by a different developer. Get this one instead. It's dirt cheap too! Highly recommend it.

Chime is a little addictive puzzle game. It plays like Tetris. But it is more flexible. The pieces are shaped out of five squares. You have to build bigger blocks with them. There are six levels with different combinations of shapes. Music is part of the experience. It changes due to your progress. But it's still the same track. This could be annoying if you play Chime too much. In that case you can mute the music. There is some kind of mouse lag which depends on the level. Sometimes when you have no time this could be frustrating. But most of the time it is not. Nevertheless Chime is still a great game. Chasing your highscore is lot of fun.

Chime has some interesting ideas, and enough cohesion in its mechanics to make for a tetris-y puzzle game of some competence. Ultimately however, I don't think the music aspect [i]quite[/i] lands, and that miss brings the game down. Rather than weaving together a varying symphony of sound, you mostly end up (what was to me) gratingly repetitive music for most of each level. At best it made me want to play the game muted, but given that the music is an important (albeit not absolutely critical) part of the game, it just feels like an average, largely forgettable tetris variation without it.

Simply o-r-g-a-s-m-i-c² -------------------------------------- Yeah, I'm editing this because of Chime Sharp, the sequel. I prefer the first game because of For Silence that I discovered there. Chime is a puzzle game where the music plays a role. Let me copy/paste what I've written for the sequel. You have to cover a surface with blocks, so that a "quad" (generally when you have at least 3x3) can be formed and expanded. Once it's over, the quad disappear during the next passage of the beat, letting parts of the blocks used on the grid. And after a moment, they'll glow if unused and you'll loose the multiplier and the unused stuff. Here, you have a free mode and a timed mode. You have also achievements, some of them are challenging. For the Steam Edition, you have also Still Alive from Portal. It's because of that song that I bought Chime and got hooked on For Silence. The best is to try the game, because surely, while I can explain it with my memory, you'll be better to buy it and play. 4 euros isn't expensive at all for the game.

✓ Good game mechanics ✓ Very good electro soundtracks ✓ Good presentation ✘ No Linux support.

This is my soothing activity when I'm too exhausted to think about anything but shapes. As you can see, I've needed a lot of soothing in the last ten years.

Strangely addictive, it's somewhat like tetris only slightly different If you like tetris and electronica this is a no-brainer get it today, it's well woth the price. update: after nearly 200 hours in this game I have to say that this is an amazing game, and i am certain i will spend many many more hours playing this wonderful game.