Sega Puyo Puyo Fever, direct sequel with new mechanics. Fever mode introduced (huge chains), cartoon characters, four-player multi. Refreshed gameplay, accessible for newcomers and veterans. Excellent Puyo Puyo, one of the best.
Your verdict
Category
Puzzle4 players3+
Description
Puyo Pop Fever puzzle game on GameCube.
Puyo Pop Fever review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Stacking blobs in fours to set off devastating chains that bury your opponent: the pure puzzle duel has never been this tense. The new Fever gauge energises the offence and rewards boldness. Colourful, brisk and carefully balanced, this entry takes seconds to pick up while holding a dizzying room to grow.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Lining up four blobs of the same colour to set off devastating chains: feeling a cascade run wild remains one of competitive puzzling's great thrills. The Fever mode offers ready-made combos that spice up duels and rebalance the fight. Colourful, sparkling and fiercely tense, it hooks from the first chain to the last.
Puyo Pop Fever is a fiercely addictive chain puzzler, driven by a Fever system that spices up matches and bright, bubbly art direction. The timeless concept hasn't aged a day and remains an excellent game of reflexes and combos, especially tasty in versus. For a genre fan as much as a newcomer, it is an ideal gateway into the Puyo Puyo series, still just as enjoyable to chain through today.
