9 Best Hidden Gem Video Games Of 2019
7. Tetris 99
Throw out that copy of age-old adages gathering dust on your bookshelf: you most certainly can teach old dogs new tricks. 99, in the case of this modern twist on a bonafide video game classic.
Rather than attempt to reinvent Alexey Pajitnov's winning formula (you can't improve on perfection, after all), Arika tackled its desire to iterate on Tetris by taking a step back and looking at wider cultural trends. If the core gameplay requires no refining, then, the obvious answer is to redefine the parameters of how it's played
Battle royales, as it happens, need not be fought only with guns and gadgets in a needlessly bloated and saturated arena. 99 players inevitably become one through the simple act of obsessively completing neat and tidy rows of tetrominos. No monotonous supply gathering, teammate wrangling or setup required.
Plain. Simple. Perfect.