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Stacks

Platform: Android, iOS
Genre: Arcade
Release Date: February 17th, 2016
Developer: Ketchapp
Publisher: Ubisoft

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Synopsis

Stack is all about patience, use your skills to stack as many bloods as you can. Be care where you place blocks or you'll make your blocks even smaller.

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Gameplay

If you've never played a stack game found in the app store don't worry. The whole point of the game is to stack as many blocks as possible. Stack isn't as easy as it sounds, each time you mess up a piece of your block will chop off, then the movement of your next block will go slightly faster making it harder to perfectly place it. The leads me to the point that the best way to win is trying your best to perfectly stack each block on top of each other. The game is all about timing and the perfect time to place a block on the tower. You are allowed to just keep the block going left to right trying to get the right moment, there is no time limit in this game. You will also notice there are skins you can purchase to change the look of each block making your tower look even better at the end.... when you lose. To purchase skins you will have to just play the game and at moments you will receive a diamond. Collecting diamonds can take a long time but you can also watch videos to help you get there faster. If you go on a perfect streak you will get a higher chance at earning diamonds and will get more points towards your high score. Since there is score in the game you will see there is a leaderboards for competitive if players want to try to see who can stack the highest.

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Graphics

The graphics of the game are quite pleasant. The majority of the time you will be looking your squares that you'll be placing down that change colors each time you place. The blocks do not change by whole colors, each block you place will start to fade into a new color making your tower look amazing at the end. Each block is 3D and has great shadows to them, the surface of each block is just smooth without any detail on them ALTHOUGH you can unlock new skins for the blocks that will change the whole look of them. There are skins that change each cube into a maze or having a block look pure gold. Unlocking each skin makes the game look even better and always making the game look new. For the background visuals of the game there is not much to look at. The background is just a color that coordinates with the color of your blocks or skin you are using. Although it doesn't disappoint me that there wasn't much detail put in the background it would have still been nice to see something. Ketchapp always does an amazing job with making their games have a specific look to them and always different. Stack was one of my favorites that they have created.

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Controls

To place a block in the game you will have to tap releasing the block onto the tower. it may seem easy but for a couple runs I started to notice there is actually a small delay with your tap and the placement of the block. This had me figuring out the delay time and the perfect time to tap to get perfect placements. You also may think each time it goes over the tower you need to press the screen. You'll need patience and your thumb on the trigger ready to push the screen at all times.

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Rating

Gameplay: 10/10
Graphics: 9.5/10
Controls: 10/10
Overall: 9.8/10