KLAX

Puzzle gaming here we go.

User Rating: 7.1 | Klax AMI

By samsengir | Review Date: July 7, 2007

Coloured blocks approach the player on a five column conveyor belt. At the front of the conveyor belt is a device that can catch one block at a time. You can then dump this coloured block down any of five columns in a bin several blocks high. The idea is to join three or more same coloured blocks in a row, column or diagonal which then disappear allowing above blocks to drop down and hopefully (if you've played cleverly) result in more completed coloured lines. These completed lines are called Klaxes and each one earns you points.
If you don't catch the blocks with the catching device then they fall into an abyss and after a certain amount have been lost in this way it is game over. The catching device itself can hold as many as five blocks before it can't hold any more (thus rendering any blocks, even in direct line of the catcher, falling into the abyss). These blocks can then be distributed to the bin below or the uppermost block on the catcher can be shunted back onto the conveyor belt to allow some player-control of where and when the blocks can be placed.
There are a hundred levels in the game and progress to the next is determined by the level that you are on. Some levels require a certain amount of points, some ask that you complete a certain amount of diagonal Klaxes while some others demand that you survive a set amount of coloured blocks. Sounds like a mish-mash of columns and tetris? Well yes, I suppose it is but that is no reason to disreguard a worthy puzzler. It is fast, frenetic and easy to pick up. Try it and see for yourself.