Pentix Nova - Falling Blocks Reviews

This isn't an inherently bad app. I miss the original Tetris app, the new one makes too much noise and there's no way to disable it except muting your device, which is frustrating because I only really play mobile games while listening to podcasts. This one fulfills the need for silence from the game, and I appreciate that. The issue is that the controls for moving the bricks as they fall is not quite up to snuff. The pieces skip entire columns on the board, repeatedly, and when dropped, they tend to slide over a square or two. Since this is a major mechanic of the game, it's more than a little bit frustrating.

The controls need work. They are too touchy. When I try to move the piece over it flips it instead and sometimes when I’m trying to do both at the same time it slams it down and then it’s in the wrong spot and turned the wrong way. Maybe if one side could be to move it and the other side to flip it it would work better. More than anything it needs a different way to bring them to the bottom faster. Slamming it is too fast and I want to be able to use both hands to move things around.

Ok I’m too frustrated. I can’t take it. When it slams down it makes me so mad.

I’m ok with ads for free games, but these are too much. The ads have noise/music and it comes blasting out of the phone at full volume, on speaker, even if you have the volume switch off and sound muted in the game. Once the noise starts, you can then mute each ad individually but you have to re-mute the same ad each time it plays. This game cannot be played quietly in a doctor’s office or on an airplane. The full volume will hurt your ears if you use headphones.

Also, the fact that the ads have the ability to ignore hardware settings like a switch is a security concern. What else are they accessing that you have turned off?

Game is not good enough for the security risks.

I love this game since there are no good versions of classic Tetris anywhere. The controls are good, the levels and challenges are fun. The only complaint is there are SO many intrusive ads. Which makes this game unable to play offline and defeats the purpose of Tetris being a calming game. I know PentixNova wants to make money but seriously?

I like it, but it's a bit awkward to play and could use some improvements. personally I find the colors and piece design of PentixNova so ugly that it's almost unbearable. it's also slightly harder to play, too? there's so much going on it can be hard to tell what you're looking at. on a more important level - i feel like the pieces get "stuck" in their spot too soon. These elements combined make it a little too hard for me to play, unfortunately, but it's still a fine game.

Give us a ad free option to buy! I’d rate it a 5 star game if there were no ads. But I hate them so much it’s getting a 2 star review from me. The game play is great and looks like they fixed some issues I was having in a recent update. This is the best Tetris clone I found so far. The ads are so over bearing it makes it a horrible experience. For that reason I won’t be playing it. Hope they listen and give us that option. I’d gladly pay $5.99 or so for one.

I’m not here to talk about the pros and cons of the game btw. Just here to inform people that to drag the Tetris pieces down quickly on the board, you need to use two fingers to swipe the blocks downwards. Hope this helped people that seemed confused with the controls :^)

Great game drop speed is a little too fast for me though. Maybe make it variable if possible?

Played and loved the prior version. While trying to reset music I tried to get to options. Couldn’t access it no matter where I looked so I uninstalled to reinstall. The original was gone! Can’t find it. All available versions are poor imitations of the SKILLZ Pentix that I could practice on until I was ready to play for money. What happened? Don’t like anything that is there now, paid or free.

Where are the developers? There is no way to contact them or submit bugs in PentixNova , and the link on here for “developer support” is a fake link that doesn’t even go anywhere!!

The drop button is tiny and you often tap in the wrong place without intending to. Such a pain!! They must be aware cuz they changed it in the recent update, but that just made it even worse!!

I have played this game for hours at a time even if it’s a Knox off it adds something new that is a challenge every time this is easily my favorite game I have.

Ok but seriously this is actually not bad and it even has its own theme. Even though it is not the official game of Tetris it’s still not that bad.

there’s a setting in the options menu to make tapping on the screen rotate the pentomino clockwise or counterclockwise. this means that you can only ever turn it one direction throughout the entire game.

most tetris game apps do a thing where if you tap on the right half of the screen, it turns clockwise, and if you tap the left half, it turns counterclockwise. this, in my view, is an objectively better control scheme.

will upgrade to 5 stars if they ever add this

No option to go full screen. No option to pay and remove ads that take up critical real estate at the bottom

So many less ads than the mainstream Tetris, but just as much fun.

Better at the bottom.

At least put an option

Tactile response is too sensitive. Causes wrong moves.

This is hands down the best iOS offering for fans of the original classic Tetris. But the ads are seriously intolerable. Please introduce an ad free version. I would gladly pay.

This game app charged my phone via my carrier (Sprint) with a recurring $5 monthly charge. I was not notified of the charge beforehand nor did I consent to it.

Fortunately my carrier reversed the charge and blocked the company. But I would definitely NOT download it to your phone.

I love the old classic video game vive to it!
And the old sound music!
And I love how easy it is to play!

Good