Great game design with broken scoring and no support
March 2023 update: game center is no longer supported. Link to leaderboard and standings no longer works. Not sure if scoring is updating. APP SUPPORT link opens 404 page! A great practice app but not a game. The app doesn't track the game until quit. So you'd have to play in one session. Pausing for an extended period resets the app. Piece probabilities for Game and Campaign are different; e.g., in pentix you get one cross for every ten lines in Campaign, and reverse of that trend in Game.
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TERRIBLE Dissappointment!
Horrible and very frustrating "version" of Tetris! Pieces frequently shift when dropped, not falling into the displayed target space! Not enjoyable at all! Save your money! This continues to be the WORST game that I have on my iPad! I keep hoping that there will be an update to fix all the problems but that has yet to happen! If you want a Tetris game, this is NOT it! Avoid like the plague!!
It is amazing how you continue to make this app worse than it was before. “Good Job” — NOT! Shame on you!!!!
It is amazing how you continue to make this app worse than it was before. “Good Job” — NOT! Shame on you!!!!
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Much prefer older version
I wish I hadn’t updated the app to 3.0.2.
The new version is more restrictive - you can’t swap pieces out and fined a lot for trying. You also can’t see your score. And the drop down motion has annoying new visuals. I loved this app but don’t enjoy the new version. Please revert back to the old one
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The new version is more restrictive - you can’t swap pieces out and fined a lot for trying. You also can’t see your score. And the drop down motion has annoying new visuals. I loved this app but don’t enjoy the new version. Please revert back to the old one
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Drop function needs improvement
I love this game, it’s the best version of Pentix and it’s even superseded Tetris for me. However my only gripe is that they keep changing the drop function. First it was no swipe but two buttons on either side of the screen.
This worked well but the recent upgrade got rid of those buttons and made it a swipe drop which is about 80% reliable and moved the drop button to the top of the screen where your thumbs can’t reach and is not intuitive to use. Please decide on a layout and make sure it works all the time so I can get my score up!!!
Other than that, fabulous and addictive.
This worked well but the recent upgrade got rid of those buttons and made it a swipe drop which is about 80% reliable and moved the drop button to the top of the screen where your thumbs can’t reach and is not intuitive to use. Please decide on a layout and make sure it works all the time so I can get my score up!!!
Other than that, fabulous and addictive.
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Great design with implementation problems
Late January 2021 update: scoring is still not restored making this app a great practice app but not a game. Scores are not shown and won't log or update the board
Earlier post redesign review:
Not only the version upgrade has wiped off my previous score card, the worst part of this implementation is that it doesn't track the game! So you'd have to play in one session. +Pausing for an extended period resets the app. And unlike previous version, resetting the app certainly had no recollection you were even there.
+Then, as for bugs the app crashes every time computer loses in 2-player Quad game. Haven't tried playing full or pentix against computer.
+Campaign doesn't speed up and even in Advanced mode remains lame. Completed all 40 pentix maps without losing once.
+Piece probabilities for Game and Campaign are different; e.g., seemingly you get one cross for every ten lines in Campaign, and reverse of that trend in pentix Game which starts much faster.
+Adventure is repetitive and doesn't keep track; i.e., the same map opens again.
+Finally, No option to hide or customize 'next' like previous version
Earlier post redesign review:
Not only the version upgrade has wiped off my previous score card, the worst part of this implementation is that it doesn't track the game! So you'd have to play in one session. +Pausing for an extended period resets the app. And unlike previous version, resetting the app certainly had no recollection you were even there.
+Then, as for bugs the app crashes every time computer loses in 2-player Quad game. Haven't tried playing full or pentix against computer.
+Campaign doesn't speed up and even in Advanced mode remains lame. Completed all 40 pentix maps without losing once.
+Piece probabilities for Game and Campaign are different; e.g., seemingly you get one cross for every ten lines in Campaign, and reverse of that trend in pentix Game which starts much faster.
+Adventure is repetitive and doesn't keep track; i.e., the same map opens again.
+Finally, No option to hide or customize 'next' like previous version
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Awful upgrade!
Poor poor update, too much of an unnecessary change. This is not the same game as before and has perhaps now been ruined beyond repair unless the developers give in, admit they’re got it wrong, & give us the option of running the old version. This isn’t an update - it’s a complete change.
Please bring back the old design!
This new design is awkward and clunky. Everything should still be on the right-hand side. Please make the old one available for those of us who have been enjoying it for years. I've deleted the app. No enjoyment playing with the new design. Very disappointed. It was my favorite game.
What happened???
This was my favorite game. Then it broke on my iPad with the IOS 14 upgrade. Now they completely redesigned. It only uses 3/4 of the screen now so it’s even tinier. They moved the hold button to the left side? How am I supposed to play with 1 hand now? If you were trying to get me to find a new game, congrats. I have it 2 stars since there still aren’t ads although shrinking the board makes me believe that ads are the next change coming.
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New update 1/6/21
I play this game for hours a day.. I’m finding the new update hard to get used to. The interactions with the pieces need some work. Previously you could easily drag pieces around and place them, now they seem to randomly slam to the bottom, causing them to go where I didn’t want them too, it’s very frustrating. I turned all of the “settings” off immediately too (ghost pieces, etc.)
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Pentix
Hate it.
We’ve enjoyed the old version for a few years but this new version is a mess.
Bring back the old version.
We’ve enjoyed the old version for a few years but this new version is a mess.
Bring back the old version.
Greg
The new version is dreadful. His can I go back to the previous version which has my high scores, etc.
Pentix Classic
Does anybody know how to permanently stop the ads at the bottom of the screen while playing. At the App Store I paid for ad removal time & time again but they keep coming back. Very distracting & hard to play the game.
Is this the end?
Have been playing this for years and years and love it, despite never having figured out how to listen to own music or sound. With iPhone Xs I’m experiencing the same issue as the recent reviewer. The screen sizing is wrong. It’s still playable (at early levels, at any rate), but at little more than a quarter of the screen size, this may be the end.
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Frustrating
Enjoy the game very much but have had to download twice as one is always freezing on me. Sometimes is out of action days other times just a few hours.
Super fun game!!
I’ve been addicted to this game for the last week or so, it’s soo much more fun then the ‘official Tetris’ game. It looks like it hasn’t been updated in about a year but if it ever does I’d like to keep playing it!
Multiplayer could be great...if it worked
The multiplayer game could be incredible. But it’s done so poorly it’s just frustrating. There’s no apparent rhyme or reason as to when a “surprise” is sent (as far as I can tell, if you play the computer it can screw with your board by clearing lines, but if you clear lines it does nothing to the computer’s board).
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Great time filler
Great game to play when waiting for a bus or train. Recommended 👍
Fun game, with some problems
Fun game, nice twist to an old game; but at higher levels, sometimes the 'rotate' function would quit working for a pentonimo or two, completely screwing up the game...frustrating.
Fix that, and this will be a great time-waster.
Fix that, and this will be a great time-waster.
The Game
ADDICTIVE! BUT I do not like the strange pieces that appear at the top when I'm trying to win. I don't mind the fact that it speeds up, just don't like the STRANGE shapes that appear to force me to lose.
Absolute rubbish
1star, just because you have to tap one. The music is awful but lucky you can switch it off. I wander who choose the music??????
Another thing when you play the game it suddenly stops and gives you a score then gives a menu...on of the choices is "continue" if you press it the game starts all over...grrrrr
Another thing when you play the game it suddenly stops and gives you a score then gives a menu...on of the choices is "continue" if you press it the game starts all over...grrrrr
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