TopplePOP: Bungee Blockbusters

I would first like to preface that I have over 200 hours playing this game in its pre-release state. TopplePOP appeals to a playerbase unlike any other on the market. A party game easy enough to pick up that will get excitement through the roof comparable to Mario Kart. A competitive game with huge strategic and mechanical depth akin to a competitive FPS. A combination of various puzzle games that has colourful blocks that draws parallels with Tetris but with physics added to them such as with Tricky Towers but also with chaining like in Puyo Puyo. A chill single-player game with cartoonish aesthetics and teamwork orientated intense multiplayer battles. The basics of TopplePOP are easy enough to understand; connect 4 blocks together to clear them and save your grumble friends trapped inside blocks (signified by faces on blocks). But with physics added, so does chaos with falling blocks, unplanned collisions and accidental clears, yet with all this, the game is still incredibly intuitive to understand. TopplePOP has incredible depth that allows for continued interest in the game. Mechanics that start off as moving, touching and dropping evolve into acrobatics with increasing player skill. Strategy is an integral part of the game and starts off as simply connecting 4 blocks but delve into creating elaborate setups, efficiency and opponent interaction to mention a few. It also has extremely satisfying character, level and sound design that hooks new players in and has experienced players coming back for more. TopplePOP has a variety of ways to play: -A story mode either by yourself or with a friend that introduces you to the TopplePOP universe and teaches you how to play the game while saving your grumble friends. -Battles against the computer to ease you into competitive TopplePOP. -Battles with friends in 2v2's or play against them in 1v1's, 1v1v1's or 1v1v1v1's. -A time trial challenge mode to either beat your own time or beat other's times. ToppplePOP is an extremely replayable game. Almost every level if not all levels outside of the story mode are procedurally generated meaning that no 2 games are exactly identical. Further, the game has stages that are aesthetically distinct and each have their own twist which comes with their own unique challenges. Lastly, the game has amazing devs that are really nice and respond to feedback. What started as a fun game to play with a friend became a quest to play competitively and to win matches in tournaments. I cannot recommend this game enough!