Tetris® Effect Platform: PlayStation 4 Release Date: November 9, 2018 Publisher: Enhance Experience This Guide is created by 3000yosef PART I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I. GENERAL INFORMATION Tetris Effect has been released in November 2018 on PlayStation 4 by publisher called Enhance Experience with Unreal Engine. This game is capable in 4K-rendered and HDR Visual. You can play with PS VR for more immerse visuals. Keep in mind that this game has warning for someone who experienced with epilepsy or photosensitive, such as lights, patterns, images, or more. Then, you can use headset or surround sound for more enjoyment on music. II. GAME MODES This game has 2 main modes. Each main mode has several modes too: A. JOURNEY MODE This mode is likely to be "Campaign Mode" in other games. For the first time, player will play from Area 1 into the last Area 7, in total 27 Stages. Here are the list of stages: Area 1 (3 Stages) The Deep - Connected (Yours Forever)* (ft. Kate Brady) Pharaoh's Code - Next Chapter Karma Wheel - Pulse Area 2 (4 Stages) Jellyfish Chorus - Joy Davinci - Bright Shadow Prayer Circles - Spring Field Ritual Passion - Flames Area 3 (4 Stages) Deserted - Lunar Discourse Dolphin Surf - You and I Downtown Jazz - City Lights Spirited Canyon - New Beginnings* Area 4 (5 Stages) Jeweled Veil - Temptation* Forest Dawn - Boscage* Kaleidoscope - 3 Senses Turtle Dreams - Around Me Celebration - All Nations Area 5 (5 Stages) Sunset Breeze - Moments Aurora Peaks - Snows Zen Blossoms - Unfolds Yin & Yang - Chains Hula Soul - 'Aumakua Area 6 (5 Stages) Starfall - Secrets Balloon High - Look Up* Mermaid Cove - World of Colors* - Mechi Pieretti Orbit - Hometown Stratosphere** - So They Say (ft. Alina Renae)* / Like Never Before / Here Area 7 (1 Stage) Metamorphosis - Always Been, but Never Dreamed (ft. Kate Brady) *Each of these musics has Radio Edit version, which included in Tetris Effect Original Soundtrack Sampler. **Stratosphere has 3 various musics, depending on your PS4 System time. [1] 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM So They Say (ft. Alina Renae) 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Like Never Before 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Here There are 3 difficulties with how many lines in each stages. Beginner: each stage has 30 lines. The Speed Level is between Level 1 to 9. Normal: each stage has 36 llnes. The Speed Level is between Level 1 to 13. Expert: each stage has 48 lines. The Speed Level is between Level 6 to 20. Metamorphosis stage only has 90 Lines for all difficulties. The most unique in this game is ZONE. You can use ZONE to make bigger points. ZONE will slowing down in-game time and you will make lines before time runs out. ZONE time is increased 25% between every 6-12 lines. 25% ZONE time takes in less than 6 seconds, Full ZONE takes up to 22 seconds. While using ZONE, every lines you make, will move to the bottom of your playfield. ZONE will end if you're topped out or the time ran out. Keep in mind that your playfield size is 10-block width by 20-block height. < 8 Lines TETRIS 8 - 12 Lines OCTORIS 13 - 15 Lines DODECATRIS 16 - 17 Lines DECAHEXATRIS 18 - 19 Lines PERFECTRIS 20 - 21 Lines ULTIMATRIS 22 Lines IMPOSSIBILITRIS (Someone already did this one, which is supposed to be impossible to beat) After ZONE ends, your score is added with Zone Bonus and Zone Lines (Number of Lines x 100). ZONE is only appeared in this Journey Mode. After you played the Journey from Area 1 to Area 7, there will be High Total Score appeared in Journey Mode. For the best experience, you must play Journey in Expert, in order to appear High Total Score in all difficulties. For example, if you succeed Journey in Normal, High Total Score is not appeared in Expert. After you played the Journey from Area 1 to Area 7 with Total Score, the game will finish with 1-minute Infinite ZONE. Infinite ZONE is set automatically used, until 1-minute time out. In this Journey Mode, player can enjoy the music and make own FX rhythm in Theater Mode. B. Effect Modes There are 15 modes in Effect Modes, included with each category. Here are the details: PLAY CLASSIC Marathon Just the original Marathon mode in other Tetris games, you must clear 150 Lines. There's also Endless optional, but the maximum speed level is Level 15. Ultra Just the original Ultra mode in other Tetris games, get as many points as possible in 3 minutes. The stage is called "Gilded Horizon." Sprint Just the original Sprint mode in other Tetris games, clear 40 Lines as fast as possible. The stage is called "Space Sprint." Master In this mode, you must clear 300 Lines in insanely fast mode. Speed Level defined as [Mxx], bigger the level, shorter the lock delay (delay time when piece has been dropped). There's only a very small percentage of players who cleared 300 Lines. The stage is called "Space Race." RELAX Chill Marathon Just regular Marathon Mode, but there's no Game Over. Once you get Game Over, the score will be reset. Quick Play You just need to clear 30 Lines with no Game Over. Playlist: Sea You have to clear these 4 stages in order, with each 30 Lines. Music can be customized or ambient style. The Deep > Dolphin Surf > Mermaid Cove > Jellyfish Chorus Playlist: Wind You have to clear these 4 stages in order, with each 30 Lines. Music can be customized or ambient style. Davinci > Balloon High > Deserted > Sunset Breeze Playlist: World You have to clear these 4 stages in order, with each 30 Lines. Music can be customized or ambient style. Prayer Circles > Zen Blossoms > Jeweled Veil > Karma Wheel FOCUS All Clear You must get as many All Clears as possible before time runs out. Each All Clear will give you additional 4 seconds. Once you missed in drop Tetrimino, the field is skipped and appear another field. The stage is called "Mandala." Combo You must get as many Combos as possible before time runs out. Each Combo will give you additional 0.5 to 1 second. Once you break the combo, the combo is still counted and appear another field. The stage is called "Mandala." Target You must get as many target blocks as possible before time runs out. Each the stage is cleared, will give you additional between 4 to 8 seconds. The stage is called "Mandala." MYSTERIOUS Countdown Get as many points as possible in 5 minutes, while every 5-10 pieces will drop I-Mino(s) to your field. There's also Endless optional. The stage is called "Rose Horizon." Purify You must get as many infected blocks as possible in 3 minutes. Every stage has between 30 to 45 seconds. If the next infection time runs out, your playfield will bump up and add more infected blocks. Once cleared, there will be additional 10 points in Beginner (30 in Normal and 50 in Expert). The stage is called "Rebirth." Mystery Just regular Marathon mode, but you will disturbed by random effects. There's also Endless optional. Here are some of effects: - NO HOLD: you can't use Hold Piece in temporary. - NO GHOST: there will be no Ghost Piece. - GIANT: there will be only 1 Giant Piece, which the size is 2x the original. - FRACTURED: Each of all Pieces will have 3 blocks, instead of 4 blocks. - HORIZONTAL FLIP: Your playfield will be flipped horizontal. - VERTICAL FLIP: Your playfield will be flipped vertical. - SHUFFLE: Some rows will be shuffled, even from the bottom until the top. - 7 IN A ROW: Your next 7 pieces are the same piece. - BUMP UP: Your playfield will bumped up by additional 2 rows. - UPSIDE DOWN: Your playfield is flipped and mirrored. - DIAMOND BOMB: You have 10 drop pieces to defuse by make a line within, before it exploded. - ALL CLEAR: This lets your playfield is clear. You only have a very small percentage to have this. - RESET: Any active effects are disabled for a while. - RALLY: Your playfield is turned gold, and every lines will give you extra points. EDIT Avatar This will let you see all of your 200 avatar collections in this game. You can change your avatar anytime to display in Orbit. Music This will let you see all Background Music, included Event Mode. You can change the Background Music in Effect Modes. Reset Location This will let you to choose your country. This will also appeared in Leaderboards. ORBIT In this menu, you can explore the earth and other avatar's players, which are currently online in this game. Your location set can be found in earth with glowing pointer. There are other things that you need to know in game settings. - Tetrimino Order There are 2 choices. FIXED or RANDOM. RANDOM is the default, which the order in the next queue will be random. FIXED is the order which all 7 pieces will be repeated in order. - Start Speed Level You can set which level would you like to get started. - Endless You can enable or disable Endless, when available. The maximum Speed Level is 15, so after reach Level 15, you will stay in Level 15 until Game Over. III. SETTINGS A. Gameplay Next Queue (OFF to 4) How many pieces that will displayed in the Next Queue ? Hold Queue (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable Hold Piece. Ghost Piece Display (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable Ghost piece, which displayed in the bottom, right below the piece's position. Tetrimino Colors (Customized / Traditional) Customized = the colors will match in the background of each stage. Traditional = use the regular Tetris piece colors. Initial Rotation (ON / OFF) This may help you to rotate a piece, right before it appears. Initial Hold (ON / OFF) This will automatically hold a piece, right before it appears. Adjustable Camera (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable to move in-game camera. Camera Zoom (Default / Zoomed In / Zoomed Way In) Default: the camera will zoom in as long as you can still see all size of your playfield. Zoomed In: this will get you closer to the blocks. Zoomed Way In: Customize Controls (you can assign 2 inputs of each action) Move Left - Left button Move right - right button Rotate clockwise - O button (rotate to right) Rotate counterclockwise - X button (rotate to left) Soft Drop - Down button Hard Drop - Up button Hold - L1 / R1 button Activate Zone / (Playlists: Change BGM) - L2 / R2 button Camera Zoom In - Left analog stick with up direction Camera Zoom In - Left analog stick with down direction B. Visuals Brightness (1 to 10) Set the in-game brightness. HUD (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable any appearance of elements, such as score, lines, and zone. HDR (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable the HDR Effect. (This will disabled if your screen doesn't support HDR) Line Clear Effects (MIN / MID / MAX) You can set how much more the particle effects when clear lines. Mino Strobe (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable an effect where pieces periodically flash along the music. Zone Brilliance (MIN / MID / MAX) You can se how bright it appears when the entire screen goes white in the Zone. Matrix Visibility (Transparent / Opaque) You can set the grid inside of your playfield in transparent or really visible. C. Audio & Vibration Master Volume (OFF to 10) Set the entire of game volume. Music Volume (OFF to 10) Set the music volume. SFX Volume (OFF to 10) Set the sound effect volume. Vibration (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable the vibration of your controller. (The vibration will sync to music/SFX). Secondary Vibration (ON / OFF) You can enable or disable the secondary vibration of your controller. D. Tutorials This tutorial will let you learn the basics of playing Tetris and techniques which especially in Tetris Effect. E. Credits See the simple credits. IV. RECORDS In Journey mode or Effect Modes, select Triangle button.to see your personal data. A. Challenges Here are all challenges that can be found in "My Records." - Achieved Player Level 10 - Achieved Player Level 20 - Achieved Player Level 30 - Achieved Player Level 40 - Achieved Player Level 50 - Achieved Player Level 60 - Achieved Player Level 70 - Achieved Player Level 80 - Achieved Player Level 90 - Achieved Player Level 100 - Completed all Areas of EXPERT Journey Mode - Earned A Rank or higher 200 times - Earned S Rank or higher 100 times - Played 5 different Effect Modes - Played 10 different Effect Modes - Played every Effect Modes - Cleared Marathon Mode - Earned A Rank or higher in a Relaz Effect Mode - Earned A Rank or higher in a Focus Effect Mode - Earned A Rank or higher in a Classic Effect Mode - Earned A Rank or higher in an Adventurous Effect Mode - Participated in Weekly Ritual - Earned A Rank or higher in a Weekly Ritual "Event" Mode - Completed Journey Mode - Earned A Rank or higher in all Areas of Journey Mode - Earned S Rank or higher in all Areas of Journey Mode B. Achievements [2] All of these achievements are from PS4 profile data. PLATINUM Certified Platinum (Ultra Rare - 0.11%) Earn all Trophies. GOLD Seriously? Seriously. (Ultra Rare - 0.23%) (HIDDEN) Earn SS Rank everywhere possible. Gold Mine (Very Rare - 13.56%) (HIDDEN) Discover a land of golden Tetriminos. Long, Strange Trip (Uncommon - 50.01%) Complete all Areas of Journey Mode. SILVER Spin Artist (Ultra Rare - 0.36%) (HIDDEN) Rotate Tetriminos 1,000,000 times. Certified Grand Master (Ultra Rare - 0.7%) Achieve player Level 100. Avatar Rockstar (Ultra Rare - 1.54%) Earn 100 Avatars. Straight "A"s (Ultra Rare - 1.74%) Earn A Rank or higher in all Effect Modes. Super Special (Very Rare - 6.16%) Earn SS Rank 10 times. Perfectrist - (Very Rare - 7.3%) (HIDDEN) Clear 18 Lines or more in a single Zone visit. Expert Witness (Very Rare - 9.86%) Complete all Areas of Expert Journey Mode. "A" Student (Very Rare - 11.72%) Earn A Rank or higher in all Areas of Journey Mode. End of the Line (Rare - 15.11%) Clear 10,000 Lines. BOOM! TETRIS! (Rare - 16.01%) Earn 500 Tetris Line Clears. Savvy & Strong (Rare - 18.35%) Earn your first SS Rank. Don't Stop Believin' (Common - 69.15%) Complete Area 4 of Journey Mode. With a Single Step (Common - 95.85%) Complete Area 1 of Journey Mode. BRONZE Combo Van Gogh (Ultra Rare - 1.13%) Earn a 15 Combo. Certified Master (Ultra Rare - 3.9%) Achieve player Level 50. Combo Rousseau (Very Rare - 7.53%) Earn a 10 Combo. Comfort Zone (Very Rare - 8.51%) Clear 1,000 Lines total across all Zone visits. T-Spin King-Pin (Very Rare - 8.57%) Earn 100 T-Spins. Back-to-Back Mack (Very Rare - 9.68%) Earn 500 Back-to-Backs. Certified Expert (Very Rare - 11.5%) Achieve player Level 30. All Clear! (Rare - 15.79%) Earn 100 All Clears. Penicillin' (Rare - 16.43%) Clear 1,000 Infected Blocks in Purify mode. Back-to-Back Attack (Rare - 19.78%) Earn 10 Back-to-backs in a row. Tetris and Chill (Rare - 29.53%) Clear Ambient: Sea, Wind, and World Modes. 10-Minute Parking Zone (Uncommon - 34.97%) Enter the Zone for more than 10 minutes total. Dodecatrist (Uncommon - 35.31%) Clear 12 Lines or more in a single Zone visit. All Clear? (Uncommon - 35.84%) Earn 10 All Clears. tceffE ediS sirteT (Uncommon - 37.34%) .noisnemid desrever gniyonna na ni yalP Back-to-Back Hack (Uncommon - 38.15%) Earn 50 Back-to-Backs. Weekend Warrior (Uncommon - 39.28%) Participate in a Weekly Ritual. The Classics (Uncommon - 41.17%) Play Marathon, Ultra, and Sprint modes. Make a Wish (Uncommon - 42.42%) Witness a meteor shower in Countdown mode. T-Spin Break-In (Uncommon - 43.82%) Earn 10 T-Spins. Got the Hang of It Now (Uncommon - 45.48%) Earn 100 Tetris Line Clears. Certified Apprentice (Common - 50.4%) Achieve player Level 10. Next In Line (Common - 60.5%) Clear 1,000 Lines. Enter the Zone (Common - 81.99%) Activate the Zone mechanic. Just Getting Started (Common - 86.03%) Earn 10 Tetris Line Clears. Get In Line (Common - 93.3%) Clear 100 Lines. V. REFERENCES [1] Reddit - How the music changes in the Stratosphere Tetris Effect stage https://www.reddit.com/r/Tetris/comments/9ya3iv/how_the_music_changes_in_the_st ratosphere_tetris/ [2] Tetris Effect Trophies - PS4 - Exophase.com https://www.exophase.com/game/tetris-effect-psn/trophies/ [3] Tetris Effect - Hard Drop http://harddrop.com/wiki/Tetris_Effect