#8: TETRIS

This is the absolutely best (and the only official) Tetris game on the Android. I won't go into too much detail on what this is or how it's played, because (most likely) everyone has already played it, or some variation of this amazing puzzler.

The Good:

- The touch controls are simply flawless, and I have not experienced any problems that other reviewers have reported about them. I only went up to level 12, but even at that speed everything responded fine. You have plenty of time to change the orientation of the Tetrimino even AFTER it falls.

- "Magic" mode puts a great spin on the classic Tetris by giving you set level line clear goals and throwing in a ton of cool power ups into the mix.

- There are Statistics to help you keep tracks of your lines and high scores in both modes (Marathon and Magic).

- Multiple languages are supported. English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. Not that there is a lot of writing here, but at least you will be able to go through the extensive options and help file in the language of your choice.

- The Help menu explains pretty much all the Tetris basics, as well as new features exclusive to this game.

- It's the classic Tetris I grew up on (with a few twists).

- The music is fairly pleasant, mostly remixes of original and classic tunes, with a lot of new ones thrown in for good measure. Purists will hate this, I think it's a good change.

- Graphics are outstanding. The blocks are big and bright, and the backgrounds are cool and bubbly (you can disable these bubbles should you want to in the options menu).

- It does NOT have to be connected via WiFi or 3/4G to be played. I tried it on a tablet and two phones in airplane mode. This is a single player game.

The Bad:

Permissions, permissions, permissions. Oh my:

- Read only access to phone state - This permission gives an application access to the IMEI, IMSI, and your phone number (as well as incoming and outgoing calls). So think of it as a massive tracking cookie that keeps tabs on everything you do, and that you had no choice in installing.
Many software developers use this permissionsto track purchases and piracy. However the potential for disaster is huge here. A lot of companies will pay good money to get the information above, and once that falls into their hands...

- Open network sockets - This permission gives an application free range Internet access. I still don't know why this and the above permissions are needed in a SINGLE PLAYER game.

- Change network connectivity state - This permissions allows the game to enable or disable your WiFi and 3/4G connection. Most likely to force you onto one of them (probably the 3/4G one).

- Access information about networks - Works in tandem with the above permission to show EA what kind of networks you are running.

- No VS mode. The permissions are already here, why not take Tetris online? I would probably (not really) kill to be able to play against my friends.

- $2.99? What for? There are literally hundreds of free or $.99 Tetris clones you could play on your Android device.

- No picture backgrounds? I really miss the Russian Red Square and Kremlin backgrounds of PC fame.

The Ugly:

EA is know for excessive snooping and data mining. I stupidly installed Origin (EA's gaming service), only to have it (without my permission) import games from Steam INTO itself, as well as send spam e-mails to my address that I TO THIS DAY can't get rid of.

EA's business practices and customer support are also downright terrible. I purchased a copy of Battlefield 3 through Origin and couldn't wait to play. Later that week I noticed another charge for the same Battlefield 3 copy on my credit card statement, and immediately contacted EA support. I was informed that this was a mistake and would be taken care of. Weeks later it was still not remedied.
Contacting EA support again (this time I called them), I was told that I never contacted them in the first place (thankfully I had an e-mail to prove otherwise).
I was then accused that I had a pirated copy of Battlefield 3... Which I bought TWICE...

Long story short, I solved the problem by calling back and speaking to someone that actually knew what they were talking about, I also called my credit card company and told them to block EA and Origin from placing any more charges on my credit card for one year. I then got a full refund from them (my credit card company).
To this day I am not sure if I still have a copy (or two) of Battlefield 3 on my Origin account, and I won't bother checking.

This was my one and ONLY experience with Origin. I will never, ever buy another game that requires that service. I simply no longer trust EA as a company. The only company with poorer support than EA is Lenovo.

My main concern about this game is that knowing EA's practices (and after reading their EULA), I just don't feel safe with giving this application all the permissions it requires. There is always airplane mode, and that is something to consider while playing this game.

If it was not for the incredibly intrusive permissions, I would rate this version of Tetris a 10 out of 5 - because at heart it is still a great game.

If you download it as today's FAOTD, make sure to play it in airplane mode (or if you have a rooted device, install the ad/track blocking software). Otherwise stay away.
I also don't think the game in its current state is worth the $2.99 asking price. There are many free versions of Tetris that are also ad and spyware free.


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# 10 : TETRIS

C'est tout à fait meilleur (et le seul officiel) jeu de tetris sur Android. Je n'entrerai pas dans trop de détails sur ce que c'est ou comment il est joué, parce que (probablement) a quiconque a déjà joué, ou une variante de ce jeu de puzzle étonnant.

Le bon :

-La touche "contrôles sont tout simplement impeccables, et je n'ai pas connu les problèmes qui ont signalé des autres critiques à leur sujet. Je suis allé seulement au niveau 12, mais même à cette vitesse a répondu tout. Vous aurez suffisamment de temps pour changer le sens de la qui même après que elle tombe.

-Mode « Magique » met un grand tour sur le classique Tetris parce que vous définissez ligne au niveau des objectifs clairs et jetez dans une tonne de cool power-ups dans le mélange.

-Il y a des statistiques vous pouvez conserver les titres des lignes et des scores élevés dans les deux modes (Marathon et Magic).

-Plusieurs langues sont prises en charge. Anglais, français, néerlandais, italien et espagnol. Pas qu'il y a beaucoup d'écrire ici, mais dans tous les cas, vous serez en mesure de passer par l'advanced options et fichier d'aide dans la langue de votre choix.

-Le menu aide vous trouverez presque toutes les bases de Tetris, mais aussi de nouvelles fonctionnalités exclusives pour ce jeu.

-C'est le classique Tetris j'ai grandi sur (avec quelques torsions).

-La musique est tout à fait agréable, généralement remixes de musique originale et classique, avec un tas de nouveaux jetés pour faire bonne mesure. Les puristes seront déteste cela, je pense que c'est un bon changement.

-Les graphismes sont excellents. Les blocs sont vastes et lumineuses, et les arrière-plans sont cool et mousseux (vous pouvez désactiver cet appel si vous souhaitez dans le menu options).

-Il n'a pas à être connecté via WiFi ou 3/4 G sont joués. J'ai essayé sur un Tablet PC et deux téléphones en mode avion. Il s'agit d'un jeu à joueur unique.

La mauvaise :

Autorisations, les autorisations, les autorisations. Oh mon :

-Lire seulement accès au téléphone donne un accès de l'application de cette autorisation,-le numéro IMEI, IMSI et votre numéro de téléphone (si entrants et appels sortants). Alors pensez-y comme un cookie de suivi énorme qui aime tout ce que vous faites, et que vous n'aviez pas le choix lors de l'installation.
De nombreux développeurs de logiciels utilisent cette permissionsto piste achats et le piratage. Mais le risque de catastrophe est énorme ici. De nombreuses entreprises payer un bon prix pour obtenir de l'information ci-dessus et d'accord qui tombe entre leurs mains...

-Les sockets-cette autorisation réseau ouvert donne un libre parcours d'accès aux applications à Internet. Je ne sais toujours pas pourquoi cela et les autorisations ci-dessus sont requis dans un jeu à joueur unique.

-Modification de la connexion au réseau peut-le jeu ces autorisations ou votre connexion WiFi et G 3/4 off. Plus susceptibles de vous forcer sur l'un d'entre eux (probablement la G 3/4 un).

-Accès à l'information sur l'utilisation des réseaux en même temps que l'autorisation ci-dessus pour montrer EA quel type de réseaux que vous exécutez.

-Aucun mode VS. Les autorisations sont déjà ici, pourquoi pas prendre Tetris en ligne ? Je tuerais probablement (pas vraiment) pour être en mesure de jouer contre mes amis.

-2,99$ ? ? Que faire ? Il y a littéralement des centaines de libre ou $.99 Tetris Clone que vous pouvez jouer sur votre appareil Android.

-Sans image de fond ? Je m'ennuie vraiment le fond russe la place rouge et Kremlin de renommée de PC.

Le truand :

EA est connu pour la surveillance excessive et le data mining. J'ai installé d'origine stupide (service de jeux de EA), seulement pour avoir (sans ma permission) en soi, mais aussi de vapeur jeux import emails de spam à mon adresse que je ne peux pas me débarrasser d'à ce jour.

EA les pratiques commerciales et support à la clientèle sont aussi carrément terribles. J'ai acheté une copie de battlefield 3 par pays d'origine et ne pouvait pas attendre pour jouer. Plus tard cette semaine, j'ai vu un autre fardeau pour la même copie de battlefield 3 sur ma carte de crédit et immédiatement communiqué avec le soutien d'EA. J'ai appris que c'était une erreur et qu'il serait pris en charge. Semaines plus tard, il était toujours pas fixée.
Contacter le support EA à nouveau (cette fois je les ai appelés), m'a dit que j'ai jamais les contacter en premier lieu (Heureusement, j'ai eu un message électronique à prouver le contraire).
J'ai été accusé alors que j'avais une copie piratée de battlefield 3... Que j'ai acheté deux fois...

Longue histoire courte, que j'ai résolu le problème en renvoyant pour appeler et parler à quelqu'un qui connaissait effectivement ce qu'ils avaient, j'ai aussi appelé ma compagnie de carte de crédit et leur demanda de bloquer cette évaluation environnementale et l'origine place coût plus sur ma carte de crédit pendant un an. Ensuite, j'ai reçu un remboursement complet de leur (ma compagnie de carte de crédit).
À ce jour je ne sais pas si j'ai encore une copie (ou deux) du champ de bataille 3 sur l'origine de mon compte et je n'ennuiera pas vérifier.

C'était ma seule expérience avec origine. Je vais jamais acheter un autre jeu que le service requis. J'espère que EA tout n'est plus comme une entreprise. La seule entreprise avec le soutien plus pauvre que EA est Lenovo.

Ma plus grande préoccupation au sujet de ce jeu est qui connaissent les pratiques d'évaluation environnementale (et après avoir lu leur CLUF), j'ai tout simplement pas sûr avec donnant cette application les autorisations requises tout sentir. Il y a toujours des mode d'avion, et c'est quelque chose à considérer tout en jouant à ce jeu.

Si ce n'était pas pour les autorisations très intrusives, je voudrais cette version de Tetris un 10 de 5-Trésor parce que le nucléaire est toujours un grand jeu.

Si vous le télécharger si FAOTD contemporain, veillez à jouer en mode avion (ou si vous installez un périphérique/piste enraciné l'ad blocking software). Dans le cas contraire, rester à l'écart.
Je ne pense que le jeu dans son état actuel en vaut le prix demandé de 2,99 $. Il existe plusieurs versions libres de Tetris, qui est également ad- et sans spyware.


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# 10: TETRIS

This is the absolutely best (and the only official) tetris game on the Android. I won't go into too much detail on what this is or how it is played, because (probably) has anyone already played, or a variation of this amazing puzzle game.

The good:

-The touch ' controls are simply impeccable, and I have not experienced problems that other reviewers have reported about them. I went only to level 12, but even at that speed responded everything. You'll have plenty of time to change the direction of the Tetrimino even after it falls.

-"Magic" mode puts a great spin on the classic Tetris because you set level line clear objectives and throw in a ton of cool power ups in the mix.

-There are statistics you can keep the tracks from your lines and high scores in both modes (Marathon and Magic).

-Multiple languages are supported. English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. Not that there are a lot of writing here, but in any case you will be able to go through the advanced options and help file in the language of your choice.

-The Help menu you will find almost all the Tetris basics, as well as new features exclusive for this game.

-It is the classic Tetris I grew up on (with a few twists).

-The music is quite pleasant, usually remixes of original and classical music, with a bunch of new thrown in for good measure. Purists will hate this, I think it's a good change.

-Graphics are excellent. The blocks are large and bright, and the backgrounds are cool and sparkling (you can disable this call should you want to in the options menu).

-It doesn't have to be connected via WiFi or 3/4 G are played. I tried it on a Tablet PC and two phones in airplane mode. This is a single player game.

The bad:

Permissions, permissions, permissions. Oh my:

-Read only access to the phone gives an application access to this permission,-the IMEI, IMSI, and your phone number (if incoming and outgoing calls). So think of it as a huge tracking cookie who loves everything you do, and that you had no choice when installing.
Many software developers use this permissionsto track purchases and piracy. But the potential for disaster is enormous here. Many companies pay good money to get from the information above, and agree that falls into their hands ...

-Open network sockets-this authorisation gives a free range of application access to the Internet. I still don't know why this and the above permissions are required in a SINGLE PLAYER game.

-Changing the connection to the network-can the game these permissions or your WiFi connection and 3/4 G off. Most likely to force you on one of them (probably the 3/4 G a).

-Access to information about networks-working in tandem with the above permission to show EA what kind of networks that you are running.

-No VS mode. The permissions are already here, why not take Tetris online? I would probably kill (not really) to be able to play against my friends.

-$ 2.99? What for? There are literally hundreds of free or $ .99 Tetris clones that you could play on your Android device.

-No background image? I really miss the Russian Red Square and Kremlin backgrounds of PC fame.

The Ugly:

EA is know for excessive snooping and data mining. I installed stupid origin (EA's gaming service), only to have (without my permission) in itself, as well as steam games import spam emails to my address that I cant get rid of to this day.

EA's business practices and customer support are also downright terrible. I bought a copy of battlefield 3 by origin and couldn't wait to play. Later that week I saw another burden for the same battlefield 3 copy on my credit card, and immediately contacted EA support. I was told that this was a mistake and would be cared for. Weeks later, it was still not fixed.
Contact EA support again (this time I called them), I was told that I never contact them in the first place (luckily I had an e-mail message to prove otherwise).
I was then accused that I had a pirated copy of battlefield 3 ... That I bought two times ...

Long story short, I've solved the problem by returning to call and speak to someone who actually knew about what they had, I also called my credit card company and told them to block that EA and origin places cost more on my credit card for one year. Then I got a full refund of them (my credit card company).
To this day I am not sure if I still have a copy (or two) of battlefield 3 on my account origin, and I will not bother checking.

This was my one and only experience with origin. I will never, ever buy another game that that the service required. I hope that EA no longer just as a company. The only company with poorer support than EA is Lenovo.

My biggest concern about this game is that know EA practices (and after reading their EULA), I just not safe with giving this application all required permissions feel it. There is always airplane mode, and that is something to consider while playing this game.

If it were not for the incredibly intrusive permissions, I would this version of Tetris a 10 out of 5-treasure because nuclear is still a great game.

If you download it if contemporary FAOTD, make sure to play in airplane mode (or if you install a rooted device/track the ad blocking software). Otherwise stay away.
I also don't think the game in its current state is worth the asking price of $ 2.99. There are many free versions of Tetris which is also ad-and spyware free.


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