• Tetris
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  • Bust-a-Move
  • Tetris is better than Bust-a-Move
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    This is biased for two reasons. 
    A) I suck at Bust-a-Move
    B) I'm colorblind

    It's true.  Much of the reason I do not like Bust-A-Move is due to the fact that half the time, I can't tell the colors apart.  If you give me a puzzle with red and green in it, I'm screwed.  Blue and Purple?  Screwed.  Yellow and Orange?  Also screwed.
    More puzzle games like this need a colorblind mode.  Bust-a-Move has gotten better by including symbols on top of the gems, but I still have to pay more attention that those with better vision.

    Tetris, on the other hand, is just as fun grayscale as it is in color.  It also seems like a game I play in my head quite often.  For example, when I'm in the john at work and I look at the tiles on the floor, I can't help but hum the Tetris theme in my head.  It just has that effect.
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  • Dang, I never even thought about how crappy Bust-a-Move would be for colorblind people.  How does red and blue look for you, like in Team Fortress 2?  I feel like even if they were different shades of grey that it would be hard to instantly distinguish friend from enemy.  I would imagine that if you've been doing it long enough though, it shouldn't be too bad.

    Tetris is a total classic though.  The only puzzle game that I think is better is Lumines.
    justin
    justin  Level 29JournalistIt's All RelativeExtra CommentaryWeblog CommenterAlways Right
    1/30/2009 11:01 am
  • Well my colorblindness isn't TOO bad.  Alot of people assume I have the eyesight of a dog, which is totally false. 
    Red and Blue are easy enough to distinguish, which is why I'm always thankful that shooters tend to use Red and Blue for team colors.  But when I used to play Halo against teams of Red, Blue, Yellow and Green, and Friendly Fire was on, it'd suck.

    Normally being colorblind doesn't hinder my ability to play a game at all.  However, there was a case where I got a ticket for running a flashing red light at 2 in the morning, because I thought it was a flashing yellow.
    Stone
    Stone  Level 26JournalistWeblog CommenterIt's All RelativeAlways Right
    1/30/2009 11:01 am
  • I think it's time that someone made a game with a true colorblind mode: take the colors that colorblind people can't distinguish and change those into one confusing color.  Then, make non-colorblind people try to play and see how frustrating it can be.

    It'll make millions.
    mikkl
    mikkl  Level 11
    2/2/2009 4:02 pm
  • "This is biased for two reasons. 
    A) I suck at Bust-a-Move
    B) I'm colorblind "

    There may be a cause and effect piece here... B->A...perhaps?  Thought that may not necessarily be true.  I can distinguish colors just fine and suck at, and subsequently hate, bust-a-move.
    ryan
    ryan  Level 13
    2/9/2009 2:02 pm

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