my Favorite Trend of the Now-Gen? The Return of the Puzzle Genre.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

More puzzle games have been released this year, heck, maybe just in the last six months then there were on the real consoles for the entirety of the previous generation.  Its fucking awesome, and there's high-quality puzzle goodness on every system.  Either in standalone console releases, the downloadable services, or both.

Yes, I know that puzzle games were always present on the handheld consoles, and to a certain degree, on the PC.  But man oh man, has the genre exploded in the last couple of years.  There's an embarrassment of riches out there and most of them are 20 bucks or less.  Yeah, I know that shooters are now grimier then ever, and that RPG's have never been less geeky, but man, fucking puzzle games are here and kicking ass.




Hells-Fucking-YEAH!

[littlemathletics]

I don't know about my favourite trend or anything, but those four games are definitely some of my most played of the past couple of years.

[Don Flamenco]

I could tell this gen would be awesome for puzzlers when I played Hexic on the 360...I need to play that more often.

wait, I lost it when I got a new HDD and it's not the marketplace...fuck, how do I redownload it?

[Vizzys]

those first three are amazing must buys

havent tried world of goo

isnt hexic by the dude that made tetris

I wonder what other crazy ideas that guy has yet to make up

[Himu]

Man I still haven't played Puzzle Quest. What's the best version? PSP?

[Vizzys]

XBLA, buy the expansion before you start

 its a drug, prepare to be abused

[Himu]

Man I gotta import that Intelligent Qube for psp

Intelligent Qube and Devil Dice are my favorite puzzle games of the ever

[Don Flamenco]

Hexic is by the tetris guy.  Was hooked to the game at the 360 launch.  it's so soothing.   I've gotta find a way to redownload it...it didn't come on the used 120gb drive I bought

Obligatory shout out for Puzzle Fighter HD as well, which I don't play enough.

Puzzle quest is dangerous.

and I'm not sure peggle is even a puzzle game...sure you take an educated shot every once in a while, but Yahtzee said it best- you have to be an expert in chaos theory to make every move count.

[MrAngryFace]

There's the SPACE Puzzle Quest coming out soon too

Doesnt matter tho, Chuzzle > *

[cool breeze]

Echochrome 

ok, so it's not really good, but it could have been! If only it wasn't such boring gameplay with great presentation.

[littlemathletics]

There's the SPACE Puzzle Quest coming out soon too

Looks kinda shitty though. The puzzling bits don't look as interesting at all.

[Vizzys]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle_Quest:_Galactrix

could be good

[tiesto]

Cubello

[demi]

Hexic is by the tetris guy.  Was hooked to the game at the 360 launch.  it's so soothing.   I've gotta find a way to redownload it...it didn't come on the used 120gb drive I bought

Call them, they give you a code

[Kestastrophe]

Wow, I am surprised Crush hasn't been mentioned yet.

[Akala]

Man I gotta import that Intelligent Qube for psp

Intelligent Qube and Devil Dice are my favorite puzzle games of the ever

The IQ for the PSP was a letdown.