The gameplay concept of Droplitz is simple – by rotating several sets of tiles representing different pathways, guide a series a water droplets down the screen towards ‘buckets’ that catch the droplets. Simple.

After playing Droplitz for only a few minutes, however, you’ll soon discover that this simplicity is disproportional to the depth (and addictiveness) of this new downloadable puzzle game on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network… even if it is a little rough on newcomers.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Droplitz.

Two new games have magically appeared on the Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA) section of Xbox LIVE Marketplace today – one of which is a puzzle game, the other a fighter, but both available for 800 MS Points apiece.

First up is the puzzle game, Droplitz, which is all about “strategically twisting and connecting mismatched dials to save precious droplitz.” Described as an “addictive puzzler,” Droplitz sees players trying to connect a series of pipes in an attempt to guide water drops to their destination, in what looks to be an extreme (and extremely intriguing) version of Pipe Mania. From the release:

“With four unique play modes, a variety of board sizes, and infinite replayability, Droplitz promises to drain all your time away.” Ha ha… indeed!

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