We're beginning to see a trend of puzzle games straying away from the traditional colorful-cascading-blocks formula. Like Intelligent Qube (also on the PlayStation), Devil Dice is a simple yet challenging wonder, and it is revolutionary in its own little way.

The concept is easy: push or flip dice around the playing field to line up matching numbers in a way simitar to dominos or Shanghai. The number of dice needed for a match equals the face value. For example, you can put together two 2's for four points (2 x 2), but if you want to piece together 6's, you have to put six of them together (giving you 6 x 6 = 36 points). But for us puzzle-combo freaks who like to show off, you can do a match and then connect more dice for score multipliers. So after you touch six 6's together, you have a few seconds to add more 6's to the mix, increasing your score dramatically.

Before I start posting beauty shots, I also wanted to note that we have built a Dice Devils YouTube channel and are starting to try our hand at live streaming our games. This will improve over time as I get better cameras, set ups, overlays etc. So please bear with us while we learn. Game Background. Inherited will, changes of era and dreams cannot be stopped! The great treasure, One Piece, is hidden somewhere deep in the Grand Line, and the one who finds it can be the Pirates King! 'OnePiece Online 2: Pirate King' is a large-scale term based RPG game based on the One Piece Manga. In the game, player is selected by Shanks. Devil Dice has a visual online tutorial that demonstrates how you control a little red devil, who in turn controls each die he is walking on. If the die he's moving comes in contact with another die, then he has the option of moving onto it or any other touching die. When he's on top of a die and moves it, it rotates and displays a new number. Little Devil is the main character in the Playstation game Devil Dice and the Playstation 2 game Bombastic.

Devil Dice supports several modes, including Trial (keep going to see how high a score you can get), Puzzle (make predetermined matches within a given number of moves), Battle (first player to score four different matches wins), and War (one to five players start with loo points--every time you score, you knock your opponents' points down).

The game sounds obscenely simple, but believe us, Devil Dice is much harder than it looks. Luckily, the disc includes helpful tutorials, hints and strategies. If you're looking for a game that's easy to learn, but will take a loooonnng time to master, you may want to give Devil Dice a roll.

• MANUFACTURER - SCEI
• THEME - Puzzle
• NUMBER OF PLAYERS - 1-5

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Released: 1998

Genre: Puzzle

Format reviewed:PlayStation

Publisher:THQ

Developer:Shift

Submitted by:Stephen Westwood

What takes your personal prize for best puzzle game ever? I used to like Columns on Megadrive, Tetris and Dr.Mario on SNES, Bust a Move 2. Klax.. infact at one point I actually thought I was a puzzle game 'fan'… but there are A LOT of bad, boring cleche ones out there that are really not even worth mentioning. What makes one of these games good is originilaty for one (imitation versions of puzzle games are pretty much always inferior) some nice presentation and theme (but please don't rely on theme n no game play!)… and then, some frantic score busting, simple but addictive fun.

You've guessed it… Devil Dice ticks all the boxes. For a start you play a devil!.. well, he's more of an imp and have you ever played a game where you need to roll dice around? No, of course not… no dropping blocks, blobs or whatever from the sky in this one… it's ORIGINAL!

Obviously a dice has six numbered sides.. roll it and the number displayed will change.. in this game you move your imp that stands on a die so as he moves the dice rolls over. Get a two against another two, or three threes together, four fours ectc.. (get it? hmm) and those dice will begin to decend from the playing grid. Quickly, you must move your imp off of those dice onto another otherwise you'll be on the grid unable to do anything but push them about a bit until you hitch a ride on one of the dice that randomly generates. These will keep generating… so you better keep making them dissapear or the board will be full of em .. and its game over. The real skill comes from knowing how to move the dice to get the number you want and getting 'chains'. For example, when six sixes are put together and start decending keep rolling more sixes against them and your score will really rack up.

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I actually like playing this in 'trial' mode which really is a score challenge agianst time (3 or 5 mins). There is also the play till the board fills mode (Endless) and the inevitable 'puzzle mode' which does my noodle in! Trying to get rid of a pattern of dice in a given number of moves. For VS CPU or, of course, two players, there's 'Battle Mode' where you have to get each number of the dice in your gauge by the usual four fours ect rule… however.. you play on the same board as your opponent and they can 'steal' them off you by getting them themselves! It's anger inducing and will not solve your domestic disputes! Battle mode has five imps on a big board with a strength gauge… you lose strength by others getting combos and gain it by getting them yourself… its a fight to the death.

To be honest most of the modes are fun for the odd change, but its the main game you'll be going back to. The sounds are satisfying, the imps are cute, and it is devilishly addictive.