I still play Hexic HD every now and then.

Tetris isn't a puzzle.

Maybe the only broad format, beyond sport sims, that doesn't piss me off on the regular. They tend to display an elegance and upfrontness that'd be easily confounded by the whole 'cinematic' total storytime immerso-entertainment thing so much of the rest of the Industry big and small insists on executing clunkily.

Pixel Blocked on XBLIG is a great little puzzle game. Well worth 80 points or a blast on the demo at least.

I play such puzzle games here and there. I remember being hooked on 2 player Super Puyo Puyo on SNES. Haven't played any of the later iterations.

Lumines is one of my favourites, but haven't played any since the original. One of two or three games I would buy if I bought a Vita.

Oh, and I did like Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo on PSOne. Very similar to Puyp Puyo. Got it on XBLA.

The hybrid games can be fun. I thoroughly enjoyed the one on XBLA with RPG bits in it, forget what its called (Puzzle Quest?). Henry Hatsworth on DS is part puzzle game, mostly platformer.

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I play quite a few puzzle games. I play tetris alot............................................. and have expressed my preferences in terms of tetris on a regular basis. Happy to play anyone online on pretty much any format as i'll probably own it. Would prefer items off as most item versions are cheap as fuck.

Wetrix is golden too.

Otherwise i like dr mario and bewjewlled. I have glax on my gbc. Filthy cart and not a patch on the amiga version but workable.

I find myself often trying to work out if Point and Click games are puzzle games. I think i lean towards they idea they are albeit not with fast reactions.

I dont like that hexic game.. doesn't compute with me.

I quite liked puyopuyo on my letting (called puyolin). It only had three colours which made it manageable.

I would say, in my personal opinion, that falling blocks are not puzzle games.

EDIT: Ok, maybe, they are, but the added constraint of a time limit, reflexes, etc, make it a slightly different beast.

Trainyard on iOS is a good un.

Meteos is fucking brilliant. I loved that on the ds. The only think I didn't like was that it sped up so quickly that you didn't get a game longer than about 10 minutes. At least with tetris on some versions you can get a 20-30min game. The music and the sound effects on Meteos have never been bettered in a puzzle game.

I suppose when I say puzzle games I mean in it in the loose sense - and would include the likes of Tetris and co. - even though there's a fair bit of mechanical skill in those.

Some have mentioned Lumines - while I like it I feel a single game lasts too long. I like my puzzle games to be relatively short - would rather play 4 or 5 games than one long one for some reason - not sure why.

Tetris is far more approachable but Puyo is probably the king. It's far deeper though it isn't as enjoyable in one player - you really need an opponent. Puyo Puyo 2 has loads of options and it lets you play with the ruleset that only makes you realise the default rules are the best. Puyo Pop Fever is probably the definitive version though and has a nice extra mode with chains already built for you to quickly identify and set off.

Someone also mentioned Hebereke's Popoon - well I'm going to be a bit nerdy here - popoon is a Puyo-a-like but the match 3 rule instead of 4 means it isn't as good. Popoitto is a Dr Mario variant which is quite different (and quite good actually).

Bust a Move / Puzzle Bobble is horribly addictive - though I prefer the single player mode - as versus just feels too chaotic.

Quite partial to a game of Shanghai too.

Off the top of my head I can't think of a better 3D puzzle game than Wetrix - though I'm sure someone will trump it. 3D Tetris while quite enjoyable requires too much work for me to find it enjoyable.

I like the genre because it is abstract and self-contained. No need of any "real world" references for validation. They are independant of anything - they just exist. I like that.

Also means the graphics and sounds aren't important past being clear and unobtrusive which means they age well.

I'd kill for a port of Wetrix, looked ace in magazines but I never got to play it. I know they are traditionally austere but I do like puzzlers to have a bit of theme.

I enjoyed what I played of Puzzle Agent on ios, especially as it was free.

Ok, so reaction/dexterity based puzzling still counts. I retract my statement because this: