Rotating falling blocks in a set way is the aim in this follow-up to Tetris and Welltris, but the concept here is very different. The falling shapes represent parts of people's faces, which must be arranged and rotated to form complete human-looking faces, ideally matching that of a famous person or other face. You can use a paint package to draw a face to import, which each of the 60 faces has appropriate background music. There are 10 difficulty levels and an optional head-to-head mode.

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IBM version programming	Eng An Jio
Graphics / Artwork	Matt Carlström Daniel L. Guerra Alan J. Murphy Jody Sather
Sound	Eng An Jio Ed Bogas Kuswara Pranawahadi
Documentation	Robert Giedt
Original Concept	Alexey L. Pajitnov Vladimir Pokhilko
Special Thanks To	Phil Adam Anthony Chiang Rosann Goodrow Paul Jepson Gilman Louie Heather Mace Ann McCue Lars Norpchen Marisa Ong Steve Perrin Karen Sherman Peter Ward
Music	Eng An Jio Ed Bogas
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Critics

Average score: 64% (based on 4 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.8 out of 5 (based on 13 ratings with 1 reviews)

Not as charming as Tetris or even Welltris

The Good
The novelty of the assembling faces, the period music and backdrops for each "level". The multi-player component (features penalties!)

The Bad
The somewhat "unclear" concept of assembling the faces: it's not QUITE as intuitive as fitting blocks together like Tetris or Welltris.

The Bottom Line
Faces is the 3rd Pajitnov game published by Spectrum HoloByte, but it does not quite have the charm of the original Tetris. While the falling blocks idea is familiar, the "rotate" and pieces are not as intuitive as fitting shapes of blocks together. The result is a game that take a bit longer to learn, and is not quite as charming as the original.

DOS · by Kasey Chang (4598) · 2000

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Humorous manual errata included on a separate sheet of paper:

The pictures of George Washington Carver and Frederick Douglass (pp. 8 and 18) were inexplicably reversed. Please do not use their images as references for a U.S. History class.

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Game added by Kasey Chang.

Macintosh added by Kabushi. Amiga added by Martin Smith.

Additional contributors: Trixter, Patrick Bregger.

Game added November 19, 2000. Last modified April 4, 2024.