Tumblestone Review | Xbox One UK

Tumblestone is an intelligent match three puzzler from developer The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and right now it's free to all Xbox Live Gold members as part of the Xbox Games with Gold programme. Match-three puzzlers are ten a penny, often bloated with pay-to-win mechanics (we're looking at you, Candy Crush) but perfect for the queue at the Post Office. Tumblestone is a little different. With 360 levels in the story mode – promising some 40 hours of gameplay – plus a handful of arcade modes and an interesting multiplayer offering, at first glance there's more meat on this puzzler's bones. Playing like an upside-down Tetris, your protagonist – one of twelve you'll meet in the story – sits at the bottom of the board and shoots upwards to remove coloured blocks (the titular Tumblestones) in groups of three of the same colour. Keep getting it right, and you'll clear the board and move on to the next level. Get it wrong – by leaving yourself without three matching blocks to remove  –