Tetris has absolutely no business sounding this transcendent. Tetris Effect: Connected takes Mizuguchi's synesthesia approach and builds a full electronic album around it where every track reacts to how you play. Connected (Yours Forever) is the one that gets people, this building vocal chop anthem that peaks right when three players sync up and it genuinely gives you chills.
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World of Colors is pure euphoria, bright and layered and so much bigger than a puzzle game should feel. Then Snows comes in quiet and crystalline and you forget you're clearing lines. Deep Dream goes full ambient downtempo.
The whole thing works as a standalone listen outside the game, which almost never happens with Tetris.