I wish I could adequately explain why playing Tetris Effect: Connected in VR is one of the most transformative gaming experience that you'll ever have in your entire life, but I lack the words to do so.

With every passing day the winds might blow stronger.
And Carry us away but we will hold on to
Joy to light the way to keep the reminder
That love does not escape...

Ar its most basic level, Tetris Effect is a visual treat, elevates by the the beautiful synesthesic blend of audio and visual fusion that characterises all of Enhance and Tetsuya Mizuguchi's games. This on its own would be enough to make it a must buy, but Tetris Effects - much like Rez and Child of Eden before it - elevates itself so far beyond simply being a visually appealing experience.

Beyond the stones and the seas
The sun and the breeze.
The stars and the galaxy.
Beyond the time that we take
The days that we make.
I'm always gonna to be with you.

Tetris Effect is a profoundly thoughtful experience. I never thought I'd be saying that about a Tetris game either, but here we are, and here it is.

From the very first level of the Journey mode, Tetris Effects demands you pay attention to its message. It's one that's difficult to ignore; from the earliest days of human existence, to the millennia of cultural diversity that have grown out of it, beyond the hustle and bustle of city life and beyond the dim glow of galaxies light years beyond our reach... love is the one universal constant that keeps us all connected.

Even if each of us are miles and miles away
We'll build a bridge from our love.
To come back home again.

Add a VR headset into the mix and you'll be surrounded by this message in a way that can only be conveyed through experiencing it directly. Every pulse of every beat overwhelmes your vision and your senses, burrowing their way through your eyes and into your cerebral cortex, demanding to be internalised and understood... and absolutely no drugs are required to enjoy it.

What could you be afraid of
If I'm right here with you?
You know everything will change
Show me what you are made of,
'cause I'm always with you.
Come on, we could leave today

You might fairly assume this is just some experimentation in an otherwise simple game, but these themes exists throughout every single element of Tetris Effect.

Effects Mode presents a globe of the earth, with everyone whose played the game flying around it, expressed through their own unique avatar, pulsating in time to the music. Every week, this mode opens up a community event, wherever everyone can come together to unlock new avatars for everyone.

Look at this world we're made for.
Come with me, we'll take tomorrow.
Everything you want is waiting for you
Take it in, the light surrounds us.
Perfect love is all around us.
Everything you need is waiting for you,

And it still doesn't end there. "Connected" mode contains what I legitimately believe is the greatest mode ever added to a Tetris games - a 3 way cooperative game against increasingly challenging AI, where successful play leads to all 3 Tetris boards connecting together to create a screen filling horizontal board on which you all play together to decimate the AI.

It's utterly sublime.

Please play Tetris Effect.
Then go outside and touch some grass.
Then come back and play more Tetris Effect.
Preferably in VR.

This is one of the greatest games ever made.