My copy of Drop7 has broken - and it's drawn me back in Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. My copy of Drop7 has broken - and it's drawn me back in Too early for flapjacks? Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 23 Apr 2019 21 comments My copy of Drop7 - if you can call the file on a smartphone a copy - is having a Groundhog Day moment. Every time I load it up I join an ancient game part-way through. Level 3 on classic mode, 17,003 on the board and a 2 hovering above the playing field ready for me to land. I got you babe. It's weird. I can't remember starting this game, and I never play Classic anyway because I prefer the immediacy of Blitz - although people who know better than I do tell me that Classic is actually more of a challenge. Anyway, every time I open it up it's the same story: Level 3, 17,003, where do you want to put this 2? The funny thing is that I haven't loaded Drop7 up for quite a while. I'm still convinced it's the greatest puzzle game ever made, but I've had to have time away because it all got a bit serious. Super quickly, Drop7 is a game in which you drop numbered tiles, from 1 to 7, into a playing area. If the number of tiles in a row or column matches the number on the tile, then the tile vanishes. You get points, and it also starts to bust open any covered tiles that were touching it. When those tiles are eventually revealed to have numbers on - woo! Combo-time. It's simple, but it's also thrillingly, terrorisingly complex. And this is where it gets a bit serious. Games of Drop7 are short - they are if you're as bad as I am anyway. But after each game, it gives you your score and also your average score. Man, the average score thing is brutal. It's brutal because a run of bad games can absolutely tank it, and then you need a run of good games to get it back where it belongs. Quite quickly, for me the average score became the Drop7 equivalent of a bank balance towards the end of the month. I would avoid looking at it. And I would also try to avoid doing anything that made it worse. So eventually I stopped playing. But now, with my Groundhog Day copy of Drop7, the average score resets every time I play again. It's so freeing. Sure, it's a shame that I no longer carry this proud weight of history around with me, but on the plus side I no longer carry this proud weight of history around with me. Each game of Drop7 is the thing in itself - the only thing. I can finally live in the Drop7 moment. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 14 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store