[prezjordan]

Numbers are important because you can plan out where to slide particular blocks to form "chains." It's difficult to predict the various levels of blocks with colors, whereas numbers are simply powers of two.

[LandoCalrissian]

It's the same thing really, beat this right away with the way I play 2048.

[oneeyedpigeon]

But the colors are just as much 'in order'

[prezjordan]

The difference in level between 2 and 8 is far more obvious than "shade of blue" and "shade of green"

[arbitrage]

For you, maybe. For others, maybe not.