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BEST GAME FOR PSP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Lumines is the 21st century's tetris. It is AMAZING!!! The learning curve is pretty steep but its real addicting!! Don't buy for the online play though, it does not work.

Fun but not a blast

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game takes a bit of time getting used to, but it can be quite fun. I am a fan of Tetris, but since it's not available on PSP, Lumines was the closest thing to it. I don't like the music the game tries to tout, but no big deal....

I commute to work by train everyday, an hour each way, and this game is a good time-killer.

Pretty Fun and passes time but no tetris

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun... and I find myself playing it during lunch breaks and trying to get better at it. The better I get the more fun it is. But the more I play it the more I miss tetris and feel like something is missing in this game.

Great graphics and cool music effects though

Fun, but repetitive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First off the graphics are pretty good, above average and it's pretty flashy. Different tracks for each level and will waste your minutes like no other task. A simple level took 10-15 mins and it felt only like 2 or 3 so it's perfect for those minutes you want to waste away.
Rarely any lag and loading time is nothing. I have yet to beat the game since it obviously becomes harder and harder. Plus I'm not much of a puzzle person anyways, but picked this up for around 4 bucks on some sale at Toys R Us. I thought they stashed in it in that pile on accident, but whatever, I got it instead of version 1.
It's repetitive for sure and thus the 1 star off. It gets a tad bit annoying, but if you know how puzzles are, then it should be no problem.
Great game at a mere $20 and will literally give you HOURS of fun and fire up your brain like no other game.

Not my cup of tea

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like puzzle games. I've liked a lot of them. Tetris...Dr. Mario... and most recently Puzzle Quest..just to name a few.

I never tried Lumines 1, since I just recently got a PSP. So I picked up part 2 seeing that it's getting good reviews and part 1 is in most of the 'gotta have this for the psp' listmanias. I received my copy of part 2 a few days ago and played it for about 45 minutes. I just wasnt getting into it. I tried the challenge mode, puzzle mode, and also mission mode. All are 'fun' I'm assuming if you are into this game.

I love Tetris and think I'm really good at (or at least I used to be). This game seems a lot like tetris with the exception of everything coming down in a four square bock with 2 different colors usually. You have to create cubes of 4 squares which can be added on to by 2 other same colored squares to create a 6 block square..then 8...then 10...it can keep going up until the time line (which is pretty quick) flys by it erasing the completed blocks. As you progress, the colors of the cubes will change during play..as well as the music and backgrounds...which I'm guessing is there to try to confuse you or maybe just change up the look of things.

I didnt find this fun...at all. I was really bored.

Since I really didnt care for the game, I'll list some reasons why I do think the game is decent for fans of it. The Puzzle mode seems pretty challenging which is always a good thing...if you care for the game. Mission mode was probably my favorite mode. I like puzzles where they want you to do something in a certain amount of trys, and this is what mission mode basically is. You cant mess up one time or you lose. The graphics are bright in this game also. Very colorful.

If you arent interested in or only mildly interested in puzzlers, I wouldnt recommend getting this. I think this game might be only for diehard fans of puzzlers, cause it was pretty boring.

Great Game- Really bad music

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game is great and worth getting but the music (all of it)sucks. One track in particular- Stroll Around the World is pure garbage and annoying as hell. It's on one of the earlier levels so it must be endured every single time you play. I have not played the first Lumines but if it has the same gameplay and better music you should probably get that one instead.

Lumines Is The Future of Puzzle Games!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best puzzle game I have ever played. The fusion of light sound, and music totally bindes me to the screen! I damn near failed my Midterms this week for this game, playing under the covers till the wee Hours of the Night!!!
Music is the most important figure in games to me and this game expidentially entices my sense of sound to the maximum level
VIVA LUMINES II !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lumines II

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Good game, really draws you in. The music is awesome and very good at keeping your attention on what youre doing. You also have to love the backgrounds for each song, it is really trippy most of the time.

Lumines = Crack for me

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Game is so addictive it's hard to put down. At first I found it insanely difficult, because the last puzzle game I really got into was Tetris, and this is a different idea. Maybe at first glance it looks the same as Tetris, but this is a puzzle game that is easy once you get the hang of it, but then to keep the game going and unlock new music videos, there is the real difficulty. Imagine a fun puzzle game with a great soundtrack by several different artists, (although a few songs tend to get old but I just mute the sound when I get to them in challenge mode and delete them for skin mode play.) I have a wireless network in my house and frequently go online with my PSP, but Lumines 2 seemed to have no one playing online in ANY of the lobbies. Now, I don't know if it is meant to be LAN only or what, I just assumed it was supposed to be wireless net compatible.... since LAN only sucks. So unless you have friends around with a PSP and this game, multiplayer may not be possible. Very addictive game play, great sounds, music is cool especially when you get a lot at once and the electric guitar riffs or whatever sound effect there is for that skin plays. A great experience. I am considering selling this game though as soon as I beat it because I really need Lumines 1 for the firmware downgrade and one Lumines is enough since they are both essentially the same game. (with the exception of the music vids.) If you want a Lumines game and don't care about the firmware then I would get Lumines II. Otherwise just get 1 because it can downgrade your PSP's firmware which is great. (for playing SNES and GBA emulators and junk.) But no need to purchase both.

Lumines 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you never played LUMINES 1 this game is sensational, if you already played the first version well, the second is better; more modes, more challenges, increase in difficulty, and more videos. I ve read some complaints about those new backgrounds that make it hard to play because of the contrast or because of the videos that catch too much your eyes. I believe that make the game more challenging. Afterall, this game is over and over the same as was Tetris, and in order to be a good player your ability of fast reaction and to stay focus will be tested!!!

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