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Lumines II (PSP) | 
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| From: Disney Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: £14.99
Buy New: £6.19
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Rating:  5 reviews
Platform: Sony Psp
Genre: puzzle-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6
EAN: 8717418107147
Release Date: November 16, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 I just cant put it down !! January 23, 2008
Mr. Jk Edwards
This is a wonderful game, one of the best on the PSP, i have owned my PSP from when it first came out and to be honest there has been a lot of very average games. But this game like most things is just such a simple idea but works beautifully, it is very well presented with nice graphics and user friendly interface. I have played this game for well over 100 hours and still cant put it down, this is what the PSP was designed for short bursts of gameplay which can be easily picked up, pick yourself up a copy you just cant go wrong ! 5 stars, thanks for reading.
"One of the best PSP puzzle games out there!" June 27, 2007
Mr. B. G. Griffiths (Preston, Lacashire, UK)
Here's the sequel to the brilliant sleeper hit puzzle game on the PSP. The premise is simple: line up same-coloured blocks in square shapes of four or more and link them together. A beam travels across the screen, wiping out any of these linked blocks so the trick is to get as many combos going before they are swept away. This time around the backgrounds are made up of music videos from the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani and Chemical Brothers. This can be very distracting! Multi-player, a shape creating puzzle mode and Time-Attack are excellent for short bursts of play. If there is one criticism it's that there are few changes from the original game. Still, it's the best PSP puzzler by far.
Lumines 2 March 11, 2007
L. P. Hanson (Worcester, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Lumines - another demonstration of how a simple concept, properly executed, can turn out an unbelievable game. Lumines 2 improves on it's previous incarnation by including music videos from famous artists, providing more challenges and tasks, and generally making the whole thing slightly more slicker.
For those not in the know, the challenge mode (where you'll spend most your time) has you dropping 2x2 blocks, tetris style, onto the playing area. The bloks are made of two colours in any combination. If you manage to create a 2x2 area or greater of the SAME colour, they will disappear when the time line sweeps past, earning you points. This sounds quite compliated to explain, but after a couple of goes it becomes quite intuative. Ocasionally, special blocks appear. These, when highlighted for erasion by the timeline, will also highlight same colour adjacent blocks. Giving you the opportunity to erase a larger part of the playing area.
This game is ideal for filling 10-15 minute gaps in your life. However, you will often feel the need to stop playing after a while. Only for you to be dragged back a couple of hours later. Lumines 2 is a must buy if you like puzzles of any kind, and it won't hurt your wallet very much either. If you have the original, then I wouldn't get this unless the blocks are overtaking your life.
 More of the (subliminal) same December 10, 2006
LegendaryMrDude (Essex, UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you liked Lumines, there's no real reason why you wouldn't like Lumines 2. The gameplay remains the same, rotate the blocks and build up chains of the same colour so that they disappear as the "refresh line" works it's way across the screen. It's simple but effective puzzler material, with no two games ending up the same.
Aside from game-sharing which allows a 2-player game without both players needing their own copy of the UMD, the big difference in Lumines 2 is the use of video on the backgrounds. A different video for each "skin" means there's plenty of variation and some are truly impressive. The first skin starts with rolling flames as a back-drop and will inspire gasps of amazement when you first play it. Progress through the challenge mode and unlock other skins, then revel in their moving backgrounds. The videos do make the game slightly harder as there is a constant battle for your attention between the gameplay and the background video.
My worry (and I could be accused of paranoia) is that the game requires you to focus on the blocks, so the moving images in the background are there without you really noticing. So it could be a great place to drop some subliminal advertising or other behavioural modifications...
Other features include a skin editor, so you can customise things and a music sequencer should you have the time and inclination but there's got to be better things to do with your life. Also included is a demo of "Every Extend Extra" which is a particularly peculiar game of indeterminate aim.
In summary, it's not much of an evolution - if you liked the original then consider this a change of scenery, nothing more.
Decent enough upgrade December 9, 2006
brainleek007 (Manchester, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
To use a terrible cliche I almost want to call this Lumines 1.5
The basic game mechanics are the same and I suppose they'd have to be otherwise it wouldn't really be Lumines! The idea being to match up the 2x2 blocks of two colours so you create 2x2 blocks of the same colour which get deleted by a bar that moves to the beat of the music. The special blocks allowing you to clear sick numbers of blocks by linking them up are still here too.
If you've played Lumines 1 all this will be perfectly familiar to you.
The main additions to the game are the music videos by well know artists such as Sugababes and Gwen Stefani that play in the background. This is a mixed blessing becasure you have to wait for the song to finish for the skin to change - if you don't like the song it's tough!
The Puzzle mode is still here but as far as I can see has exactly the same puzzles as Lumines 1! Mission mode is an addition which sets tasks like clearing the screen within a certain number of passes of the deletion bar and the game gives you specific blocks to do it. Once you're familir with the game mechanics and the kind of moves you can make to get blocks off the screen then these will be relatively easy.
You can play around with the music making fuction to create your own backing tunes which is a nice addition. However, they're never going to match the pro tracks in the game due to the limited samples on offer but then again you bought it for puzzling not music making!
There is a game sharing function which I've not tried but it has to be a welcome addition meaning at least you can play a mate who doesn't also own the game. If it allows you to go head to head and the load times are reasonable this will be great.
All in all if you like Lumines then for the price Lumines 2 is a worthy addition to your collection. It will offer you more options and more importantly will give you more skins and tunes.
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