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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: Indulge yourself with the harmonious fusion of puzzle, light, and music. Experience the famous Console game now available for your PC with enhanced, stylish graphics and block-rocking beats. As you create 2x2 squares in the same color, the vertical time line wipes them away from left to right. Play to the music dynamically generated in synch with your game-play. The award-winning game is an addictive puzzler with 5 intriguing modes: Challenge Mode, Skin Edit Mode, Time Attack Mode, Puzzle Mode, and Mission Mode. [Q Entertainment] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. The world of Lumines isn't always a pretty place, but it looks much better in motion. Try it. Hey, it's free. [Mar 2008, p.110]
  2. Addictive as hell, with a splash of awesome-funky-cool-o-rama. [Feb 2008, p.83]
  3. Effective time Hoover. [July 2008, p.84]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. GrizzlyW.
    10
    Lumines is the best puzzle game I have played since that one that starts with a T... It pairs up some pretty graphics and great sound (most of the time) to create a very pleasant puzzle environment. The only major issue I have with the PC version ovre say, Lumines Live, is that you do not have the option for the "booster" sets... at least not as of yet. And as someone has pointed out somewhere before, try it! The demo is free! Expand
  2. JubeiSaotome
    10
    A classic, one of the defining puzzle games of this generation.
  3. Vitor
    8
    Very addictive gameplay here. It's only missing the multiplayer mode, but I really don't mind this. I'm having a problem with controls in the menu (Steam version), and it lags a little when changing skins, but I believe these problems will be fixed. Great graphics and music. All in all, this is a very good game. Buy it! Expand
  4. JayH.
    6
    Fun enough puzzler. The dynamic music could be much improved by a few samples that don't sound ripped straight from Dance eJay. The graphics are servicable if sometimes a little distracting, but more could be done to make this port feel like a PC game instead of a stripped down console port. Where's the multiplayer options? Expand

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