Higher, getting higher
I managed to get a new Lumines highscore tonight. I usually end up getting screwed during the “Just…” skin which features quick-dropping blocks but I survived it this time with a relatively clean...
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I finally broke through the Lumines 100K barrier tonight. I was close to Game Over territory at the 80K mark but a destroyer brick dropped nicely for me, half the screen got wiped and I was back in the...
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Another new Lumines high-score. I’m still having trouble coming to grips with the faster speeds of some levels. (The “Just …” and “Aback” levels, in particular, are brutal if you make a mistake or...
View ArticleLumines links
A whole block of links for all you squares out there: Reviews. Official Japanese site. There are desktop backgrounds (one nice, two awful), ad spots and some design notes in Nihongo. IGN’s Lumines...
View ArticleLumines review part 1
In simple terms, Lumines is to Tetris what Half-Life is to Wolfenstein 3D: a new, polished variation of a familiar theme. The game is similar enough to Tetris that gamers will be able to jump right in...
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I managed to set two new Lumines records earlier. My new 60-second timed challenge score: And my new 1P Challenge Mode high score: I managed to significantly improve upon my previous high score and on...
View Article200+K!
I managed to break the 200K barrier several times in Lumines over the weekend. It was easier than I thought. After several fast and furious levels/skins, the game slows down dramatically for the...
View Article51 in 60
I had a remarkable Lumines session earlier during which I set four records in five attempts at the 60-second Time Attack mode. My current best is 51 deletes in 60 seconds. It’s still a long way short...
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I broke the 300K barrier in Lumines’s Challenge Mode last night and was rewarded with the Lights skin (featuring Nobuchika Eri’s song of the same name) for my efforts. After listening to the original...
View ArticleGame on
The unthinkable has happened. I broke the hold Lumines has had over me and actually managed to remove the UMD from the PSP for the first time since I got both. Make no mistake the game is addictive but...
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