PSP gets a great puzzle game. (Lumines (PS))

Member Name: mr_nadge

Product:	Lumines (PS)
Date:	20/08/09 (11 review reads)
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Advantages: Addictive. Easy to Learn. Hours to perfect. Lot's of fun.

Disadvantages: 2 player doesn't seem to want to work. It is what it is - a puzzle game.

Lumines has been out on PSP for a while. But like all good puzzle games it has great longevity and plays just as well now as when it arrived.

The game has similarities to Tetris but it different enough to play & feel differently. Coloured block of four squares fall from the top of the screen. The come in two colours & the four blocks always forma square. Sometimes the two colours are side by side, sometimes they are diagonal. They squares always land at the bottom of the page but unlike tetris if there is space beneath on block but not the other, half of the square will stop will the other will continue to fall. You don't get any gaps. The aim of the game is to join up four of more of the same coloured square into a square or rectangle shape. Once you've done this, the beat bar which travels from the left to right hand side of the screen will erase the square you made. The blocks above will then drop down.

I would like to comment on the 2 player game option. The game claims that this is possible if you both have a psp & a copy of the game. I'm not sure about this though as my wife has a copy as do I & we can never seem to get the 2 player game to work. Bit of a let down.

It is a very simple game to play as is Tetris. Just like the most famous of puzzle games it is very addicitive. You will be constantly playing over & over again trying to beat your high score. If you like puzzle games you will definitely enjoy this. If you don't like puzzle games you might want to avoid it. Although it's very cheap. Bonus!

Summary: Lot's of fun & the best puzzler that I've played on PSP