Lumines Live price cut Comments by Tom Bramwell

Well, I bought it when it was full price, and I don't feel cheated, it's an awesome game! Already got Heavenly Star from when it was free before, but looking forward to the new pack!

I dread to think how much it costs to buy everything for Lumines Live. It was released with half its content missing at £10.80 to a massive outcry and there's been no end of content for it. Has anyone worked out how much you'd have to spend in real money to buy everything? Just curious...

What ever happened to the Artist pack? I'm sure I saw videos online of 360 Lumines backgrounds with Madonna videos etc

Does the "extra" stuff (read: the rest of the game) also come packaged with the 800 points? If not, then they can still get bent.

@ram
think that's lumines 2 on psp

"I dread to think how much it costs to buy everything for Lumines Live. It was released with half its content missing at £10.80 to a massive outcry and there's been no end of content for it. Has anyone worked out how much you'd have to spend in real money to buy everything? Just curious..."

No end is a bit exaggerated isn't it. 2 packs and some free skins I believe.

" Does the "extra" stuff (read: the rest of the game) also come packaged with the 800 points? If not, then they can still get bent."

Some people want practically everything for free. Not saying I wasn't a bit dissapointed innitially, but 800 points get's you a lot worse on XBLA than this.

Exactly, it was very expensive, but I've probably spent more time playing Lumines than any other XBLA game...

It's a good game, and the only downside is the d-pad and that's MS's fault.

Perception killed this game. For what you get ( and you don't have to buy it all) you should be pretty happy.

This and Puzzle Quest could easily get a full budget release.

A dull game is still a dull game no matter what the price.

very expensive but well worth it IMO.

I probably spent more time playing Lumines than I did playing some of the other sutff costing £40+

@ram

Wasn't it at E3 2006 that MS showed the Lumines with Madonna video in the background? Seems to have gone quiet since then...hmmm..would liven up Lumines where no-one on the planet seems to be playing it on Live...

Maybe Madonna's a PS3 Fanboy in disguise..? In Bed With Sony, anyone?

The artist pack seemed to vanish radar, can't say I care though as I prefer the quirky Japanease artists over that dickhead Madonna.

I've bought every bit of content for Lumines, it was pricey but I've never considered myself to be ripped off because it's just so damn addictive. I've played Lumines more than I've played a few of my full price games.

800 points is a great price because there's enough content in that Base pack to keep you going long enough to not need the other packs.

Is there any way to get that amazing first track from the PSP version on here? Shinin, I believe it was called.

hmm. tempted.
though still annoyed that half the game modes arent included initially.

but it's soemthing for me think about getting... as the 1,200 price put me right off at the initial launch and lack of modes... and i had been really excited about it at the time.

Most likely a buy at this price point, if I ever get the time to actually play any more games. The Orange Box to open tonight!

Price is now right, but still doesn't change the fact that X360 controller's digital pad is terrible for playing this game (compared to PSP versions, where everything worked out smoothly).

We're starting to see a few price cuts and offers with DLC now, as well as DLC disappearing from the stores (went to buy one of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance themes the other day and they're gone now) and this in a way bothers me - one 'reliable' thing about DLC was it was always there for you and the price didn't change, which was a purchasing factor.

Now it's like a retail model in that you have to weigh up 'do I want it at that price' against 'will it ever be available cheaper' and 'how long will it be available' - and it's worse than a full price game because it's not like stuff that's gone can be found on Ebay either. When it's gone from the marketplace, it's gone.

I paid full price for 360 Lumines about a year after I'd got the PSP version for £8. Not only plays better on PSP due to the dpad, but there's the full game there. Q Entertainment can't factor in how cheap other format versions will sell down to, but the splitting of modes and content for additional micropayments is definitely cynical and calculated. 1200 points for the FULL game might have been OK, but TBH there's was not a lot of game there for 1200 points, or even now at 800 points.

To get the full package is an expensive investment indeed, even if the starter pack is now 33% off. Be warned - you're not getting even a single full mode, it's more like a 'big' sampler IMO.