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Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
A bit like when my mouse cursor goes to sleep, or when Nanna rings to ask why I'm not married yet, the original price of Lumines Live was met with shouting. Good news then for those of you who didn't bother with it, because Q is permanently cutting the price on Wednesday, 17th October.
From then on, it will cost just 800 Microsoft points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30) rather than 1200. What's more, Q is letting you download "Heavenly Star" and "Breeze" skins for free between 17th October and 14th November - providing you're an Xbox Live Gold member.
There's also a "Rockin' Holiday Pack" due for release on Wednesday, priced 400 points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.65).
You will still have to pay a few hundred points more than the base 800 to fill out the extra gameplay modes like Puzzle, but it's still not a terrible price for a port of what was - and remains - one of the PSP's best original puzzle games.
Not sure what Lumines is? It's a puzzle game where blocks of two opposing colours fall into a wider-than-it-is-tall rectangular play area and you have to try and arrange them so that they form same-coloured squares of two by two. This is complicated by the fact that they generally descend in little confused clusters of competing colours that have to be disentangled.
When you have same-coloured two-by-two squares arranged neatly in the box, they get all warm and glowy, and a vertical line that sweeps left to right across the play area removes them with its passing. In order to net bigger scores, you want to line up several squares at the same time.
This being a Q Entertainment game, it's all done to the sound of dance and pop music, and is regularly refreshed by new songs and changes of pace for the sweeping vertical line and the rate of the blocks' initial descent.
Sounds good? Well, it is. To find out more, read our original Lumines Live review by clicking on the link we just put in this sentence. And, more importantly, let us know if you'll be tempted by the new price.
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asphaltcowboy
16/10/07 @ 09:07
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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!
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SomaticSense
16/10/07 @ 09:14
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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.
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"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. |
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asphaltcowboy
16/10/07 @ 09:27
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Exactly, it was very expensive, but I've probably spent more time playing Lumines than any other XBLA game...
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Monkey_Puncher
16/10/07 @ 12:46
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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. |
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JedEvangelion
17/10/07 @ 13:46
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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.
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