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Lumines Live! and Q's micro Marketplace transactions |
Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Q Entertainment
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If you've downloaded Q Entertainment's Lumines Live! last night at the Xbox Live Marketplace, and have been playing it since, you might have probably seen this image already. But for those who do not know, this is what you'll see when you finish five stages of the game's vs. CPU mode.
Now, there have been mixed reactions about the company's vague announcements and XBLM advertising because it seems that XBL users have to nickel and dime their way just to get the game they want. While there have been prior announcements that Lumines Live! will not be free on XBLM, it seems that the company's advertising tactics are still vague.
Assuming you spent 1800 MS points for the game (1200 points) and the Advance Pack (has 22 new skins and is sold for 600 points), it's just plain disappointing for some to realize that after spending US$ 22.49 (that's 1800 MS points), you still...don't...have...the complete...game. Apparently, you still have to spend for five stages of the vs. CPU mode and an expanded pack for Mission/Puzzle mode, which will be available on the Marketplace soon. So if you have to download these too, how much will that cost us all in all?!
Let's say (no, assume) that the Advance Pack and the vs. CPU mode cost 600 points each, that'll be another 1200 points (or US$ 15.00) to add to what you have spent so far. So all in all, you will have spent US$37.49 just to get the complete game. Then take into consideration that this will be almost 10 bucks more than what you'd have to spend for Lumines 2, when it ships next month and sells for a SRP of US$ 29.99. Kinda makes you think, doesn't it?
However, looking at it in a positive light, perhaps we can say that this is Q's way of letting US choose how we want our games: it's entirely up to us if we want that Advance Pack or the five stages of vs. CPU mode. But if you're a 'completionist' and you want to get through the whole game as soon as you can, this can be pretty annoying. So we guess this post just serves as a heads up for those who think that they're getting the whole game on Marketplace (which they aren't), and a plea for Q to make their announcements clearer because it might lead to confusion. (Or should we as gamers know better?)
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This game has lived up to my expectations and may have not to some but it was well worth the money to me, I am looking forward to the skin packs coming out.
I have seen lots of new and awsome looking skins on the single player that wasnt on the PSP version that was a plus!
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Dont blame Microsoft....Its whoever makes Lumines.
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A big reason on why you're being "nickel and dimed" is because the size requirements on XBLA. They have committed to a 64 MB file download so people can fit it on their memory stick, the game we have right now happens to be around that size. So to get the full game (about 160 MB in all), you have to trick the micro transaction system to allow bigger downloads or release it seperately in smaller releases.
This game would have been a cd game but they know there would NOT be the publicity this game deserves on this title and that the overhead would be too high. Besides, look at the amount of options on this game for the buck. You get a puzzle mode, a versus mode, a single player mode, a time trial mode, and you get to remix the skins in the order you want. That's a lot of functionality compared to your typical 800 MP bull crap on here already.
On the flip side, having only 10 skins at launch and 5 versus CPU does make the $15 feel like nothing worthwhile (especially since no one can download the game to play it right now since there's so much lag on XBL any more) but to keep this review/rant upbeat I think the game is well worth the $15.
Look at it this way guys, which would you of done, paid $15 for a game that may not be the kind of game you like since you're a Sports gamer or would you go to the store and pay $39.95 to buy the same game but with additional content??? I think for the everyday Madden or Halo playing idiot this way was the best choice.
In the end I want to say, get over the price, better games come at better prices (that's why Halo 2 is NOT a platinum hit and even after selling 18 million copies it still is $29.99 or higher). So stop shedding the tears and buy it so you can try to be beat my 60 box score on 60 seconds.
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So what if this game isn't as fullfilling as pumping bullets into someone's chest then teabagging them in halo, to some, this is better!!!!
I think Microsoft, a money minded company, has put into place a great program here and if not you be grateful then be at least respectful because they HAVE thought about illiminating the XBLA since the publishers make NOTHING on their releases (you think Activision is sitting on riches because of Doom being released????)
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LAME.
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