Review: LUMINES Remastered (PlayStation 4)

LUMINES REMASTERED brings minimalism to the puzzle genre where the fusion of light and sound sets the stage for a two-color falling block experience in HD and 4K. Groove to electronic jams while strategically dropping blocks before the BPM bar sweeps combos clean after each measure.

Pros:

• Crisp HD/4K graphics.
• Platinum trophy.
• 1.76GB Download size.
• Puzzle gameplay. Make as many blocks of four as you can, A bar comes along periodically that takes them away and scores them for you.
• Combo counter.
• Seven game modes- Challenge, Skin edit, Time attack, Puzzle, Mission, Vs CPU and 2 Player battle.
• Two controller layouts.
• Vibration- Off, Blocks only or in Rythm and with blocks.
• Trance Vibration: If you have extra sets of controllers, turn on Rhythm, sync
  multiple controllers and feel the bass across your body. Supports 4 controllers. Works really well and does nothing but increase the immersion and fun factor.
• Banging soundtrack taking in many genres, Returning players will recognize the classics.
• Optional tutorial section. Videos and text.
• Full online leaderboard support with filters like game type and friends.
• Full stats area for everything you do in the game.
• Animated backgrounds.
• Avatar- Earn new ones for doing particular feats. All the avatars are presented in display cases.
• 40 Skins to unlock. Apart from visual changes, Skins are also the music tracks.
• An endless mode can be unlocked.
• Fast loading times.
• Simple controls. Analog or d-pad for movement then face buttons to rotate.
• Addictive.
• Minimal UI.
• Challenge: There are three types of modes in Challenge
  o Basic – The goal is to clear all 24 skins, play one round
  o Shuffle – Unlocked skins randomly appear in this mode
  o Endless – Play until Game Over
• Very self-explanatory.
• Near infinite replayability.
• Best played with headphones.
• VS- Send attacks to each other by playing as normal. Attacks make your side of the screen bigger and your opponents smaller. This can go back and forth and is actually a lot of fun.
• Vs com- 10 levels, the Best level is shown on the menu. Gets progressively harder and is like an arcade mode in a fighting game. You get infinite retries but once you quit, You start again from level 1.
• Some clever block skins like records, Cheese, Beats and so many more.
• Skin Edit mode- You add 10 of your favorite skins can be played in Single Lap and Endless modes.
• Time Attack- A mode where you clear blocks in X seconds with three-time settings 60, 180 and 300.
• Cool transitions as you change skin in the middle of a game.
• Puzzle- A mode where you solve a puzzle (create a shape) within X seconds has around100 total puzzles.
• Mission: A mode where you are given a mission to clear within X seconds with 50 total missions.

Cons:

• No online multiplayer at all.
• No new skins added.
• Lacks colorblind support.
• Need at least 3 controllers to get the proper trance experience.
• Sensitive drop meaning it is easy to accidentally fast drop blocks.
• No proper tutorial.
• You don’t like blocks.
• Some music tracks are not great.