Arcade: Lumines Live!

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MR X9 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

This is really annoying - I have been waiting for this game for ages and now I am in work and cannot get home to play it :)

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CANADA36O — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

sweet downloading now

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tservo — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:53:56 GMT

Bait and switch. I'm quite disappointed, although I really shouldn't expect much more from Microsoft. I figured that *maybe* the gaming division had some sense, but I guess not. This was my *final* Marketplace purchase.

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TheBLAHBLAHBLAH — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:06:22 GMT

I was seriously considering buying this game, but now I'm reading about lag when playing on Live. Sounds like it is pretty much unplayable on Live most of the time..

http://forums.xbox.com/7505959/ShowPost.aspx

http://forums.xbox.com/7493386/ShowPost.aspx

http://forums.xbox.com/7473570/ShowPost.aspx

re: Arcade: Lumines Live!

Paulo Reis — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:16:15 GMT

I paid 1200 for a full game, only to get a upgraded demo of Lumines. I was tricked to buy Lumines Live, by false advertising. Now every time a new game is release for Arcade i don't know if 'i'm buying a full game or simply a crippled version of the full game. They should put in the buy option/description "BUY BASE GAME" not "BUY FULL GAME". No more Lumines for me, or buying Arcade titles until this is fixed.

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R. — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:23:22 GMT

Sidearmed MS I agree with you 99.9% except I never played Lumines till now. Love it and hate it at the same time. I love the game, it is one of my favorite arcade games. Hate it because of the pricing/ false advertising bit. ( I don't want to go there) Last week I planned on getting many arcade games. Now everything is at a stand still for me. I will get Lumines tommorow ( I want it but anger inside). There is many solutions to fix this problem that Microsoft can do. They don't set the pricing but they can manage it and now allow it. ( Like the 50 mb thing was) Make the remaining packs ( Not including Advanced, since some have bought it) Free...Free is what can fix this mess. Release the other packs FREE for a time period for 48 hrs. ( Like Texas Hold Em) Or release another free arcade game ( Like Texas Hold Em)For this mess that has happend. Like an example Contra Free for 48 hrs. Microsoft can indeed fix the problem it is only if they do it.Right now angry customers, bad press on Lumines. I like Microsoft, I am sticking with the 360 but this is sounding like we are getting a curve ball at us this time. They need to choose between what is right and what is easy

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speedsix — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:04:11 GMT

Absolutely disgusted with this.

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Wootness — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:27:08 GMT

Let's all sign a petition. I feel misled by the "full" game description. 1,200 pts was fine, but I cannot tolerate the fact that it was a blatant false advertisement (I read the full description on XBLA pipeline and via Major Nelson's post). I was happy about the 360 and the XBLA, until this. Now I don't even want to buy ANY other arcade game title nor game add-ons unless there is a clear description posted on it. It's such a put down. MS just had to make the biggest mistake to their fans right before PS3 and Wii launch. Lesson 1. Never put down existing fans. Hell breaks loose - We feel betrayed! Lesson 2. If Lesson 1 is violated, do something about it and fix it asap - We can forgive you. Lesson 3. Read "Rules for Revolutionaries" and learn from that book.

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mark316uk — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:45:05 GMT

Buying & Selling Advertising, Pricing & Descriptions - Trade Descriptions Trade Descriptions Act The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 makes it an offence for a trader to apply, by any means, false or misleading statements, or to knowingly or recklessly make such statements about services. The Act carries criminal penalties and is enforced by local authorities' Trading Standards Officers. if its says full game on the download microsoft are clearly breaking the law at least in the uk !!!!!

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Languish — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:24:38 GMT

I must admit it's a good game - but very hyped. I was disappointed it was 1,200 pts but i had 1,400 there sitting and doing nothing. The upcoming releases hardly look very appealing so i figured what the hell. I like it - though i'm not going to shell out any more money on it.

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SidearmS — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:04:27 GMT

Lummines "FULL" (HA!) version - 1200 points, 5 levels, 1 VS, 1 Mission level.
Mutant Storm TRIAL - FREE 7 levels.
Do you see the problem now?
This should have been a retail game. It really should have. I said before NO GAME on XBLA should ever be more than the cost of a single card. 1600 points for THE ENTIRE GAME should be limit.
But no, you just had to get greedy. And this bullsh1t about 50 megs on XBL - it is officially rendered moot with the introduction of a 100 Gig HD and 256 MB memory card. And I, as an early adopter, am not looking forward the PRICING on that 100 Gig HD at all. We should have had that from the start.
I was going to buy this title, even at 1200 points. I went and did the Best Buy special I have telling folks about since Tuesday and I got two cards for $10 doing the special. So that was 3200 points. I could easily afford 1200 for a "FULL" game of Lummines. I played it into the ground when I owned a PSP (I traded it in to help purchase my 360! IRONY!) so I was ready.
But then I see the screens on 1up. I hear the HUNDREDS, and do I mean HUNDREDS of complaints on here about the fact that this "FULL" game has less levels for single player than the TRIAL for Mutant Storm. About how this game is about 30 bucks once you BUY THE STUFF THEY TOOK OUT.
This is NOT why XBLA exists. Between this and EA's items, well, I don't have good feelings at all about Next-Gen. And really where do we go from here? The PS3 and Wii have their own versions of this concept in place and ready to go, so really no company this generation is going to be "on the side of the gamer".
I really try to stay positive at times about the "industry", but this time Major, take that NDA of yours and a copy of Gears Of War and shove it up your a$$. Because this is not next-gen; not even close. this is just greed and it obvious none of you guys at MS are listening to us in the real world.

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The Ineffable Jut — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:43:53 GMT

I bought the game as soon as I could, and now regret it. I feel misled by this game being labeled as the "full version". It is far from what anyone who has played this game on PSP or PS2 would see as a full version. This type of microtrans-sneakery is starting to really turn me off to XBLA games and the whole XBLM in general. Major Nelson, if you read this, I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

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botdeluxe — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:31:56 GMT

There isn't anything full about the "Full" version... it's a gdamn demo. Q ent should be punished for lying. It's really ashame that the marketplace is going in this direction.

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R. — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:27:35 GMT

I posted yesterday and finally got the demo up and running. I never played Lumines before....however I do enjoy Challenge mode. Yeah I am mad about the packs...like everyone else is. ( Read Earlier Posts) For me though it is a win-win situation. I don't own any Lumines games and this is 30.00 ( The same price as PSP) Plus this has online play????? Plus Lumines has tax on PSP I wish the "full game" was the full game. This will be my last BIG purchases on the aecade when it is all said and done.

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Robbie — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:15:35 GMT

Its a sham that they don't tell you before you buy the "Full" game that it really isn't the full game. The same mentality is not being applied to the game as applied to the whole 360 platform because when you buy a console you get to pick out the games from the shelf right then. That has never been done before with just a game. They just need some clarification and an appology, perhaps even the chance for refunds. I would take one if I could. Marketplace LIARS. How would you feel that after the 3rd level of gears of war they said "whoops, you really didn't get the full game, you'll have to purchase the rest of the game sometime later. Im sure youd be pretty pissed about that.

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NeedleLies — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:05:12 GMT

I was really looking forward to this game because of the buzz concerning the PSP version but I don't agree that we need to pay the equal price if not more than the UMD version. Considering the production/shipping costs have been taken out of the equasion. Total rip IMO... oh well, I'll keep my points for another game. Marketplace is really starting to stink with the way EA and now Lumites is handeling it...