Lumines Plus

Later releases

Lumines Plus for PS2 received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic. GameDaily complimented the game, stating that it retained its predecessor's addictive play. Game Informer thought the visuals were less vibrant and noticed five seconds of silence between level transitions. The magazine concluded it was the least-impressive title in the Lumines series. 1Up.com also criticized the intermittent silence between stages and expressed disappointment that songs from the original were missing. However, they praised the addition of skins from Lumines Live and Lumines II, calling it a "Luminesgreatest hits". IGN was disappointed by the absence of new features, and said the "Plus" moniker is misleading, and would have preferred it to have the animated backgrounds and game modes introduced in Lumines II. Eurogamer criticized the absence of songs from the original and said the new track selections make the game too arduous to play. GameSpot also noted the missing tracks but said the remaining Japanese tracks compensate for their absence. GamePro did not deem the game fun and said the music distracts from the gameplay. Computer and Video games shared similar complaints to IGN and Eurogamer and called attention to the unused portions of the television screen, however, they considered the audio infinitely better than the original and almost makes up for their grievances.