PSi: LUMINES Supernova Review

There’s really not much behind the game’s control scheme. The D-pad moves blocks around the field, while pressing the face buttons rotates them. Although it’s tempting to just use one of the face buttons to rotate the blocks, it ends up taking more time. It’s advisable to get used to using both rotation types (left and right) in order to speed up building your combos. This also comes in real handy in situations where you don’t have a lot of breathing room and need to lay down some matches in a hurry.

Another of Supernova’s shortcomings, at least for vets of the series, is that it reuses several skins and tracks from previous games. There’s a lot of new content, such as a LittleBigPlanet level (which is easily one of the game’s most distracting areas), but you’ll also see a few repeats.

LUMINES: Supernova isn’t a flawless package, but for what you get for $15, there isn’t a better deal for puzzle fans available on the PS3.