The sequel adds animated music videos in the background, Black Eyed Peas and Blink-182 in the mix, while keeping classic skins accessible. More pop, flashier, but it lands hard and the cadence stays unstoppable.
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Category
Puzzle1 player3+
Description
Lumines sequel featuring music videos as backgrounds and an expanded soundtrack including mainstream artists. Published by Buena Vista Games, released in North America in February 2007. Musical skins with animated music videos, new artists including Black Eyed Peas and Blink-182, classic Lumines I skins available, ad hoc versus mode. North American multilingual version.
Lumines II review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Pure synesthesia: luminous blocks, pulsing backgrounds and colours evolving to the rhythm of the music compose a puzzle of hypnotic elegance. Image and sound merge into a sensory experience by Mizuguchi. This visual direction, pared-down and vibrant, turns reflection into an aesthetic trance.
At the very heart of the puzzle, the electronic music drives the rhythm of the game: each cleared block aligns to the beat in a hypnotic trance. From house to techno, the tracks fuse gameplay and sound with rare elegance. This electro identity, polished and spellbinding, makes the game a unique sensory experience.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
The sequel enriches the musical trance with new skins, famous music videos and a wider sound selection: the hypnotic pleasure of lining up blocks in time with the bar stays intact, the presentation more varied. Each track redefines the mood and makes you want to chain games. Elegant, addictive and as spellbinding as ever, a musical puzzle that brilliantly extends a brilliant formula.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Lining up your blocks as the sweep passes over a broadened music selection sets up a hypnotic loop where each combo calls for the next. New skins, clips and challenges relaunch the score chase without let-up. The formula stays very close to the first game, but the wider soundtrack and the reactive tempo preserve an immediate, tenacious pull.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
With its background music videos and broadened soundtrack, this sequel enriches the hypnotic Lumines loop. Pushing your limit, unlocking the tracks and aiming for the best score keep calling you back. That surplus of content, set upon a timeless mechanic, offers a replay value puzzle fans savour.
A sequel to Lumines, enriching the musical puzzle with new skins and soundtracks while keeping the original synesthetic formula. Printed widely, it stays accessible and lightly priced. Its collector interest is modest, a solid entry but less striking than the founding original, sought mainly by fans wanting the complete series rather than for underlying value.
Is Lumines II still worth playing in 2026?
Lumines II adds animated video clips in the background, Black Eyed Peas and Blink-182 in the selection, and keeps classic skins accessible. More pop, more flashy than the original, but it lands hard and Q Entertainment's pacing stays impeccable. The mission mode expands, new skins prove inventive. An excellent pick today.
