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- Pretends to be old school arcade while having to be played only with a mouse, cannot be played with an arcade stick at all.
- Window mode had me click outside of the window many times
- Starts with baby difficulty, stays this way for a long time, which is really boring, and then a sudden, unfair and frustrating difficulty spike.
- Costs 10€ !!!

Chill puzzle game. The easiest puzzle game I've ever played, there is no challenge here, it's more for having a relaxed time.

JUSTICE HURRICANE SPECIAL

Netcode is bad.
Oh yeah, rollback? Too bad, it's not a good one. You know, the one that is open source?
The beta version was more playable and stable, lol.

It's Doom. And yes, it can load WADs.

I'm a fan of Lumines since 2008 and I've always recommended it to everyone who like bloc puzzle games.
You move blocs of 4, with 2 different colors and have to make squares of the same colors, being erased by a timeline. If you erase enough squares, you'll start getting multipliers.
After some minutes, the "stage" changes, which means the music, the background, the colors, the sound effects and even the speed of the timeline erasing your squares.
Because Lumines is not just about being a puzzle game, it's also about the experience inspired by synesthesia, as everything illustrates the song that is being played.

I love Lumines and its soundtracks so therefore I like this version no matter what, which is the only legal version you can acquire on PC now. However, I regret a few things:
- It only has songs from the first game, making it only one Challenge. I discovered Lumines with Lumines Live, which combined content from the first 2 games, plus the Winter Challenge. We can have SO MUCH MORE to play with if the publisher decides to do it.
- Some skins look less stylish than from the previous version. Sorry, but it's a fact. However it doesn't make me refuse to play it, I just wish we had the best of the best content to play with.
- I've always found the VS mode terrible and they haven't tried a single time to better it, it's always the same and there is a reason why you NEVER heard about competitive VS for Lumines unlike Tetris or Puyo.

That being said, I always recommend Lumines, it is part of my life and I invite people to find out why.

This ♥♥♥♥ doesn't work.
Can't play co-op online.

A beautiful, original and pretty chill puzzle game, based on language translation and exploration.
I love the art style that reminds me of old European comics.
The game isn't too hard as it's meant to be a pleasant voyage into the tower of Babel with puzzles that will ask your common sense and curiosity to solve.

PS: Warriors are based.

More games and remasters like this, please.

Also Call Of The Machine is GREAT, don't listen to that dumb influencer.

Recommended for both who wants to just blast stuff in a colourful world and for people who want to hit that grind and aim for a perfect run.
DDP is ironically both an accessible game, fully enjoyable for the beginner, and an insanely sophisticated one when it comes to scoring and survival at high level.

Accessible, as you have the base Novice mode and the BOMB Style with auto-bombs. It is like having a lot more lives, so you can take a lot of bullets during a game. Very enjoyable for the beginners, and that's how i discovered this game on MAME too, and then enjoyed the Novice mode on the Xbox 360 before this Steam release.
The gameplay has a lot of "bullet cancelling" with your Hyper attack that destroys enemies bullets. It also gives a bit of invincibility, so you will abuse this mechanism as long as you can activate it to survive, and rely on your auto-bombs as if they were your lives.

But also, at higher level, this game gets really sophisticated when it comes to scoring. Your score can get exponential quite easily if you play well enough.
Doing a 1CC is not enough. In fact, you may die, once. But you'll have to fulfil other requirements in order to access to a second loop and the "real" last boss, and maybe even the "true" last boss, and why not aiming for the "secret true extra" boss exclusive in Black Label?!?

It has a lot of different game modes and variations, making it one of the most complete shmup on the market despite having the same stages. Each mode plays a different way and provides a new take on the game itself.

- "1.5" is the base game. If you worry about your combo, keep either hitting people with your laser or kill masses of popcorns with your shot. Activate the Hype at the right time to not lose that combo too.
"Black Label" is a hardcore remix in which you can easily increase the difficulty mid-game at your will, so you can score more. Basically, press both laser and shot and then survive, lol.
Try it with auto-bombs, but if you chose not, you can use a bomb as a stock Hyper. That is when it becomes interesting...
Both of these come with a Novice mode. I personally don't recommend BL Novice because it lacks what makes this mode: lots of ennemies and bullets.
However, 1.5 Novice is HIGHLY recommended for starters.
- "Arrange A", also called "Ver. L" is based on the previous Dodonpachi game, DaiOuJou.
Sadly, this version on Steam lacks slowdown and that makes it really hard. The original version on the 360 was about slaloming between an ocean of bullets in slo-mo. Here you will have to prevent that more.
- "Arrange B" is a strange one, kinda like a career and grindy mode, in which you have to increase your best score on each stage individually.
- "Black Label Arrange" is also called "Ketsuipachi" as it's a mockup of the cult shmup Ketsui. You move one ship of the game with a lock on system AND with the remastered sountrack. Score by killing your opponents at point blank.
- "1.51" is a remix of the original. Doesn't have Steam achievements (as it used to be a DLC for the 360 game) but it has a different, interesting take on the original game. Play it for having something new while still looking like the same.

Of course, a BIG downside of this game is the complete lack of tutorial and explanations on how this game works, how to score. You'll need to look for it on the internet.
However, there is an advanced training mode (no save state, though) and you can watch other players replays.

If you're a beginner and this game sounds too crazy for you, you can still give it a try as it's fun! You may also try Mushihimesama, that teaches better on how to dodge bullets.

Also, the music is DOPE and 3 soundtracks are available in-game.

Keep in mind that is not considered as an arcade-perfect port, and that the Arrange A and Ketsuipachi don't have the same slowdowns as their original version on the Xbox 360.
Nevertheless, this is a good port overall and a solid way to play this game.