Once you get the idea, the rest of the game repeats itself through dozens upon dozens of levels (88 in all, plus 13 bonus levels) some of which are interesting and play into the game's design, and others, well, they just function. Create combos and obtain special bonuses by exceeding the three marble rule and you get rewards such as reversing the line, obtaining daggers to eliminate single marbles, using gaseous attacks, and so on. You do this by matching three or more colored marbles in the criss-crossing line. The goal of this single-player, offline game is to eliminate a string of progressing colored marbles (or balls) before they reach an endpoint. Still, being nearly identical to Zuma, Luxor 2 benefits similarly from the addictive nature, ease of play, and un-offensive audio-visual nature it seemingly grafts from its predecessors. We've seen ideas re-used before, but this is almost too close for comfort. The looks are exactly the same, although you progress through ancient Egypt in Luxor 2, and the vibe is the same. If you liked Zuma, you'll almost assuredly like Luxor 2 because, well, it's nearly the exact same game. Now in April 2007, Xbox Live fans are privy to an all-too familiar game, Luxor 2. Zuma hit XBLA one and one half years ago. Zuma, by the way, was not unlike the original 1998 puzzler from which it was crafted, Puzzloop. Using Mayan themes as backgrounds and simplified world beats as its audio backdrop, Zuma engaged players in a simple puzzle game of timing and elimination. In fall 2005, Microsoft crafted a lineup of full retail games and a handful of Xbox Live Arcade games to coincide with its console launch, one of which was the casual PC game Zuma.

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