shining slade Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I was just curious as to who is and what games you have of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMila75 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I really loved SF II. I got almost to the end and then that damn witch on the "load game" screen said something weird like: "Oops! File One has been lost" while I was loading my saved game! I got so pissed I never went back to play it over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Hell yeah count me in! I love Shining Force.. actually I like a lot of those strategy type games where you have different units and do battle.. like Shining Force, Vandal Hearts, Military Madness, Advance Wars, etc. Although I think for Shining Force, I prefer the CD and Gamegear versions where it's mostly pure battles. In Shining Force I&II, although I liked the RPG elements maybe 10 years ago where you have to walk around towns etc, these days, I'd just rather fight. But count me in as a Shining Force fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 That sucks! Too bad that happened, when you finish the game, if you wait a few minutes after the credits roll you can have a battle with all of the bosses in the game at once! Those damn prism flowers pissed me off in the battle with Geshp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigma Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I've just played the first one, it was pretty good. Maybe I should look into some of the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMila75 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Is there a new GBA game called Shining Soul? Is that part of the SF series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I'm a big fan of Shining Force. I own Shining Force 1, Shining Force 2, and Shining Force CD (which is a compilation of the Game Gear games). I used to own the US Shining Force 3, but I gave it to a friend when I no longer had a Saturn. IMO, Shining Force CD is the best, followed closely by Shining Force 1. I didn't like the exploration elements or random battles in Shining Force 2. And Shining Force 3 didn't have very fun missions. Plus, while the friend-system was neat, I felt the implementation could have been a lot better. Overall, SF2 and 3 just added things that diluted the game and degraded the fun factor. The fact that SF3 was incomplete as far as the US was concerned certainly didn't help either. There are other semi-related games to Shining Force. They are: Shining in the Darkness (Genesis) = An old school corridor whomper like the classic Wizardry or Bard's Tale games. It has only a slight console RPG style twist to it. Shining and the Holy Ark (Saturn) = In a similar style to Shining in the Darkness, the old school corridor whomper gets a console RPG remake. This time the console RPG stylings are a bit more pronounced. Shining Soul (GBA) = YAZSG or Yet Another Zelda Style Game. Supposedly theses games are all set in the same world. They do all have a similar style about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 I own all the games you listed except for Shining Force CD & Shining Soul. I never had a sega CD so I've never even played that version. I want to pick up Shining Soul before it's HTF. Also there is a Shining Soul II supposedly coming out here in the US soon. I also have the Game gear Shining Force Sword of Hayja CIB!! Anyway I'm the opposite of you Gabriel. I liked SFII because you could wander around in the game. (I never did find all 15 pieces of hidden mithril though. And I still have yet to find someone that can tell me if you can open the chests in Mitula's castle during that battle!! I've tried but cannot get them open!! Does anyone know if Fire Emblem for the GBA is similar to SF?? I'd really like to know. Oh, also the Golden Sun games on GBA were made by Camelot for the GBA who also made the SF games. They are great!! I think Shining Wisdom on the Saturn was also part of the Shining series but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I've just played the first one, it was pretty good. Maybe I should look into some of the others. Don't forget to check out Warsong for the Genesis. It's not part of the Shining Force Universe but it is great strategy RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I've played Shining Force CD. Fun game, but the fact that it took every last byte of SRAM in my SegaCD to make one save kind of dulled my enthusiasm for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Just like memory cards are a requirement for the PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, and Gamecube, the Backup RAM cart is a requirement for the Sega CD if you want to dive into the RPGs and strategy games. And once you have a Backup RAM cart, storage space is not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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