Sony Playstation
Entertainment System video game review
LUNAR:
Silver Star Story Complete
(Role-Playing Game, 1 Player)
LUNAR:
Silver Star Story Complete
(Role-Playing Game, 1 Player)
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Sony Playstation
Entertainment System video game review
LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete (Role-Playing Game, 1 Player) |
Made by Working Designs and GAME ARTS, the same people who brought you Grandia, this game was originally released on the Sega Saturn in 1992. The game was revamped and updated for play on the Sony PlayStation in 1998. But enough about stats and dates, let's get to the meat of the story.
In my time of playing RPGs, I have seen many different visual styles applied to the genre. The visuals have changed with the power of graphics engines, from super-deformed("SD") heroes on a 2D overhead map to full-sized 3D heroes roaming on a free-form world. While RPGs of the future lean more to the proportionate characters, I still like my SD heroes. Some have called me a "Purist" when it comes to RPGs. I tend to agree on that point, because nothing is wrong with the way a 2D RPG plays. A chief example is the RPG reviewed here, LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete.
In a creepy show of hero worship, young Alex wishes away his days at Dyne's Monument along with his pet flying cat Nall. Alex wants to be a Dragonmaster like Dyne in the worst way, and lets everybody know it. He tells his chubby friend Ramus and tells his prerequisite love interest, the lovely local singer Luna. Soon, a decision is reached by all parties to go on a journey to see the world and to help Alex become a great Dragonmaster. Little does our party of inexperienced adventurers know, darker plans are about to eclipse their road trip.
In the history of Alex's world, mankind was divided into two halves by their goddess Althena because of disobedience by some. Those disobedient men and women were banished to a distant, barren land and they became the Vile Tribe. Their hatred of Althena's chosen--the children of the light--knows no end and they would do anything to gain their place in the light. All they needed was someone to lead them. They found their leader in the Magic Emperor.
Clad in black armor and reminscent of Star Wars' Darth Vader, the Magic Emperor is bent on dominating the planet. He plans to capture the Four Great Dragons and run roughshod over all civilization with their harnessed power. With the Four Great Heroes(led by Dragonmaster Dyne) disbanded some time before these events, who could stand up against the numbers of the Vile Tribe and their magic?
If convention holds, it should be a Rag-Tag Band of Heroes© and their young leader(who was granted power far beyond his ken) under constant pressure to prove their mettle as heroes. For if they fail in their mission, their world would end. No pressure.
LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete(callin' it LUNAR) was a gift given by Eggers(last referenced in Suikoden IV). It cost her a bit of money and I am very grateful for her buying this piece of RPG history. She makes a habit of getting me into the same RPGs that she is playing or has played, and buying me gifts in general. She even got me a copy of Chrono Cross and Crimson Tears, but I already bought the latter. I can never seem repay her kindness. Needless to say, Eggers reminds me a lot of Luna from the series. She is such a giving and caring person, and she can sing her ass off. I am so glad to have met a person like her, and…
Above: The lovely songstress Luna of LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete.
Y'know what? I'm beginning to see why Alex was wiling to go the distance for someone like Luna. Judging by the last sentence and paragraph, I'm revealing too much of myself in this review.
Back to task: LUNAR is an engaging game that can be on the sappy side sometimes, but can really get you motivated when necessary. Its graphical limitations are its charm; never forget that. Just like its sequel, LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue, LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete gets a ReViews rating of 9.
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