Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon

The Good
The remake of the infamous Sega Genesis strategy RPGS, Shining Force is still one of the best examples of the genre. Ten years later and it is just as fun and engaging as it was the first time.

In Shining Force you are Max a warrior of exceptional skill, who lives in the Kingdom of Guardinia. When the Runefaust army attacks, Max is charged with invading the enemy’s lands and leading the Shining Force to victory. The story is largely the same, thought there are a few new elements, such as playing short epilogues as the Princess of Runefaust. As well as the new cards and a character that can use the cards in battle. Some of the characters are in different places this time, for some reason.

The Graphics have been completely over hauled in this version. Not to the point that the game is unrecognizable. The sprites are bigger and more detailed, the graphics are more colorful and just look better. The in battle graphics are also better, it is a 32 bit 2D version of Shining Force.

The Music and Sounds are all familiar, and if anything sound better than before. Shining Force already had an amazing score and now it is even better.

The gameplay is the same as well. You still explore towns, dungeons, buy new weapons and items, promote your party members, and build up your force. You still fight an a grind based battlefield. There are slight changes like having to wait longer to promote your characters, and new locations for some characters

The Bad
The new characters are pretty useless. And the increased difficulty every time you finish the game is and odd adage. We probably won’t get a remake of Shining Force II.

The Bottom Line
Shining Force fans have to play this, or the Shining Force will kick your ass.