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It was a great game, not as much fun as STHA or the PS series, but still very good. I loved the different equipment, there was a wide variety and for most of the game money actually mattered! Most games you had enough money to buy it all, some exceptions of the era were Lunar 1 (not 2, you could buy it all usually), PS II/III (sometimes IV as well), and some of the Shining games. I like it when money and leveling up are both issues, and indeed Shining in the Darkness requires some work. Shoot, it seems like a lot of RPGs today are getting too easy or otherwise lame. When was the last time a boss kicked your arse and made you reload and level up?
The dungeons are also hard, but not insanely so, especially since you have a map spell that comes in handy big time. I beat it entirely on my own, but of course I did not get all the Mithril and Dark Blocks. I DID however accidently stumble upon the second-best sword in the whole game, the... (fires up Genesis)... Ah, the Storm Sword! I found it while I was totally lost, and ironically my friend never found it even though he used a guide. He did get enough mithril to get all decked out, bah. Anyway at the time you find the Storm Sword, its way bigger than any sword you can buy and its only a few points away from the mithril sword. Also casts Bolt (2?) when you use it. One interesting thing about the Dark Blocks (they make cursed weapons) is that they are super powerful, but the curses are always waay too strong to make them usable. With every Shining game it seems, the curses became weaker, Shining Force 1 they were annoying, SF 2 they were almost negligible. |
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