How is it?
Oh yeah the game is great. Get both of em so you can transfer your save from the first to the second.
I never played the DS game so I have no comment on it, but the GBA games are really good classics.
I’ve heard mixed things about it, but my sister who the GS fan in my family swears by it.
I liked Dark Dawn (DS one) but it didnt quite have the charm of the originals. Still worth playing though in my opinion.
Actually used to be a member of a forum focusing on the Golden Sun games. I was very impressed with them back in the day; they felt like a prime SNES-era JRPG designed for the GBA. I especially liked how the Psynergy system was used for puzzles outside of combat; non-combat uses of magic is something I’ve considered to be lacking in JRPGs generally, so it was a nice curiosity.
I won’t deny that it’s a fun game. But… If you think it was well-written, it’s the rose glasses. The story is really nonsensical if you think about it…
… or you could let an SA goon tell you about why, instead.
This review is incredible. XD
Golden Sun holds a place in my heart as the first JRPG I played that had me do more than just click Attack for the majority of turns. A lot of older titles suffered in that regard, but Golden Sun addresses it with regenerating PP and free Djinn actions to encourage you to explore your toolkit. Puzzles were also fantastic.
Skip the DS game though, it’s bad.
One of the best RPGs of its time, and absolute banger soundtrack too.
My childhood. Played golden sun and the second one. Never played the third. I probably played those games 3 or 4 times through. I’m pretty sure I have one and an SP around my place somewhere.
I’d also recommend Lufia 2, Chrono Trigger, and even Secret of Mana and Shadowrun (SNES version especially) in the same vein.
Great game, 10/10. I don’t see many people talking about the ds games, but they are also very good.
I played both one and two when I was pretty young. My parents found gba games to be a lot cheaper on eBay. Turns out they were bootleg copies. Because of this the character transfer didn’t work from one to two. I was pretty bummed about it. Still a fun series! Ragnarok!
Big fan! Jrpg combat with zelda puzzles
I only played the first one, very solid game. You actually remind me I should get back to that… I wonder if it has retroachevments?
It my favorite GBA game and I’m still waiting for it to come to Nintendo switch, like we where promised.
I think it (and its sequel) is the best original RPG on the GBA. It’s a little slow to start and it suffers from mountains of unskippable dialog at certain parts but the overall experience is just so damn good I can let that go. Especially the class system, it has one of the most novel class systems I’ve seen in an RPG.
I played through the first one when it came out and really loved it. Never played the sequels though, for whatever reason.
This is probably just me, but I’ve tried to play through the original on an emulator over the years, and I had a hard time getting in to it. Just felt kind of slow from what I’m used to now.
I’ve played all of them and I really enjoyed 1 and 2! I have played and beaten 3 but I can’t possibly tell you anything about the plot because I literally don’t remember it. I just remember farming levels on the last map at the end of the game because it was amazing experience. Definitely give 1 and 2 a chance and just forget about 3.
