Lunar Silver Star Story Complete
- January 01, 2000 00:00 AM PST
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There's a list of other games that surpass Lunar in quality, style and substance. Even if you're a fan of the Sega CD version, you will find Lunar Silver Star Story Complete only worth a nostalgic rental spin..and nothing more.
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Dragon Slayer
You play as Alex, a young kid with a hankerin' for adventure who aspires to be one of the Dragonmasters of old, just like his town's hero, Dyne. Alex takes his childhood friend, Ramus, and his sweetheart, Luna, with him on his quest. There's also a comic-relief character, Nall (a cross between a cat and a bat), whose main function is to revive characters that have lost all their hit points. While she makes the game easier for first-timers, veterans of good RPGs like FFVII will find her assistance unnecessary.
Lunar-cy
Lunar's character graphics contain the same squashed-down miniatures as the original game, which means squashed adventurers and squashed monsters that are a little less than fearsome (some of them even look a little on the Furby-ish side). The magic spells are also pretty flaccid and are accompanied more often than not by really lousy music.
Working Designs did, however, try to add as much as possible to bring this game up to PlayStation speed. There are over an hour's worth of cleaner-looking cut-scenes, lots of voice-acting and music, and a totally revamped icon-based menu system that's a lot less cumbersome than Sega's Lunar. Other extras include a music CD, a "Making of Lunar" CD, and a cloth map.
A Lunar Cycle
LSSSC does a good job of integrating its story line into the action, but you'll eventually tire of the old-school graphics and repetitive fighting mechanics. Several enemies hit you before you can rally your troops, and using the A.I. command (where the CPU decides your battle strategy) is no help--you'll find that your precious magic points are being used up in situations where whacking someone with a sword would've been sufficient.
Another gripe is the exclusion of Lunar: Eternal Blue. Why that excellent sequel wasn't packed into this "commemorative" edition of Lunar is beyond comprehension (it would've helped layer this otherwise simplistic and fundamental game). Even though Lunar is called "Complete," RPG diehards and fans of the Lunar series will beg to differ.
