Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Nov 29, 2010
Golden Sun returns on the Nintendo DS, starring the descendants of the original game's protagonists. It is the first entry on the DS, and the first in full 3D. It was released in Japan on October 28, 2010 and in North America on November 29, 2010.
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5 (1) 4 (2) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 4.3 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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A Good Ol' Classic, Made New and Exciting 8
You know, I, as an avid fan of Final Fantasy IV, had picked up Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (the sequel), and found it a treat. Recommending it to my friend, someone who hasn't played IV, proved to be a waste of time, as The After Years turned out to be a treat (a very unoriginal treat at that) to Final Fantasy IV fans. Now, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is set 30 years after the events of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but by no means is ...
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The Graphical Showpiece For The Nintendo DS 0
Camelot Software Planning’s role-playing roots stretch back to games like Shining Force, and their Golden Sun series carries that tradition forward. Beginning life on the GameBoy Advance in 2001 and followed by a direct sequel in 2003, the series has had a 7 year hiatus. It makes the transition to the Nintendo DS in the platform’s last remaining months, amidst a fairly crowded line-up of similar games. Can its reputation for strong graphics and smart puzzle design outshine the competiti...
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Quality Old School Fun. 0
Turn based JRPGs are a little thin on the ground now days. Not an utterly unreasonable thing, after all for all things there is a time, and some of the newer real time JRPGs have been pretty good. Golden Sun: Dark Dawn though, mmmmm, yeah baby, that brings it. Dialling down the perv factor a bit , this game is good. Its basic mechanics are at least 15 years old, it characters and setting archetypes much more so. Does it feel stale, over done, used? Nope, not a bit of it. It is probably the bes...
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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