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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn |OT| DJINNS DJINNS DJINNS DJINNS oh god i am drowning in them
- Thread starter Regulus Tera
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Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Since when are Gametrailers' reviews so short?
Dragon. :lol
Dim
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Giant Bomb has posted a quick look of the game: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-golden-sun-dark-dawn/17-3534/
AceBandage
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ShockingAlberto
Member
Handheld games are not worth long reviews.Regulus Tera said:
Thus the "review pod" for everything that is not an HD console game.
Mr. Wonderful
Member
8.5 is a lot better than IGN's 7.5. I was a little worried.
To those of you who have already beaten the game (or gotten past the Konpa/ゴンパ Cave):
Is there a point of no return right after Blados/Spada and his gang blow up the cave exit? I missed the Zagan summon tablet and can't get back to the previous areas. Unless I am able to do that later in the game?
Didn't notice the Nintendo Power review unless I missed it: 8.0
Some positives:
-Easy to play and follow if you missed the first 2; the game catches you up well.
-Puzzles difficulty is "just right". Mostly clever, rarely frustrating.
-Great graphics and soundtrack, though the quality of the music can be inconsistent at times
Some negatives:
-Game is very easy compared to the first two, never in danger of a game over
-Mild spoiler that bothered the reviewer enough to mention spend a paragraph on it:
Mostly a pretty glowing review, and those were the only two negative remarks he had really stressed, and at both points he seemed pretty disappointed in those negatives. All-in-all the reviewer really seemed to love it and it felt like a proper GS sequel should
Some positives:
-Easy to play and follow if you missed the first 2; the game catches you up well.
-Puzzles difficulty is "just right". Mostly clever, rarely frustrating.
-Great graphics and soundtrack, though the quality of the music can be inconsistent at times
Some negatives:
-Game is very easy compared to the first two, never in danger of a game over
-Mild spoiler that bothered the reviewer enough to mention spend a paragraph on it:
Yet another cliffhanger, this one feels less satisfying.. though this may be mostly due to his fear of not knowing if we'll even get another GS sequel soon or ever. He wishes this one would have had more closure, as it's just not as satisfying as it was the first time around.
Mostly a pretty glowing review, and those were the only two negative remarks he had really stressed, and at both points he seemed pretty disappointed in those negatives. All-in-all the reviewer really seemed to love it and it felt like a proper GS sequel should
Giolon
Member
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The scores seem in-line with what I was expecting considering the downfall of JRPGs from critics' grace these last years. I'm more interested in the actual text; pretty much the same issues the first two games had.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
timnich said:Don't Nintendo published games usually come out on Sundays? I thought it came out today and went to Gamestop, but it turns out they wont have until Tuesday at the earliest...
Only big releases.
ShikaTheReaper
Member
Cant believe im missing out on this. Wont be able to pick this up for another 2 weeks >.<
timnich said:Don't Nintendo published games usually come out on Sundays? I thought it came out today and went to Gamestop, but it turns out they wont have until Tuesday at the earliest...
What Regulus Tera said, though I can usually find those "Tuesday" releases at Best Buy late Monday. Check around if you hate waiting...
ShikaTheReaper said:
It's been seven years, what's another couple weeks?
Fantasy Final
Member
I just realized the game is released today. Might get it after work.
PumpkinPie
Banned
I just bought one of those red anniversary DSi XL consoles and I'm gonna pick this up too, I loved the other two games.
Easystride
Member
What does your delivery estimate say? I just ordered the game on Sunday, and my delivery estimate is December 2nd. I emailed them, and the rep confirmed that it will ship today. I am a little worried though, since it hasn't shipped yet, or even changed to the shipping soon status.Drkirby said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Called my local Gamestop, they won't get it til tomorrow. I didn't have time to pick it up today anyway, so I'm not bothered.
To anyone who gets it early, does it come with the map?
To anyone who gets it early, does it come with the map?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Got my copy today with a $10 gaming coupon from K-mart. The semester is coming to an end so I probably won't play it until Friday.
Tragedy has stricken! I just ordered this off of Amazon and with Super Saver Shipping it said it would arrive after Dec 25! So I switched it to 3-5 day shipping and now it's "Delivery Estimate: December 16, 2010 - December 24, 2010" That's incredibly slow for an extra 5 bucks! :C
Ninja edit: I suppose it's all the better as finals are coming up next week. Not that I'll study anyway. :lol
Ninja edit: I suppose it's all the better as finals are coming up next week. Not that I'll study anyway. :lol
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
DMG-01 said:
What the fuck? Do you live in the middle of no where?
HiddenWings
Member
Hm, Amazon seems to have run out of them; they're claiming a ship time of 1-2 weeks no matter what shipping option you pick. Good for the game's sales, bad for my attempts to play it soon.
It's really sad that no one is talking about this game...picked it up today and played for about 30 min. Wow that intro was mind numbingly long. Also, the dialogue just goes on and on. I'm looking forward to playing more, hopefully I can sink in a few hours before bed tonight. Looking forward to other people's impressions!
Also picked the game up today and managed to put in ~ 40-50 minutes into it over the span of the day. Don't think I got very far as I was looking into each pot, barrel, crate and bookshelves I came across. The game looks amazing, everything lush and colourful. The music so far is great as well.
The introduction was pretty long and there was a little too much dialogue for my interests - but it still held that Golden Sun charm. The battles so far have been too easy, which sucks as I don't think there's a hard mode either. They're even easier once you have the Djinn.
From what I've played though it still feels and plays like it's predecessors.
Also, my L/R buttons are screwed so I hate it that I have to us the touch screen to use Psynergy. I've tried blowing, sucking - practically everything and they still don't work...
The introduction was pretty long and there was a little too much dialogue for my interests - but it still held that Golden Sun charm. The battles so far have been too easy, which sucks as I don't think there's a hard mode either. They're even easier once you have the Djinn.
From what I've played though it still feels and plays like it's predecessors.
Also, my L/R buttons are screwed so I hate it that I have to us the touch screen to use Psynergy. I've tried blowing, sucking - practically everything and they still don't work...