i now have Golden Sun

[Deeth Irteen]

II got the GBA game from Gamestop the other day, and so far I think its pretty good. I love the way the battle system is designed, but I can't say much about the story.....because I''m stuck in the Sol Sanctum area at the beginning of the game. Also, the "silent hero" thing is annoying. But the game is still good. to me.

[Kefka Jr.]

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I thought it was really clever and solid at the time, but I never have the urge to play the sequel.

[Toaster]

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The sequel is pretty solid. The world is a lot more open-ended, and given the plethora of Psy-abilities it ends up making the world and the gameplay experience something like a Metroid RPG.

Too bad I never finished it.

[marcus]

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The puzzle based gameplay was cut and above the standard RPG fare but I don't know why they bothered even writing a plot given how hallow the thing is. The characters are really dumb and boring, the badguys are like team rocket stupid, and you don't see enough of the good guy turned anti-hero until the sequel to actually care about him.

And did anyone else find themselves subconsciously bouncing up and down when the characters spoke?

The DS game looks pretty good and if they keep the gameplay the same with some cool powers and maybe put a little extra effort in writing because that's like 50% of an RPG then I'll be satisfied.

[Vonwert]

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Did the sequel ever conclude or at least continue the story from the first one? It was a huge cliffhanger at the end of the first game.

[Deeth Irteen]

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I'm now stuck right after the battle with the evil tree-head thing named Tret. I'm a poor gamer

[Big Rick Cook]

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I would say, as I told someone in AIM last week or so, that Golden Sun was a diamond in the rough back when the GBA was just starting to crank out the solid RPGs. It probably hasn't aged well given the bazillion fun/charming/pretty games that are out now for the GBA and DS, but it had its time and place and it was a blast to play way back when.

The sequel didn't end well. Kind of a flop in that respect.

[Zeroth]

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Did the sequel ever conclude or at least continue the story from the first one? It was a huge cliffhanger at the end of the first game.

It did conclude the story somewhat at the end of Golden Sun 2, but also left loose threads and an ending that made way for the possibility for another sequal.

And don't listen to these other jaded gamers D13, Golden Sun is still a highly enjoyable game, even to this day.

[Toaster]

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[Biggie]

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I loved this game, I just hated NEVER knowing where to go. And it could get tough sometimes too. But it was a very fun traditional rpg with some neat concepts. We have it at work, I might nab it again.