Shining Force 2

Sim Kid · 11-15-2008, 07:18 PM

Alright, now whiel honestly, Codiekitty and I had a little tangent about Shining Force a few years ago. Shining Force 2, if you ask me, more than makes up for it. There are much better balance issues, and you can get a few promotions that branch out but only if you have items.

While it's still a fair deal easier than Fire Emblem, I found that it was far more user-friendly than the first one. Even in the remake which helped fix some balancing issues, I still had to resort to using a trick called "Egress Abuse" in order to not get slaughtered in the later chapters. When you cast Egress, you even retain experience gained during the battle, and of course Shining Force if you ask me is like half as long as Shining Force 2 is. I rarely actually had to resort to using Egress Abuse, mostly to win that damn Chess battle. (I managed to get all my units promoted and level 2-6 before I won that)

I say you should pick this one on the virtual console. Shining Force 1 on the Genesis is on the virtual console and that one is the version in which the centaurs just bulldozed everything and didn't give you the utility of Narsha.

SephirothKirby · 11-15-2008, 07:59 PM

Shining Force: Resurrection of Dark Dragon was terrible.

I have no idea how you mess up a remake that badly.

Shining Force didn't have a plot, but the remake actually somehow made the (lack of) plot worse.

I am still working on Shining Force II, but I really loved Shining Force. It's one of my favorite games of all time.

I hope SFII tops it, that would just be amazing.

RoboidTheRoboto · 12-24-2008, 10:00 PM

One of my fav games

Tonberry2k · 12-26-2008, 10:21 AM

Both SHF and SHF2 are great.

11-15-2008, 07:18 PM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Shining Force 2 Alright, now whiel honestly, Codiekitty and I had a little tangent about Shining Force a few years ago. Shining Force 2, if you ask me, more than makes up for it. There are much better balance issues, and you can get a few promotions that branch out but only if you have items. While it's still a fair deal easier than Fire Emblem, I found that it was far more user-friendly than the first one. Even in the remake which helped fix some balancing issues, I still had to resort to using a trick called "Egress Abuse" in order to not get slaughtered in the later chapters. When you cast Egress, you even retain experience gained during the battle, and of course Shining Force if you ask me is like half as long as Shining Force 2 is. I rarely actually had to resort to using Egress Abuse, mostly to win that damn Chess battle. (I managed to get all my units promoted and level 2-6 before I won that) I say you should pick this one on the virtual console. Shining Force 1 on the Genesis is on the virtual console and that one is the version in which the centaurs just bulldozed everything and didn't give you the utility of Narsha.

11-15-2008, 07:59 PM	#2
SephirothKirby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Gender: Posts: 7,213 Thanks: 373 Thanked 760 Times in 447 Posts	Shining Force: Resurrection of Dark Dragon was terrible. I have no idea how you mess up a remake that badly. Shining Force didn't have a plot, but the remake actually somehow made the (lack of) plot worse. I am still working on Shining Force II, but I really loved Shining Force. It's one of my favorite games of all time. I hope SFII tops it, that would just be amazing.

12-24-2008, 10:00 PM	#3
RoboidTheRoboto Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Gender: Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	One of my fav games

12-26-2008, 10:21 AM	#4
Tonberry2k Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Pensacola, FL alternatively, The Spriters' Resource Gender: Posts: 5,311 Thanks: 10 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Both SHF and SHF2 are great.