Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Shining Force


Related Topics

In the News (Sun 15 Nov 09)

  
  Shin Force > Systems > Sega Genesis > Reviews > Shining Force II
In the Shining Force games, players take control of a group of warriors who band together to purge the land of evil and fight through colorful locales on grids, like chess only with individual characters instead of pieces lacking in identity.
Chaos ensues; you are forced to deal with the calamitous consequences of a mere thief's reckless actions.
Shining Force 2 is an enjoyable game destined to be remembered for a long time.
www.shinforce.com /genesis/reviews/ShiningForceII.htm   (2027 words)

  
  Shining Force II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shining Force II is a 1994 tactical role-playing game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console, and a sequel to the original Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention game.
Shining Force II gameplay is similar to its antecessor, and it's considered to be relatively simple compared to other tactical RPGs.
The world of Shining Force is a Medieval fantasy scenario populated by humans, centaurs, dwarves, birdmen, and many other races.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shining_Force_2   (4184 words)

  
 Shining Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, more commonly referred to as Shining Force, is a 1992 turn-based strategy role playing video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console.
Shining in the Darkness was a dungeon crawler in first-person perspective, while Shining Force was a third-person strategy RPG game.
On Shining Force, each ally unit is represented by a character with its own background and personality, much like the Fire Emblem series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shining_Force   (5302 words)

  
 Shining Force: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shining in the darkness is a 1991 rpg game for the sega genesis video game console....
The transition from Shining in the Darkness to Shining Force was a major change, EHandler: no quick summary.
Shining in the Darkness was a dungeon crawler in first-person perspective, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shining_force.htm   (2700 words)

  
 Shining Force EXA (ps2: 2007): Reviews
Shining Force EXA is can be fun at times, but the simplistic combat can wear you down after a while, and the overall experience is lacking in depth.
Forced switching between two playable characters proves annoying due to their differing abilities, the fixed camera restricts the player's view and the voice samples of party members still repeat with infuriating frequency.
Shining Force Exa is fun for the first few hours, but it quickly wears out its welcome with dull combat and a frame rate that struggles to keep up with the action.
www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/ps2/shiningforceexa   (1064 words)

  
 Shining Force Neo - GameCritics.com
Shining Force fans will be disappointed to learn that this isn't a traditional Shining Force title.
Mention Shining Force to gamers who came of age in the 16-bit era and you're likely to see them smile fondly as they recall memories of two of the best strategy RPGs ever to grace a home console.
The Lodoss War influence is readily apparent throughout Shining Force Neo—the little sound and animation for when players warp home to their base are pretty much identical, for example—and that's a good thing.
www.gamecritics.com /review/shiningforceneo/main.php   (1711 words)

  
 Game Spotlight: Shining Force : Retro Gaming with racketboy
The developers, which would be later known as Camelot Software Planning, departed from the dungeon-crawling focus of Shining the Darkness, and took many of the conventions that were made popular in traditional Japanese RPGs, blended in deep strategy, and produced a game that felt like enhanced Chess with a fantasy-based story.
If you are interested in Shining Force and the rest of the series, you may want to take a look at Shining Force Central.
Shining force also for the sequels may be the best.
www.racketboy.com /retro/2005/12/game-spotlight-shining-force.html   (500 words)

  
 RPGFan Reviews - Shining Force III
Shining Force 3 was one of the last Saturn games to be released here in the U.S., and what a way to end a system.
Shining Force 3 may be my favorite game of all time, but I am still frustrated by Sega of America's actions.
Shining Force 3, even as a stand-alone game with only 1/3 of the story revealed to U.S. gamers, still stands as one of the best games I've ever played.
www.rpgfan.com /reviews/shiningforce3/Shining_Force_3-2.html   (1351 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Shining Force: Video Games
Shining Force is the game that really took the Shining Series in a new great direction (other than Shining the Holy Ark and Shining Wisdom) of epic battles across a vast world with armies of monsters.
Not only that, but Shining Force has a deep storyline that (while it is only part of the Shining Series story--go to shiningforcecentral.com for more) is surprisingly engaging for adults and children alike.
Shining Force features an assorted cast of characters, some of which are very cool, but they aren't really very important to the story.
www.amazon.com /Sega-Of-America-Inc-Shining/dp/B000035XMP   (1122 words)

  
 GameSpy: Shining Force Neo
PS2 reincarnation of Sega's famed Shining Force, which released on the Genesis in 1992 and spawned nearly 12 sequels, prequels, and sidesteps, including this one.
Shining Force Neo (10/13/05) - Sega brings back its Shining series for another go-round, and this one looks like it might finally live up to the legacy.
Shining Force Neo (07/09/05) - This is not the Shining Force you're looking for, but it's pretty cool game anyway.
ps2.gamespy.com /playstation-2/shining-force   (301 words)

  
 Shining Force Neo
Shining Force Neo screenshots, on ps2, from PlayScope
Shining Force Neo screenshots, on ps2, from GameTab
Shining Force Neo screenshots, on ps2, from Consoles-Fan
www.serial-gamer.com /Shining_Force_Neo   (397 words)

  
 RPG Vault: Shining Force EXA Interview - Part 1
Both summoned forth armies of powerful beasts and formidable demons, but their forces proved to be so evenly matched that neither has been able to gain a decisive advantage despite the length of time that has elapsed.
The Shining Force series itself is a subset of the Shining series, and it focuses on being the leader of a larger group of heroes all working together as a single unit to achieve a common goal.
Shining Force EXA will be available March 20, 2007 in North America, and this week in Japan.
rpgvault.ign.com /articles/756/756498p1.html   (1106 words)

  
 Shining Force Central - S.E.E. - The Shining Electronic Encyclopedia
The Shining World is so vast and rich with people, places, items and more, that I felt someone ought to start recording them all.
Some areas of Shining Studies double up on information which is planned to be added to S.E.E., and as such those areas have not yet been added to the Studies section.
"Shining Force" and related games, characters etc are Copyright © of Sega Enterprises Ltd and their respective owners.
www.shiningforcecentral.com /see.php?m=0   (257 words)

  
 RPG Vault: Shining Force EXA Wrap Report
Shining Force EXA, which shipped in North America last month, is the latest addition to this noted property.
The Shining Force series originally had a headquarters, and it has served as something like a base that all characters gather in.
Because this title is based on the game engine of the previous title, Shining Force Neo, and because we created our work schedule based on reviews during the development cycle, we were able to progress with no major hindrances.
rpgvault.ign.com /articles/780/780105p1.html   (1015 words)

  
 Review - Shining Force Neo // PlayStation 2 /// Eurogamer
It’s a change that has dismayed the venerable series’ hard-nosed fans the world over and perhaps with good reason: Shining Force is famed as being one of the great orthodox strategy-RPGs and, besides, the Japanese have never been experts at recreating hackandslash Western RPG mechanics.
Shining Force Neo is tired and basic in its execution.
For the first few hours Shining Force Neo provides little challenge and you’ll be racing through the scenes, trail of dead in your wake.
www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=62064   (935 words)

  
 Shining Force Review (Shin Force: Games: Reviews: Sega Genesis)
You'll travel in the Land of Rune in an effort to force the Dark Dragon and his evil hordes of Runefaust into submission.
The battle maps consist of all types of terrain for your forces to clash in.
Shining Force is an example of great Genesis music.
www.shinforce.com /genesis/reviews/ShiningForce.htm   (471 words)

  
 GameShark | Reviews | Shining Force Neo Review
Shining Force Neo is the first home console outing for the Shining Force franchise since it last appeared on the Sega Saturn in 1998.
Shining Force Neo offers a nicely streamlined system that allows the character to use attacks and change out weapons quickly to adapt to the changing situation.
Shining Force Neo also has a great supporting cast of characters to accompany Max on his mission.
www.gameshark.com /index.asp?a=reviews&id=2167   (1502 words)

  
 Shining Force: Classic Gaming - The Armchair Empire
A year or so later, I was flipping through one of my game magazines, and noticed a new game called Shining Force, and it was apparently going to take place in roughly the same world as Shining in the Darkness, except it would be on a different continent.
The game was going in a different direction, deep-sixing the first person perspective in exchange for an overhead view, and the combat would be more akin to a strategy game, as characters took turns moving around the battlefield.
The day I learned that Shining Force was going to be making its way across the Pacific, I got on the phone and called Encore Video, the shop I usually bought my games from (boy do I miss the days when small, privately owned game shops were everywhere).
www.armchairempire.com /classic_gaming/shining-force.htm   (736 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Shining Force Review
Shining Force is one of the earliest, but one of the best, strategy RPG designs to ever come to the United States – and its slick presentation, addicting tactical gameplay and lengthy adventure make it an excellent value on the Virtual Console.
Shining Force 2 is BY FAR my favorite game on the Genesis, and it's superior to the original in every aspect.
Shining Force is the first RPG that I fell in love with and have played just about every version of the series.
boards.ign.com /shining_force/b7178/147349767/p1   (975 words)

  
 GAF - News - Shining Force Neo Famitsu scans, screens, & details
Shining Force Neo is scheduled for a March 25, 2005 release in Japan for Playstation 2.
Classes (Shining in the Darkness was lacking) for instance.
Even the artwork is similar to the Force games (particular Shining Force 1, which has always had my favorite art style of the series...
www.gamesarefun.com /news.php?newsid=4085   (743 words)

  
 Xtreme Classix - Shining Force
You are a young swordsman from Guardiana, which is invaded by the evil forces of Rune who are after the keys to a door left by the Ancients.
After your kingdom's forces are decimated and both your mentor and your king killed, you take the remaining forces, the Shining Force, after the forces of Rune.
Shining in the Darkness was actually the first installment in the series by Climax, with Shining Force as the second.
www.consoleclassix.com /Xtreme-Shining-Force.html   (957 words)

  
 Shining Force 3
Shining Force III is a fantasy war strategy game(very similar to Final Fantasy Tactics) for Sega Saturn developed by Sega® and Camelot®.
Medion, one of the three Imperial princes, was forced to come to Saraband along with his father, his two brothers.
In Shining Force, I see three main characters(Heros) each with different personality and ambition, they have their own team members and that's quite a lot of characters to make up with...........
www.100megsfree.com /medionland/shining.htm   (1841 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (GBA): PC & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When i heard that it was similar to Advance Wars i was expecting a good game but with not real story (as i have not played the original shining force!!).
Shining Force was perhaps the best RPG game in the history of the gaming console.
The characters are a strong area of Shining Force, with some rather unique characters.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00013YYDU   (1320 words)

  
 [No title]
Shining Force is an excellent game for me to write an FAQ on since I find the FAQs on GameFAQs to be incomplete (no offense to the authors as they actually did seem to put quite a bit of work into them and I actually took a lot of info from one of them.
Her other website, The Ultimate Shining Force 2 guide (shining.zophar.net), is actually updated and you can talk to her or me at the message board there.
Shining Force is a trademark of Sega Enterprises(c) 1993 and all other copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged and respected that are not specifically mentioned within the contents of this file.
www.cheatcc.com /dc/sg/shining_force.txt   (13724 words)

  
 Shining Force (Virtual Console) Review
The Shining games have always been famed for having strong storylines and Shining Force was one of the titles that created that impression.
While Shining Force 2 is better in terms of sound, graphics, and story, I found the difference in difficulty to be negligible.
Shining Force is easier and therefore easier to get into at first.
www.vc-reviews.com /games/megadrive/shining_force   (3042 words)

  
 RPG LAND Game Review: Shining Force EXA
Shining Force EXA is a straignt-up hack-and-slash RPG.
The battle system in Shining Force EXA is very, very simple, though it is mindless fun when played for short amounts of time.
The customization system is relatively interesting, and definitely a bright spot in the game, and the harder enemies give a certain satisfaction to beat at later points in the game after getting demolished by them the first try, but other than that, the game is pretty much a no-strings-attached button masher.
www.rpgland.com /games/shinexa/review.html   (978 words)

  
 Shining Force III
With Shining Force 3, Sega is going to stretch the Shining Force series in some bold new directions.
Shining Force III will be released in three different chapters.
Sega of America has not yet decided to bring over Shining Force III, but considering the success of Shining the Holy Ark and considering the fact that the previous Shining Force games were fairly popular in the US, it does seem likely that they will bring it over.
www.vgzone.com /previews/sforce.htm   (181 words)

  
 SHINING FORCE - Home
SHINING FORCE will be hosting a Gruul's Lair run exactly one week from today, on Thursday, May 8th.
However, all SHINING FORCE members are totally leet and we're way overgeared for Gruul's, so I don't think it should be that hard.
SHINING FORCE is a relatively small guild (Alliance; Stormreaver) of all real life friends who are totally sweet and probably way better than you are at everything.
www.shiningforceguild.com   (1808 words)

  
 IGN: Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon is a franchise reincarnation based on the original episode of the incredibly popular Shining Force series first published on the Genesis/Mega Drive in 1992.
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon at IGN
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon Cheats at IGN
gameboy.ign.com /objects/592/592201.html   (521 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.