I got the sky blue buttons here on Junkfood's website and the art was made using sprites and wallpaper from the Lunar Remastered official website.
The Lunar JRPGs are my most favorite games of all time, so I wanted to pay tribute to them with my SWORL.
I’ll be honest, I came here to get more info on this series (I like hearing directly from people who enjoy certain things!) But here’s my story- I picked up this demo disc back in 2022 for a dollar at a used game store. Only in the last couple of days have I actually gone and looked up anything about this disc, where it came from, the series, etc.
I think my main questions for this community are “What do you find most endearing about these games?” And “Does anyone know how many demo discs for Lunar 2 there are?”(about how many units?)
I’d love to hear what anyone has to say! ^^
Im starting Lunar 2 and Is my game broken or did the developers hit their head hard and learned how to inconvenience their player by fucking up the sprint?
Why is the sprint button like that where you stop ever 1.5 seconds, does it fix itself later?
It's making the game a slog for me to play
I played Lunar on GBA before and liked the story and characters. Many do find it to be the most watered down version though I really like it. But eventually might try one of the versions with voice acting and more complex animations. Though which one would be best to play first? Which has the best voice acting and visuals or would be most enjoyable coming off the GBA?
I don't even know what's saved on it
Hi, I've been seeing this series mentioned every now and then on the JRPG sub lately, presumably because of the release of Remastered Collection. That made me look into the games a little, but I can't get an idea of what they're really like. All I have is a vague understanding of it being "charming". "It's a coming of age story", "lovable characters", "it's classic JRPG gameplay".
Not to come across as argumentative but is there anything that makes these games "stand out"? Not asking what's the best aspect of the games, but what sets them apart. It can be any aspect really, a unique setting, gameplay ideas, story presentation, maybe just the sheer quality of the story or characters.
For example I'm playing Shadow Hearts right now, it has a unique timing based combat system, horror/gothic atmosphere, and an alternate-history story that takes you to many real world locations in early 1900s. It's like a 6 on the fun scale, but feels worth it for the unique experience, so I keep playing.
Out of any other JRPG, Lunar gives me vibes closest to Grandia 1, which is a game that also stands mostly on its "charm". Personally though, I don't think I would have stuck to the end of Grandia 1 if not for the unique battle system, or the fact that I had played and loved Grandia 2 and wanted to experience the series' origin.
Essentially what I'm getting at is, would there be anything for me in Lunar other than just "charm"?
I was attempting this fight last night and noticed something really weird.
At some point during the 3rd form, some of my characters simply had their turns skipped without performing any actions. Naturally, I couldn't beat the boss because the character who had White Dragon Protect equipped just couldn't cast it.
Anyone ever encountered this? I looked it up online but couldn't find anything definitive. According to the AI Summary, it might have something to do with the repositioning of your characters.
Anyway, I am going to try again this evening without repositioning my characters at all.
EDIT: Done! This time I just left everyone in their starting positions and didn't encounter this problem.
I beat lunar 1 finally and then started and beat lunar 2 for the first time. Lunar 1 was fun and light but lunar 2 was genuinely a top tier JRPG
I just got to this part in the game where Luna talks to Lucia. It's been 26 years since I played the original game but as a child, a lot of scenes and dialogues made an impression on me and I vividly remember certain dialouges. Her story was she visits Lunar lots of times then one time she decides to live as a human and die as one because she fell in love with a dragon master named Alex. but she never says she meets Alex and fell in love with him in the remaster.
I have checked an old youtube vid of her message to Lucia and yes, it is different.
I feel annoyed by this change, why would they remove her love story?
I know the gameplay itself is terrible - I played a little of it back when it first came out.
But how is the story, the world building, the characters, etc.? If someone has a higher tolerance for bad mechanics in their old age, is the story worth checking out?
Having just replayed Silver Star Story for the first time in decades, I noticed that as far as I saw, nobody ever mentions Taben again once he and Ghaleon set off in the Grindery. You don’t encounter him when you go through the Grindery yourself, and nobody mentions him that I could find in Meridia before or after the Goddess Tower.
Is there any more about him in some of the other versions? I know about there’s Taben’s Peak in the second one, but beyond that it feels like there should have at least been a throwaway line about Laike or Tempest catching him trying to escape or something… anything.