r/Lunar

Got to Pentugulia. Ghaleon greets us off the boat. After the shock of him being alive still. (And the awesomeness of meeting human nall! My man.) This mf. Claiming to be the dragon master!? This son of a bitch!? Go through the city, talk to the people. Definitely a cult. go up to meet Althena….IMPOSTER!!! Black hair, tf? Lucia knows better, fireball that bitch, yeah girl git it. Bah Ghaleon. Protects her. currently in battle with him. How many times do I have to take you down old man! let’s tango!!! (Hiro Is getting his ass handed to him, but we need that character development)

I just had to get this off my chest.

I hate to ask this (I'm totally new), but is Lunar Remastered Collection any good? I ordered a Switch 2 and need to find my first game.

I have not had a Nintendo since the Nintendo DS came out, so I am totally new.

I seem to only like older 90s & early 2000s games. I haven't played the original Lunar before, but I've heard good things about it over the years.

A little about me:
- I like simple mechanics, nothing too complicated.
- I like a good story.
- I prefer linear games and don't like getting lost
- I like the way 90s/2000s games look and feel. I liked Radiant Historia, Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, Pokemon, Secret of Mana
- I like humorous writing that doesn't filter anything out
- I don't mind grinding too much
- I don't like super long games that take 40 hours to finish

I basically got the Switch 2 because of the Ocarina of Time Remake. Plus I have a 5 year old son, so I assume I could find some games to play with him as he gets a little older.

So, I'm sort of in an unusual case when it comes to identifying the "best way" to play both of the games. I'm completely new in the sense that I really haven't played the games much or at all, but...

I actually have owned both games forever and bought the collector's editions back in the ps1 era. I started Silver Star Complete as a kid, but didn't get far or finish it. However, the old WD voice cast and singing is burned into my brain even now as an adult. For me, they "feel" right.

I heard Lunar's WD script has a lot of meta humor, which I don't mind, so long as it doesn't completely turn the heart of the story into a big joke or less meaningful. I heard that Silver Star Harmony has a more accurate script, but the voice cast is totally different.

For this reason, my gut says I should probably play the WD ps1 version for Silver Star (while ignoring any meta 90s real world jokes).

For Eternal Blue, I've never played it or heard the old voice cast, so I was thinking I'd just play the remastered version for that one.

Does that sound like a decent plan? I really love these games even though I haven't played them (because I've owned them so long since I was a kid), so I want to not blow it and experience the story in a less that stellar way.

Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.