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Just to correct the previous reviewer.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 14
Date: October 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is a remake it came out on the ill fated Sega Saturn in 1996.

This game is NOT a remake

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just want to let everybody know that the second person who posted is completely wrong in his effort to correct the first user (and his lovely review) This game is the first original Lunar game in years and it is definately not a remake of any kind.

Just wanted to share that.

The game is great!!!

A Slap in the Face to All the Loyal Lunar Fans

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 20 / 24
Date: October 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of Lunar. I loved Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, and I loved Eternal Blue. Hey, I even picked up Lunar Legend on the GBA, but this game--the first original Lunar game to come out in ten years--severely disappoints me by missing what makes Lunar so enticing in the first place. This to me does not feel like a Lunar game, but rather an RPG trying to be Lunar.

Anyone who has played Lunar knows that Althena created the world of Lunar. In Dragon Song there are two races: The humans and Beastmen. Humans are trained more in the arts of healing, while most beastmen are warriors. There's a powerstruggle between the two, one group thinks they're better than the others. But when the Vile Tribe threatens the world, the two races are able to put their differences aside and work together to stop them.

Gameplay in Lunar is simple, but it has changed. For one, all dialogue actions take place on the touch screen. The problem being that nothing happens on the top screen. You wouldn't think this to be a big problem, but when you're used to playing RPGs on the console, you're not used to having to look at a bottom scream for messages and a top screen for gameplay. There were better ways to utilize the touch screen in this game. Likewise, the menu is not very well crafted, and it's difficult to use upon first playing the game.

And as if the gameplay on the field weren't enough. In battle is terrible! When one decides to battle, one must keep in mind what "battle mode" they are in. Combat Mode and Virtue Mode. The difference is simple.

In combat mode you will defeat enemies for prizes. Glorious items that you'll sometimes need on your quest. Some you'll need to progress. The downside to Combat Mode is your characters get no experience. That's a shame!

Virtue mode is just about the opposite of Combat mode. You get experience, but you get no items. However, the other part about Virtue mode is after each battle a clock starts ticking down. When it reaches zero all the enemies in that particular area will respawn.

I honestly couldn't figure out why the developers made two combat modes. In all other RPGs they seem to intertwine getting experience points and items together really well. In other words, the "unique twist" in battling is a waste.

And that's not even the worst part of the battle system! Battling is boring. You can either use special moves, attack or use an item. It doesn't matter what battle mode you're in, each battle plays out the same way. You can't choose who you want to attack however. Your characters attack at random and the enemies on the top screen can't be reached by your characters! This takes the fun out of battling and leaves you with doing nothing but holding down the "A" button. Battles with say... seven enemies take a long time, and they do a fairly large amount of damage.

Even outside of battle has its quirks. In order to execute battle you must touch an enemy. OK, I can deal with that. What I can't deal with however is the running part. If you hold down the button to run and you run for too long, your HP begins to drop!

You also only get three characters in battle at a time, which in and of itself is a crime to Lunar, in which they usually produce a challenge and let you use all five characters in battle. And you can't switch characters either. The three the game gives you are the three you get. Like the early days, useless characters just leave the party and come back whenever.

Cards are also used in this game. Some enemies turn into cards. You can "play" that card in battle to do things such as enhance your strength, poison other enemies and more. And you can run from battle, by blowing into the microphone but chances of you actually escaping are rare.

However, there are two positives to this game, but unfortunately because of the big hit it takes with gameplay, it's positives aren't enough to save it. The graphics are stunning! Incredibly bright and colorful and full of warmth. The character sprites and animations are also a beauty to behold. It works on so many different levels. The music is also good, giving the game a good feel at least.

Despite the graphics and sound, you can't shake the fact that the game is just boring and lacks creativity. Battling is limited to you doing nothing more than holding down the "A" button, and I'm not too keen on my HP dropping simply because I decided I wanted to run through an area instead of walking.

Even Lunar fans will have a hard time getting into this game. The story doesn't pick up for hours, and even when it does it's nothing compared to the two games before it.

There's no real way to say this other than this game is not for anyone. Even the die-hard Lunar fan will have trouble getting into it. Even the hard-core RPGer will have a hard time getting into it. There are better games to spend your money on. But spending your money on this is like throwing it into a paper shredder.

once again you're wrong

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: October 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

S Button, the game that came out on the saturn in 96' was lunar silver star saga. It was then later released on psx. Lunar Dragon Song IS a new game not a remake wanker

Not A Great Role Playing Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Lunar Dragon Song is not your typical Role Playing Game like Final Fantasy or Dragon Warrior. This game becomes very repetitive because you have to play it in 2 modes. 1 to get money to buy items and another to raise your levels. You must fight over and over to get anywhere and this is just a waste of time.

The major problem in this game for RPG players is you CAN NOT pick the enemy that you want to attack and you usually attack a weak one and not the one that is beating the crap out of you. This is very annoying and makes you want to just stick it on your shelf and forget the money you spent on it. Just another Disappointing Nintendo DS game in my collection.

A remake with a few changes would make this a very nice game but as it stands forget it !!!!!

read reviews before buying....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I should have read the reviews before i purchased this game. there are so many bad points to this game. the long review above says most of it. the only other item i would add is the game lacks creativity. when most developers run out of ideas, they come up with lame ideas like "lets take away an ability and make the user run around in circles to get it back". this game has a few turns like that. too bad, $40 down the drain.

Start reading more, please.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: November 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is not a remake, Its the sequel to a 10 year old game. lunar silver story for those of you who just got into gaming.

Oh, Lunar. Where for art thou?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am decimated by the failure of this game to live-up to the proud legacy, which is Lunar.

Music is fine, and while the graphics are essentially GBA enhanced moderately, the physical attributes are acceptable. However, the story is somewhat mediocre, but still passable.

However, the mental requirements necessary to play this game are absent.

A strategic battle system is non-existent. Attack, use a spell, or use an item with no selection as to which enemy to attack. Aside from the lack of the Lunar renowned semi-tactical battle, there is so little input required, that the game is downright awful.

Truly, a lack of exercise in futility!

Worst Lunar Ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Oh the joy I felt when playing the original two Lunar games. I remember both games fondly, despite the quickly dated Working Designs humor. I liked the battle system, the story was good, and the FMV was magnificent. So when I heard there was a new Lunar game, I reserved it immediately. I purchased it sight unseen even though I had a chance to check it out first. I thought, "This is Lunar! How could it go wrong?"

Well, it did. It's pretty bad when the game has a spelling error on the menu screen. This I can forgive, but not what followed. The first thing I noticed was the annoying flashing icons which can be unreadable due to the scaling effect used. Next is the worst aspect of the game: you cannot run without losing HP. Your character normally moves like molasses, so running is a must in order to keep your mind from exploding or breaking your DS by pressing the D-pad down so hard in a futile attempt to make yourself go faster. So, why would the designers punish you for running if you move so slowly? To admire the "lush" enviroments? To teach you patience?

No, the reason you lose hit points while running is to keep you from avoiding the visible enemies on the field easily. I dislike visible enemies unless they aggressively target you. However, these enemies do not target you. They wander aimlessly about the field, so running past them might decrease the chance of running into one. Great balancing, designers.

Instead of battles on the field like Chrono Trigger or modern adventure/RPGs where visible enemies are prevalent, you go into a special battle screen like traditional RPGs like the Final Fantasy series. Battle is turn-based, not active like today's RPGs, but much like the original Final Fantasy. Select your attack and then the round begins; you attack and the monsters attack. However, this is where the similarities with old school RPGs end. You CANNOT select which monster to attack. You must attack whatever monster in right in front of you, even if that bird in the sky is doing more damage to you. This is when I turned the game off, took it out of the system, put it back in the box, returned it to the store, and got Trace Memory instead.

So take this as a warning. Lunar: Dragon Song is utter crap. My dream of a good RPG on the DS is shattered. I'm really hoping that the remake of Final Fantasy III and Children of Mana are good.

god awful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ive been a fan of the lunar series for years, i had the original sega cd version plus the subsequent remakes. god this is the worst one yet. there are so many things wrong with this game. the battle system is so 1 dimensional. there is zero character development. almnost no interesting dialogue. the artwork is nice but not innovative in the slightest. the level design is botched. and its so disjointed that i had to refer to an online guide to figure out the next step at one point.cant pick the monsters you hit when fighting, there is NO magic system, and instead of walking from town to town your a little icon that you just move to get there... very poorly done, please please please dont waste your money on this game, buy the playstation version as it was the closest to the original games ive seen to date. ubi + lunar = bad idea

if your looking for a decent rpg for the gameboys check out the golden sun series. much better done and much more interesting.

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