![]() ![]() (see FFVII, FFX or any other JRPG involving religious power, or "evil" corporation) It is so mainstreamed that I often wonder if the writers were even expecting players to be surprised by its utterly obvious plot-twists.Īnd even if the story isn't "that bad," the whole game only like 10-15hrs long at the most. The plot for this game is nothing we haven't seen before: a naive protagonist being manipulated by their own organization to believe their lies. I appreciate Japanese TRPG like Tactics Ogre, FFT, and even more recent series like Disgaea Luminous Arc is no where near sufficient to meet the standards for JRPG like the ones I mentioned.įor those who liked this game, I'll give you that this game has above decent music score (composer being the same man who worked on Crono Cross), the character design is effectively aimed for the specific audience without having it to be too flamboyant about it (well, except for that witch with the ginormous pair of melons), the voice acting is annoying but I can appreciate how they were trying to please that said audience, and some dialogues were kinda funny whether it was intentional or not Well, I will start off with the good so that people reading this review won't think that I am criticizing this game because JRPG doesn't suit my taste when, on contrary, opposite is true. Luminous Arc is an enjoyable game, but the second is MUCH better. Unless you save scum you'll never get the characters' hearts up, but it doesn't really matter anyway because all the scenes related to the intermissions are just fluff. I think the biggest flaw though, is the intermissions. Sometimes it gives you the option to play it, sometimes it doesn't. I'm not sure what on earth triggers a battle when you pass over it. The interface is a dull brown and rather clunky, the game lags occasionally, and the world map is a pain to go through. It IS IMAGEEPOCH's first game ever, and while the battle system is strong, it has it's share of faults. Luminous Arc is heavy on the text, and the characters/story aren't even THAT good.ĭo not expect too much from this game. The voice acting is mediocre, but it makes sitting through the game MUCH easier. The presentation is very strong as everything in the game is hand drawn and the music and sound effects are nice to listen to. It has many attacking techniques, including melee, ranged, magics, skills, Flash Drives and Synergies, all of which shall be explained in the relevant sections.Luminous Arc is a very fun SRPG that's easy to jump into and get rolling. Luminous Arc is a tactical role-playing game where you are in command of a party of up to 8 characters at a time on an isometric field. They search the world, attempting to secure all of the Lapistier and condemn all of the Witches to prevent them from attacking God and the citizens of the area.Īs they track down the Witches, they are attacked by one and go with the others and uncover the truth of what happened in the Aldheld Disaster 1000 years ago. ![]() The game has a sequel, Luminous Arc 2, that was released in 2008.Ĥ adolescents, known as the Garden Children, are raised by the Luminous Church most of their lives to condemn the Witches, as the prophecy foretold that they would be brought back when God was ready to be reawoken. Along with the main gameplay, there is an online multiplayer battle option. The game features voiced scenes, character designs by Kaito Shibano and music by Akari Kaida, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Mitsuda's studio, Procyon. The game was released in Europe on Octoby Rising Star Games. ![]() Luminous Arc was released in Japan on Februand Augin North America by Atlus. Luminous Arc ( ルミナスアーク, Ruminasu Āku ?) is a turn-based strategy game from Marvelous Interactive for the Nintendo DS.
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