Originally intended for release last year, Lunar's U.S. In addition to improved graphics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete contains new cinemas, radically altered scenes, more supporting characters and more verbal jousting between lead characters than the Sega CD version, making it well worth a look, even for gamers who completed the original. Accompanied by his friend Ramus and a wise-cracking baby dragon, Alex sets out to find the legendary warrior, who Alex hopes can rid their world of an evil sorcerer named Ghaleon. Originally released for the Sega Saturn in Japan, the game tells the story of Alex, a young man obsessed with the legendary warrior, Dragonmaster Dyne. The game, however, never really received widespread recognition due to the Sega CD's relatively low installed base.įortunately for fans of classic role-playing action, a newly updated and expanded version of the game, entitled Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, is coming stateside courtesy of Working Designs. The game's involved story line and memorable cast of characters made it a favorite among owners of Sega's short-lived peripheral. One of the few bright spots during the brief life of the Sega CD was Game Arts/Working Design's Lunar: The Silver Star. Even though Lunar is called "Complete," RPG diehards and fans of the Lunar series will beg to differ. Why that excellent sequel wasn't packed into this "commemorative" edition of Lunar is beyond comprehension (it would've helped layer this otherwise simplistic and fundamental game). command (where the CPU decides your battle strategy) is no help-you'll find that your precious magic points are being used up in situations where whacking someone with a sword would've been sufficient.Īnother gripe is the exclusion of Lunar: Eternal Blue. Several enemies hit you before you can rally your troops, and using the A.I. LSSSC does a good job of integrating its story line into the action, but you'll eventually tire of the old-school graphics and repetitive fighting mechanics. Other extras include a music CD, a "Making of Lunar" CD, and a cloth map. There are over an hour's worth of cleaner-looking cut-scenes, lots of voice-acting and music, and a totally revamped icon-based menu system that's a lot less cumbersome than Sega's Lunar. Working Designs did, however, try to add as much as possible to bring this game up to PlayStation speed.
The magic spells are also pretty flaccid and are accompanied more often than not by really lousy music. Lunar's character graphics contain the same squashed-down miniatures as the original game, which means squashed adventurers and squashed monsters that are a little less than fearsome (some of them even look a little on the Furby-ish side).
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