Shining in the Darkness

Shining in the Darkness

released on Mar 29, 1991

Shining in the Darkness

released on Mar 29, 1991

Dark Sol has vowed to reign over the enchanted Kingdom of Thornwood, and only you can stop him. Find the powerful Arms of Light and battle the deadly beasts that keep your people desperate and starving in this epic journey for peace. Roaming the dark Labyrinth, you'll seek out enemies and collect weapons, all of which will help you pass the test of the Ancients and become a shining knight. Get into the adventure with a stunning 3-D perspective, amazing cinematic views and fast-paced scrolling. You'll move from battle to battle, solving puzzles and discovering secret items in this engrossing struggle between good and evil.


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A long and daunting quest, but ultimately rewarding. Has some fun characters and scenes, exciting exploration, sick monster designs and a broad scope. Half the fun was just drawing maps for all the dungeons.

A classic dungeon crawling adventure that eventually led to some of my favorite games of all time. I don't know how this game compared to other RPGs on release, but playing it well after the fact does feel like a bit of a relic from a forgotten age. That being said, I still enjoyed the setting and strange monsters you encounter. Traversing the labyrinthine halls does get a little tedious after a while, but I enjoyed the classic progression from squishy would-be adventurers to valiant heroes battling the odds to save the kingdom. Plus, that tavern music is so catchy!

Really boring and basic DRPG; worth downloading just to see the cute NPC facial animations (very impressive for the era and moe even today!), but not worth playing in full.

This feels like Wizardy with a graphical update, or in other words, a rather lazy dungeon crawler for a game that released in 1991.

"I don't think you'll like this." Jokes on you, I'm very boring.

Tengo sentimientos encontrados. Como jugador, me costó mucho. Hay que grindear una bocha, y lo llevaba con paciendia hasta que me cansé y metí códigos para trampear un poco. La historia, por otro lado, no es lo mejor ni más elaborado pero linkea con los Shining Force, y eso siempre me suma a mí.