Une belle aventure, des graphismes très cool pour de la GBA, de très bonnes animations, une histoire bien amenée, et CETTE BANDE SON 😍

Toutefois un "défaut" (mais c'est ma faute) : je cherchais très souvent quoi faire/où aller...

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Golden Sun is my 2nd ever JRPG and was the one that really got me into the genre. And for that it'll always hold a special place in my heart. I've given this game several playthroughs and it was nostalgic gem to me for many years.

This game's aged like cheese though. Characters truly go on about mostly nothing, tired villains and side characters, a class system that is slow to open up and isn't all that rewarding to experiment with, loads of forgettable encounters including bosses. The strengths of this game - the graphics, music and exploration - are strong, but nothing else surrounding these features is worth experiencing Golden Sun for.

I've heard many people say Golden Sun is a great JRPG for beginners who want to dip their toe into the genre and...no. I think there's far better games out there that don't run the risk of boring the player while being beginner friendly.

This one is an experience that reminds me of the Tales of saga thanks to its charm and colorful approach on the presentation side and of course with Motoi Sakuraba making the music here makes it even more familiar. Definitively this was Camelot Software Planning's golden era and I think Golden Sun is, as a whole, its masterpiece. There is... something unique with Camelot's GBA games and this is no different in that regard.

Story wise is on the classic side, almost like a fairy tale that progressively turns into its own thing, never losing the lightweight dialogue. Quite warm even in their darkest moments, tho a little bit rough at the last second of the game. Clearly they already had the idea of two games separated to tell the same story complete. There are a lot, and I mean, a whole lot... of puzzles during the adventure, some of them feel too "gamey" but when not, puzzle design shines, having to play with the environment using different magic spells, here called psynergy. Combat is probably my favourite thing of the pack. Golden Sun has a very dynamic class system when you have to be constantly using djinni and summon them all over again and viceversa while constantly changing classes during the same battle. This gives the four characters access to different psynergies depending of the class they're on. It's just great.

Overall a very good experience and probably the best GBA game I've ever played. I'll do the second one someday.

This one took time to grow on me. If someone played this like a standard rpg, I think they may be bored to tears. The main cast mostly has nothing going on. Like there's enough there to distinguish them, but outside of that they're more like lightly toasted white bread. What makes it for me is the sense of world. It feels like this place has stuff going on. Little rivalries and discussions amongst the towns and cities. The characters acknowledge you when you come back home and they respond to changes in the world. The puzzles seem like they're working towards something more. Feels like they're figuring it out, but I like how psynergy is grounded in interactions with the environment. Like the fact that you can read everyone's mind is fantastic.

Outside of that the combat initially felt very standard rpg, but when the tough battles came the djinn really shined. You need to balance the stat drops it takes to use them while prepping summons, while also making sure you don't take too many that important psynergies drop off. When it works, it really works, but unfortunately it was just for a handful of good bosses. Outside of that it's the general standard rpg encounter affairs. This didn't grate on me though, mostly because I'm playing it the way it was originally intended, while commuting to work and on my lunch breaks. When taken in small chunks, it's a very cozy game. I can't remember, but someone said something similar of DQ11. This is one of those that should be taken piecemeal and casually. I'm very excited to finally give Lost Age a shot. According to everyone that's where this series really shines and if it's anything like this, it should be great.