Only redeeming features are the fact that it spawned the Shining Force franchise (one of my fav SRPG series) and it's amazing that you can fight Darksol as final boss, since i really liked him in Shining Force 1 and it was a cool surprise to see him here. The monster art and effects are great for it's time. The dungeons themselves look boring, but there is not much you can really do with corridors anyway (that's why i don't like first person dungeon crawlers in general).
It's an old grindy relic. Play Shining Force instead!

Reviewed on Jan 16, 2023


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1 year ago

While I mostly agree and yeah Shining For e is hugely superior as is the spiritual successor to this Shining the Holy Ark. Having said that though I do this the fake 3D corridors they had here similar to Phantasy Star were pretty impressive back then.