Golden Sun is the spiritual successor to SEGA's Shining Force series, this time, Camelot was commissioned by Nintendo themselves to make them a "Shining" of their own. In this role-playing game, you play as a young "Psynergy" adept (a neologism for Chi meditation) preventing the return of Alchemy, a powerful, but consuming power, from returning to the world of Weyard, during a conflict between Sol Sanctum and the adepts of Mars, the Proxians.

The game features some of the most impressive graphics and soundtracks on the system, one of the main elements of the game was collecting the 28 Djinns, creatures with abilities similar to Final Fantasy VI's espers, shifting your magical abilities and attributes. Environments in Golden Sun are lively and dynamics, beautifully crafted dungeons feature many puzzles which can be solved with the many psynergic spells at your disposal, adding depth to the world which itself already has a charm of its own.

Golden Sun doesn't tell its story from its shallow storyline but its journey throughout many towns and their side-quests, with the main quest being a driving force for its exploration.

Reviewed on Feb 01, 2022


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