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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo DS, 2010)
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It's been a several year wait for Golden Sun fans, but it's been worth it! Dark Dawn takes place 30 years after the conclusion of the previous game, and many of the original cast make an appearance. Several places also appear, such as Crossbone Isle, Gaia Falls, Kolima, Champa, and if you're very observant, you can even find the Mercury Lighthouse (though you can't enter it). I personally feared that the 3D graphics would detract from the game (as the 3D graphics in DS games often do because of their lower quality), but the visuals look very nice and enhanse the game rather than detracting from it. For those new to Golden Sun, fear not. While playing the previous two games certainly gives you a better background for the story, thanks to the encyclopedia and "Sun Saga" books included in the game, you can easily follow along with and enjoy the story. Many proffessional reviews dock the game for its longer text-based cut scenes and the lower difficulty level. Personally, I enjoy the long cut scenes that give you backstory and flesh out the characters, and they hardly seemed long to me (in fact, I usually wanted them to go on *longer*). If, however, you don't like a lot of reading or text in your games, then GS:DD isn't for you. As to the difficulty level, it's true that the main game itself is pretty easy to complete, however, if you go into the side quests like fighting Dullahan, well, do I really need to say more than the name Dullahan? As a nominee for the Nintendo Power "Harder Than College Award" when he appeared in the second Golden Sun Game (Lost Age), I think he poses a rather high challenge. Golden Sun has always been relatively easy to beat if you skip the side areas, but going to those side areas unlocks new summons (such as Dullahan's Iris) and captures more Djinn. In my opinion, what's so nice about this game is that t seems to have reduced the parts that I found more tedious from the first two titles (such as random battles, which seem far more rare, and wandering aimlessly around the barren world map, which seems to be more populated now). The wandering aimlessly was replaced with puzzles you need to complete to move on. No, most are not terribly challenging (and there's even a built-in hint system in the form of Insight Psynergy), but the puzzles are just hard enough to be enjoyable without being frustrating, in my opinion. In short, if you liked the previous Golden Sun games on the GBA, then you will probably *love* this one. If you don't like text-heavy RPGs, movement puzzles, and/or games with more story than difficulty, then Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is probably not the game for you. Personally, however, I have to say that it's already one of my favorite games (a rare thing indeed for a game I've had less than a week).Read full review
This is honestly a great game if you played the first 2 Golden Suns on the GBA, continues the story line from 30 years after The Lost Age. If you want a negative, its kinds easy like The Lost Age was so grinding/power level isnt that necessarily to beat the game. Right now im about 30-45 hours into the game and im about to hit end game and finish it. So if you havent Golden Sun before, play the first 2 in the series, then this, alot of old faces and places from the first 3 games show up again so with that said, for the price, its a steal of the game.
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Dark Dawn is set 30 years after the events of the first two games and follows the path of the descendants of the earlier games' heroes. Players control characters as they travel through the fictional world of Weyard. The player uses magic (called "psynergy") to defeat enemies and discover new locations, help local populations and find elemental djinn which augment the characters' powers. "Setting and Plot" Dark Dawn continues its predecessors' struggle in the land of Weyard, where alchemy is both a source of power for creating civilization and for destroying the world. Thanks to the efforts of Isaac, Felix, and their friends, the seal that contained the power of alchemy at Mount Aleph was removed at the end of The Lost Age. The power of alchemy, in the form of the Golden Sun, began to restore the declining world. Dark Dawn begins thirty years after the conclusion of The Lost Age. Because Isaac and the others brought the power of the Golden Sun to Weyard, continents shifted, new countries emerged, and new species appeared. However, Psynergy Vortexes, which suck the elemental Psynergy from both the land and the power-wielding Adepts, are appearing all over Weyard. Dark Dawn follows the adventures of the descendants of Isaac and his friends as they attempt to resolve the problems caused by the Psynergy Vortexes. When a flying machine crashes, Isaac's son Matthew and his friends Tyrell and Karis attempt to fix it, beginning an adventure and encountering a trio of villains: Blados, Chalis, and Arcanos. Their journey to stop the trio and fix the machine takes them across Weyard, where they are joined by the scholar Rief and his master, Kraden. Other adepts join the group to help them save the world. After the group activates two Alchemy Machines, they come to the country of Morgal, where beastmen live. When they were tricked into activating the Luna Tower, the Grave Eclipse is triggered, causing death and suffering across much of the continent. Sailing the oceans of Weyard, Matthew's party learns that the only way to stop the Grave Eclipse is the Apollo Lens, an alchemy machine powered by the Alchemy Forge and the Alchemy Well. Upon finally defeating Blados, Chalis, and other adversaries, the Apollo Lens is activated and the Grave Eclipse ends. At the end of the game, Matthew's group parts ways with their new friends to return home; however, they return to find an unusually large Psynergy Vortex greeting them.Read full review
Dark Dawn is a rocky entry in the series. Although the story isn't as compelling, it mechanically nails the Golden Sun experience. A touch easy, but looking back on it shows that they game has aged well enough regardless.
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I love the Golden Sun Series. One of the best original RPG. Surprise it didn't become as famous as Legend of Zelda or the FF series. The graphics of this game was always best when it came the the genre. I hope their adventure continues but that's just me giving myself false hope haha. Love this game!
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