Episode 337: Lunar
Added 2020-11-06 15:15:02 +0000 UTCHey everyone, my apologies that this is a bit of a hit-and-run post for this latest patron-exclusive episode—it's been Quite A Week, on every possible level. However, the good news is that this is a pretty great conversation about a series that ’90s Kids will remember as being a pretty big deal for fans of both Sega and Sony platforms of the time: Game Arts (and Working Designs') Lunar. Enjoy!—Jeremy
Comments
Far and away the original Lunar on Sega CD was my favorite game on the platform (second place must have been Eternal Champions). It was also very nice that you could pop the CD ROM into your CD player, and enjoy the Redbook audio of the game.
Dennis H
2020-12-16 16:46:07 +0000 UTCBob was right on the money with his comment about the games' success having a lot to do with the years in which they were released. I loved the Complete versions on PS1 when they were new, but I don't think I ever fully completed a replay of either one. Once you've experienced the cutscenes, pop culture references, and story, the limited gameplay isn't enough to keep you hooked. At least Eternal Blue Complete had the Crests that you could equip on any character to give them new spells or abilities, but even those had limited value because of how each character could only fulfill their designated role in combat. Another interesting thing about the "Making Of" CD from LSSSC was that you could start the video, open your PS1, and pop in almost any other PS1 game and it would automatically begin running through all the video files on the disc. This could even be used to view an otherwise-unviewable video in Xenogears! The video itself was just a montage of other videos from the game, but it is the only place that you could hear the song "Stars of Tears" outside of the OST.
Brian Rude
2020-11-30 02:55:49 +0000 UTC
