Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
A remake of the original Shining Force that was released in 1992 on the Sega Genesis. The mysterious traveler Darksol has worked his way into the King's graces to further his plans of resurrecting an ancient…
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon is an adventure developed by Amusement Vision, released 30 April 2004 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
What Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon is
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon is an adventure game developed by Amusement Vision and released in 2004. It was published by Atlus. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Darksol, a mysterious traveler who has worked his way into the King of Runefaust's graces, is secretly planning to resurrect an ancient, but terrible creature, the Dark Dragon. He has convinced the King of Runefaust to invade the kingdom of Guardiana in an effort to realize his sinister plan. You play the part of a promising young warrior who washed ashore in Guardiana, but you have lost your memory and remember nothing of your past. When Guardiana is attacked, you are thrust into the role of leader and must unravel the mystery behind the Legacy of the Gods and put a stop to Dark Dragon's revival at any cost, or the world shall perish. In this classic tactical RPG, you'll control a band of…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Shining series
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon is the fourth of 12 entries we hold in the Shining series. It arrived 9 months after Shining Soul II. The next entry was Shining Force Neo in 2005. Its critic score of 87 is 26 points above the series average of 61. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon launched on 30 April 2004, within three weeks of Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots and Hitman: Contracts. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots, Hitman: Contracts.
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