This third scenario is the conclusion and features a mercenary we met in the previous two scenarios called Julian, in many ways the real hero of the whole game. The second Scenario (which I discussed here: ) had to do with prince Medion of the Empire and all of the political intrigue of the characters and how his father the emperor is trying to recapture the Republic, and it more or less stops at the same point as the first game. The game ended with a cliff-hanger as the Republic and Empire come into conflict. Later we learn that it has to do with powerful beings called Vandals. It also had something to do with the mysterious religious Bulzome sect, which are starting all kinds of trouble. Our hero of the first scenario, Synbios, discovers that it was staged though to use as a ruse to start war. At a meeting between two, the emperor was apparently kidnapped by the Republic which could’ve meant war. The Republic broke away from the Empire and the Empire wanted to get it back. Basically, there is the Republic, and the Empire. I’ve already discussed this as well as gameplay in my review of the first scenario, here. Luckily the other 2 scenarios received a fan translation. It was released at the tail end of the Saturn’s life cycle and only the first scenario was released in the West. Having heard good things about it I decided to give it a whirl. Although I was aware of the Saturn at the time of its release, I never actually physically owned one and so fast forward to the last couple of years when we finally got a decent working Saturn emulator with Mednafen and I found Shining Force III, a tactical RPG, similar to Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics. Anyway, this awesome game needs more recognition, right?Īs a dedicated Sega fan, I tried to scour the internet for great Sega games I never had a chance to play. Note: I posted this on the patient gamers subreddit, but forgot to also post it here, so am doing so now. r/tbs/ - Subreddit for general turn-based strategy games. r/StrategyRpg - Subreddit for the genre most Shining Force games are in. The Shining Wiki - Goes more in-depth into the games than Sega Retro's, but has a tendency to be inconsistent in formatting and is rife with speculation posted as fact. GameFAQs Pages - While not nearly as widely-used anymore, this was once a fairly popular forum in the community! Shining Source - Hub for Shining Force fan-games and similar projects. You can definitely see their experimentation with web-page creation over time. Sega Retro's Shining Wiki -Comprehensive Overview of the Shining Games.įantasyAnime's Shining Shrines - Well-made and continuously updated project personally kept by FantasyAnime. Shining Force Central - The largest, most general-purpose hub for Shining Force fans! ShiningForce - A general purpose discord. Shining Friends Discord - Originally a Shining Force speedrunning Discord server, though it's also become a bit of a general-purpose server. Intanjible's SF 2 HeroForge Collection - Fan-made Heroforge build repository for TTRPG and 3D printing enthusiasts. No direct links to a raw ISO, ROM, or similar game file. The moderators reserve the right to remove posts from users posting too frequently. Posts must be related to Shining Force, or the greater Shining series. Come discuss Shining Force, the fantasy tactics RPG franchise!
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