PSU writes: Role playing games are a dime a dozen, but a good role playing game only comes along once in a great while. It seems a lot of the classic RPGs get remade countless times, usually touting better graphics, more monsters and quests, smoother gameplay, and richer music. Lunar: The Silver Star is one such game that has been remade several times. From its heyday on the Sega CD in the early '90s to the subsequent PlayStation port in 1998, the Lunar series has been met with mixed reception, but in general, JRPG fans have awaited each release with great anticipation. With a remake of the Sega CD version hitting the PlayStation Portable, Xseed Games and Game Arts have taken everything enjoyable about the game and have given it a fresh coat of glittery paint. However, with the remake comes some of the frustrating moments from earlier version.
PixlBit | In this edition of Missing in Action, PixlBit staffer Jesse discusses the re-release dotted history of this famous JRPG franchises, and offers suggestions as to how a new edition could be developed for the current generation.
Multiplayer.it: The year was 1993 when the shot but lucky owners of the Sega CD had the opportunity to get your hands on a video game that still did not know it would become a cornerstone of the JRPG genre.
WorthPlaying writes: "Created by Game Arts and released stateside by publisher Working Designs, Lunar: The Silver Star on the Sega CD was a role-playing game that made a small splash with budding RPG fans, enough so that the sequel, Eternal Blue, also made an appearance. While the Sega CD versions definitely have their own set of fans, I think most people became aware of the series once the PlayStation ports were made in the late 1990s, with Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete being a remake of the original Sega CD title, and a port from the Sega Saturn version that was only released in Japan. Silver Star Story Complete was a huge step up from the limitations on Sega CD, this time featuring an expanded use of animated cut scenes (50 minutes compared to the 10 minutes from the previous version), a fleshed-out story, combat, and other features that just didn't make the cut in the original. Game Arts was once again behind the production of this title, with publisher Working Designs, headed by Victor Ireland, in charge of translation and bringing the game to the U.S."
great game, great iteration. go buy it young un's