Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Hands-On

i have played the lunar legend and i want to play this one too.

This was a good idea to remake this game. A classic for Sega CD.

You all have to admit. This game may be good, great, even amazing. But it will never compete with the original versions. The PS1 version was the best IMO. But besides the GBA version and this demo I never tried the other ones.

Cool cant wait ! i've played the original and its fantastic

I've been waiting for some good RPGs for my PSP... Been playing Jeanne D'arc while I wait. Great game.

Only great rpg titles for psp coming one after another...Persona Grandia 2...Mana Khemia 2...LunarSS...FF agito...Valkyria Chronicles 2... \o/ But the title i´m REALLY waiting is Growlanser for psp XD

Sweet, this should be great to play again. Can always use another great RPG for the PSP.

@snxx - I wish. Monkey island got a remake so there's hope that my other best game of all time will get a redo :) and thanks, I had a good time.

@Sophia - Well, as a journalist, I know we sometimes make some mistakes - and the best we can do is correct 'em and as quickly as possible, and that's what matters: you corrected your article as soon as you got back from your trip (hope you liked your Mexico cruise). That's nice. Now, don't you wish they remade Secret of Mana also? :)

already have the special edition pre-ordered cant wait for it to be released

This title is a masterpiece, one of the best rpg´s created so far!

The game sounds interesting, even I do not know the original.

@ mrklorox, I believe the video above is about the First Dragonmasters, I think its just an opening, The boy that looks like Alex might be Dyne

Nice! I might have to buy this again! I can't find the box and game to my Silver Star Story Complete collector's edition. I think it was stolen along with most of my other PS1 stuff. I hope they hurry up and redo Lunar 2, because that's the one I've never played. edit: Also why are they sticking with the Working Designs translation instead of re-translating it and fleshing it out? The PS1's text limitations aren't the problem this time. Jeez. edit: And now they're adults? In the original they were young teens, in the first remake they were older teens. Now they're nearing their 30's. I watched the making of the first remake just last night and they mentioned how they decided to use the voice actors from the original even though they were slightly older and instead worked it form the standpoint that the original audience has grown also. But it's totally weird to see that idea used again, especially without the original actors. I mean it's somewhat understandable for a 13 year old boy to have a pet cat-dragon... but a 30 year old man with a pet cat dragon is weird.

@snxx @AboboSVT - I apologize for the error, I knew there had been two Sega versions and I wrote the Sega Saturn one down for some reason. I'm only human and I make mistakes too :p but thanks for pointing that out.

One of my all-time favorite games getting another remake :)

i was really interested in this game when it was released on the PS1 but never had the chance to play it. This seems like a great chance to play the (hopefully) definitive version of the game.

This looks interesting right now, I may have to get the demo for this. And I know I'm about to complain about something stupid, but I wish they had chosen a different font for the text, it doesn't look that good.

I've been playing the demo buy couldn't get to the end. I talked to the dragon but couldn't figure out where to go after that. I wanted to save my game at the end of the demo like it says.

Ya know, yes the graphics on the psp version are more polished... but in that graphics comparison, i still find myself more drawn to the original version. in fact, shown so small on equal terms, you could of told me the one on the left was the re-make. Much brigher, poppier colors, looks a lot more detailed. As a young gamer I really fell in love with this game on the SEGA CD, and I bought the collectors edition for PS1 just to have- Still have yet to actually play it, but I may spin it up on the PS3 just for kicks.

Damn I really want to get a PSP just for this game....loved the Sega CD/psONE versions =/

Thank you brucelery5000. I was just about to say that. :) Lunar for the SegaCD was one of the games that got me into RPG's. It puts a smile on my face when companies put as much love in games as was seen in the Lunar series.

I just replayed the original one (for ps1) ... this almost makes me want to play it again ... ps3 download .... perhaps.

makes me want to get a psp now

I played the demo and it was a bit different then the original which is a classic and a must play RPG kinda reminded me of Chrono Trigger a bit.

Heard alot about this game but never got to play it. Will def play it now.

@ Nuk1euz You should know that the golden age of rpgs term is something that really is subjective. If one thinks its the PSONE days then by all means they can think that. And again some of the games you mentioned IMO I donot think are that great...and that also is subjective when you say they all are instant classics. I thought Palladins Quest was a horrible game with the most broken magic system out there. But if you like it, thats fine...and as for Illusion of Gaia which is a great game, I would consider that game more in the Zelda mold then anything else. It has some rpg elements but not a traditional rpg. But again whatever one says its subjective simple as that.

I absolutely love Lunar! The Sega CD versions were great for their time (Lunar II: Eternal Blue is still one of my all-time favorites). The PS remakes were good but, even with all of their enhancements, they just didn't seem to have the same charm as the originals, at least for me. I know I'll end up buying this eventually, but how many times do you need to re-release a game/re-tell a story before you've completely ran it into the ground and whatever allure it had is gone?

i can't wait to hear luna's singing again! :D

one of my all time fav games, cant wait

"More than 10 years have passed since the original graced the Sega Saturn" don't you mean more than 15 years since the original graced the Sega CD.

@edhc44 Just an FYI, the golden age of JRPGs were during the SNES. Back then they werent called JRPGs, they were just RPGs lol Almost every RPG for the SNES was an instant classic, even the forgotten RPGs for the SNES are top quality....Paladin's Quest, Lufia 1 and 2, Illusion of Gaia, Earthbound, Secret of Evermore, Secret of Mana, Star Ocean (most cutting edge RPG for the SNES era with primitive voice acting) PS1 was the rise of video games commercially and in the mainstream IMO

This absolutely must become a part of my PSP collection! I can't wait!

I played it once in the "Golden Era" of JRPG's back in the PS1 days (great time to be a teenage gamer, I tell ya) and I liked it a lot. If lutomboy is right, I sure am gonna give it a chance, the Sega CD version always lured me, even though I never had one.

@lindseyiluvyou they used the original script from the Saga CD game and not the one from the PS1 version ... but i hat the new voices :( but the game itself is very good its a must have

@Gelugon_Baat you know whats funny? i was thinking the same thing, and visuals are something i rarely care about.

I tried the demo of this on the Playstation store and its nothing like the original one I played for PS. Its way to different so I think I'm going to miss out. I wish Work Designs didn't go outta buisness :(

i'm getting this...

They forgot to mention Working Design's awesome port over of Silver Star Story.

I wish they would release this and Lunar 2 on the PS3 in HD.

I dunno, this game is starting to see Final Fantasy I levels of remakes. I played the worst version of the game (on Game Boy Advance) but I remember it also being on the Playstation (in a sexy collector's edition pack with a cloth map and what not) too, and the Sega CD first. It's got a cult following to be sure and was probably the first anime-infused RPG that most older gamers ever encountered, so it has a lot of nostalgia behind it, but outside of that, it's got a pretty standard story and standard RPG conventions. Still, I guess a new generation deserves to experience it in all its glory.

It's really worth playing, a beautiful RPG.

I love this game! I hope Lunar 2 will be remade as well. Too bad there is no longer Working Designs who is very good in giving freebies in their packages.

I loved this game back in the day. I love the whole idea of it. Awesome game, and if I had a psp, I would definitely pick this up!

The article says the original was lunar silver star story on the sega saturn... but the first was lunar silver star on the sega cd 5 years before that. And in my opinion was the best rendition of the story.

played this game on the ps1. liked it then, but dont know if i will still like it though. the story is pretty standard

i am a whole lot excited.

Lunar is great, I really hated the voice they chose for Alex though. Too bad that it will probably cost $40 or some absurd price like that.

I'm excited for this game.. :D

Its looking a lot better than I figured. Can't wait!