A golden rpg!
The graphics are some of the best from the gba.The towns,fields and characters are all well detailed and animated.The bright colors and colorful world give the atmosphere a more fun feel.The music is fantastic and some of the best sounds to come out of the gba.The control is also great and rounds out this package just great.
The gameplay is super cool.Its old school 16-bit rpg at heart with some cool twists.The story is also great and I'll start with it first.You are isaac and you live in the town of vale.Your soon woken up by your mother who tells you that the mt aleph boulder is falling and will destry most of the village.She takes off with your pa and your to see your self to town center.On the way events unfold and you run into Saturous and Menardi these two evil looking characters and you soon get the feeling they were behind the whole thing.Fast foward a few years later and you and your friends are going to see kraden to study alchemy.You soon end up finding the two mysterious characters again and all heck breaks loose again.You must stop them from lighting the four light houses and releasing the power of alchemy into the world.
Most of the gameplay is standard rpg fare.You talk to villagers who give you clues on what to do next while shopping at shops to get better items and battling many foes along the way.The battle system is great and really speedy.So the random battles don't feel like as much of a drag as most rpg's.Magic is gs is called psynergy and with it you can attack enemies,heal your party and even use it out of battle to help solve puzzles.Whats more is you can collect these little creatures called djinni.These little guys boost your psynergy and give you more powers.They can also be used to change classes.Thats right mix and match them to see what you can come up with.There are many options and all are official classes in the game.The puzzle solving isn't really brain busting but it does add some fun to the mix.Most of its just push this,freeze this, or burn that.Still its fun and all the powers you eventually get all come into play some how.Their are many of these which helps give the game some variety.So what more can be said about the gameplay other than its just plain fun.
If you have missed this one then I encourage you to look around.This and its sequal are both great.Whats more is they both tie into each other.After you beat this one put in the info to the next game and you'll start off a little better than if you didn't.Its really cool.Goldensun is for sure a gleaming game.I even think i'll invest into a ds when the new one comes out....thats how fun this game is.