Zeon?.... For the Sega Genesis:
Phantasy Star 2, 3, 4, Traysia, Sword of Vermillion, Shining Force 1, 2, Shining in the Darkness, Landstalker, Beyond Oasis, Shadowrun, Shining force 3, Vay, Lunar 1, Lunar 2..........Faery Tale Adventure, Crusader of Centy......D&D.....Ys III.
Thats not a tiny list of RPGs, lol. and Im sure i missed some.
I dont know. I always thought both the original and remake captured the Lunar atmosphere perfect. They both have some shortcomings (Sega CD is kinda unpolished in places, PSX has alot of annoying battle voice overs as was mentioned...).......... but they both kick ass. Even with the short comings, both setup a game play experience that hasn't been matched.. Except by Vay which is basically Lunar 1.5. Both Lunar games on all systems are thumbs up awesome in my book.
The music in the PSX one was pretty inspiring and awesome, and so was the Sega CD music.... The PSX remake just feels like they redelivered the world and put more time into showing you it.
I cant say either really beats out the other.
One thing neither game is guilty of is drawn out dialogue, mindless grinding, or dumb sidequests. Like in Lunar 2, the extra dungeons, they aren't just some pokey quick ass find the loot and get out deals. They are full blown dungeons!
Lunar does an awesome job of character and world development that other games fizzle out in the middle of doing. I actually cared about the characters and what was going on (which is why I did the epilogue part of Lunar 2! Gotta know what happens). Some other games (Final Fantasy VI), I honestly didn't give two shits about half the characters.
What alot of RPGs do is pad the game with level grinding, text that shouldn't even be there, and crap like that. Yea they cant get FMVs and voice overs on a cartridge, but sometimes the text dialog is overkill and they make you do crap that is boring. Final Fantasy has alot of junk like that. They add more and more with every game. Goony "mini games" and crap that is more tedious than fun.
But I guess I like those games too ....I even like the "short" rpgs. I dont really gauge an RPGs fun by its length, since some long ass RPGs are brutal messes and I only finish them to finish them. Short ass games (Like Ys!) are great, even if you can beat it in <10 hours. As long as the story is delivered right, and the characters arent lame/boring.
The only thing that happened with the PSX Lunar that was sort of a let down is that the power of the playstation was kinda underused. I mean, look at that messagebox. Its just a transparent rectangle. What the hell.
