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Lunar: Dragon Song DS
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2005
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Metascore
59 out of 100

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User Score
6.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: (Also known as "Lunar Genesis" in JPN) The first original installment of the Lunar franchise to be released in more than 10 years - Lunar: Dragon Song - is also the first traditional fantasy RPG for Nintendo DS and takes players to 1,000 years before the events that occurred in the first game of the Lunar series, "Lunar: The Silver Star." The world of Lunar is at peace under the protection of the goddess Althena, creator of Lunar. At the fringes of this peaceful existence, vicious demons have started to slowly invade, and there are few with power enough to know how to deal with this demon invasion. Players experience the world of Lunar as the human boy, Jian, and his group of friends. Jian’s story begins simply but quickly evolves as he and his friends unravel the evil plot being laid against Althena and discover that they alone can save Lunar from the forces of evil. [Ubisoft]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 30
  3. Negative: 6 out of 30
  1. GameSpy
    80
    Aside from these minor quibbles and instances of tedium, the story progresses at a respectable clip, with plenty of twists and surprises to keep things interesting.
  2. Nintendojo
    70
    The learning curve is gentle enough for first time RPGers while the scale of the story should appease RPG veterans.
  3. Game Informer
    48
    I don't use this example lightly, but think back to "Grabbed by the Ghoulies," a similarly good-looking, but unfun and almost unplayable nightmare of gameplay design missteps. [Nov 2005, p.178]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. IrishChai
    7
    Although I am rating this pretty high, I have to admit it deserves most of it's poor/mediocre ratings and reviews. If it didn't have the Lunar name and art style, I would've never bought it nor played it without swiftly returning it. However, the huge fan that I am ever since the original on Sega CD is loving this addition to the series. I can enjoy it primarily because it's obviously set in the same world with similar looking characters, so I suppose a lot of it's appeal is nostalgia with me. So if you are that serious of a die-hard fan that you buy games in a series just because of a brand name or relation to your favorite RPG of all time, this is worth the purchase. Oh, I should also mention I got it for $5 lol If it had been $10 or more, I probably could've lived without it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. EvanH.
    5
    The game is semi-fun, but the battle system is really annoying and the story isn't very deep.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. Marie
    4
    Interesting at first, but about half way became a chore just to finish. Annoying having to go and do teddious errends just to get enough money for armor. Couldn't they have spell checked the game as well? At least one of the delivery errends had the wrong name as the person to deliver it to, and how could you miss capitalizing other names?! I regretted paying the initial $40 price tag for a game that gives Lunar a bad name!… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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