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Lunar: Dragon Song
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 30 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Game Arts - Japan Art Media
Genre(s): Role-Playing Game
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Release Date: September 27, 2005
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]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameSpy
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.
Read Full Review >GameBrink
It’s a fun game, but some of the flaws such as the weird battle system and HP loss while running could ruin the experience for you.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
It does tragically little to expand the saga or enrich our understanding of the Lunar universe. Instead, the story feels like merely a means of shepherding the player from one monster-filled dungeon to the next. [Nov 2005, p.114]
Nintendojo
The learning curve is gentle enough for first time RPGers while the scale of the story should appease RPG veterans.
Read Full Review >RPG Fan
Even though this game was trash, if it gets enough support, then there may be hope for a real Lunar 3 in the future.
Read Full Review >Play Magazine
Combing an area twice (once for experience, again for items) becomes tedious and aggravating. [Nov p.100]
PGNx Media
The battles are a bit boring and run for too long, and the game doesn’t utilize the Nintendo DS hardware much.
Read Full Review >eToychest
Taken on its own, the game is not all that inspiring, and when compared with other RPGs, it is somewhat boring and tends to wear out its welcome long before the final confrontation.
Read Full Review >1UP
Lunar DS isn't really up to the thrilling and dramatic heights the series was synonymous. Worse, the changes and tweaks the developers made, trying to bring Lunar into the 21st century, are irrelevant at best and annoying at worst. That said, this is a better-than-average handheld RPG with a likable cast, a charming story, and appealing graphics.
Read Full Review >DailyGame
If you really need a DS RPG, you could check this out. Just be warned that the combat system is very frustrating.
Read Full Review >Gamer's Hell
A noble attempt to bring the Lunar universe back to the fore, but the lack of features that made the series popular and the dated, old-school visual style take too much away from the game.
Read Full Review >Gaming Target
Dragon Song doesn't completely suck. It has flaws. It has numerous crushing issues. It's an RPG you shouldn't probably be even wasting your time on if you care for RPGs at all.
Read Full Review >IGN
The nuts and bolts of combat are decent, although the pacing drags in this area as well.
Read Full Review >GamingTrend
Everything except the combat is needlessly confusing and frustrating, as if they were purposefully trying to make gamers mad. In comparison, the combat is too simple and almost dumbed down to make this an RPG For Dummies, DS Edition.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Your characters move like drunken sailors while they explore. The game is surprisingly lengthy in a good way.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
Obviously, your choices for RPG’s on the DS aren’t overwhelming, so if you can’t wait for something better to come along, give this a shot. It’s not terrible, but one can only imagine how good this could have been.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Unfortunately, the end result is a game that's convoluted where you want it to be simple, and shallow where you wish it had some depth. Even the most devout Lunar loyalists will have a hard time enjoying this game.
Read Full Review >DarkStation
This RPG exudes some of the series' old school charm, but its dated combat and uninspired visuals fails to impress modern gamers.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Graphics and sound for the game are merely competent; not too bad, not too great. The combat sequences have an extremely blurry, pixilated look to them, owing to the pseudo-3D used to move the camera around.
Read Full Review >Just RPG
The story is cute and simple, like all the Lunar games, but is held back by a questionable localization.
Read Full Review >Gamers' Temple
Combat is key in any good RPG and in Dragon Song the combat is very plain and in at least one area very bad.
Read Full Review >NintendoWorldReport
If you are utterly starved for an RPG to play on your DS, rejoice my pitiful friend, because Lunar: Dragon Song is a traditional, predictable take on the genre that will last forty or fifty hours. If, however, you have anything less than the patience of a statue, this game will bore you to tears long before the anticlimactic ending sequence.
Read Full Review >Gamer 2.0
Only a true fan will find those few wonderful things in this title replete with fallacies and gaming atrocities.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
Anyone expecting the DS's first role-playing game to be anything more than average is in for a bitter disappointment. [Dec 2005, p.126]
Game Informer
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]
Electronic Gaming Monthly
When its fundamentals are botched this badly, not even Dragon Song's semidecent story can save it. [Nov 2005, p.162]
G4 TV
Between graphics, story, and gameplay, we want at least two out of three to drive us to complete the large undertaking that is playing an RPG. Lunar excels at none of the above.
Read Full Review >GameShark
And what little new has been added fails to measure up in the implementation department.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
A wasted opportunity; one that turns your anger to frustration then to plain, empty sadness.
Read Full Review >NTSC-uk
Lunar: DS really is held back by its design. Parts that should be kept simple have been made frustratingly complicated, whilst others that could use a little elaboration have been left far too basic, all these decisions seemingly being made for the sake of producing a game that’s a little different.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
John H. gave it a9:
a game that makes most traditionalists crazy and mad, makes me happy. this game creates a different atmosphere than that of a traditional rpg. the thing that makes this game stand out is the music. very nice.
Sam gave it a3:
Much like the "Game of the Damned" Shadow the Hedgehog, this amazing series has taken such an awful mistep that it may never recover.
Dyne L. gave it an8:
Just because its Lunar....
Evan H. gave it a5:
The game is semi-fun, but the battle system is really annoying and the story isn't very deep.
Joe J. gave it a3:
Really poor lunar game.
