Author Topic: Luminous Arc...not enough water in this barren desert. [DS REVIEW] (Read 5889 times)

Vizzys · « **on:** September 08, 2007, 11:54:50 PM »

I have structured this like a gamefaqs.com review on purpose...it deserves nothing better. I've played 13 hours of this.

"Luminous Arc, definitely not DS GOTY, sorry MAF"

Graphics: 6/10

Animu crap. Decent for what it is. The spells and attacks are simplistic, renamed spells for characters act out like another spell for a different person, nothing cool about the names of said moves either. Badly Compressed 'FMV' intro. Horridly minimal death animation.

Sound: 5/10 (average)

The sound, well... the voice acting is OK. I hate some of their voices with a passion however. Fucking whiny witches and that gay witch lovers voice is the worst voice EVER. Spell/move attacks are ok sounding, nothing special.

Game play: 6/10

Battles are basic, to say the least. Most of the time you can just gang up on one guy, heal, and move your group to the next soldier or whatever. When you fight a witch, you have to think things out a bit more, they are long ranged annoying, as are archers. Fuck archers. Oh and healers just wont die.

OK, everyone gets a turn, you move your character to where you want them to move.
Then you can choose attack, which depending on the role they are is either ranged or just a sword attack. You have MP, some skills or magic use those, lol. Oh and FP which gives you special attacks, they are mostly useless and for when you run out of MP. They do less damage then regular attacks often. Some do status effects, but other then poison I have never gotten one to work.

Story: 5/10

This story is very cliche.

Plot twists that shouldnt surprise you

You grow up believing what the Churches tell you, they end up being the bad guy.
Witches who you were born to hate/kill, end up being the good guys, angels and god are evil aliens bent on the worlds destruction.

Oh and your mentor is a moron who wont believe you after you tell him the truth and fights you one on one. (which if you are not prepared, forces you to waste a good hour leveling up)

Some side storys about sir heath knowing iris and leons father being killed by that heavly armored church dude whose name ive forgotten.

[close]

Nothing to see here.

He eventually joins you again I assume. Don't care.

Re-playability: 4/10

I see no reason to replay this game, sorry.
There is a new game +, but the story is not something worth reading/hearing twice.

Overall: 6/10

Somewhat fun, has voice acting, and will satisfy SRPG fans because their is nothing else on DS to quench the thirst.
Cliche story, semi-interesting characters if you are a sucker and watch shitty anime often.

edit:typoz

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:31:19 AM »

SPOILERS

Vizzys · « **Reply #2 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:32:51 AM »

you wont be surprised anyway

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:36:04 AM »

fuck you, i'll be the judge of that

Vizzys · « **Reply #4 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:36:32 AM »

k, i spoiler tag'd it

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:01:38 AM »

good on yer, alaska

Vizzys · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:03:38 AM »

coming soon to a state near you actually

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:10:35 AM »

Viz is dumb so add +2 to score

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:23:54 AM »

also add one because he calls this "shitty anime" yet watches bleach

Vizzys · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:29:23 AM »

an 8 maf?

you are insane

there is nothing above average about this game.

drinky, I'm well aware you would say this when i added that line

but yes, nothing special about the characters, lol hey the priestess is actually a DARK WITCH ZOMG DIDNT SEE THAT ONE COMING

Vizzys · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:31:56 AM »

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:32:45 AM »

Quote

spoiler (click to show/hide)
You grow up believing what the Churches tell you, they end up being the bad guy.
Witches who you were born to hate/kill, end up being the good guys, angels and god are evil aliens bent on the worlds destruction.
[close]

I really don't see why game makers should be penalized for storylines that reflect real life.

Vizzys · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:34:53 AM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on September 09, 2007, 01:32:45 AM

Quote
spoiler (click to show/hide)
You grow up believing what the Churches tell you, they end up being the bad guy.
Witches who you were born to hate/kill, end up being the good guys, angels and god are evil aliens bent on the worlds destruction.
[close]

I really don't see why game makers should be penalized for storylines that reflect real life.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

god is an evil alien sent to destroy earth?

[close]

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #13 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:38:18 AM »

That's the only

spoiler (click to show/hide)

interpretation of the Bible

[close]

that makes any sense to me. Occam's razor, etc.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #14 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:48:04 AM »

Quote from: Viz on September 09, 2007, 01:29:23 AM

drinky, I'm well aware you would say this when i added that line

so why'd you add it, hypocrite

it's not that this game is an 8 in quality, it's that you don't get to judge it on account of YOU SUK

Vizzys · « **Reply #15 on:** September 09, 2007, 01:52:33 AM »

cause' I knew you would say something about it, duh

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #16 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:03:38 AM »

lolz viz, beat the game to decide he hated it

Vizzys · « **Reply #17 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:06:14 AM »

how much more must I sludge through, hour wise?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #18 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:12:16 AM »

FOREVER

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #19 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:27:20 AM »

Quote from: Viz on September 08, 2007, 11:54:50 PM

Cliche story, semi-interesting characters if you are a sucker and watch shitty anime often.

You're calling MAF a sucker that likes shitty anime on your first day back?

I like you, man. Welcome back.

Vizzys · « **Reply #20 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:31:06 AM »

BUT I LIKE BLEACH SO WHATEVA, OPINION DENIED

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #21 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:32:41 AM »

Quote from: Viz on September 09, 2007, 02:31:06 AM

BUT I LIKE BLEACH SO WHATEVA, OPINION DENIED

But you're still a kid! Maf's a grown man.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #22 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:36:20 AM »

actually he's 2/3 his age.

I calculated.

Vizzys · « **Reply #23 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:36:26 AM »

I'm turning twenty in a few days! ( havent watched anime in a long while, but i read the manga, which is slightly less nerdy)

And I didn't say that to maf, I just implied that certain people that have been writing positive reviews of this may or may not be full of shite.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #24 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:38:08 AM »

Don't be scared of Maf. Or Drinky. I'll back you up.

Vizzys · « **Reply #25 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:42:12 AM »

lol, im just jokin around

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #26 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:44:09 AM »

Wuss.

Vizzys · « **Reply #27 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:46:01 AM »

fukk you maf and drinky

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #28 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:50:46 AM »

Quote from: Viz on September 09, 2007, 02:46:01 AM

fukk you maf and drinky

Hell yeah. We're cool again. They might have been internet legends once but they're washed up now. Drinky Crow was funny, like 5 years ago. The same rehashed material just ain't hacking it anymore. Only an idiot like Mondain would be scared of these two has-beens.

Vizzys · « **Reply #29 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:54:58 AM »

yeah I saw that meltdown, very amusing

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #30 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:57:55 AM »

does 5 years ago mean 1995? it's still 2000 now right? my windows date widget says "2007" but that cannot possibly be right, stupid microsoft and their lame buggy software

Vizzys · « **Reply #31 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:03:14 AM »

oh this thread is getting good

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #32 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:17:06 AM »

ecursivelyenumerable, STFU, . Don't drag MS into this. Vista/Office 2007/IE7 makes MS the triple crown champion of computing bliss. I still have the utmost respect for MS even though they've obviously let some nimrods slip through the cracks during the employment process.

Quote from: Viz on September 09, 2007, 02:54:58 AM

yeah I saw that meltdown, very amusing

Jotaro was pretty fun to troll. As predictable as he was, it was still hilarious to see his overreactions every time. Too bad some self-righteous people had to drive him away so quickly.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #33 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:33:29 AM »

ooooooooookay, skin crawling here

Vizzys · « **Reply #34 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:41:59 AM »

is recursivelyenumerable the same person who said you applied to work at play magazine on gaf, drinky?

it would be a better twist then any in luminous arc

that whole thread was wierd

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #35 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:45:18 AM »

Quote from: Viz on September 09, 2007, 03:41:59 AM

is recursivelyenumerable the same person who said you applied to work at play magazine on gaf, drinky?

it would be a better twist then any in luminous arc

that whole thread was wierd

Link?

Vizzys · « **Reply #36 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:46:13 AM »

honestly dont remember the link, something about lair. Ill look

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #37 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:50:55 AM »

greg orlando? he thinks i'm someone else. maybe i am!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #38 on:** September 09, 2007, 04:01:46 AM »

Why do you always get confused with someone else? People seem to think that Drinky Crow is just a joke account shared by a bunch of people.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #39 on:** September 09, 2007, 04:09:32 AM »

MS is all hippies now apparently. The only good part of MS is MS Research Cambridge, and MS Research Cambridge is only good because they all use Comic Sans, the one true font for serious intellectual work, in their slides.

and Drinky applied to Play because he decided to work to change the system from within instead of pointlessly raging against it from the outside. Most people (eternal manchildren excepted) eventually make the same decision; it's an important part of growing up.

Vizzys · « **Reply #40 on:** September 09, 2007, 04:13:29 AM »

ah yes the infamous comic sans

it all makes sense now

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #41 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:39:33 PM »

Viz - Bringing the OA to Evilbore. This thread is distinguished mentally-challenged.

Vizzys · « **Reply #42 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:20:01 PM »

that makes no sense

nor does luminous arc being given a score above 6 out of 10

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #43 on:** September 09, 2007, 04:59:50 PM »

Sir, you make no sense.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #44 on:** September 11, 2007, 12:07:48 AM »

this thread is pretty 'out there'. I'll give it 6 out of 10

Vizzys · « **Reply #45 on:** September 11, 2007, 02:05:46 AM »

Im too busy playing etrian odyssey to care!

It is DS GOTY after all. Proof that MAF isnt wrong all the time.

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Author Topic: Luminous Arc...not enough water in this barren desert. [DS REVIEW] (Read 5889 times)