Shining Force Exa and Shining Series Closer

The last Shining game I have played in the series. This game was also in the real-time strategy format like Neo.

The story focuses mainly on two characters that the player will have the opportunity to control: Toma, a brash sword wielder who dreams of being "King of the World," and Cyrille, a mage of sorts whose reasons for searching for the Shining Force are a well kept mystery. Joining the party almost immediately will be the other half of its members, Gadfort, who wants the blade to become the greatest knight in existence, and Maebelle, an elfin archer seeking the blade to save her people. Their story will unfold in a world that is shared by humans, demons, and beasts that is constantly devastated by war. The world is divided into two main kingdoms. The Noswald Empire is home to the human race and the demons rule the southern territory, Fyrlandt.

This game was not as good to me as Neo. It shied away from one of the main reasons I liked the game series: the vast number of characters to choose from. You still had some secondary characters to choose from and use but the selection was lacking to me. However, it was still a solid game and a fun adventure.

One cool little addition that was made from Neo to Exa was the ability to customize the robot castle Geo-Fortress. The higher you had the castle upgraded, the more you were protected from an attack that happened upon Geo-Fortress.

Whether or not you liked these games I chose to and /or will choose to shed some light on in the series, or if you think that there were better games out of the series is irrelevant to these dailies and blogs. I just wanted to show some love for the games I have played in this bravura series. I eventually want to play all 28 installments and see the TV show that they made out of this game series but one step at a time. Whenever I have down time, I promise that I will be playing these games through again to give you all and myself a fresh perspective. I will rate them with what I would have given them at the time versus now (for fun medals so to speak) and I may even delve into the characters I went with through each installment (Shining in the Darkness being the only exception as to me not being able to make that choice). I hope that this project proves as fun and interesting to you as it will for me. I know I love all these games and I will have absolutely no problem blasting through them again. I hope that when you hear my love for these games that it will compel you to at least give one of them a try and see if you can fall head over heels for the series like I have.

Thanks for all who read this,

Shea Buttuh