In these few hours, you will be able to familiarize yourself with the mechanics of the game, making it a perfect opportunity for newcomers to the series to immerse themselves before the game truly begins. Finding the blade will only take you a couple of hours. The Northworld Empire is home to the human race and the demons rule the southern territory, Fireland.ĭiscovering the blade will only be the beginning of this broad adventure.
The world is divided into two main kingdoms. Their story will unfold in a world that is shared by humans, demons, and beasts that is constantly devastated by war. Joining you almost immediately will be the other half of your crew, Gadfort, who wants the blade to become the greatest knight in existence, and Maebelle, an elfin archer seeking the blade to save her people. 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. The story will focus mainly on two characters that you will have the opportunity to control. While the essence of the hack-n-slash of NEO is preserved, many fans of the series long for the return the classic Saturn trilogy. Unfortunately, that is where the similarities between this and earlier volumes of the series end. The difference comes into play when only one of your four party members is able to obtain the Shining Force, thus transforming their dreams into reality. The Shining Force storyline itself resembles that of King Arthur, "the sword and the stone" era more specifically.
Much like previous versions, you start out in a party of adventurers seeking the Shining Force, each with their own reasons to obtain the sword. While Shining Force EXA (pronounced "ikusa") is nothing revolutionary to the current action RPGs, Sega brings a solid sequel to Shining Force NEO. Traditional turn based RPGs are still in the market, but with demands of a quicker paced game, the action-RPG was born. In recent years however, the genre has begun to grow with the player. Making changes in a genre that has been around for almost as long as the gaming industry itself could cause the game to take a severe beating on the shelves.
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