Lunar: Dragon Song (Nintendo DS, 2005)

Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: TRC

Lunar Dragon Song, Oh it hurts so good!

The Lunar games have been a favorite of my for a long time now. I was so happy to find out that Lunar Dragon Song, published by UbiSoft, was out that I ran out and picked one up.

The graphics were like that found on the SNES. Everything was well drawn in this game. The environments were bright with color. Also, the split screen Boss battles looked cool!

The best thing about this game was the background music.

Battle system in the game is truly a mistake! You cannot choose your target! All you can do is tell your party to fight, use an item (you get to pick the item) or use a spell (you pick the spell). The game will then choose the monster you fight. You can hold the top right shoulder button to speed up the battle.

Special mention – Losing hit points while you run is torture. Also, having to choose experience points or items before a battle is not fun.

Having to do fetch and return jobs for money is a good idea. I would have liked to have more of a variety in my job quests. Like some hunt and destroy missions tossed in just for fun.

Overall, if you like torture and Lunar this is your game. I give this game a 4/10

If not please hold out for Final Fantasy III remake for the DS.