Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (U) | Discussion Thread

I thought the game would be better.
The gameplay looks similar to dragon quest IX, but DQIX is way better...

What sword does the Megiddo?

Replying to #62

You mean a special skills you can get from equipment?

Yes, apparently, not same as the GBA Golden Suns with which you can choose Megiddo on your own.

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Official Game Guide (PDF) (32.56 MB)http://www.mediafire.com/?cod57ah10o6vbni
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Did anyone already discover useful classes?

This game is fucking crap. in comparison to the first two

Replying to #67

Opinions, opinions ::)Btw, I found out why the review guy wrote strange sounds in the grades.
That mountain temple music (before meet kraden) is just awfull.Besides that the game is amazing.

I picked the game up at Game Stop on release day. So far it's fun, very reminiscent of the first two so far. The local game stop had it under Pre-Owned games rather than new releases (I was trying to find it but couldn't). They corrected it after I had to get help finding it.I stopped by Wal-mart today to pick up some food for supper and walked through the electronics/video game section (I always do when ever I visit). They had 15 copies of Dark Dawn, but they were buried on the bottom shelf, out of site. They usually have new games up on the shelf with a "NEW RELEASE" tag on them. But it seems they were hiding the Golden Sun game. I thought about telling them they should put it out on the shelf so people know about it, but no one was around and I wasn't going to hunt down a rep just for something like that. I went and got my flour milk and eggs and left.

Stanley Richards · #67This game is fucking crap. in comparison to the first two

Indeed, opinions.
It's quite fun for me so far. May not be up to par with the previous entries in the series, but it's very fun itself.
Also, the game looks stunning, especially battles.

Blade5406 · #62What sword does the Megiddo?

Sol Blade, right?

the game's epic. i just got the sixth party member. graphics are fcking sick.

Replying to #72

I guess we just have to live with it. Haha.Btw, in which order should I go for the Passaj event?

Replying to #73

Doesn't matter. you can't enter ayuthat without talking to the King at Kaocho first.
Btw, there is a missable Jinn at the word map- forest west of Kaocho. Better pick it before crossing the mountains T_T (I just read the guide later).So far so good, I got around 10~12hours of gameplay. I've just reach the first snow village.
I also had to check up the guide for the first time to solve a puzzle, that points out the the difficulty is raising a bit (even if i am a bit dummy for puzzles >_>).I can't say if its the "Best RPG on DS", but Golden Sun DS is surely one of the best released so far. A great addition to the end of the DS life.
I highly recommend the people to stop reading that dammed FPS-Reviewers that don't know **** about RPGs and play the game.

Replying to #74

Oh, I've just finished the puzzle at Passaj, so I shoul head back to Ayuthat(or whatever it is) right?

Replying to #75

If you've just finished starting the forge in Passaj, they'll tell you to get a mask. Then visit Kaocho and head to the palace.(Not sure if you might needa talk to the guards at Ayuthay first though. STM.)

SaiphCharonI saw the IGN review and, frankly a kid could have written such a review without even playing the game.I mean seriously, they dislike that it's not mostly a grind and that the characters talk too much. We knew 7 years ago that if there was ever a new GS game the characters would talk alot, since the story was really important in the other games too.Actually
http://boards.ign.com/golden_sun/b5264/197827043/p1/
The posts there show quite well what I mean.

Poor guy better not play Xenosaga. It's more movie than game, especially 3.But I think the reason the talking seems more prominent this time might be that the encounter rate seems to have gone down quite a bit. I get like...2 encounters in one dungeon sometimes? Whereas I'll be kicking ass left and right in GS2. Awkward balance this time's my opinion.

i really dislike how some of the psynergies are one use, though.

I love the game so far....
Except the psyenergy uses.
It all happens to slowly, "move" and "grip" especially (so far).
Also, the puzzles are dull.Battles are extremely fun though, and as said before, the game looks stunning.
Also, I like reading dialogue, so that's not an issue at all for me.

the bosses are SO fun, srsly. also, love the djinn stuff (HARKINIAN METEOR)

Haven't got it yet. I have an R4 Ultra. Are there any needed patches, or do I just download it from the first page?