There is another game in the series that a lot of people don't know about : Lunar Walking School, released on the Game Gear in 1995 and remade as Magic School Lunar for the Saturn in 1997. Most people who've played these games played these remakes. Some old school fans have problems with the remakes, but they're solid games that people have many fond memories of.
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Lunar SSSC, in particular, is almost an entirely different game. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete aren't just lazily emulated ports of the Sega-CD originals these two games were pretty much rebuilt from the ground up. Later those remakes were ported to the Playstation, and the PSX versions are the ones that Working Designs released in the States. When the next console generation came, GameArts decided to remake these two games for the Sega Saturn. It's one of my favorite games of all time. It's not a revolutionary game, but it's a damn solid JRPG. Many of the flaws have been ironed out, and the things that were good about the original are even better. Lunar: Eternal Blue came out two years later, and for my money, it's a superior game to the original. The very first Lunar game didn't age particularly well in some aspects, but it's considered a classic for a reason, and there really was nothing like it at the time. Their pop-culture laden translations are often looked down on nowadays, but at the time video game translations just didn't have that much effort put into them. It's been said that Working Designs made Lunar, and Lunar made Working Designs. What set it apart was its cutscenes and voice acting, which in 1992 was very noteworthy, and the translation by Working Designs. The Sega-CD is kind of a punchline nowadays, and it's not known for good games, but the Lunar series is an exception. Lunar: The Silver Star was a 1992 Sega-CD RPG made by GameArts, and later localized and released in America by Working Designs. To explain why requires a bit of a history lesson, so strap in for a brief history of Lunar. Considering that I did LPs for the first and the second game, you may assume that I am, in fact, a huge fan of the Lunar series and I too loathe this game. If you are a long-time Lunar fan, well, this game is pretty much a direct slap in the face. Even if you have zero vested interest in the Lunar series, Lunar DS is a waste of your time and money. The reason why it's not a good game will be evident in the first update, but suffice it to say it's not a game I'd recommend. Lunar: Dragon Song (or Lunar Genesis in Japan and PAL regions) is not a good game. And if I don't do it, some other poor schmuck will. Yeah, I said I'd never do this, but you all really shouldn't trust me.
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