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Using the power of the moon and the sun is cool, but Kinda Hard... Until you get to the boss fight.
I just bought Lunar Knights thinking about playing an rpg adventure, but I soon realized it wasn't what I expected, it was quite more...
I'm still playing it, so I won't have the full review, but up to the third boss I can tell you it's pretty good, with a nice story, sweet clips, and great playing experience with a lot of new and original additions, like using sunlight/moonlight energy to charge your energy and a simple and fun space shooter after every boss fight...
Through the adventure, you use the two characters Lucian and Aaron, who use moonlight and sunlight, respectively, to power up their attacks.
Lucian is the melee fighter, using his high-punch sword to strike enemys up close, his abilities are quite easy to master, giving consecutive hits to do short combos and using your equipped shield to defend against frontal attacks doesn't pose a great challenge...
Aaron, on the other hand, has some tricky attack controls. Since he uses guns to fire at range and the D-pad on the DS doesn't give great precision, you must use the R button to lock precisely on enemies, this is a little problematic when you have a bunch of enemies coming at you, even just one big and fast baddie will have you shooting and moving to avoid damage; adding to that, Aaron can't fire his guns if his energy meter is empty, so if you run out of energy and it's night, you have no choice but to use Lucian until you recharge Aaron's energy. All this means that you will be using Lucian most of the game, so he has an experience advantage over Aaron, unless you pack a lot of energy recovery Items, only then will Aaron have a chance of lasting along the whole dungeon.
Another added extra is the TRC (trance) bar, that gives you the ability to do a powerful burst attack with the terrenials, elemental buddies that help you with their powers, or fuse either Lucian or Aaron with their respective terrenial companion (Aaron with Toasty, Lucian with Nero) and enter a Trance that gives you very powerful attacks... So powerful that you can kill the two first bosses in the shortest time... =s
Also, after each boss battle, you climb into Lucian's ship and fly into space to bring the enemy into the "purificator", wich shoots his body a huge ray of sunlight in order to completely eliminate him. On the way you pilot the ship using the touch screen, this can be a little hard because you shoot and move the ship by touching the screen.
Overall, Lunar Knights is a great game, with a lot of original new stuff... But it takes a little while to get used to all the new additions...
By penaneitor
*****
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better than what you might excpect. great action + nice story + sweet music = a damn good game
This game is simply frickin amazing, I've never played Boktai but you don't need to have. I'll go through each section of this fantastic new game for the DS.
Gameplay: Very fun isometric hack n slash game. Nice weapon upgrading system, simple rpg-like character build ups, and each character is really cool to use. The main game is pretty sweet and not too difficult, the only time I found myself having trouble with the game is in a couple of stealth missions. Oh yes, did I mention, the king of stealth games Kojima worked on this so there is some fun stealth parts sprinkled throughout the game. Also the space shooting levels are pretty good and have more depth than I thought they would.
Graphics: Beautiful hand drawn characters, sweet anime cutscenes that are played throughout the game which look amazing. The casket rocket 3-d scenes look awesome too.
Sound: The music in this game is sick. The quality is just great. Also, there is a lot of voice acting which is really cool.
Value: This game is easily worth the $30 cost, easily. There's so much things packed into this game I couldn't believe it. Great anime cutscenes, big dungeons, nice 3-d space shooting levels, and great music make this a game you need to buy if you are interested in it.
By MrMC7992
*****
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