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"Aaaleeex, oh Aaaaaaaaalex!" I preferred Silver Star over Silver Star Story, but that was mainly due to them changing the vibe of the Intro. Other things like killing the diversity if skills/spells available in the game made it kinda boring to actually play. In OG Lunar, sure, most of the spells became useless once you hit a high enough level and you only ended up casting 2 or 3 of each spell/skill for any given character. But to go ahead and just get rid of them all entirely killed any kind of variety of play in the middle portions of the game. They should have tweaked the spells and make them more interesting, not get rid of them. Aside from those two points, Silver Stat Story is a superior game. Unfortunately those two points are kind of important.
My most memorable time was the battle against the giant chicken. I was a well polished machine at that point, and survived long enough to blow through every bit of health, magic, and items I had collected that far. I fought for an hour. And when I died...to that chicken...and the story progressed...I was beyond livid lol. Didn’t play again for 2 weeks. Restarted before the battle with all my stuff back and just suicided myself afterwards and finished the game lol. Still one of the best stories I’ve played.
@@burningknuckle26 The PSP remake pretty much did all of that. Personally I'd just love to see the PS1 version in HD, with a few fixes "like the always walking in place issue". Aside from that I'd like to see Lunar 2 remastered as well, because it's always ignored.
The positivity and camaraderie of the protagonists, the amazing cut scenes, the beautiful graphics...and the bromides! Really a wonderful, unique game. One of the all-time greats.
Lunar: Silver Star Story is an insanely good game, complete with well-drawn cutscenes, good voice acting in the PS1 version, good music, even the story is long, well-written, and paced just right. It's one of three games I made my nephews play all the way through, with the other two being Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV.
Of all my past PS games, I still have Lunar 1 & 2 still, on the shelf in excellent condition with all their parts like new. One of the most memorable moments for me was Lucia turning into an evil version in Lunar 1. I was so invested in the characters and to have the main love interest turn so dark changed everything. Great music selections. I remember them all fondly. Thanks for the review and memories!
I used to see this artist all over the place for anime in the 90's. They did character designs for Evangelion, as well as .Hack among many others. I miss these old school designs, good times.
I finished the game for the first time this week and it took me 48h 59m, I beat Ghaleon with my party at level 55 I absolutely love the sense of humor and story of the game, definitely one of the best RPGs ever made... Now I'm playing the sequel
@@kennywilson3270you can beat the game in less time. I've played it so much, my best run was Level 62 at 14 hours. Got all the secret items, secret videos, the works. And this was a time before the internet, so I had to find all this stuff on my own 😂
I have so much nostalgia for this game...it was the first RPG I ever fully completed all the way through. And I used to listen to the soundtrack to fall asleep for so long, especially to Luna's Boat Song ❤ thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I personally think the second is better. Neither are my favorite, but I have great respect for both. I have Sega CD, PSX, and PSP versions of Lunar Silver Star, and the PSX version of Eternal Blue. Just incredible packaging on the PSX versions of both.
i see that you’re also a man of culture. this series easily ranked 1 of my top ten jrpgs, preferred the second game personally but no doubt both are masterpieces. my fat psp broke down before i can finish the remake but loved every minute of it and brought so many memories. working designs is surely missed
I loved playing Lunar when I was a teenager. The plot has so many twists and turns. I remember it came with all this other cool stuff like a cloth map and leather bound guide
I remember first seeing it as an ad in EGM when they started promoting the remake on PS1. It was a two page spread and I was immediately enamored so I started saving up my monies lol because I knew I needed that game that had so much love put into that I knew nothing about haha. I was even drawing fan art before I even got to play it. And I even submitted and was a winner of WD's monthly fanart contest! Those were the days, man. Hearing that music really takes me back.
Overlooked my ass! Love this series. Both Silver and Eternal Blue were amazing. One of the earliest games I can think of with voice acting and it isn't like terrible. Not only that but the bloopers in Eternal Blue made me laugh my ass off. Not to mention the cutscenes were fantastic for their time. Fantastic story, gameplay is solid, not too easy, not too hard, lots of quirk and challenges and secrets! Nash breaks the game and it wasn't until replaying recently after like yearrrrrrs that I realized just how obvious it is the creators are like "Here's Nash...wink wink nudge nudge, GRIND AND LEVEL UP!" because like when you have Nash its not only easier but specific moments where you gain and lose Nash are key moments where when he is given to you inbetween times where you will soon lose him are key moments early on to do some grinding for moments ahead. Gaining entry to Vane is a good example. The boss at the end of the trial for Vane is actually fairly tough at that point imo but the dungeon before that in Meribia sewers has those fish battles that Nash can one-shot. It's vital imo because you lose Nash for the trial to get into Vane so he can seriously grind your characters up fast in the sewers before that dungeon. Love both of these games and cannot wait to play through Eternal Blue again after recently replaying through Silver Star. Probably up at the top of my list of games and shares a stage with games like FF2, FF3, Xenogears, FF7, Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger. There are probably other RPGs I'm not thinking of that are good enough for me to have a hard time deciding my favorite. I wish the PSP version would get re-released for the PSN or something because I haven't played that version. Honestly after seeing the FF7 remake AND recently replaying through Xenosaga I am seriously in need for a Xenogears remake of some kind. Doesn't even have to be FF7 remake level quality but I think the story deserves it Fun fact FF7 only is the game it is today because they literally took funding for the 2nd disc of Xenogears to complete FF7. The 2nd disc of Xenogears is "okay" but not nearly at all what it could've been just very very very linear and a bit of a storybook. But Xenogears is probably one of the most story rich games I've ever played and the complexity of it and it's characters it's definitely triple A worthy. But I know alot of folks I think have been clamoring for a Chrono Trigger remake. I do love that game too.
man i remember when this came out for playstation and the hype around it was HUGE and like the soundtrack and quality that went into the release with full animations and such. the PS version was really big when it hit and topped many of our lists as most wanted game at the time.
This was the pride of my PS collection and even to this day almost 20 years late I STILL compare all RPG's I play to this one in terms of the best RPG I have ever played. Also, this was the game that first opened me up to come to love and enjoy Anime later on in my life.
I think the most memorable thing for me was how much I struggled when trying this out for the first time. For some reason, it seemed so different to Final Fantasy that I found the game to be so difficult. I'll have to give this a fresh go one day. Great video!
The game is amazing and i would love to see it come out on steam with minor changes like wide screen and HD. The game is one of my all time favorites and i dont think that will ever not be the case.
Right there with you brother. Lunar was my childhood. I never knew it as "Silver Story". For me it was called "Silver Star". Came out right behind another Sega CD classic that NOBODY talks about called Vey.
i remember heading over to a friends house and he was playing this jrpg and it caught my attention, a few months later i went out and bought a genesis and sega cd on clearance at store going out of business. this became my favorite over all jrpg of any era and lunar 2 just loved it even more with a few characters returning from the first game. good video man.
I used to rent this game and FFT for weeks at a time when I was young after I got my PS. I think its one of the better old school rpgs for characters. They were really lively I loved Luna and Jessica
This game is my childhood. I got this game when I was 13 and it was the absolute perfect time. Chasing the dragon master dream, the banger of a soundtrack, and let's be honest...those bromides. It latched onto my teenager imagination and never let go. Looking forward to the remaster.
I remember selling my n64 to funcoland and buying this game. The big box, the additional stuff in it was a first for me. I loved listening to the soundtrack CD and unlocking that little mini game. I sang the hell out of the songs. Sadly never beat it cause I got to the end and had no healing items and couldn't go back to buy any and found myself constantly dying
Lunar was my very first RPG, hearing the music again just took me back to being a kid, hogging the TV to play on the PS1. I did a cosplay of Alex a couple years back because it still remains one of my top favorite games ever. Thank you for this video!
I just bought this, after searching for an affordable complete copy. Your video reminded me of a part of childhood that I had forgotten and lost to time. Thank you for this.
Lunar 1&2 were my first JRPG games I played all the way through & after that I was hooked!! 8 yr old me was having the BEST Summer vacation ever! Now almost 3 decades later I’m replaying Silver Star & it definitely holds up imo The dialogue is great & the story still holds that special place in my heart❤ & I can’t forget the unforgettable soundtrack Luna’s song will always be my favorite out of any JRPG
I'm still playing this game on my psp, I look at the oldest save and it was back on 2011 so I've been playing for almost 12 year's lol, I'm still in this cave (cant remember name) but I just finish a boss battle with a shadow sent by Xenobia after kidnapping Mia and Jess and forcing Alex and Kyle to fight, so yeah still playing it lol
I finished this game for the first time on my PS1 a few days ago, and it was an incredibly charming experience the whole way through. You can feel every ounce of love and passion oozing out of Lunar and I’m extremely excited to play Eternal Blue in the near future. Excellent overview on this absolute classic!
This is my favorite game of all time. It gives me the feels definitely. The music, the animation, and the story. Such a masterpiece. I own the PS1 Version and the Sega Cd version. I also have the Ghaleon Puppet and managed to find the Demo on PS1 a few months back. I want to track down the Mpeg card and Mpeg Saturn version now and I think that will be a nice complete collection. Don’t really care to much about getting the PSP version.
I played the Saturn version of the games, and honestly, I could tell the voice actors were having the time of their lives with those lines. And the animation quality in Eternal Blue was really impressive for pixel art. It really blew me away.
This game is perfection. Thank you for a well made tribute! I remember grabbing this at EBGames when it first came out. The music, the color pallet. This was art. We didn’t care about the translation taking liberties. We were just grateful for one more JRPG gem to make it over sees. Anime was just getting mainstream steam too. You had to be there.
I have fond memories of this game as a kid. I remember when I was about 11 years old reading about it in Game Informer. It was soon to be released. It was a game I had never heard of. I had played a few other rpgs even at that young age. I remember every month walking into my local Game Crazy store to ask if Lunar Silver Star Story Complete was available for pre-order yet. I remember after walking in once a month to ask it finally was available for pre-order. Then the day I was able to purchase it, wow. I remember the first time hearing the intro song and seeing the video. Such a good game. Always enjoyed it’s happy vibe and great music. So many things I like about this game. To many to mention. I never have had any interest in the sequel since Alex and Luna aren’t in it. Yes I do know some spoilers about the second one. But even so the sequel isn’t my thing. I think the story in the first ends on a good note. Thanks for this video about the game. This game holds a special place in the heart of so many of us I’m sure.
Man, I remember playing this on my GBA SP, borrowed it from an uncle. Hearing the OSTs in the video brought me a hecking heavy wave of nostalgia, even though I haven't heard those OSTs for at least 17 years. And it also gave me a bittersweet feeling, making me feel old now, hahah! Played it when I was like, 10 years old.
Lunar Silver Star Story was my first RPG and the beautiful experience it was to me it make fall in love with the genre and it always will hold a special place in my heart.
Lunar reminds me of when I had hope and joy. I had the PS1 of Silver Star and Eternal Blue, had to sell them both during hard times in my life but still grateful for even that aspect of them. Great games, hopeful stories, lovingly made games.
so true. God I wish there was more Lunar. Whatever happened to Lucia after Hiro showed up on the Blue Star. I want a story about what happened after and between. How did Luna know she needed to make that message for Lucia and how did she do that, did Alex help her. Did they ( and their kids?) go on a quest together to find a way to make a magical message for Lucia? I NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS!
Oh man the nostalgia haha one of the greatest games I ever played! The music is so so good! I still remember my little sister was like “Nall is going to be a dragon” and my brother and I are ere like nah but then when Nall transformed into a dragon both me and my bro were shocked and my little sister was like “see I told you!!” Haha y’all know if this is available on steam deck ? Great video!
I still remember the soundtrack disc that came with this and the charmingly mortifying song about "Fighting through the evil and the darkness..." The singer really just belts it out! Loved it!
Lunar and Star Ocean 2 from PS1 are by far my favorite jrpgs of all time. Lunar for the story, cutscenes and length. SO2 for depth in gameplay and strategy. Before these 2 games came out, my faves were "Saga Frontier", "Lufia 2 - Rise of the Sinistrals", and BOF2 and 3 tied.
SAME!!! THIS IS THE FIRST RPG SERIES THAT I PLAYED IN PS1 WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, THEN I PLAYED LUNAR SILVER STAR STORY UNTIL NOW I PLAY THIS IN MY ANDROID PHONE VIA EMULATOR. I JUST LOVED THIS GAME.
Man if they ever made a remake of this series on next gen consoles like the Tales series did from Tales of Fantasia to Tales of Arise. That would be incredible!
Ahh man... aright I just got to take this moment to appreciate the many years that RPGs alone have brought to my life. Being an only child and moving around a lot, while I enjoyed playing outside and rollerblading around towns, I always looked forward to coming home and playing an RPG. The Blockbuster days of renting a game, and in Lunar the Silver Star Sega Cd's case... I had to rent it and the console. I loved the game so much that I bought the game even though I didn't own the console. I had sadly lent the game and never seen it again. I acquired the PS1 version, but it wasn't till my adult age that I reclaimed an original Sega CD CIB of Lunar The Silver Star Story. My Top Ten RPGs - 1. Lunar the Silver Star Story 2. FF2 3. Chrono Trigger 4. FF3 5. Xenogears 6. Soulblazer 7. Super Mario RPG 8. Secret of Mana 9. Shining Force 2 10. Final Fantasy Adventure (gameboy). Seeing all the comments... it's a real treasure seeing everyone's love for Lunar the Silver Star Story!
I first played Lunar the Silver Star on Sega CD when I was in elementary school. I love it so much that I when I was a teenager I used by babysitting money to buy a PS1 and Lunar the Silver Star Story complete. To this day, I still tell people this is one of my favorite RPGs.
I worked at EB games and one of these sat on the shelf entire time I worked there, was still there when they closed down. One of the games I wish I would have got to play. Now it's like what 200+
I absolutely love Lunar, the PS1 version is the game that got me into JRPGs. Like you said, it has great characters, an awesome soundtrack and a interesting world, really nothing for me to complain about. I own the fanart edition of Silver Star and have always wished I had a copy of Eternal Blue which I also played and loved.
Silver Star Story and Eternal Blue are both gorgeous underrated games in general, but definitely not for casual JRPG players. Both games are super grindy and can be very unforgiving. One bad save at the wrong time, gotta start over! Both amazing games, I personally loved the difficulty.
I love this game so much. I got the PS1 versions in the early 2000s from this game store in San Fransisco while visiting my older half brother. It was an expensive game for me I think I remember paying something like 139.99 for it. I then got the sequal later and thats a good game too but the first one holds so many special memories for me. I just found my PS2 and got a PS1 memory card so I can play my old Lunar SSSC.
My favorite RPG. Both versions. The Sega CD and PS1. The Sega CD version had 7 disk variations. I managed to get five of them before prices went insane. The soundtrack is amazing. I used to listen to the soundtrack for this game and the soundtrack for Castlevania Symphony of the Night in my car to and from work for years.
Lunar is one of the primary games my older siblings and I bonded over when we were kids. It's very important to all of us. Apparently my older brother begged for it for Christmas for so long that our grandfather yelled at our mother to just buy the damn thing lol. I don't remember watching him play it, but I watched one of my sisters play both PS1 games in full. She has both complete in box with all the bonuses to this day...need to borrow them from her lol. Not sure I ever beat either of them in full on my own, certainly didn't 100% either like she and probably our brother did. Lunar is great because of its excellent soundtrack, spatial-positioning based combat, and inspirational anime-style cutscenes. In particular though I think the romantic plot really sets the game apart from other RPGs of the time. Your motivation as a player is less about saving the world and more watching three different couples slowly fall in love with each other. I think that's the most memorable part of the game to me. To think it would be years after Lunar that I would become a proper weeb 😂
My love for this game caused me to make one of the worst mistakes of my youth. I had the veritable Tower of Power. G1, SCD1, 32X, Sonic n Knuckles, etc. OG Lunar was such a beloved game to me. I loved it so much, that I traded all my Sega gear, for a Sega Saturn when I heard Lunar was coming to Saturn. Then it gets dropped and Saturn gets canned as a system. 😓
I've had on and off curiosity about this game ever since I played an RPG Maker game named Legendary Adventure that was supposedly a sort of parody of it.
I've had this game on my mind and heart for ages!! I have both the PlayStation and PSP versions and I love them both, but if I had to pick one it would be the PlayStation version because it's so nostalgic to me (plus the witty localization is a bonus). But since I temporarily packed away my PS2 I have no choice but to play Harmony. I recently found my PSP so I'm still happy to be playing it again at last though~ Jessica will always and forever be my favorite character~
I think Lunar is my next RPG game I'll play, this game looks beautiful and has turn based combat that is everything I've been looking for in a game after finishing chrono trigger
This game is awesome...I have the PS version in the limited edition versions both game's and guides. And I also have ark the lad. I got the guide for ark the lad...but I think they never released part 3 on the guide...I think it was discontinued
Man... you just got a new subscriber for this video :D! Pros of Lunar on PSP: Prologue better graphics. Cons: Voic acting is bad the removed the exploration in the world map (thats a killer for me) Each time you perform a skill it have this close in effect where the background just fades and then it execute it that takes 4 secs.. now multiply on each battle for each time you perform a skill.. thats way to much and things start to become a drag...
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What was the most memorable part of Lunar: The Silver Star Story to you?
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"Aaaleeex, oh Aaaaaaaaalex!"
I preferred Silver Star over Silver Star Story, but that was mainly due to them changing the vibe of the Intro.
Other things like killing the diversity if skills/spells available in the game made it kinda boring to actually play.
In OG Lunar, sure, most of the spells became useless once you hit a high enough level and you only ended up casting 2 or 3 of each spell/skill for any given character.
But to go ahead and just get rid of them all entirely killed any kind of variety of play in the middle portions of the game.
They should have tweaked the spells and make them more interesting, not get rid of them.
Aside from those two points, Silver Stat Story is a superior game. Unfortunately those two points are kind of important.
My most memorable time was the battle against the giant chicken. I was a well polished machine at that point, and survived long enough to blow through every bit of health, magic, and items I had collected that far. I fought for an hour. And when I died...to that chicken...and the story progressed...I was beyond livid lol. Didn’t play again for 2 weeks.
Restarted before the battle with all my stuff back and just suicided myself afterwards and finished the game lol.
Still one of the best stories I’ve played.
Which method of support is preferred by you?
The music brings me back honestly. Will need to replay this very soon!
The music and Luna’s songs.
Lunar is criminally underated. The writing, characters, music, story and world are so great.
Bro i would die to see an anime about Lunar 2 or a sequel game
@@quandaledingle2015 Same here I wish we could get a remaster of the original on next-gen
@@DafineDesign yup. and the music...the same but slightly updated and modernized. with a similar but updated battle system. and ps5 graphics...fawk
@@burningknuckle26 The PSP remake pretty much did all of that. Personally I'd just love to see the PS1 version in HD, with a few fixes "like the always walking in place issue". Aside from that I'd like to see Lunar 2 remastered as well, because it's always ignored.
This is very true. I loved this game... Working Designers was an excellent company. They will be missed.
The positivity and camaraderie of the protagonists, the amazing cut scenes, the beautiful graphics...and the bromides! Really a wonderful, unique game. One of the all-time greats.
(looks at the first part of the comment, breaks into prolonged laughter)
Thank you for taking me back 30 years. It's been a while. This and ff4 were my absolute favorites.
One of the best jrpgs of all time, the game is one of the best love stories out there and it's so enjoyable to progress through it.
Lunar: Silver Star Story is an insanely good game, complete with well-drawn cutscenes, good voice acting in the PS1 version, good music, even the story is long, well-written, and paced just right. It's one of three games I made my nephews play all the way through, with the other two being Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV.
Of all my past PS games, I still have Lunar 1 & 2 still, on the shelf in excellent condition with all their parts like new. One of the most memorable moments for me was Lucia turning into an evil version in Lunar 1. I was so invested in the characters and to have the main love interest turn so dark changed everything.
Great music selections. I remember them all fondly. Thanks for the review and memories!
My most remembered part was the Hot Springs lol seeing that as a 10yr old 🥰
I used to see this artist all over the place for anime in the 90's. They did character designs for Evangelion, as well as .Hack among many others. I miss these old school designs, good times.
nah it's just a super generic style lol, this artist (toshiyuki kubooka) isn't particularly prolific at all
I finished the game for the first time this week and it took me 48h 59m, I beat Ghaleon with my party at level 55 I absolutely love the sense of humor and story of the game, definitely one of the best RPGs ever made... Now I'm playing the sequel
Wow really that long? I'm getting ready to stop on FF16 because I can't get into it and I'm going to play this again. It's been since 99 😂
@@kennywilson3270you can beat the game in less time. I've played it so much, my best run was Level 62 at 14 hours. Got all the secret items, secret videos, the works. And this was a time before the internet, so I had to find all this stuff on my own 😂
I had to grind my butt off to get past some boss's it took me 68hrs lol
I have so much nostalgia for this game...it was the first RPG I ever fully completed all the way through. And I used to listen to the soundtrack to fall asleep for so long, especially to Luna's Boat Song ❤ thanks for the trip down memory lane.
The answer is Yes, Lunar Silver Star Story Complete is my favorite game of all time.
Just bought the game off eBay. Can’t wait to play.
@@nathan9755 hey I just bought the game on eBay as well.
I personally think the second is better. Neither are my favorite, but I have great respect for both.
I have Sega CD, PSX, and PSP versions of Lunar Silver Star, and the PSX version of Eternal Blue. Just incredible packaging on the PSX versions of both.
i see that you’re also a man of culture. this series easily ranked 1 of my top ten jrpgs, preferred the second game personally but no doubt both are masterpieces. my fat psp broke down before i can finish the remake but loved every minute of it and brought so many memories. working designs is surely missed
The nostalgia from the music alone!
that game box content was so good. and would be the 200$ ultra mega deluxe version today
I loved playing Lunar when I was a teenager. The plot has so many twists and turns. I remember it came with all this other cool stuff like a cloth map and leather bound guide
Great vid as always. Wish this was rerelease on Switch
Just beat this game for the first time yesterday. Easily one of my favorite games of all time. This is in 2022! Pretty wild
I remember first seeing it as an ad in EGM when they started promoting the remake on PS1. It was a two page spread and I was immediately enamored so I started saving up my monies lol because I knew I needed that game that had so much love put into that I knew nothing about haha. I was even drawing fan art before I even got to play it. And I even submitted and was a winner of WD's monthly fanart contest! Those were the days, man. Hearing that music really takes me back.
Overlooked my ass! Love this series. Both Silver and Eternal Blue were amazing. One of the earliest games I can think of with voice acting and it isn't like terrible.
Not only that but the bloopers in Eternal Blue made me laugh my ass off. Not to mention the cutscenes were fantastic for their time.
Fantastic story, gameplay is solid, not too easy, not too hard, lots of quirk and challenges and secrets!
Nash breaks the game and it wasn't until replaying recently after like yearrrrrrs that I realized just how obvious it is the creators are like "Here's Nash...wink wink nudge nudge, GRIND AND LEVEL UP!" because like when you have Nash its not only easier but specific moments where you gain and lose Nash are key moments where when he is given to you inbetween times where you will soon lose him are key moments early on to do some grinding for moments ahead. Gaining entry to Vane is a good example.
The boss at the end of the trial for Vane is actually fairly tough at that point imo but the dungeon before that in Meribia sewers has those fish battles that Nash can one-shot.
It's vital imo because you lose Nash for the trial to get into Vane so he can seriously grind your characters up fast in the sewers before that dungeon.
Love both of these games and cannot wait to play through Eternal Blue again after recently replaying through Silver Star.
Probably up at the top of my list of games and shares a stage with games like FF2, FF3, Xenogears, FF7, Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger. There are probably other RPGs I'm not thinking of that are good enough for me to have a hard time deciding my favorite.
I wish the PSP version would get re-released for the PSN or something because I haven't played that version.
Honestly after seeing the FF7 remake AND recently replaying through Xenosaga I am seriously in need for a Xenogears remake of some kind. Doesn't even have to be FF7 remake level quality but I think the story deserves it
Fun fact FF7 only is the game it is today because they literally took funding for the 2nd disc of Xenogears to complete FF7.
The 2nd disc of Xenogears is "okay" but not nearly at all what it could've been just very very very linear and a bit of a storybook.
But Xenogears is probably one of the most story rich games I've ever played and the complexity of it and it's characters it's definitely triple A worthy.
But I know alot of folks I think have been clamoring for a Chrono Trigger remake. I do love that game too.
This is the game that jumpstarted my love for JRPG. Everything is great especially the music.
man i remember when this came out for playstation and the hype around it was HUGE and like the soundtrack and quality that went into the release with full animations and such. the PS version was really big when it hit and topped many of our lists as most wanted game at the time.
This game was my first non Pokemon RPG and in many ways I consider it my first JRPG love.
I played this game. It was awesome. It is true, there was a strange feeling of "shit's getting bad, but everything will be alright"
This was the pride of my PS collection and even to this day almost 20 years late I STILL compare all RPG's I play to this one in terms of the best RPG I have ever played. Also, this was the game that first opened me up to come to love and enjoy Anime later on in my life.
I think the most memorable thing for me was how much I struggled when trying this out for the first time. For some reason, it seemed so different to Final Fantasy that I found the game to be so difficult. I'll have to give this a fresh go one day. Great video!
Man, I still remember every word to that track! Great breakdown! I need to replay this one!
I just got bombed by nostalgia so hard I can't move.
The game is amazing and i would love to see it come out on steam with minor changes like wide screen and HD. The game is one of my all time favorites and i dont think that will ever not be the case.
My older brother got this when it came out on PlayStation. I was blown away by the polish of the graphics! Nostalgic.
Right there with you brother. Lunar was my childhood. I never knew it as "Silver Story". For me it was called "Silver Star". Came out right behind another Sega CD classic that NOBODY talks about called Vey.
i remember heading over to a friends house and he was playing this jrpg and it caught my attention, a few months later i went out and bought a genesis and sega cd on clearance at store going out of business. this became my favorite over all jrpg of any era and lunar 2 just loved it even more with a few characters returning from the first game. good video man.
I played this on Sega CD. Had no idea this was underrated. Back then this was my 2nd fab rpg behind Ys 1 &2.
Great to hear that!
Ys is another underrated series.
I used to rent this game and FFT for weeks at a time when I was young after I got my PS. I think its one of the better old school rpgs for characters. They were really lively I loved Luna and Jessica
One of the best JRPGs ever made!
This game is my childhood. I got this game when I was 13 and it was the absolute perfect time. Chasing the dragon master dream, the banger of a soundtrack, and let's be honest...those bromides. It latched onto my teenager imagination and never let go. Looking forward to the remaster.
I remember selling my n64 to funcoland and buying this game. The big box, the additional stuff in it was a first for me. I loved listening to the soundtrack CD and unlocking that little mini game. I sang the hell out of the songs. Sadly never beat it cause I got to the end and had no healing items and couldn't go back to buy any and found myself constantly dying
Lunar was my very first RPG, hearing the music again just took me back to being a kid, hogging the TV to play on the PS1. I did a cosplay of Alex a couple years back because it still remains one of my top favorite games ever. Thank you for this video!
I just bought this, after searching for an affordable complete copy. Your video reminded me of a part of childhood that I had forgotten and lost to time. Thank you for this.
Glad I could help! Hope you enjoy it.
Lunar 1&2 were my first JRPG games I played all the way through & after that I was hooked!! 8 yr old me was having the BEST Summer vacation ever!
Now almost 3 decades later I’m replaying Silver Star & it definitely holds up imo
The dialogue is great & the story still holds that special place in my heart❤
& I can’t forget the unforgettable soundtrack
Luna’s song will always be my favorite out of any JRPG
I STILL LOVE THIS GAME AND ALSO THE ETERNAL BLUE COMPLETE! GREAT GAME
I agree, it's awesome!
I'm still playing this game on my psp, I look at the oldest save and it was back on 2011 so I've been playing for almost 12 year's lol, I'm still in this cave (cant remember name) but I just finish a boss battle with a shadow sent by Xenobia after kidnapping Mia and Jess and forcing Alex and Kyle to fight, so yeah still playing it lol
I finished this game for the first time on my PS1 a few days ago, and it was an incredibly charming experience the whole way through. You can feel every ounce of love and passion oozing out of Lunar and I’m extremely excited to play Eternal Blue in the near future. Excellent overview on this absolute classic!
This is my favorite game of all time. It gives me the feels definitely. The music, the animation, and the story. Such a masterpiece. I own the PS1 Version and the Sega Cd version. I also have the Ghaleon Puppet and managed to find the Demo on PS1 a few months back. I want to track down the Mpeg card and Mpeg Saturn version now and I think that will be a nice complete collection. Don’t really care to much about getting the PSP version.
Love this game! Such good child memories
One of my most favorite memories as a kid was playing this game. It was cool watching your review of the game and reminiscing!
One of the best rpgs I’ve ever played. Loved it from the beginning to the end.
I played the Saturn version of the games, and honestly, I could tell the voice actors were having the time of their lives with those lines. And the animation quality in Eternal Blue was really impressive for pixel art. It really blew me away.
This game is perfection. Thank you for a well made tribute!
I remember grabbing this at EBGames when it first came out. The music, the color pallet. This was art. We didn’t care about the translation taking liberties. We were just grateful for one more JRPG gem to make it over sees. Anime was just getting mainstream steam too. You had to be there.
Glad you enjoyed it!
bars of soap, Bromides and that staircase. That is what I remember of this game.
I have fond memories of this game as a kid. I remember when I was about 11 years old reading about it in Game Informer. It was soon to be released. It was a game I had never heard of. I had played a few other rpgs even at that young age. I remember every month walking into my local Game Crazy store to ask if Lunar Silver Star Story Complete was available for pre-order yet. I remember after walking in once a month to ask it finally was available for pre-order. Then the day I was able to purchase it, wow. I remember the first time hearing the intro song and seeing the video. Such a good game. Always enjoyed it’s happy vibe and great music. So many things I like about this game. To many to mention. I never have had any interest in the sequel since Alex and Luna aren’t in it. Yes I do know some spoilers about the second one. But even so the sequel isn’t my thing. I think the story in the first ends on a good note.
Thanks for this video about the game. This game holds a special place in the heart of so many of us I’m sure.
I appreciate these memories!
Man, I remember playing this on my GBA SP, borrowed it from an uncle. Hearing the OSTs in the video brought me a hecking heavy wave of nostalgia, even though I haven't heard those OSTs for at least 17 years. And it also gave me a bittersweet feeling, making me feel old now, hahah! Played it when I was like, 10 years old.
Absolutely loved this game and its sequel. The box that it came in with all the stuff was so cool.
OMG I loved Lunar 2!!! Do that one next!
This was the game that got me into JRPGs
My fav game of All Time. it had everything. It pulled you in and the the music and story and characters were perfect. a true classic
Lunar Silver Star Story was my first RPG and the beautiful experience it was to me it make fall in love with the genre and it always will hold a special place in my heart.
*THE* way how characters are jumping up and down even when they are staying still is cute.
My absolute favorite game of all time. Eternal Blue Complete is my second. Eternal Blue has a beautiful prologue as well. Great review!
Thank you!
Whenever this game comes up I have to hear the opinion. I'm glad you covered it well. Also I'm jealous you got that punch puppet.
The official strategy guide was just as well written and entertaining as the game, I had a blast reading it while playing.
Agreed, it was great!
Only saw this one out the corner of my eye back in the day. Will put it on the list. The sprite work and pixel art generally is exceptional
I saw an AMV based on Jethro Tull's Cold Wind To Valhalla 15 years ago. As a result this game has a nostalgia for me.
Lunar reminds me of when I had hope and joy. I had the PS1 of Silver Star and Eternal Blue, had to sell them both during hard times in my life but still grateful for even that aspect of them. Great games, hopeful stories, lovingly made games.
Both were such great games indeed!
so true. God I wish there was more Lunar. Whatever happened to Lucia after Hiro showed up on the Blue Star. I want a story about what happened after and between. How did Luna know she needed to make that message for Lucia and how did she do that, did Alex help her. Did they ( and their kids?) go on a quest together to find a way to make a magical message for Lucia? I NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS!
Oh man the nostalgia haha one of the greatest games I ever played! The music is so so good! I still remember my little sister was like “Nall is going to be a dragon” and my brother and I are ere like nah but then when Nall transformed into a dragon both me and my bro were shocked and my little sister was like “see I told you!!” Haha y’all know if this is available on steam deck ? Great video!
Yes, so much nostalgia! Glad you liked the video.
I still remember the soundtrack disc that came with this and the charmingly mortifying song about "Fighting through the evil and the darkness..." The singer really just belts it out! Loved it!
Yeah, the extras Working Designers included, like the soundtrack, just made the full experience so special.
Lunar and Star Ocean 2 from PS1 are by far my favorite jrpgs of all time. Lunar for the story, cutscenes and length. SO2 for depth in gameplay and strategy. Before these 2 games came out, my faves were "Saga Frontier", "Lufia 2 - Rise of the Sinistrals", and BOF2 and 3 tied.
SAME!!! THIS IS THE FIRST RPG SERIES THAT I PLAYED IN PS1 WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, THEN I PLAYED LUNAR SILVER STAR STORY UNTIL NOW I PLAY THIS IN MY ANDROID PHONE VIA EMULATOR. I JUST LOVED THIS GAME.
Man if they ever made a remake of this series on next gen consoles like the Tales series did from Tales of Fantasia to Tales of Arise.
That would be incredible!
For me, the Battle Theme is the best soundtrack in this game.
All of them, especially the one that plays when you fight ghaleon
Thank you for the review! Was interested in how this was after the remastered collection was announced.
A game that I absolutely love. I sadly don't have the cloth map, as I bought my copy used, but have the rest.
I still remember the music from both games.
Ahh man... aright I just got to take this moment to appreciate the many years that RPGs alone have brought to my life. Being an only child and moving around a lot, while I enjoyed playing outside and rollerblading around towns, I always looked forward to coming home and playing an RPG. The Blockbuster days of renting a game, and in Lunar the Silver Star Sega Cd's case... I had to rent it and the console. I loved the game so much that I bought the game even though I didn't own the console. I had sadly lent the game and never seen it again. I acquired the PS1 version, but it wasn't till my adult age that I reclaimed an original Sega CD CIB of Lunar The Silver Star Story. My Top Ten RPGs - 1. Lunar the Silver Star Story 2. FF2 3. Chrono Trigger 4. FF3 5. Xenogears 6. Soulblazer 7. Super Mario RPG 8. Secret of Mana 9. Shining Force 2 10. Final Fantasy Adventure (gameboy). Seeing all the comments... it's a real treasure seeing everyone's love for Lunar the Silver Star Story!
Right on, thanks for sharing your memories of it!
I first played Lunar the Silver Star on Sega CD when I was in elementary school. I love it so much that I when I was a teenager I used by babysitting money to buy a PS1 and Lunar the Silver Star Story complete. To this day, I still tell people this is one of my favorite RPGs.
I worked at EB games and one of these sat on the shelf entire time I worked there, was still there when they closed down. One of the games I wish I would have got to play. Now it's like what 200+
God such a nostalgic game. I just want to curl up and play it
Rudy from Wild Arms and Alex are my favorite protagonist. Inner strength fed by the love and companionship of his friends.
One of my favorite RPG series. So great! Still need to try the Sega Saturn versions.
I absolutely love Lunar, the PS1 version is the game that got me into JRPGs. Like you said, it has great characters, an awesome soundtrack and a interesting world, really nothing for me to complain about. I own the fanart edition of Silver Star and have always wished I had a copy of Eternal Blue which I also played and loved.
You should definitely do one of these on Xenogears! That is my favorite game along with FF6
Silver Star Story and Eternal Blue are both gorgeous underrated games in general, but definitely not for casual JRPG players. Both games are super grindy and can be very unforgiving. One bad save at the wrong time, gotta start over! Both amazing games, I personally loved the difficulty.
Thanks for sharing your memories of them!
The music of this game was perfect, Mecha Chicken Nash's boss theme is still in my top ten boss themes.
I love this game so much. I got the PS1 versions in the early 2000s from this game store in San Fransisco while visiting my older half brother. It was an expensive game for me I think I remember paying something like 139.99 for it. I then got the sequal later and thats a good game too but the first one holds so many special memories for me. I just found my PS2 and got a PS1 memory card so I can play my old Lunar SSSC.
I cant wait til next year spring ❤❤❤❤❤
My favorite RPG. Both versions. The Sega CD and PS1. The Sega CD version had 7 disk variations. I managed to get five of them before prices went insane. The soundtrack is amazing. I used to listen to the soundtrack for this game and the soundtrack for Castlevania Symphony of the Night in my car to and from work for years.
i hope we get a complete story explained for this game. it looks so interesting.
I love this game!! I finished it twice i think :D
And i also ripped the XA-Audio from the playstation disc and found the hidden track :P
still waiting since childhood for Lunar 3, i can dream!
hands down no rpg compares to Lunar and Lunar 2, its a special place, a special gem
Lunar is one of the primary games my older siblings and I bonded over when we were kids. It's very important to all of us. Apparently my older brother begged for it for Christmas for so long that our grandfather yelled at our mother to just buy the damn thing lol. I don't remember watching him play it, but I watched one of my sisters play both PS1 games in full. She has both complete in box with all the bonuses to this day...need to borrow them from her lol. Not sure I ever beat either of them in full on my own, certainly didn't 100% either like she and probably our brother did.
Lunar is great because of its excellent soundtrack, spatial-positioning based combat, and inspirational anime-style cutscenes. In particular though I think the romantic plot really sets the game apart from other RPGs of the time. Your motivation as a player is less about saving the world and more watching three different couples slowly fall in love with each other. I think that's the most memorable part of the game to me. To think it would be years after Lunar that I would become a proper weeb 😂
My love for this game caused me to make one of the worst mistakes of my youth.
I had the veritable Tower of Power. G1, SCD1, 32X, Sonic n Knuckles, etc.
OG Lunar was such a beloved game to me. I loved it so much, that I traded all my Sega gear, for a Sega Saturn when I heard Lunar was coming to Saturn.
Then it gets dropped and Saturn gets canned as a system. 😓
Yup, we had the Voltron of video game systems too. Later on we got a Saturn but sadly only a few decent games for it. Like Guardian Heroes.
Didn't it come out on the Saturn?
Wow it's been so long I remember playing this and I was like this can't be the end when I finished the game man I loved it
I've had on and off curiosity about this game ever since I played an RPG Maker game named Legendary Adventure that was supposedly a sort of parody of it.
I've had this game on my mind and heart for ages!! I have both the PlayStation and PSP versions and I love them both, but if I had to pick one it would be the PlayStation version because it's so nostalgic to me (plus the witty localization is a bonus). But since I temporarily packed away my PS2 I have no choice but to play Harmony. I recently found my PSP so I'm still happy to be playing it again at last though~
Jessica will always and forever be my favorite character~
Great game! I was hooked the moment I heard the song "Fighting Through The Darkness".
This was 100% an underestimated series!
I think Lunar is my next RPG game I'll play, this game looks beautiful and has turn based combat that is everything I've been looking for in a game after finishing chrono trigger
This game is awesome...I have the PS version in the limited edition versions both game's and guides. And I also have ark the lad. I got the guide for ark the lad...but I think they never released part 3 on the guide...I think it was discontinued
Man... you just got a new subscriber for this video :D!
Pros of Lunar on PSP:
Prologue
better graphics.
Cons:
Voic acting is bad
the removed the exploration in the world map (thats a killer for me)
Each time you perform a skill it have this close in effect where the background just fades and then it execute it that takes 4 secs.. now multiply on each battle for each time you perform a skill.. thats way to much and things start to become a drag...