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I am quite surprised this one slipped past me yesterday – but no report on Famitsu about it that I can find, and the news went up on IGN long after TGS finished for the day yesterday…
Many thanks to GreatGen from the forums for posting this news!
IGN have posted videos showing the gameplay in Shining Force PS2, and also the an introductory vid for Shining Tears! 56k users beware, the files are both 7-10MB in size!
I have to say I am quite disappointed, watching the Shining Force video – though the game looks quite immense, the battles do not appear to be even slightly Force-style, and it all seems rather over the top (though I recognise that Sega will want to be showing off all the amazing-looking stuff at this stage). Sorry, but it does not look very Shiny at all to me – what is with these humanly proportioned characters wandering around? Where are the cute little stumpy sprites/models for wandering? What about that spaceship?! I will of course still wait until I have played the game, to judge it… but at this stage, Moogie is not waiting with great anticipation. Nice anime footage though 😉
Shining Tears, on the other hand…
Well, also nice anime – though many characters remind me of folks from Escaflowne and Lodoss, it looks nice, still Shiny (both those animes always remind me of the Shining series anyway ;)). Sounds like we can finally hear the theme song in the background too – the first Shining theme with lyrics, no less! I must admit, I made a few Shining tears myself the other day, watching the Shining Tears gameplay vids – overwhelmed with that Shining feeling. I felt the same watching this vid – roll on, Shining Tears!