Golden Sun 1 and 2

[Firehawk]

Holy crap, how could I have overlooked a review for these games??!!!!? Best GBA games so far.

Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Platform: GBA

Summary: Isaac must travel to find the Elemental Stars (small gems) and take them back to his home of Vale, lest the world of Weyard be destroyed by the Elemental Lighthouses. In The Lost Age, Felix must continue and take the other side, attempting to light the Lighthouses with the Stars, despite what everyone thinks will happen.

Graphics: These are SNES caliber. And I mean Donkey Kong Country SNES graphics. This is as good as it gets people, the characters are incredibly detailed. 10/10

Sound/Music: Wow. You think you've heard the greatest music, you've played all the FF games... and then you listen to this game's music. It's amazing how good a GBA can do. After a while though, put on some headphones and plug them in. There's PS2 caliber music on this game. NO KIDDING. I'm serious. 10/10

Plot: wow. Highly original, it keeps you moving on, finding out every last detail you can. wow. 10/10

Overall: These 2 games are very satisfying for being GBA RPG's. They compete with Final Fantasy in my book, and very nearly win, if not for FF7. 10/10. Perfect.

[†im]

I second that. I love both these games to death, and I'm still playing them to date.

[Auron]

very true. a friend of mine at school introduced these games to me, and, onc i got then, i was hooked. im hoping for a third. best GBA games ever.

[†im]

I've only beaten the first one, and that was maybe a few months ago too. I'm just playing the games now to actually beat them once and for all.