The Force keeps any experience that is obtained, regardless of the battle's outcome. Even if the player army is defeated, the player can recover allies and retry the battle. The enemy side wins if they kill the player's leader, Max, or if the player chooses to escape the battle by casting Egress. Upon promotion the character's level resets to 1 and statistics are reduced by a fixed amount, although they begin higher if the character had been promoted to a higher level.īattle goals for the player are fairly simple: kill all enemies, kill the enemies' leader, or advance to a town or landmark. A unit can be promoted to another class at any level between 10 or 20. Although there are no "generic" units, except on the enemy side, most characters contribute little or nothing to the plot upon joining the player army.Įach allied unit also has a class, which defines a set of abilities for that unit and determines the spells and equipment they have access to. In Shining Force, each allied unit is represented by a character with his or her own background and personality, much like in the Fire Emblem series. These actions give the units experience points (EXP), which allow them to gain levels. The order of turns is determined by the unit's agility score and a random seed.Īs is most common for the RPG genre, units become stronger by fighting enemies or by performing other actions in battle, such as healing allies. Some commands, such as equipping or dropping items, do not count as actions. Depending on its location relative to enemies and to allies, a unit can also perform one action: attack, cast a spell, use an item, or search the area. Each unit can move up to a fixed amount of squares along the battlefield, determined by its Move statistic. Battles take place in square grids, and each unit occupies one square. Shining Force is a turn-based tactical role-playing game. It was re-released again on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in 2021. Additionally, in 2004 a remake was released for the Game Boy Advance under the title Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon and in 2010 the game was released for iOS but was discontinued in 2015. The game has been repeatedly re-released: in Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 for the Dreamcast and Sega Smash Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows, in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and as a standalone game for the Wii Virtual Console and Microsoft Windows via Steam.
While primarily a traditional fantasy-themed game, it contains some science fiction elements. It is the second entry of the Shining series of video games, following Shining in the Darkness. Shining Force is a 1992 turn-based tactical role-playing game for the Sega Genesis console.
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