Ok, I finally got to play the Lunar demo...and I really like it! I even think I like it better so far than SSSC! Here are some of my impressions/observations:
- The animation sequences are the same as SSS and only take up the center of the screen (like a 4:3 picture on a 16:9 screen)...
- I really like the graphics. I feel this is how the graphics should have looked like in SSS. Burg, once again, feels different from the original TSS as you actually enter from the upper left of the screen and your house is on the first screen and the rest of the town is another screen down...
- The battle graphics are very nice as well. Much more animated and bigger than SSS. Spell effects are nice as well..
- The music....Now, before I start, I never liked the music in SSS (except the opening and Wind's Nocturne) but I LOVED the music in TSS. SSS music just sounded so MIDI-ish (even on the Saturn) and very uninspired while TSS music blew me away the first time I heard it (it was also the first RPG I played with CD music). Now, the music in this demo.....beautiful! NOW the music sounds a LOT better. I still dont think its anywhere close to TSS but it is a world of difference for me from SSS. Very nicely redone...
- The map is also a relief to me. I also hated the disgusting excuse they called a map in SSS (WHY were the characters so small?!?!?). Now the map is a single screen and it only has selectable places to go. I still miss the explorable maps from TSS and EB but I at least can understand why this sort of map is not used in SSH...
- I also noticed the whole thing about the music fading in and out between screens but I didnt find it THAT annoying. A little, yes, but not too distracting. I wonder if Xseed will try and fix it for the US release...
- When you beat the demo, you also get an extra video trailer showing some scenes from further on in the game..
All in all, I was so excited for this demo and was pleasantly surprised with it. *sigh* Lunar....I'm glad you're back
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