Retro RPG fans, if Shining Force worth getting into?

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neerdowell said:
There is also a third title for the Game Gear that I believe was not ported to the Sega CD (Shining Force Final Conflict). I believe it was also japanese only (I played through it with a script via an emulator).

Also, if you are looking to play chronologically, Shining in the Darkness was the original Shining game; however, it is an old school dungeon crawler, like Shining the Holy Ark.

Me personally, I would stay away from the Gameboy Advance Remake as they add elements to the original story that I feel don't really fit (whole new character and story arcs). Though I may be biased given that the Shining series was the series that got me into gaming and made me a Sega fan.

See, I'm looking into Shing Force because I'm a Golden Sun fan (Camalot's more recent RPG). Golden Sun was an excellent GBA game, and a game this retro....I'd probably prefer playing it on the go, or in bed. I can't see myself getting into an 8-bit game at home when I have so many current gen games to catch up on, plus PS1/PS2/Dreamcast RPG's.

Thanks for the info on Shining into the Darkness, as for Shining Force Final Conflict, I thoroughly read the wikipedia page. I have no plans to get a GameGear (have to tried to play that monstrosity?) so I'll only look into this if I get addicted to the series.

However this does make my pre-Dreamcast Sega collection look more diverse and well tasteful. I only had Sonic games before and 1 2D Shooter called "Ranger X" which I like better then Mega Man X.