Wait.... wut.... I mean, did you play the genesis version or the Gameboy Advance version? The Genesis version was easy dude. It was just time consuming. If you didn't properly level up and equip all the best weapons, you were getting raped. Dark Sol was harder than Dark Dragon. I wish I could make a video of this, but Sega's been taking them down anyway.
Really? I played the MegaDrive version on Sega MegaDrive: Ultimate Collection on Xbox 360. And I leveled up the characters as much as possible and equipped all the best weapons. The game was retardedly difficult. I suck at that type of game though, but other people tell me fighting games are hard but I kick ass on them.
Maybe you accidentally put the game on the hardest difficulty level. On normal, the game is a friggin breeze. Or maybe the game was adjusted to be harder on the updated system. You may want to get an emulator and play the game again, it's so fucking retardedly easy. The easiest Shining force hands down.
I dread to think what the others are like then, but no, it was on Normal and the game was no breeze, or maybe I'm just not meant to play those games...
Well, like I was saying, they probably upped the difficulty when they released it on the Xbox360 version.
The thing with the Genesis version is that the enemies generally had some pretty stupid formations that they refused to break, and didn't really react well to proximity of your characters. They would hold formation rather than actually come after you when you're within range, and you could simply rush them.
If they did the same to you then yeah, Shining Force 2 would've been your absolute nightmare. Enemies would come out of the woodwork and waste no time charging towards you, and they did massive damage in that game, and also had attacks that would bypass your defense rating, making sure to do the same amount of damage to your HP no matter how high you leveled your characters.
Shining Force CD wasn't hard, but it was harder than SF1. SF3 though, is the one to dread.
The thing with the Genesis version is that the enemies generally had some pretty stupid formations that they refused to break, and didn't really react well to proximity of your characters. They would hold formation rather than actually come after you when you're within range, and you could simply rush them.
If they did the same to you then yeah, Shining Force 2 would've been your absolute nightmare. Enemies would come out of the woodwork and waste no time charging towards you, and they did massive damage in that game, and also had attacks that would bypass your defense rating, making sure to do the same amount of damage to your HP no matter how high you leveled your characters.
Shining Force CD wasn't hard, but it was harder than SF1. SF3 though, is the one to dread.
Jesus Christ, how many are there? I thought there was only the 2! And yeah if they get any harder than SF1 then that's just stupid. The first game was more than hard enough. It sounds like it just got ridiculous after the first one.
If you want to count only the "official shining force" games (that is, games that people would consider proper), then there are about 6 of them.
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Shining Force CD
Shining The Holy Ark
Shining Force 3
After that, the games lose their edge and become pretty garbage. I wouldn't play any Shining Force game that aren't any of these 6. Shining Force 2 and 3 are the hardest games, though Shining In The Darkness has some absurd shit going on in there.
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Shining Force CD
Shining The Holy Ark
Shining Force 3
After that, the games lose their edge and become pretty garbage. I wouldn't play any Shining Force game that aren't any of these 6. Shining Force 2 and 3 are the hardest games, though Shining In The Darkness has some absurd shit going on in there.
Oh, I know about Shining in the Darkness, not a Shining force game though. Part of the same series yeah. I think Shining Force is probably the best, although it's aparrently easier than the others. I was thinking of trying to get through the series but it sounds like I should just stick to Mortal Kombat and Double Dragon...