Board 8 > Rate the VG Story Day 206: Golden Sun

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Lightning Strikes
01/06/22 9:26:01 PM
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Todays game is Golden Sun 1. How would you rate the story on a scale from 1-10?

You can still rate previous days games if you missed them, just write <game name><rating>. If you want to change your rating you can just specify that you are changing your rating. Nominations for future days are also welcome, nominate as many games as you like and I will get to all of them.

Previous Results:
Planescape: Torment - 9.85 (13 votes)
Clannad - 9.75 (4 votes)
Omori - 9.67 (6 votes)
Outer Wilds - 9.61 (22 votes)
Silent Hill 2 - 9.5 (20 votes)
Higurashi When They Cry - 9.5 (9 votes)
Deus Ex - 9.32 (12 votes)
428: Shibuya Scramble - 9.27 (9 votes)
Nier Automata - 9.25 (31 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - 9.2 (20 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 9.19 (35 votes)
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 9.1 (14 votes)
The House in Fata Morgana - 9.06 (11 votes)
Yakuza 0 - 9.03 (13 votes)
Red Dead Redemption 2 - 9 (8 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - 8.95 (31 votes)
Steins;Gate - 8.94 (9 votes)
Mother 3 - 8.91 (15 votes)
Umineko When They Cry - 8.89 (14 votes)
Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward - 8.88 (21 votes)
Return of the Obra Dinn - 8.85 (10 votes)
Silent Hill 4: The Room - 8.83 (6 votes)
Suikoden II - 8.8 (11 votes)
Persona 3 - 8.76 (22 votes)
Grim Fandango - 8.75 (14 votes)
Xenogears - 8.73 (24 votes)
Tales of Berseria - 8.71 (15 votes)
Final Fantasy Tactics - 8.67 (27 votes)
Metal Gear Solid - 8.67 (28 votes)
Pyre - 8.64 (7 votes)
Portal 2 - 8.64 (19 votes)
Bastion - 8.63 (12 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 8.63 (32 votes)
Dragon Quest V - 8.6 (15 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask - 8.57 (28 votes)
Persona 4 - 8.56 (32 votes)
Disco Elysium - 8.56 (17 votes)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 8.53 (18 votes)
Fate/Stay Night - 8.48 (12 votes)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - 8.47 (16 votes)
Undertale - 8.45 (42 votes)
Mass Effect 2 - 8.44 (29 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - 8.42 (12 votes)
What Remains of Edith Finch - 8.41 (19 votes)
Chrono Trigger - 8.4 (41 votes)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 8.4 (5 votes)
Snatcher - 8.33 (6 votes)
Final Fantasy X - 8.31 (56 votes)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - 8.31 (17 votes)
Final Fantasy VII - 8.29 (38 votes)
South Park: The Stick of Truth - 8.25 (18 votes)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 8.21 (19 votes)
Parasite Eve - 8.19 (9 votes)
Dragon Quest XI - 8.19 (17 votes)
Final Fantasy VI - 8.19 (43 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 8.19 (43 votes)
The Walking Dead Season 1 - 8.16 (22 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies - 8.15 (17 votes)
Wolfenstein: The New Order - 8.14 (7 votes)
The Last of Us - 8.13 (35 votes)
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - 8.11 (9 votes)
The Wolf Among Us - 8.11 (15 votes)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - 8.1 (5 votes)
Horizon: Zero Dawn - 8.06 (18 votes)
Silent Hill - 8.04 (14 votes)
Portal - 8 (26 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - 8 (18 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles - 7.98 (28 votes)
Hades - 7.96 (22 votes)
Tsukihime - 7.94 (7 votes)
Persona 5 - 7.92 (27 votes)
Life is Strange - 7.92 (32 votes)
Spec Ops: The Line - 7.9 (17 votes)
Bloodborne - 7.88 (20 votes)
Kid Icarus: Uprising - 7.86 (13 votes)
Psychonauts - 7.79 (7 votes)
Deadly Premonition - 7.77 (11 votes)
Final Fantasy IX - 7.77 (26 votes)
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 7.75 (14 votes)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - 7.75 (6 votes)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - 7.75 (4 votes)
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors - 7.73 (32 votes)
The Sexy Brutale - 7.7 (5 votes)
Bioshock - 7.65 (24 votes)
Skies of Arcadia - 7.63 (15 votes)
Doki Doki Literature Club - 7.61 (28 votes)
Celeste - 7.56 (26 votes)
Half-Life 2 - 7.55 (10 votes)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - 7.51 (31 votes)
The Last Story - 7.47 (6 votes)
Mortal Kombat (2011) - 7.46 (13 votes)
Marvels Spider-Man - 7.43 (16 votes)
Tales of Symphonia - 7.42 (30 votes)
Earthbound - 7.37 (20 votes)
Mass Effect - 7.33 (29 votes)
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 7.33 (23 votes)
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma - 7.27 (20 votes)
Tales of the Abyss - 7.25 (29 votes)
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - 7.25 (12 votes)
Red Dead Redemption - 7.23 (11 votes)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 7.21 (30 votes)
Resident Evil 4 - 7.19 (25 votes)
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 7.17 (25 votes)
Mass Effect 3 - 7.16 (21 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 7.11 (23 votes)
The Stanley Parable - 7.11 (14 votes)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - 7.1 (30 votes)
Broken Age - 7.1 (5 votes)
The Last of Us Part II - 7.09 (16 votes)
To the Moon - 7.07 (7 votes)
INSIDE - 7.06 (16 votes)
Warcraft III (overall) - 7.06 (8 votes)
Assassins Creed II - 7.04 (13 votes)
Final Fantasy VIII - 7.01 (31 votes)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - 7 (6 votes)

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Sorozone
01/06/22 9:27:53 PM
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6

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Lightning Strikes
01/06/22 9:28:39 PM
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Hollow Knight - 6.98 (21 votes)
Super Paper Mario - 6.95 (24 votes)
Paper Mario - 6.95 (13 votes)
Gone Home - 6.91 (18 votes)
Bioshock Infinite - 6.88 (20 votes)
Assassins Creed: Brotherhood - 6.83 (6 votes)
The World Ends With You - 6.79 (24 votes)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne - 6.79 (7 votes)
Firewatch - 6.77 (11 votes)
Death Stranding - 6.73 (13 votes)
Halo: Combat Evolved - 6.7 (10 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All - 6.7 (34 votes)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 6.68 (11 votes)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - 6.65 (13 votes)
Dark Souls - 6.63 (20 votes)
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 6.62 (30 votes)
Grand Theft Auto V - 6.58 (12 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 6.54 (26 votes)
Chrono Cross - 6.53 (18 votes)
Valkyria Chronicles - 6.5 (16 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 6.5 (13 votes)
Resident Evil Village - 6.5 (7 votes)
Katana Zero - 6.5 (6 votes)
Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag - 6.5 (5 votes)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - 6.46 (12 votes)
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - 6.43 (7 votes)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - 6.38 (12 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 6.36 (36 votes)
Final Fantasy V - 6.28 (27 votes)
Bayonetta 2 - 6.2 (10 votes)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 6.15 (15 votes)
DOOM (2016) - 6.15 (13 votes)
Tales of Vesperia - 6.13 (24 votes)
No More Heroes - 5.96 (12 votes)
Shadow of the Colossus - 5.94 (27 votes)
Assassins Creed III - 5.94 (8 votes)
Sonic Adventure 2 - 5.81 (27 votes)
Final Fantasy IV - 5.8 (33 votes)
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception - 5.8 (24 votes)
Star Fox 64 - 5.69 (27 votes)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 5.72 (9 votes)
Metroid Prime - 5.72 (25 votes)
Tales of Xillia - 5.71 (12 votes)
Dishonored - 5.7 (10 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - 5.59 (14 votes)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - 5.6 (10 votes)
Braid - 5.59 (11 votes)
Metroid Fusion - 5.56 (13 votes)
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 5.55 (20 votes)
The Wonderful 101 - 5.5 (4 votes)
Kingdom Hearts - 5.47 (32 votes)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - 5.33 (15 votes)
Ninja Gaiden (1988) - 5.33 (9 votes)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - 5.33 (6 votes)
Super Mario Galaxy - 5.33 (19 votes)
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box - 5.3 (10 votes)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 - 5.29 (14 votes)
Grand Theft Auto IV - 5.27 (13 votes)
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune - 5.26 (28 votes)
Far Cry 3 - 5.21 (8 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 5.2 (22 votes)
Final Fantasy XII - 5.09 (17 votes)
Phantasy Star II - 5 (5 votes)
Pokmon Red & Blue - 4.95 (33 votes)
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - 4.9 (25 votes)
Mega Man X4 - 4.89 (13 votes)
Paper Mario: Color Splash - 4.88 (4 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright - 4.85 (13 votes)
Final Fantasy XIII - 4.79 (29 votes)
Final Fantasy XV - 4.79 (19 votes)
Fable - 4.77 (13 votes)
Fallout 3 - 4.73 (18 votes)
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - 4.72 (9 votes)
Final Fantasy X-2 - 4.7 (20 votes)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 4.65 (42 votes)
Fallout 4 - 4.43 (15 votes)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 4.25 (8 votes)
Final Fantasy - 4.17 (21 votes)
Metal Gear - 4.17 (6 votes)
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - 3.89 (9 votes)
Resident Evil 6 - 3.74 (17 votes)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - 3.69 (13 votes)
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls - 3.65 (10 votes)
Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 3.43 (15 votes)
Final Fantasy II - 3.4 (10 votes)
Starcraft II (overall) - 3.4 (5 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest - 3.31 (16 votes)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy - 3.29 (12 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates (overall) - 3.29 (12 votes)
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void - 2.83 (6 votes)
DmC: Devil May Cry - 2.67 (9 votes)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - 2.66 (16 votes)
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm - 2.57 (7 votes)
Tales of Zestiria - 2.44 (9 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation - 2.4 (10 votes)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - 2.05 (11 votes)
Paper Mario: Sticker Star - 1.91 (6 votes)
Plumbers Dont Wear Ties - 1.27 (15 votes)

Needs more votes:
Torment: Tides of Numenera
The Conduit 2

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Leonhart4
01/06/22 9:39:20 PM
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Nominate Metroid Dread

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Mac Arrowny
01/06/22 9:41:46 PM
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4

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_Keeby
01/06/22 9:42:19 PM
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I just recently played this game for the first time a few months ago. Now Im very slowly progressing through The Lost Age which I got for Christmas.

10
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LordoftheMorons
01/06/22 9:52:12 PM
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7.5

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Axl_Rose_85
01/07/22 12:14:15 AM
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7.5

The world building in this first half of the duology is really good and they established some memorable characters. I remember being all kinds of hyped for the conclusion to the story in the second game. The mystery behind the lost civilization of Lemuria is one of the most intriguing plot elements an RPG of its time had. However all of these epic things are saved for the second game.
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KamikazePotato
01/07/22 12:20:31 AM
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5

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AxemRedRanger
01/07/22 1:48:28 AM
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2

This franchise's dialogue has maybe the most painful combination of being long and dull of anything I've ever played and it's all in the service of such a nothing plot. Golden Sun's story largely felt like JRPG boilerplate, which wouldn't be that bad if it could just get to the point, but instead the dialogue takes like at least 5 times as much time as it should to convey its uninteresting narrative. I don't think the playable cast in this one is interesting or entertaining at all. Some of the other characters are better but anything they set up here doesn't end up panning out to much of anything cool in The Lost Age so it's hard to care much. I guess Saturos is okay?

I like this game's battle graphics, music, and dungeons a good deal and the battle and class systems are "good enough" but I'm pretty "eh" on the game overall and this franchise's story being for me a uniquely significant active detriment is why. I played this game a lot back in the day and on my second time through I made a dedicated save file just past the Flint tutorial so that I wouldn't have to play through the opening again in the future. I don't recall doing something like this for any other game that lacked branching paths.

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malyg
01/07/22 4:38:34 AM
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5/10
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Lightning Strikes
01/07/22 10:49:52 AM
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Any more?

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01/07/22 11:21:26 AM
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2

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barreldragon88
01/07/22 12:59:36 PM
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9.5

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Nanis23
01/07/22 1:03:22 PM
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8


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Leonhart4
01/07/22 1:07:26 PM
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What a range of scores

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unknown_duck
01/07/22 1:40:16 PM
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5.5
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Nanis23
01/07/22 1:41:22 PM
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_Keeby posted...
I just recently played this game for the first time a few months ago. Now Im very slowly progressing through The Lost Age which I got for Christmas.

10
How does one get a 20 years old game for Christmas?

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MysteriousStan
01/07/22 1:44:25 PM
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7.5/10
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StartTheMachine
01/07/22 1:54:24 PM
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7 for Superstar Saga

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plasmabeam
01/07/22 5:42:58 PM
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5.5/10

Pretty bland but the search for Lemuria gripped me as a kid, so I'll give it an extra 0.5

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plasmabeam
01/07/22 5:43:41 PM
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Nanis23 posted...
How does one get a 20 years old game for Christmas?

Ebay

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Underleveled
01/07/22 5:46:09 PM
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8.5

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plasmabeam
01/07/22 5:46:33 PM
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Axl_Rose_85 posted...
The world building in this first half of the duology is really good and they established some memorable characters. I remember being all kinds of hyped for the conclusion to the story in the second game. The mystery behind the lost civilization of Lemuria is one of the most intriguing plot elements an RPG of its time had. However all of these epic things are saved for the second game.

I can't understate how hyped I was for TLA after playing the first Golden Sun. This was before I got into FF and other JRPGs, but still. The mystery of Lemuria was as compelling as it got back on the GBA.

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Lightning Strikes
01/07/22 7:50:50 PM
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First of all, this game rules. The story however gets a 6.5/10. It has excellent worldbuilding, still one of the best RPG settings, though the actual plot is not up to much until the intriguing ending and the characters are well-written but not especially deep here. Overall The Lost Age tells a much better story.

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