Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA)

The Lost Age is less a sequel and more a second chapter to the first game, picking up right where it left off as Isaac and his buddies try to save the world after their failed attempt to stop the Venus lighthouse from being lit. You don't by any means need to have played the first game to enjoy or understand this one, but if you have, you can upload your team from before and carry on exactly where you left off. Either way there's still tons of new spells and Dijnn to find and use, the best of which create some truly stunning graphical effects when used in battle.

If you hate RPGs, you'll hate Golden Sun, but if you have even the smallest interest in the genre you can't go far wrong with this ace portable title. --David Jenkins

If you are thinking of purchasing this game DO IT!!!


Golden Sun: The Lost Age.   March 10, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Hi
I ma kinda new to amazon and saw a few reviews on one of my favourite games, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. This game is absolutely amazing. Sorry to go off the subject but I am a huge Zelda fan. For the past 4-5 years I have been trying to find a game as good as Zelda, but failed in my quest. Once I got this game, I was so glad to enjoy another game as much as I enjoyed Zelda. The gameplay in Golden Sun 2 is so very well structured. You can never get bored. This game is great, I hope they make a third!!!

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One of the best games on the GBA.   August 18, 2005
Bexie (England)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

After playing the first Golden Sun a month or so after it came out, I was immediatly hooked and hungry for the sequel. As soon as I realised The Lost Age was nearing it's release a couple of years ago, I began to mention it many times in conversation in the hopes that I would get it for Christmas, and my family did deliver. I loved the second game so much that you would have to pry it from my cold, dead hands to get me to stop playing. Usually when a sequel to a game comes out, they are not as good as the first game - look at Final Fantasy X and X-2, for instance. That is not the way with this game. I find The Lost Age to be a far, far better game than it's predecessor, and since the first Golden Sun is not far short of perfection, that's saying something. The second installment starts at Venus Lighthouse moments before it is lit, and you play as Jenna at first, the girl who was kidnapped at the start of Golden Sun. Soon after Sheba and Jenna's brother Felix joins you, and you play as Felix from that point on. With far more Djinn to find, many more character classes and Psynergy, and tons more towns and areas to explore, this game seems to be even bigger than the first. There are certain items that give you character classes you can achieve no other way, and there are dungeon-esque levels that grant you new Psynergy when completed. The only minor flaw in the game is the dialouge - the characters seem to love yapping their heads off for long periods of time. Their conversations are very interesting the first time you play the game as it gives more insight into the characters past and the world of Weyard, but when you're playing it for the sixth time you just want to yell "I KNOW! SHUT UP ALREADY!" and mash the A button. The gameplay and the story, however, doesn't get old no matter how much you play.

Buy this game. If you don't, you're a nut.


Wow this is awesome   July 9, 2005
dave (London, England)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Wow. i can't say more than that. i played Golden Sun and thought that nothing could be better. but this one is. The best RPG i have ever played, and ive played all of the Final Fantasies. Those who dont like RPGs, get a life and buy this game anyway because it is so amazing. its also addoctive, and keeps you playing it for months. theres so much to do, and it takes a long time to complete but it doesnt get boring ever. buy this game if you ever want to play a good game in your life.