Lunar: Remastered Collection and the Return of Team Valiant Plays!

[Althena]

Helloooo my fellow Valiants! For the first time in decades, Lunar is in the mainstream video game news again, and it's WEIRD. I, of course, bought it on Steam immediately, and if budget permits I may pick up a physical copy for old times' sake. As most of you may be aware, I kinda like this franchise.

That being said, thanks to popular demand, I will be playing it first time on stream. I imagine it will be very similar to my GOTM stream, but you will be seeing my reactions to new VA, the much-touted QOL changes, and everything that comes with- for better or worse.

Tune in Mondays, starting April 21st, 8:30PM Eastern, and I look forward to seeing you all again, I've missed you!

[The Grimace]

Looking forward to the stream!

I'm just about to sit down with a few hours of the game, myself. I'll post any opinions and feedback I have on this version here.

One of the reasons I'm opting for the Steam version first is for potential modding applications. I doubt it will be long before someone figures out a way to mod back in the original voice acting for those that want it, as well as any other QOL features that come to mind.

[The Grimace]

oh my god the adjustable battle speed is so nice.

[Sarah Valentine]

WanderVox went live on Twitch for a while this morning so I got an early look at the remaster. With all due respect to the people here who have played the game since the beginning and swear by the original, I have to admit I'm sad it's not a redux of the PSP "Harmony" version of the game. The revamped graphics and menus made the game way more approachable for me (though I was pissed they changed the lyrics to the FMV songs). That said, I'm still happy to sit around and watch someone who loves the series play a remaster of the original!

[Althena]

Wandervox you got some 'splainin to do!

[Ghaleon]

My physical Switch copy arrives tomorrow, and I plan on playing the heck out of it all night and all day Sunday. I'm so excited that these games are back in circulation after 20+years of obscurity.

[The Grimace]

In my far off dreams, we'd have another Lunar game to play at this point. I'm just happy to get anything after so long.

Many PSP games later got a second wind when they were released on Steam. It's been a long time, but I think GungHo should consider doing this for Silver Star Harmony, too. I still have to play that one. I'll probably emulate it. I'm glad to hear the menu-ing sounds improved.

[The Grimace]

The voice acting in the game has been fine so far. I just heard Ghaleon and Kyle in my last play sessions.

While the performances were fine, something has definitely been lost in the execution for many of the line-readings. I'm clearly biased as a fan of the original games, but I still really wish GungHo had worked out a deal to include the Working Designs dubs. Ghaleon sounds fine, but the new voice actor doesn't have the same underlying sass as Jon Truitt when he delivered the lines.