Battles take place on the lower screen, where the enemy party and the player's party are displayed on opposing sides. ĭark Dawn contains both random monster encounters and compulsory battles that advance the story. The Nintendo DS hardware allows players to use Psynergy to manipulate their surroundings in ways that were not possible in previous installments. The player gains more Psynergy spells as the game progresses, either through leveling up or acquiring special items and with each new Psynergy spell, the party may gain access to more locations and secrets hidden within the game world. Many puzzles revolve around the game's resident form of magic spells, Psynergy, requiring the player to leverage different Psynergy spells to surmount and obstacle. To complete puzzles, players must utilize the environment around them to complete a given objective. Much of the time spent outside of battle takes place either in the game's overworld or within dungeons, caves, and other locales with puzzles integrated into their layout. A new feature is the addition of an encyclopedia system, which explains and keeps track of new and returning gameplay elements to players.
Unlike the previous games, some locations become inaccessible after certain points, although new locations become accessible after players acquire a ship. Players guide characters through a fantasy-themed world as they interact with other characters, battle monsters, acquire increasingly powerful Psynergy and equipment and take part in a predefined narrative. Here, the "Douse" spell is used to douse a torch blocking the player's path.ĭark Dawn, like its predecessors, uses the traditional role-playing video game formula. Golden Sun's form of magic, called "Psynergy", can be used in battle and in dungeons.
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However, critics noted that some of the shortcomings in the previous games, such as excessive in-game dialogue, were also present in this installment, and that the features of the Golden Sun series that were refreshing when the original games were released now felt dated. Dark Dawn was praised for successfully transitioning the 2D-style graphics of its predecessors into 3D for the Nintendo DS and for being relatively easy for newcomers to the franchise to play. The game was generally well received by critics, receiving a 79% rating on the review aggregation website Metacritic, although its score was lower than both of its predecessors.
The game utilizes gameplay elements pioneered by its predecessors, primarily the use of magic (called "Psynergy") to defeat enemies and discover new locations, help local populations and find elemental djinn which can augment the player's powers. Players control characters as they travel through the fictional world of Weyard. Released in late 2010 for the Nintendo DS hand-held console, Dark Dawn was the fifth-best selling game during its release window in Japan.ĭark Dawn is set thirty years after the events of the first two games and follows the path of the descendants of the earlier games' heroes. The game was first announced as "Golden Sun DS" at E3 2009, while the name and release window was subsequently revealed in Nintendo's E3 2010 presentation. Speculation of a third entry in the franchise began soon after the release of its predecessor, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, in 2002, culminating in a widely spread hoax game being revealed at a pre- E3 2007 gathering.
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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn ( Japanese: 黄金の太陽 漆黒なる夜明け, Hepburn: Ōgon no Taiyō: Shikkoku Naru Yoake) is the third installment in a series of fantasy role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning for Nintendo.
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