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Luminous Arc 2

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Luminous Arc 2[a]is atactical role-playing gamedeveloped byImageepochfor theNintendo DS,and published byMarvelous Entertainmentin Japan on May 15, 2008, and byAtlus USAandRising Star Gamesin North America and the PAL region respectively. It is the second game in theLuminous Arcseries.

Luminous Arc 2
North American box art
Developer(s)Imageepoch
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Shuetsu Kadowaki
Designer(s)Kaito Shibano
Composer(s)Akari Kaida
Shunsuke Tsuchiya
Yoko Shimomura
Yoshino Aoki
SeriesLuminous Arc
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP:May 15, 2008
  • NA:November 18, 2008
  • EU:October 9, 2009
  • AU:April 1, 2010
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player,multiplayer

Gameplay

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A screenshot of a battle: the top screen shows units' status and information, while the touch screen displays units' positions and turn order

Luminous Arc 2is astrategy role-playing gamein which characters move across anisometricgrid. Each character can be equipped with weapons, armor, items, and magical "Lapis"gemstones.Characters learn special skills byleveling upand are able to use a "Flash Drive"special attackupon attacking or defeating enemies. When a character'shit pointsreach zero, they are removed from battle, but can be revived.

Plot

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In the Kingdom of Carnava, in an age whenmagicsupports everyday life and civilization itself, peace is maintained by the queen's knights and the Rev Magic Association. Sixteen years before the game's story begins,monsterscalled Beast Fiends start to appear, destroying everything in their way. Mattias, leader of the Magic Association, uses the evil Demon Blade to try to seal the source of the fiends, but is sealed away himself by the elementalwitches.At the time of the game setting, new Beast Fiends have been appearing, and the government overextends its forces trying to protect the entire kingdom. Meanwhile, Fatima—a powerful witch of the Association with control of the rare Shadow Frost Magic—goes rogue and starts a conflict with the Association, causing more trouble for the Kingdom.

Trying to solve the crisis, the kingdom starts a clandestine research project whose aim is to produce an easier way to use magic. The story starts when the kingdom has just successfully completed the research project, and devised a tool known as the "Runic Engine". Roland, a knight in training, is accidentally imbued with this new power, and fights the Beast Fiends, Master Mattias and the Shadow Frost Witch. In the course of the game, he discovers that the Rev Magic Association had covered up Mattias' turn to evil. However, he does not realise that Mattias did this to try and save the world, rather than destroy it. He later discovers that Bharva, king of the Fiends, was manipulating events, and joins with Fatima to prevent the Mage Queen Elicia, creator of the Fiends, from overrunning the world with them.

The player has a choice of having a romantic relationship with Fatima or Althea, and end game parts of the story, including the ending, will change depending on the player's pre-battle dialogue choices.

Development and release

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The game was featured at theMarvelous Entertainmentbooth at theTokyo Game Show2007. It was released in Japan on May 15, 2008 and North America on November 18, 2008.[1]

As with theprevious game,famed sound designerYasunori Mitsudaand his studio handled all the audio mi xing and mastering. However, unlike the last time, Mitsuda did not compose for the game. Instead, composersYoko Shimomura,Akari Kaida,Yoshino Aoki,and Shunsuke Tsuchiya wrote the soundtrack, while Mitsuda acted as sound producer.[2]

The game includes a bonus music CD insert.[1]Those who preordered the game at selected retailers received an art book named "Luminous Art", which offers content from bothLuminous Arcgames.[3]

A manga based on the story ofLuminous Arc 2began serialization in 2008.[4]

Reception

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In Japan,FamitsugaveLuminous Arc 2all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40.[8]The game sold 41,000 units in Japan in its first week of release.[18]For the North American release, the game received above-average reviews according to thereview aggregationwebsiteMetacritic.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^Known in Japan asLuminous Arc 2: Will(Japanese:ルミナスアーク2 ウィル,Hepburn:Ruminasu Āku Tsū Wiru)

References

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  18. ^Jenkins, David (May 22, 2008)."Monster Hunter 2nd G Passes 2 Million At Top Of Japanese Charts".Game Developer.Informa.Archivedfrom the original on March 3, 2016.RetrievedAugust 28,2024.
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