Luminous Arc 2

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Luminous Arc 2
Single-player, multiplayer

Luminous Arc 2

Atlus USA and Rising Star Games in North America and the PAL region respectively. It is the second game in the Luminous Arc
series.

Gameplay

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 2 is a

hit points
reach zero, they are removed from battle, but can be revived.

Plot

In the Kingdom of Carnava, in an age when

witches
. 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

The game was featured at the Marvelous Entertainment booth at the Tokyo Game Show 2007. It was released in Japan on May 15, 2008 and North America on November 18, 2008.[1]

As with the previous game, famed sound designer Yasunori Mitsuda and his studio handled all the audio mixing and mastering. However, unlike the last time, Mitsuda did not compose for the game. Instead, composers Yoko 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 both Luminous Arc games.[3]

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

Reception

In Japan, Famitsu gave Luminous Arc 2 all 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 the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Luminous 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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  2. ^ "MJCD-20125 | Luminous Arc2 will Original Soundtracks". VGMDB. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  3. ^ IGN staff (November 5, 2008). "Inside Luminous Art, the Official Luminous Arc 2 Pre-order Bonus Art Book". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "Luminous Arc 2 Development Blog". Marvelous Entertainment (in Japanese). May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Luminous Arc 2". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  6. 1Up.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original
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  7. ^ North, Dale (November 19, 2008). "Destructoid review: Luminous Arc 2". Destructoid. Gamurs. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "News for May 8, 2008". The Magic Box. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  9. ^ Massimilla, Bethany (November 21, 2008). "Luminous Arc 2 Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  10. ^ Bratcher, Eric (November 24, 2008). "Luminous Arc 2 review". GamesRadar+. Future plc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  11. ^ Valentino, Nick (November 24, 2008). "Luminous Arc 2 - NDS - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  12. ^ Bozon, Mark (November 19, 2008). "Luminous Arc 2 Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  13. ^ Newton, James (December 1, 2009). "Luminous Arc 2 Review". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  14. ^ "Luminous Arc 2". Nintendo Power. Vol. 236. Future US. Christmas 2008. p. 88.
  15. ^ Jones, James (December 20, 2008). "Luminous Arc 2". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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  17. ^ Hussey, John P. (November 20, 2008). "Luminous Arc 2". RPGFan. Emerald Shield Media LLC. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  18. ^ Jenkins, David (May 22, 2008). "Monster Hunter 2nd G Passes 2 Million At Top Of Japanese Charts". Game Developer. Informa. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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