When did Luminous Arc 2 come out?

Luminous Arc 2 was released on 15 May 2008 for Nintendo DS.

Luminous Arc 2 (2008) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Luminous Arc 2

More Strategy, More Witches, More Fun! As the threat of a rogue Witch looms over Carnava, the Queen calls upon the Magic Association to save the land. Beautiful hand drawn graphics and a stunning score from…

80 15 May 2008

What Luminous Arc 2 is

Luminous Arc 2 is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Imageepoch and released in 2008. It was published by Atlus USA. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

More Strategy, More Witches, More Fun! As the threat of a rogue Witch looms over Carnava, the Queen calls upon the Magic Association to save the land. Beautiful hand drawn graphics and a stunning score from Yasunori Mitsuda's Procyon Studio combine with multiplayer support to create the must-have strategy RPG of the year! "Engagement" System - Gain potent Witch powers with this intriguing new tactical feature. Refined Mechanics - Upgraded interface, polished touch controls, and rebalanced gameplay.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Luminous Arc 2 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Luminous Arc 2 launched on 15 May 2008, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV, GRID (2008), Valkyria Chronicles and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV, GRID (2008), Valkyria Chronicles, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

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