Luminous Arc
Protect the Light, Condemn the Dark! A Millennium of peace is about to be torn asunder by the spread of darkness. A war with the Witches 1,000 years ago nearly destroyed the planet, and now they have returned…
Luminous Arc is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Imageepoch, released 8 February 2007 on Nintendo DS.
What Luminous Arc is
Luminous Arc is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Imageepoch and released in 2007. It was published by Atlus USA. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Protect the Light, Condemn the Dark! A Millennium of peace is about to be torn asunder by the spread of darkness. A war with the Witches 1,000 years ago nearly destroyed the planet, and now they have returned. Character Designs by Kaito Shibano, music from Yasunori Mitsuda, and solid storylines combine to give Tactical RPG Fans the kind of portable gaming experience they've been craving! Take the battle online! Fight your friends over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! Luminous Arc's versatile controls allow you to choose between +Control Pad and left/right-handed stylus controls!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Luminous Arc holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Luminous Arc launched on 8 February 2007, within three weeks of Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle, Crackdown and Hotel Dusk: Room 215. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle, Crackdown, Hotel Dusk: Room 215.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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