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Shining Force Neo

Max completes his Force military training and returns to his village to meet his family and to find news of his missing brother. Later, the village is attacked by monsters later suspected as remnants of the…

40 24 March 2005

Shining Force Neo is an adventure developed by Neverland, released 24 March 2005 on PlayStation 2.

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What Shining Force Neo is

Shining Force Neo is an adventure game developed by Neverland and released in 2005. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Thirteen years before the game begins, the world was locked in a war against the Clan of the Moon. Foul monsters known as "Legions" were unleashed by the Clan against their enemies in their bid for domination. However, powerful heroes called Forces soon rose up to lead the charge against them. Aided by Force Frames, ordinary warriors became gifted with a variety of powerful advantages that made them more than what they would have been otherwise. With this, the war against the Clan of the Moon began to turn. The Clan's Dark Castle and the Legions were banished in the end. Victory was achieved, but only at a great cost. Several nations were utterly destroyed and most of the Forces that…
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

Where it sits in the Shining series

Shining Force Neo is the fifth of 12 entries we hold in the Shining series. It arrived 11 months after Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon. The next entry was Shining Force EXA in 2007. Its critic score of 40 is 21 points below the series average of 61. The highest-rated entry is Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon at 87.

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How it was received

Shining Force Neo holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 27 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Shining Force Neo launched on 24 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and SWAT 4. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, SWAT 4.

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When did Shining Force Neo come out?
Shining Force Neo was released on 24 March 2005 for PlayStation 2.

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