Golden Sun

 Game Boy Advance
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 335 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 294 out of 335
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 335
  3. Negative: 18 out of 335
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  1. E}I{
    Mar 14, 2006
    5
    Golden Sun - Most Boring jRPG. Pros: Very good graphics(but many particle effects look cheesy). puzzles are nice, but I've seen most of them already. Cons: Music is too boring. Not memorable at all. Backgrounds look like they are ripped from many SNES RPGs, they lack some distinct style. Storyline is full of cliche. Stupid and predictable. Tons of text, but most of it is absolutely Golden Sun - Most Boring jRPG. Pros: Very good graphics(but many particle effects look cheesy). puzzles are nice, but I've seen most of them already. Cons: Music is too boring. Not memorable at all. Backgrounds look like they are ripped from many SNES RPGs, they lack some distinct style. Storyline is full of cliche. Stupid and predictable. Tons of text, but most of it is absolutely pointless and its quality can make any intellegent being cry. Characters are extremely generic and underdeveloped. Battle system is not balanced at all. It's too easy to greet enemies with barrage of highest level summons that cost nothing.… Expand
  2. R.Thomas
    Aug 14, 2006
    6
    Over-rated. I was expecting a game that was 1. harder 2. longer 3. just plain more interesting when i killed the big boss, which only realy took me a few trys, i was surprised that i had finnished it. Once i had, and saved the game i discovered that you cant go back and collect the things you missed, snd there was no reason for this. Overall, i'm still waiting for a decent RPG on the GBA.
  3. Nerevarinho
    May 26, 2023
    7
    Fun start. Towards the end, the main story had unnecessary subplots (ship, insivible man), and the last dungeon had too many puzzles, it felt unnecessarily stretched out.
  4. Yojimbo2015
    May 11, 2023
    7
    Fantasy RPG that's very much in the evin of the Final Fantasy series with nice colourful graphics and magic powers and emojis to mark it out from the crowd. Not exactly groundbreaking but an absorbing little interactive tale to while away a few hours.
  5. Shnafalgen
    Oct 19, 2005
    7
    Other then GREAT graphics and the simplicity to the conversations, the game got so boring I felt as if I were about about to pull my hair out. Everytime I got to a new part in the game their was something, just one little peice of the puzzle I was missing. It got increasingly irratating to have to go backwards once you took a step fowards. I gave this game a seven because going back made Other then GREAT graphics and the simplicity to the conversations, the game got so boring I felt as if I were about about to pull my hair out. Everytime I got to a new part in the game their was something, just one little peice of the puzzle I was missing. It got increasingly irratating to have to go backwards once you took a step fowards. I gave this game a seven because going back made me stronger but, it got old, fast.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2001
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#1 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2001
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#1 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2001

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Total Video Games
    90
    Hard-core RPG fans may feel the game is too derivative, to a certain extent it is, but for the rest of us Golden Sun is both a fantastic game and a nice trip down memory lane.
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  2. GMR Magazine
    90
    A deep combat engine and brilliant graphics make this the best RPG available on the GBA. [Feb 2003, p.97]
  3. Thunderbolt
    90
    As one of the most critical Nintendo fans around, it's nice to see a game come out for the GBA that's original, pretty, fun, and doesn't involve any one of their stupid mascots.
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