Shining Soul

 Game Boy Advance
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
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  1. GMR Magazine
    70
    Achieves portable "Diablo"-ness like no one's business... The main problem with [it] is that it quickly gets repetitious and is best played with the three friends that the game supports. [Oct 2003, p.80]
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  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    70
    Eminently playable, and more importantly, replayable. All the hacking and slashing should get old after a while, but the infamous "quest for stuff" kept me going for the long haul. [Oct 2003, p.168]
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  3. Game Informer
    65
    The action is poorly designed and repetitive, and the quest is void of challenge. [Sept 2003, p.125]
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  5. GameSpy
    60
    A super-deformed take on Diablo, wholly devoid of strategy or audiovisual pizzazz.
  6. GamePro
    60
    It's an action/RPG, and a pretty boring one at that - a repetitive dungeon attack that feels like an unexciting "Diablo."
  7. Play Magazine
    58
    A little light on dialogue and only has one village but it supports up to four players and sticks to a formula steeped in nostalgia. [Sept 2003, p.80]
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  8. GameSpot
    56
    The simplistic gameplay and the lack of both difficulty and any real pressing motivation to complete the game severely limit any appeal.
  9. IGN
    55
    Just feels like a shell of a design, good ideas and intentions spattered thoughout boring action sequences.

Awards & Rankings

84
#84 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2003
40
#40 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2003
39
#39 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2003

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Yojimbo2015
    May 7, 2023
    6
    Fantasy RPG that chooses arcade-style combat over the more traditional turn-based affair. This makes it more like Gauntlet with nobs on andFantasy RPG that chooses arcade-style combat over the more traditional turn-based affair. This makes it more like Gauntlet with nobs on and the fact that you can return to the point where you were last killed at will makes it all a bit of a button-bashing level-grind. Not a bad arcade adventure but not in the same league as Final Fantasy and Zelda.… Full Review »
  2. JimBob
    Dec 14, 2003
    10
    Awesome in every way. Great graphics. Fun gameplay and the best mutiplayer I've seen before Rebel strike came out.
  3. AaronF.
    Dec 12, 2003
    5
    Game sucks..I can't even frigging save.
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