Shining Soul

 Game Boy Advance
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
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  1. XeiderS.
    Nov 5, 2003
    8
    While it won't gain any game of the year awards, it is quite fun as a portable Diablo. Add some friends and it gets even better. Would have been nice to have more then 4 characters, but Shining Soul 2 should take care of that (early 2004).
  2. AaronF.
    Dec 12, 2003
    5
    Game sucks..I can't even frigging save.
  3. DanielD.
    Oct 9, 2003
    10
    This game is sooo awesome. I love it!
  4. ShaftV.
    Sep 25, 2003
    10
    This game has rich graphics it looks awesome im looking forword to buying it.
  5. JaimeR.
    Oct 16, 2003
    7
    Great graphics, pretty nice music and easy playability. On the other hand there's no story, just one village and the cuest becomes repetitive and short.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 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.

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

Critic Reviews

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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
  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]
  2. Eurogamer
    40
    Hardcore? Don't be fooled, chaps. Maybe, somewhere, deep within the bowels of the hardcore gamer there's a desire to play endless, sprawling, repetitive games which offer no motivation to continue, but really, if you're looking for a hardcore RPG status symbol, then pick up Breath of Fire II or Golden Sun - or buy Zelda, because that's a real-time RPG done right.
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  3. Gamestyle
    40
    Shining Soul is too shallow to appeal to the turn-based RPG crowd and the combat is too tedious to appeal to action RPG fans, or indeed anyone not wanting to inflict a repetitive strain injury upon themselves.
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