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Shining Resonance Refrain (2018)

Media.Vision, O-TWO Inc.

Remaster of Shining Resonance

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

2.64 from 28 ratings

937 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 701 backlogged · 15 wish listed

A remastered version of the game Shining Resonance released in 2014 on the PlayStation 3. It includes, all the DLCs, a 'refrain mode', a higher resolution that runs at 60fps, rebalanced gameplay, new costumes and a new theme song.
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Details

Developers
Media.Vision, O-TWO Inc.
Publishers
Sega, Sega Games
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Franchises
Shining
Series
Shining
Event
PC Gaming Show 2018
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 29, 2018 (Japan) PlayStation 4
  • Mar 29, 2018 (Asia) PlayStation 4
  • Jul 09, 2018 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jul 10, 2018 (North_America) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Jul 10, 2018 (Europe) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

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Rating distribution

5 stars
1
4 stars
6
3 stars
10
2 stars
4
1 star
7
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krymsun00

Status krymsun00 Oct 25, 2023

The game was decent enough for a mediocre JRPG for a while. Then came the difficulty spike: Gungnir in the desert. There were hard boss fights previously, but none that felt impossible. This one though? It basically wants you to be level 60 while all the available enemies are in the low 40s. Sure, you can grind, grind, grind and …

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The game was decent enough for a mediocre JRPG for a while. Then came the difficulty spike: Gungnir in the desert. There were hard boss fights previously, but none that felt impossible. This one though? It basically wants you to be level 60 while all the available enemies are in the low 40s. Sure, you can grind, grind, grind and there's even a way to cheese it, but I don't have the patience. The game had enough lackluster elements as it is. Deleted.

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supersaiyanchrono

Status supersaiyanchrono Feb 20, 2023

Over time I've discovered I'm a big fan of "dating sims disguised as other games." Fire Emblem, Persona, Stardew Valley, Mass Effect; put some romance on top of a really solid core game and I will eat that up. But I've definitely figured out that aforementioned strong core is a necessity and character driven romance alone will not help me …

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Over time I've discovered I'm a big fan of "dating sims disguised as other games." Fire Emblem, Persona, Stardew Valley, Mass Effect; put some romance on top of a really solid core game and I will eat that up. But I've definitely figured out that aforementioned strong core is a necessity and character driven romance alone will not help me tolerate a game that just sucks. Shining Resonance Refrain is a perfect example of that. Mediocre gameplay, a shallow story, and just absolutely abysmal and tedious general game loop and traversal ruin any potential the decent character designs may have had. Would definitely recommend passing on this one unless you've got absolutely nothing better to do.

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Octjillery

Status Octjillery Jul 17, 2021

I had heard of this game over the years but didn't know much about it.

Played the demo last night and decided to pick it up. The combat is similar enough to stuff that I like, like Tales, that I think I'll be fine with it, and the character designs are really nice, especially Kirika. Shit was pretty wild too--escaping …

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I had heard of this game over the years but didn't know much about it.

Played the demo last night and decided to pick it up. The combat is similar enough to stuff that I like, like Tales, that I think I'll be fine with it, and the character designs are really nice, especially Kirika. Shit was pretty wild too--escaping a dungeon and suddenly there's singing and it's a girl on a tower summoning dragons?! Mood.

I was gonna just hold it in my wishlist for a while since I'm playing Tales of Graces right now, and see if it goes on sale... but I convinced myself to just go ahead and get it since ToG isn't portable and "something could come up and I could be playing a handheld game." Okay, Jill.

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WerqKween

Status WerqKween Sep 9, 2019

Also played the demo for this last weekend. This is a Shining game? I guess things have changed a lot since the Saturn days. Easy pass for me.

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