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Shining Force Classics App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Shining Force II (Haven’t played the others yet.)The game itself deserves 10 stars. This port on the other hand... Up until I returned to Grans, the game would only lag a tiny bit occasionally and it was usually just the music. Now that I have returned to Grans it’s a lagfest. The music lags, the cursor lags, the animations lag. It even lags outside of battle. My phone also heats up 20+ degrees and my battery gets sucked dry. The only other issue is that the start button cannot be held down. It’s not treated the same way the other buttons are, it can only be pressed for an instant. Everything else is just as I remember it. I just don’t know if I can finish it if the lagging gets any worse. I have to close the game and let my phone cool down and I didn’t have that problem for the first half or so of the game..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Second timeSecond time I buy this game and my saved data won't load because of game center even if I'm signed in..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Saving issuesI love this game. It was my childhood so I’m going to give this app a three star but I’m having issues saving the game for whatever reason..Version: 4.1.2
✓ (Updated)Would be a treat to see the Sega CD Books included.Have run into some minor issues. The launcher is still awful after all this time. It feels clunky and the saga ads for other saga games is raunchy when you pay for no ads. Have had a one time issue when logging in to use the save feature where it would sit in an infinite loop not connecting. No way to cancel out or retry. (Maybe fixed?) Have had multiple issues after closing my device and coming back where there would be no sound. Going back to menu fixed the sound issue but was kind of a drag. (Maybe fixed?) Have had multiple issues with the rewind feature force closing the app after use. It’s a great feature to get Kiwi some extra HP but other than that, I find the way it rewinds kind of jarring to watch and listen to. (This still happens... and its awful.) Overall, the shining series is a great series and if they can improve the launcher to be a bit more smooth and maybe nicer to look at I would give it 5 stars. (Over time the launcher got worse. Shifting my review more to the negative. 2 stars, giving these games a 2 star rating is painful but that’s how bad the presentation is.) Please do something about the quality of the launcher and force quits after rewinds. It’s a drag to see already amazing games suffer from outside issues like this. I paid to have the ads removed and have had no problems in that area. I’d even pay again for book 1 and 2 of the SEGA CD Versions. Saga you’re sitting on a gold mine of shining games and if you presented them properly you would make your money off them..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Broken Save ServerThe game save feature does not work. There is no way to record your progress. Don’t waste your time. Too bad. It seems like a fun game..Version: 6.3.4
✓ Cannot save more than one save spotThe game freezes on the “SAVINGS” if you try to save in the second or third slot..Version: 6.3.4
✓ Ad overloadPrepare to buy or don’t bother. I got hit with 3 30s ads in 15 seconds trying to get through the title screen. Brutal. Love the games though, worth a purchase..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Amazing game butShining Force is one of the classics but unfortunately this port is unreliable and crashes regularly while logging you in to Game Centre resulting with an unsuccessfully saved game. If you want to replay your last 30 mins over and over and over, go ahead and download. Otherwise stick to the Steam version..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Really Want the Sega Classics to WorkAlong with Phantasy Star and all the others, Shining Force refuses to connect to Game Centre and cannot save using any method. I even bought the game, still no dice. Sad. Loved these games back in the day..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Previous Review Removed, Lost Progress, Now Fixed(?)I had a previous review, fairly low, regarding the loss of many hours of progress due to issues with Game Center. I also had opened the issue directly with Sega support. I was not told that the Game Center issue was fixed, but stumbled upon that fact today. My original qualms had to do with paying money, and then being locked out of my own game. Now, I’m concerned about the lack of follow-up, and possible recursion of the problem. Initially, I was about 20 hours into a save, and it got lost. I’m concerned whether that’ll happen again, and disappointed that the initial fix was not communicated to me. I paid money for this. And then it stopped working. It got fixed (?) but I was not informed. The games themselves are excellent, but the management of the port should give future potential players pause. Update: Game Center sync stopped working, sort of. I am ad-free but I can’t save games. I can still save at churches, but it’s a real shame I can’t play as the port intended..Version: 6.3.2
✓ Broken gameImpossible to login to save or load the game. It has been a week now and support has done nothing. Support takes over 48 hours to respond even when you respond back to them immediately. Strongly recommend not buying this game..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Far too many AdsAbsolutely love the Shining game trio however; 1.) Ads ruin gameplay. 2.) The 'save' feature often fails and you are unable to save progress. 3.) The game often fails to sign in and you are unable to load it. All in all I wouldn’t recommend it and it is a waste of money unless you enjoy being frustrated!.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Love game but poor save featuresLove the game but cannot overwrite a saved file or save in another save slot..Version: 6.3.2
✓ Most AWESOME game, but keeps "CRASHING" my fun...This review is based on my experience with the first shining force game. First of all: God was I amazed to see you can play Shining Force now on your tablet (or smartphone)! This sent me straight back to my childhood. I absolutely adore this masterpiece. Just the thought of playing it anywhere is absolutely great. BUT, after about 1 chapter in the game, it just keeps crashing randomly. Regardless if it's my turn or the enemy's. The in-game save option works SOMETIMES, so it's really a lucky guess if it will work or crash the game every time I'm desperate enough to try it. The music in the background is quite laggy as well. Half the time it doesn't even play at its correct speed. Despite the crashes (which are really annoying), I still keep playing it because it's just so much fun (if you are a fan of turn based role play games that is). Please try and fix the crashing! Then it would be a 5* review throughout - without hesitation!.Version: 2.0.1
✓ ScamFor months now the servers have been unreachable which is needed to save the game therefore, it’s now impossible for the game to be saved. They could update it so that you can save without it but no. They took your money and don’t want to fix their game. Sega is THAT type of company. Never trust them..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Sega Forever save servers are downUntil this gets fixed, it’s effectively a broken game.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Actual port is great everything else is horribleBasically the subject. The actual game is exactly as it was on the console. Everything about the app is horribly implemented. They only use a tiny portion of the screen with all of the controls taking up the majority of the screen instead of simply being an overlay. Their game server which is used for saving your game is full of bugs. You have to attempt to sign in multiple times and 50% of the time when trying to save the game crashes resulting in you losing your progress. There’s not even anything you can do in this case as you generally would with a buggy game such as saving frequently as that is the bug. They’ve also recently tried tracking your usage outside of the app which there is no legitimate reason to do other than trying to steal your data. I could possibly understand that from a free game but not when you have to pay a large upfront price as well. Basically the original creators of the game were excellent. The company responsible for the app is horrible.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Shade abbeyWhen I get to the town of shade abbey, and start the first battle, only a third of my party is in the fight, for absolutely no reason. It is impossible to win the battle and progress in the game. I want my money back, I know it is a glitch, but I have played like 25% of the game. Please make a patch or something!.Version: 4.1.2
✓ Avoid🤬🤬🤬🤬What a great game and the easiest 1.99 I’ve ever spent. However the save system makes the game unplayable. I’ve played the second battle three times now because the save system just goes into an infinite contacting server loop. The only way out is to reboot which means loosing progress. Rubbish.Version: 4.1.2
✓ Takes me back but...How come the sound doesn’t work? Is that only for the ad free version?.Version: 2.0.1
✓ Annoying but good alsoThe games themselves are great they play well just like I remember them but just to do even simple things requires you to watch ads saving? Nope gotta watch an ad first loading up the game? What gotta watch this ad first! UNPAUSING THE GAME? Nope you still need to watch an ad they aren’t long only being around 5 seconds so they aren’t too bad... but the need to constantly watch them to do basic game functions is just dumb also doesn’t help that there are some glitches with the game either for example Sarah I’m too can’t use healing spells the game just pauses the music still plays but she just sits there holding her staff in the air no matter what you do... tried saving and reloading rewinding time nothing works though.Version: 1.0.4
✓ I loved these games growing up but….Great games massive nostalgia hit however I have paid for the ad free versions and I still get adds which makes me sad.Version: 6.4.0
✓ Nostalgia abound, BUT...Each game is a time tested classic. The music, game play, and all else is fantastic. They each run smoothly and beautifully. There is one glaring and deep routed problem.. the Save Feature. I've lost 5 hours or more because the game has simply LIED to me on when it says I saved it. Glitches are stillbconstantly pouring in and even after paying a measly $5 to remove ads (not bad and you spend more on less, don't lie), it still screws up. I trek on, but this is truly rough. I hope they fix it soon. Otherwise, the games still remain amazing but I hold out till the bugs are squashed..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Shove your adsForget trying to play the free version which is infested with REALLY INTRUSIVE ADS. I’ll stick with my Kega emulator and roms for my Shining Force fix and bin this..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Such a good game but the saving bug needs fixing!!I love this game however it keeps crashing when I tried to save- I must have played the same battle at least 10 times only for it not it save!!!.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Shining Force is one of my favorite gamesSega screwed up pretty hard with this. i bought Shining Force on ios back in the day when it was on the app store. Then they randomly removed it so i wasted my money. Now they bring it back and i’m supposed to “rebuy” it for more money AND still have to watch some ads? yeah no thanks. Worst port i’ve ever seen EDIT: When you hit restore purchases in hopes that the old version carries over, it prompts you to sign in with your apple id. no other app has done this for me when hitting restore purchases. I signed in then about an hour later I got a notification saying that there was an attempted log in from Hong Kong. I do not know if it’s just coincidental, but just beware with this app and maybe chance your password if it asked for your Apple ID. I see a lot of sign in prompts for Game Center too. Hopefully they are not stealing those log ins either..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Can’t save the game?Tried a couple times and each time I hit save it says unable to connect to game centre? Paid to get the adds removed, that was a waste of money..Version: 4.1.3
✓ 2nd one not workingSf2 not working it loads then does not let me take to any characters like in the first 1.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Ads in a game I paid for!?So, I bought this game a while ago. More recently, in order to play it, I had to upgrade it. After the upgrade, I’m getting a whole lot of ads, plus the resume function is not working, so I keep finding I have to start again. Brings new meaning to the term “upgrade”..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Amazing game, abysmal app.The games are amazing. The app is abysmal poorly optimized adware..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Classic! Brilliant with flawed save functionHow great to find all 3 SF games in one place. Previously only SF was on iPhone. I loved SF and also enjoyed SF2. Shining in the darkness was a little weird and repetitive but still good to complete the trilogy. These are great games, SF being the best. There is also an in game save function- save where you like, halfway through a battle for example. But, this is unreliable. It might save. It might get stuck and you have turn off and on, this starting again where you last saved..... Even having an internet connection doesn’t improve the randomness of the save function. Sometimes, even the standard save points do not work reliably- the friars in towns in SF for example. I have a new iPhone XS using the latest software update. This renders the game frustratingly unplayable..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Nice but Its No Shining The Holy ArkGreat mix of classic dungeon crawling rpgs from the shining series. Controller compatible, which is nice is you want that old-school feel. That being said, Sega seriously dropped the ball here. Why come out with the simplest versions and not take a tiny stab at the most classic rpg to ever hit Sega imho? Shining the Holy Ark ring any money bells or do the people you pay to think only show up for office selfies? STHA goes for $500 new on the big A and you cannot get the non-Japanese version for less than $200 currently. This is the market and collectible value and yet all the people at Sega can come up with is Sonic and this?? Charge for the game. I would rather pay around $30 for an updated version I can play mobile than $200+ for one on a game system I can’t and don’t use for anything else. Replay value for Shining the Holy Ark is a 10/10. Best in the Shining series and there are still videos up with other reviewers saying the same. Also Golden Sun is another beauty, made by the same group who did STHA. Buy the rights from the company if you don’t already have them & re release it. I can’t fathom what parasite has eaten away your brain matter over at Sega corp to have dropped the ball on this one so magnificently..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Unplayable.Game locks up when you cast spells..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Awful PortAbsolutely loved this game growing up. I even bought the ad free version. This is the third time out of 5 that the game froze during a save. I do not understand why U have to sign in to Game Center everytime and it freezes signing in hence losing all ur save data. DO NOT BUY THIS.Version: 4.1.3
✓ 30 years of technological advancement and the game can’t even be ported rightThe game asks you to review it every time you open the app, so here I am. Please for the love of god, fix the saving in the game. It’s been MONTHS. A broken save system in a game is always a super high priority issue, and game companies almost always treat something like that as ASAP hot fix. It’s unbelievable how poorly this has been handled. The app itself is straight up broken, and it’s been months with no fix. Devs - the game itself was already created 30 years ago. All this app has to do is port it. And the port doesn’t work. So 1 star is based on what THIS APP actually is. The game from 30 years ago would be 5 stars..Version: 6.3.3
✓ Game crashesFirst of all I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Shining force games, they were my gateway in to Final Fantasy games! I had Shining Force 1 too before they stopped it working so I was really happy to find all 3 games downloadable here. I haven’t gone in to Shining Force as I’ve completed it, I’ve gone in to Shining Force 2 but as reported by another review, whenever you go in to a battle and use a spell either to heal or to attack (blaze) the game freezes as it can’t load the next cinematic scene to cast the spell. None of the controls respond so you can only close the game and try again with no healing or spell casting.... not good! I reported this to the game and they came back to me saying: “Thank you for the additional information (I work in IT so gave them every bit of detail they might want). I have passed it along to the developers, who will be investigating options on how to solve this issue, but at this time we do not know how long this process will take. Unfortunately we can not resolve this through the support team but please do keep an eye on the App Store for future updates from the developers that will hopefully address the problem” This will obviously take time so I’m now just playing Shining in the Darkness... I’m not wasting money on paying for the removal of ads as I see from reviews, this clearly doesn’t work either... Think I might get my old mega drive out and play it in the tv 😁.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Annoying garbage!I LOVE the shining force games but this app is complete dog crap. I bought shining force before but they discontinued the app and basically stole it from me then released this trash app filled with ads. Not buying this again out of principal. The ads crash the game sometimes when you try to save, or if you accidentally click on an ad that takes you to the store for another game it closes shining force and screws you over and you get to start over again from your last save point. SCREW THIS AP AVOID IT LIKE EBOLA! And screw SEGA for trying to double dip and rip people off!!!.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Good games, glitchy gameplayI happy to be able to play these games that I grew up with, but the glitches make them impossible to play. In Shining force 2, any time you cast a spell, the game freezes. At least I don’t have to watch an ad for that. Also, I owned the original Shining force which came out on iOS a few years ago and they never updated it for the current iOS so I ended up losing my money and I would have to pay them more in order to lose all of the ads. Thanks Sega for bringing us these classic games but could you please just do a bit a work to fix up the experience? I doubt your making any new games so why not?.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Great Game, but there’s an annoying glitch with the controlsI love this game, but there is currently a weird glitch I’m experiencing and I’m not sure where to report it. While in battle and its your turn, when you hit ‘B’ to unclick off the character to move the cursor around the battlefield, you are now unable to look at any character profiles. When you hover over a character with the cursor and hit ‘A’, its the same as if you hit ‘C’. This is really annoying because I like to see how much experience a character has while in battle. Again I love this game, but can no longer play it with this glitch. Please fix it, or have someone contact me to tell me what I’m doing wrong..Version: 6.3.4
✓ Unreliable progress saving, don’t buy itEven after recent updates, this game doesn’t reliably save. It tries to use Game Center as a way to enable progress saving but never keeps you signed in. So every time you need to save or load a saved game, you have to sign in to Game Center and it constantly gets stuck trying to sign in, and has no option to cancel or trying again, so you get stuck with a spinner and no option unless curse and lose all your progress. I don’t understand why the built in save game is disabled, and why you don’t have the option to save locally, being stuck with a poor implementation of online saving. After losing more than a half an hour of progress for the 3rd time, I’ll be asking for a refund. It’s so embarrassing no wonder Sega will never be the company it was 10-20 years ago..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Fantastic gameThe games are fantastic just the ad’s spoil it and the cost to remove then is a bit high.Version: 2.0.6
✓ No sound,I’ve no sound and the button to speak to people is missing,show the member button instead.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Kinda the worst experience ever...I don’t normally leave reviews, but my experience with this app has been pretty negative. First off, you pay for the ads to be removed, but there’s no way to remove the Sega ads. Secondly, the integration with the Game Center for saving game state is a joke. Every time you save the game you have to log in twice, why can’t it just stay logged in always? As of this righting, it won’t sign in at all and I cannot continue the game where I left off. For all I know I’ve lost all my game progress and I’ve put quite a few hours into it trying to get my characters to a high level. Shining Force is a great game. I was excited to find a playable version on the phone, however the experience Sega has created around it is literally trash. You can tell they’re looking to grab cash then create an enjoyable experience for their users. I will not be purchasing any more apps like these and I can’t recommend others to do so either. Unless you can put up with an awful app experience just to play through a classic, old game....Version: 4.1.2
✓ 5/5 if there is a fixPaid for game and still not Ad Free..Version: 6.3.0
✓ Rubbish due to adsToo many ads they keep interrupting my game play to the point where I’m going to end up uninstalling the app.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Great game. Bad app.Shining Force I is good. Shining Force II is awesome. Its great to finally have these games on an iPad port. But man, this app makes you go through pain to play them. I don’t mind paying for my games to get them ad free, which I did. I mind having to be connected to the gamestore to save my games. I also don't like that they still find ways to advertise to you even when you’ve paid for no ads. Another problem is that the game asked me to rate it every single time I saved. I struggled not to review bomb this app for that alone. But regardless of the pain this app puts you through, it’s a serviceable port of the game. For those like myself who really, REALLY want to play Shining Force II on their mobile device, it’ll work. If this game didn't have controller support I’d be telling a different story. Luckily, it does..Version: 2.0.6
✓ BuggySound doesn’t work, kills the game experience completely..Version: 6.3.4
✓ Favourite game, pity about the unstable appGreat game but the app constantly struggles to logon onto the game centre and then locks itself trying to logon.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Great Classics but Bad Saving SystemI’ve been a fan for the Shining Force series for a long time and was exited to find this in the App Store. The game runs well and I don’t mind the ads but the one thing that annoys me most is the saving progress. As I try to save the game, the app would crash or freeze during the sign in and it’s very frustrating after my progression through the game that all my data would be erased. It’s 50/50 with this problem and quite frequent. I hope that this problem would be solved because it is some of the few games that got me to play video games. Other than that, this game is awesome for those who grew up playing these classics..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Frustrated!This is my fav game of all time but I have now lost my progress 3 times because the game freezes while I am trying to save it. Very frustrating!.Version: 2.0.6
✓ It was great until..I always switch tabs while playing for a few seconds to look at something about this game & every time I did it would pause the game for me without issue. But this time when I switched tabs for only a few seconds it made me restart the game & I lost over an hours worth of progress. I deleted the game because of this as I don’t want to redo everything over again. If I knew switching tabs for a few seconds ran the risk of the game restarting & my progress deleting then I would’ve saved before doing so but all the other times it would just pause & let me resume. Even if I was on another tab for a couple minutes. Disappointed because this is an awesome game..Version: 6.3.0
✓ Don’t want to pay don’t botherThe advertising is so over the top that it kills the game... if you don’t want to pay for the nostalgia don’t bother to download.Version: 2.0.1
✓ Love the games, not the issuesI purchased the ad free version so I could play more and be distracted less. This is my favorite game franchise so I was excited to access all three on my phone whenever I want. However, about three weeks after I purchased the ad-free version, it stopped connecting to Game Center. So I can’t access the saved game I had bc the game says it can’t connect, even though I get the pop up banner that it connected and signed in. I emailed the developer and was told we know it’s a problem, but we don’t have a fix right now… hopefully an update drops soon so I can go back to playing these games..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Keeps forgetting IAPI purchase all three games with the IAP which worked once but every time I start the app it forgets this and I have to sit through all the ads to load my saved games. Downloading the game again doesn’t help..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Cannot contact serverGame has been working largely fine until last couple of months and now completely unable to contact server- has it been closed down?.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Great Game, Horrible AppThe game itself is great, the app is an affront to how great this game should be. Logging in takes multiple attempts and SEGA game servers are constantly down so loading your saves is hit or miss. If I pay to get rid of the ads, it should allow local saves. If local saves were added this would be a 5 star game no questions asked. I’m currently at the end of chapter 7, but because I can’t login to get my saves I have to go back to the last “in game” save which is really far back. Such a bummer that the game is as great as it is but there is a horrible app you have to contend with just to play it..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Fix the save feature!I absolutely love this game. It’s what got me into fire emblem. However the main drawback for this version is the save function. Game Center is unreliable! I left my phone on all night in hopes that I could save my hours worth of progress. But I just got the spinning circle saying that it was trying to connect to Game Center. No option to cancel either. So my only option at that point was to lose all that progress. Even the built-in function of saving at the chapel doesn’t actually work. Which would have been perfect for that situation as it automatically “saves” between chapters. Please fix this!.Version: 4.1.2
✓ Great game, saves not greatThe games are great, particularly SF 1&2, but there’s something wrong with the Game Centre integration that makes loading a game extremely unreliable.Version: 1.0.4
✓ Too many bugsLots of bugs and the game freezes in the middle of a battle, meaning You have to start over. Very annoying.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Great game, bad interfaceLike the title said.Version: 6.4.0
✓ Game is a classic but changes terms and conditions after you’ve paidAfter paying for removal of ads the game later updated to say I had to accept new terms and conditions to play. This is an offline game which doesn’t need any online connection, so there is no need for that. Aside from that the start button doesn’t hold down and just does a short click instead. The game itself is a classic..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Ok but ...The games are great but the amount of times my game as frozen when going to save resulting me in loosing hours of play time is very frustrating.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Unplayable now.The game functioned acceptably (not perfect) until for whatever reason Game Center no longer allowed me to log in. Can neither save nor load save files, which essentially renders playing an RPG an impossible feat, unless SEGA expects people to play multi-chapter RPGs in a single sitting. Unfortunately, most of us have to do things like go to work, school, socialize, etc. I get it. SEGA was defeated in its famous war with Nintendo. And it soundly trounced. But this an app that only requires them to run a simple game that has already proven to be a classic. Success should be easy (the inital version of app of the game was successful in its execution, before SEGA decided there weren't enough annoying ads). SEGA, do you just WANT to fail? Just declare bankruptcy already, liquidate the company and hand the licenses to people who know how to handle them properly. Because you clearly don't and evidently would rather self-destruct..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Broken and AbandonedThis application appears to have been abandoned (just like it’s predecessor on iOS). This time with an unresolved login issue that prevents any saving or loading, rendering it realistically unplayable. Avoid..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Please fix shining force 2I live this game and have since I can remember. But there is a serious glitch with Shining force 2. Whenever some character goes to cast a spell the game freezes up totally destroying the experience. I thought it was just my magicians at first so I thought I would try to do it without using them, but then in the battles the enemy mages did the exact same thing! PLEASE FIX THIS! Sadly, it almost looks like this was released without being beta tested. I would be more than happy to change my rating of this app because I have waited so long for this from SEGA..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Internet required to save progressJust clocked in 12hours in a flight? No internet no save. You need to watch an ad to use many features or even start playing so really this free game costs you in wasted time, your data plan and at the end of it all of you internet is flakey it might cost you your game progress..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Please fix :/Shining Force 1 and 2 are both staples of my childhood. I was so upset when they took down the first Shining force down the the App Store. It was a flawless experience all the way through. Now they have Them back but it’s not the same. Here are a few things I don’t like but could live with: - No on phone saves - Poor use of screen space - Ad experience (although I gladly paid to remove them) However, the ads keep coming back after I purchased to remove them and you have to restore purchases or whatever....very frustrating. Even worse, every time I go to use Sarah’s heal in the first battle it freezes. I have reinstalled and restore my phone to troubleshoot and it won’t fix. What a roller coaster of excitement to being disappointed. SEGA you are amazing for bringing these games back... but please go back to how you did it with Shining force a few years ago. You know how to make it a seamless experience.... why isn’t it now? Sincerely, A very patient, but massively disappointed fan....Version: 1.0.3
✓ After I paid for ad freeI still see the ad and it’s freaking long. Fix this.Version: 6.3.0
✓ The newer update really sucksYou can’t download & keep playing this game offline, you have to use data & that’s annoying af.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Paid for it, doesn’t work no morePaid for the game, now I can’t even okay it anymore. I get the message: developers needs to update the game to be able to play on your OS version…very disappointing.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Customer support very badSegas customer support is the worst in existence, I do not recommend anything from sega the old days are done, these modern homo parasites need their heads jumped on repeatedly.Version: 6.4.0
✓ Still Works, KindofSince SEGA is phasing out Sega Forever, last I tried logging in, the save feature would not log in. If you haven’t finished these games before they fall out of support entirely, buy the game, and use the game’s in-game save feature locally. It still works glitch-free. As an emulation, it is nearly flawless on modern phones. I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max. I got Shining in the Darkness from a used store as a kid and loved the quirky characters and 3D dungeon experience, although it took adulthood and dedication to finish it. Like most JRPGs, once you break into the second half of the game, on the upper levels, it is faced pace technical fun with dazzling magic effects. I don’t know much about the Shining Force games, except they were prohibitively priced at $100+ as a kid, and they offered an early strategy RPG experience in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics. I understand they are cult classics for strategy and JRPG fans..Version: 4.1.3
✓ One small fix would equal 5 stars!I have loved these games since I was a kid. Beaten SF2 countless times and still love replaying it. I haven’t really had any of the issues the other reviews state. Admittedly the “D pad” is very sensitive, but I can live with it. My truly only gripe is that I am in the military, and very often do not have access to the internet or data at all, which makes this game completely unplayable for me because I cannot load or save because of it. When you advertise ‘play anywhere’ but then I can’t, it makes me sad. Would love to see that fixed, otherwise 5 star app. Please think of your military members who want to enjoy this during downtime!.Version: 2.0.0
✓ Stay awayGame has massive log in issues and I launch game. Been like this for days. No help from support as of this writing. Hours of progress lost wasted my money.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Save game?Saving work sometime....Version: 4.1.2
✓ Why is it still showing ads?Have paid for it but I’m still forced to endure an ad every time I launch a game.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Paying twiceI paid for shining Force 1 about 6 years ago then it did not support iOS 11 so i could not get it and now iv got to pay for it again. Not happy about this.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Good idea, poor executionI played the first game on PC a while back. One of my main frustrations was the controls: you have to hit a button to bring up the control menu, then navigate to your desired action. This forces you to hit several buttons when you want to search/talk to someone. What’s worse is people can move while you are doing this, so it’s difficult to talk to someone who is moving. They should just make the corresponding actions appear when they are available. I love the idea of bringing back an old classic which I would gladly pay for, if it was more playable; you don’t have to copy everything exactly. Please update the control scheme; we aren’t using controllers limited to a D-pad and 6 buttons..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Fix button configuration pleaseNot sure why but with the most recent update the button configuration is all messed up. When fighting a battle you can’t use the B button to deselect your force member and then the A button to see details of your enemies. Please fix!.Version: 6.3.3
✓ YeahThe save / load feature suuucks.Version: 4.1.2
✓ Shining force reviewWe really excited to re live my youth with this game but I cannot save it as you need Game Center, which new iPhones do not have, and also it froze the first time I used a head spell on shining force 2! These are not hard things to fix but obviously they have not been!.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Horrible User InterfaceI love this series of games. I have since I was a kid. This port however is embarrassing. It takes so many ‘taps’ to accomplish basic functions like LOAD or SAVE. I paid the $7 for the game, cause I love the series. But the developer has destroyed the game play experience. The game itself plays fine. It’s a classic. But the user interface and user-experience are horrible. I’ve contacted their support and they only respond with pre-written emails and don’t directly address my concerns. At a high level. The app runs. The game plays fine. But is it a nice layout? No. Fun to use? No. Fast/Intuitive? No..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Desperately needs an updateThese ports have always been clunky, but it's increasingly worrying how they haven't enabled offline saves even for paying users. We all know the servers where our saves are stored in will eventually disappear, they could just prevent this problem if they gave people who payed to remove ads the ability to make offline saves on their devices (and would also make the game playable while not connected to the internet). Aside from that, there are several issues, the app sometimes has to try several times to log into game center for some reason, sometimes saving requires several tries, or it displays an error message when it successfully saved? The haptic feedback was removed in one update and never put back, the rewind feature takes 30 second to be used again but it only rewinds 15 seconds? Please for the love of retro gaming, make these apps better, I'm glad SEGA wants to preserve their history, I just wish it was better..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Crashes when spells are castEvery spell cast will freeze and crash the game. Even healing spells. There’s no point in downloading this game. You can’t get around this.Version: 1.0.3
✓ SEGA has gone the way of EA...On one hand, it is great to have all three of these great games in one convenient app, especially since Shining Force 2 and Shining in the Darkness are so hard to find on modern systems. However, SEGA has really disappointed me this time. They lure you in with a free game, but then spring the fact that you have to watch numerous advertisements, including every time you boot up or save the game... you can pay 4.99 to “remove all ads” but in fact it only removes non-Sega adds. Plus, you still have to watch one to save the game, and I am still seeing non-Sega adds there, so this is literally false advertising. I don’t see how it is legal. And on top of that, they force you to be connected to the internet to save, in case you thought you could enjoy the game and also skip the ads..... Sega used to offer a paid version of the original game that was fantastic, but they removed it from the store so they could gyp money from misguided fans with their advertising. If his isn’t bad enough, the emulator is somewhat broken as I have had the games freeze mid battle with the only option being to quit and lose progress. The games themselves I give a 5/5. The app....0/5.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Do not buy this gameThe Free ad ridden game is obnoxious but do NOT pay for add removal. They’ve had the same server error for a long time now when you try to restore your purchases so you cant remove the ads and they basically just stole your money.Version: 4.1.3
✓ Stoped workingSpent many hours playing, worked fine. Then stopped allowing me to sign into Game Center server, so I can’t save anymore. I can sign in with every other game. Even redownloaded it, erasing my game. Still doesn’t work. Disappointed..Version: 2.0.6
✓ Saving BrokenAfter reading all of the one star reviews regarding issues with saving the game, I noticed that it had been recently updated. The vague description of the details about what got updated wasn’t exactly promising. But I decided to download it and see if the problem has been fixed. Sadly, it has not. The first time that I tried to save the game, it went into a permanent saving screen that forced me to manually close the game. it’s a real shame, because I was looking forward to playing this game again after so many years. I don’t know why the company isn’t listening to all of the complaints..Version: 6.3.4
✓ Great games - Questionable AppI actually don’t have an issue with Sega retooling these games with ads if it’s free. I owned a lot of Sega iPhone games and with most of them if you purchased it before they would let you continue to have the ad-free experience. I have two issues. I actually purchased Shining Force before and under this new collection, the app did not recognize it as a previous purchase. I could technically try to repurchase it and it may recognize it but I’m not sure and wouldn’t want to waste money. My biggest issue is that I wrote to Sega years ago begging for Shining Force 2 on iPhone. They wrote me back saying that they appreciate my enthusiasm but had no plans at the time which is fine. I never played Shining Force 1 until I bought it on iPhone and I always heard that 2 is a much better game. It was just out of morbid curiosity that I decided to look at Shining Force out of nostalgia and the 2 is included. There is no way of knowing this. Of course I instantly purchased it and can’t wait to start playing but it would have been nice to have known that this game was available..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Brilliant game but save server is so annoyingThe game is brilliant and the fact that you can use a PS4 controller makes is even better but unfortunately in order to save you have to sign into the server and watch an advertisement. Watching an advertisement doesn’t bother me at all, the company have to make money, but when you want to save you have to sign into the server... on 5 occasions the system has got stuck on the server and my progress has been lost. It’s so annoying that I have to play the same chapter over and at 1 point I was thinking I can’t be bothered doing all that again. If this was fixed it would be 5 stars easy..Version: 4.1.2
✓ TrashI purchased the original app and it was amazing. After getting a new phone, I had to download it again and it was gone. A couple of years went by and I had the desire to play again, so I found this one. I downloaded it and started it up. I was greeted by an onslaught of ads, all of which you have to wait 30 seconds for. Using the controls, if you hold the button down to scroll through the intro, don’t even think about moving you finger one iota. It’ll automatically pause and make you watch a 30 second ad again. I didn’t even get to the game play. I deleted it right away to go back to my pirated emulated version..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Great games, horrible appThe tagline says “retro 3D dungeon” but these main two at the very least are 2D games. Not a problem, these are great games. However, the monetization is horrible. $7 for ancient games or you have to sit through obnoxious, predatory ads. Additionally, my Xbox One controller is recognized but all messed up, start is not start. I hit a button and it asked if I wanted to watch an ad so I could rewind for some short duration. You’re much better off playing on an emulator, even if it’s a pain to set up on iOS..Version: 6.3.4
✓ Server Issues!A great game, really nostalgia playing it however it always crashes when you want to save it! Please resolve this!!!.Version: 2.0.1
✓ Nice classic game doesn’t work properlyCan’t play game due to freezing when any spells are cast. I have progressed up to an hour into game play, managed to get through without casting spells (because it freezes if I do), however at this stage enemies also cast spells, and again the game freezes when this happens. Please fix, unplayable because of this. Otherwise would be a fun nostalgic experience..Version: 1.0.3
✓ There games are great, but don’t waste your time.These games are great and I was really looking forward to playing them again from my phone, but the app itself is horrid. It requires you to sign into your gamecenter profile to save (which always has an error on the first sign in attempt) which wouldn’t ordinarily be a problem, but it signs you out again if you lock your phone or open any other app for a certain amount of time (which is seemingly ten seconds). The problem arises when you need to save again. I’ve had the app freeze when trying to sign in again several times, forcing me to quit the app to open it again. Each time I’ve lost progress, to the point I just don’t want to play any more. This goes for this as well as the other Sega Classics apps, such as for Phantasy Star. Just to update this: It no longer recognizes my sign in, so I can’t save or load. Just download an emulator and don’t give these clowns your time or money..Version: 4.1.3
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