Shining Force Classics Game Reviews

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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!

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.

Shining Force Revisited !!. I remember buying Shining Force and not expecting much but when we ( me and my best friend ) busted out the game we ended up playing for three hours or more then ordering pizza and fortifying our bellies so we could continue our first marathon session....we took turns with the controller but ,as far as gameplay, each and every move was a collaboration...back in the day when it was Nintendo and Sega there just weren’t enough games that promised to take weeks of original play with new twists and turns ....most available could be beaten in hours tops so this clever offering was a welcome obsession...here it is 30 or so years later and I find myself putting in an hour or two a day with this faithfully reproduced game and I get it....sometimes it’s worth revisiting a classic and finding out it’s still great fun...look forward to finishing 1 and moving on to 2...how much of fans were we...well we went halves on The Sega CD game console just to play Shining Force CD...hooked ! And Sega CD was a total Frankenstein device....if you had one you know what I mean...Brutal ! Anyway I am loving this revival and looking forward to the sequel so I can name each and every member of my Shining Force ! Thanks Sega... thanks a lot !

It’s good, just a few things. Before I list the bad parts, they are all very nitpicky. I love Shining Force, and it’s one of the greatest RPGs I’ve ever played. That being said, there are a few things the game doesn’t make clear. Like how you have to save with an in-game character, THEN save with the menu option. And also, once, I accidentally chose to sleep my game, and now it’s stuck on the sleep screen. I even force closed it. That’s really the only bad things. It holds up to the originals very well, and I was getting nostalgia chills playing it. Game mechanics: 2/5 Game itself: 10/5

Great Classics in One App😃. These are instant classics and are to never be forgotten! It has no bugs for me and works perfectly on my iPhone X. I love all these games and they’re special to me. Growing up with these wonderful games is a good experience for all of you. This is a great series anyone should play. Sega is the best for letting me experience these games again after I had no use for my genesis and the sega cd. The reason why I mentioned the Sega cd is because I want 1 particular game to be released on mobile devices too. And that game is the sequel to Lunar the Silver Star. Since Lunar 1 is on mobile, and since I conquered that game many times on all devices it got ported on. I really want the sega cd versions of the first game and Eternal Blue on separate apps because you know that they’re really long games and we want everyone to experience classics without complaints. So please make them come back ok. Anyways Shining Force has always been a great game and a trip back to memory lane. Sega keep releasing classic genesis and other sega games onto mobile devices.

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.

Great collection!. The Shining series is easily one of the best collections that the Genesis ever released. These ports are well done, the gameplay was not altered or tinkered with in any way. They are just as much a joy to play now as they were in 1995. As a great bonus, the app is free! (In exchange for some required ad viewing, but not enough to ruin the experience). My only critique, is I’ve had some glitchy moments with my game saves. Not a huge deal, but when you’re at risk to lose 15 hours of progress into SF2, you might freak out a little.

Good games, glitchy gameplay. I 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?

Great game, update crash. Back in the day I played Shining Force on the Sega Smash Pack for PC. It is a great game for it’s time and for me nothing beats the nostalgia classics. I was happy to see it brought to the App Store. The only glitch besides the latest update was it would automatically pause every so often, not enough to squanch gameplay. However a couple days back I went to the app and the volume didn’t work. So I checked for an update, and updated the app. It immediately goes to a black screen and crashes. Is anyone else having this problem?

Great Game, but there’s an annoying glitch with the controls. I 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.

Really Awesome. So I don’t know why there are so many bad reviews. Don’t let them dissuade you from using this app. The save state option is a bit clunky and does require Game Center to work and it freezes offen while trying to save state. All that said the regular save option works fine so go to the priest and have him record your amazing exploits like he was meant to. The ads are a bit much they pop up every time you pause or leave the app, but the ad free option is only $5 so it’s well worth it. I’ve also seen reviews that talk about Sega ads still being present after spending the $5 for ad free but I have several hours in and haven’t been interrupted once by a sega ad. Over all it’s an amazing way to play these classics. Five stars would recommend.

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.

Surprisingly well done. I only downloaded this app for the Shining Force 2 title. My expectations were pretty low, as most old console ports are poorly done and full of ads. However this game was by and large true to the original game and the ads only occur when you load or save your game file. These ads eventually didn’t even seem all that annoying, as one of the same like 3-4 ads would play every time, so it almost felt like just part of the game. The ability to save anywhere (even mid-battle) in SF II is really nice. Overall a great free download with a good collection of retro ports of a mostly forgotten franchise. Try it out and let the forgotten heroes of the shining force take you on a journey really unlike any other rpg franchise out there.

Saving Broken. After 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.

Actual port is great everything else is horrible. Basically 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

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.

Love the games, not the issues. I 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.

Great games but app is annoying. Almost every other time i save state it asks me to rate the game/app, so here i am in hope that it stops spamming me. As others have said it would be nice to be able to take advantage of the save state feature without having to be online and logged in but other than that and the app occasionally locking up when i go to save state, its a pretty enjoyable experience. Its great having these classics on my phone, its like a tactical rpg security blanket if you’re ever stuck waiting somewhere. It also works well with a bluetooth controller, if you’re in to that sort thing.

Trash. I 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.

Shining Force is one of my favorite games. Sega 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.

Good idea, poor execution. I 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.

Great Classics but Bad Saving System. I’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.

Absolutely love this game!!!. Ignore all of the older comments and bad reviews, I just downloaded this app for all 3 games, I paid for the 4.99$ add removal and I have not seen a single ad, Sega and or non sega ads (whatever those bad reviewers were saying) and it’s not clunky in the slightest either like all those other reviews are saying. 10/10 perfect platform for all 3 shining forces. Absolutely chef's kiss!

⭐️🐉 SHINING FORCE!!!. Shining force is an awesome series and I’m so happy that I can now replay these games from anywhere and relive the nostalgia of the epic battles in the game. The app itself is well done and the $4.99 price point to remove ads is well worth it for these games. For those that want to try out the game, the ads are not intrusive and you can play all the way through without having to buy anything! Thank you SEGA team for making this app a reality!!

Nice but Its No Shining The Holy Ark. Great 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.

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.

Great Game, Horrible App. The 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.

Please fix shining force 2. I 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.

Great games - Questionable App. I 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.

Annoying but good also. The 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

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!

A Piece of Home Returns. I have been waiting so long for this. I was/ am a massive fan of this Saga. I spent many cold winter mornings huddled up with my little brother in the garage of our Denver home cuddled under blankets at four in the morning playing SF II. When I saw this release, I felt a little piece of home return. Thank you for this. You’ll never know how much this game meant/ means to me and my brother. $5 to remove all ads is very generous. My brother and I both own this on iPhone now. Thank you <3

Bugs fixed! 3 classic games!. (They fixed the SF2 freeze game glitch and removed more adds!) The original Genesis Shining Forces shall always be close to my heart. It’s pretty awesome getting all 3 on my phone! Shining Force 1 and 2 are tactical RPG gold, if you like games like Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem, these are the games for you. Shining in the Darkness is an old school dungeon crawler. It’s kinda intense at first but once you get to about lv 8 and beat the first boss and get your other 2 party members the game starts to really pick up! Lots of fun! Don’t listen to the people whining about bugs and ads. Sega! Please continue to bring us Sega classics! Would love to see game gear, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast games too! And how bout a mobile classic Phantasy Star Online while you’re at it 😻 🙏❤️

The game is fine. However the app they use as a shell has some bugs. It always fails to log in or load successfully the first time. You have to repeat the choices a few times, always. As far as the game goes, a better touch based d-pad would be helpful. The game is very hard to walk around in, my character looks drunk i imagine. The final fantasy games have it down perfect, learn from theirs. Otherwise, exactly as i remember it from when i was a kid

Can’t Save My Progress. I love these games from when I was growing up, but I can’t even begin playing them. The most important thing is to be able to save because of how much time goes into building up levels in these games. However, to save bit requires you to log in to Game Center, but every time I try logging into Game Center it fails and freezes. There’s no point in even beginning a campaign in any of these games until I can begin to save, otherwise I’ll be wasting too much time for nothing. If those feature gets fixed, or if it allows me to save without Game Center if that won’t work, then I can come back and rewrite a review based on the games themselves and not the lack of functionality.

Love the game but needs some tweaks. Thanks for bringing back iconic classics. I immediately paid for add free and finished shining force 1 with only minor issues. There’s no need for diagonal controls and I often push the wrong direction because of the d-pad. I saw some complain about the save feature and I haven’t had an issue with sf1 but sf2’s saves have been wonky. Sometimes they are labeled with the wrong date/time sometimes not saved at all. Overall despite the bugs the games are wonderful and have already given me countless hours of nostalgic delight. If they were left as is I’d still be happy but if they fixed these bugs then it would be perfect!

What happened to my purchase?. I purchased Shining Force a couple of years ago and I noticed I was unable to download the game again when I got a new iPhone. Needless to say, I was happy when it became available again, but now, it says there is no purchase to be restored. What happened? Now I have to sit through ads when I had already paid for the game. Also, what’s up with the directional pad. It became harder to use! The game itself is wonderful hence the 4 stars but give me back my purchase! I don’t want to sit through ads when I had already paid for the game once!

Desperately needs an update. These 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.

Great game but has some problems. The game is amazing, everything is great the only thing I could complain about is the frequent crashing and the save states failing. It’s a nice little feature to allow you to save during battles unlike the original sets version but it’s risky to even try because it fails to save half the time it seems which leaves you stuck with having to reopen the app and do the fight from the beginning anyway. Aside from that the game is great. Could use some touch ups in those fields.

Still Works, Kindof. Since 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.

30 years of technological advancement and the game can’t even be ported right. The 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.

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...

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

Great set of games. It’s a good price for a fantastic set of games. Controls are a little wonky, but they always are with ports. The $5 is well worth the cost for all three games. I’d honestly pay $5 for each given how much I enjoy them. Haven’t had any ads since I paid; it was a lot of ads before then. I played these games to death on my old Sega, the nostalgia is really great and I’m having lots of fun so far! Would definitely recommend.

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.

It’s fine and fun but save state glitches. The story is great and the gameplay is fun But long story short, the save states and the save feature is glitchy I paid the $5 for no ads so save states could be used at anytime, but with the glitchy save feature , anytime I save can be the games last, and if I don’t do it often (like every turn) then I may lose my progress A pc emulator could do better sadly, if not this game needs a serious update to fix the same feature If not only the Sonic games work Any and all others with this save feature(like Golden Axe as well) have this problem, please fix it sega

Unreliable progress saving, don’t buy it. Even 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.

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...

Great games, well done port, it’s free... but glitches means no 5 star. I have a place in my heart for shining force... namely 2 for being my 2nd video game ever played and the first I liked. But 1 and 3 are just as good in many ways. I was so shocked when I saw Sega release these games on iPhone and they turned out to be just as playable and lovable as the originals... by themselves. The swapping of save states and in game saves is really unique, but the save state system is glitchy at times and can cause game crashes; I had to restart Kazin’s quest two times due to glitches. The ads by now are expected due to the amount of Sega classic ports I’ve played on my phone, so I was not fazed by those but others will if this is their first classic Sega port. Don’t get me wrong, this game port was superb overall, but a patch here or there could make me give a Insant 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Great classic with some nit picky negatives. I love these classics. This is a solid port. Totally worth playing; though the save states are troublesome and difficult to trust. Specifically quick save slot 1 seems to revert back 20 minutes or so every so often, especially after a crash. I have started saving in both the first and third quick slots and that has saved me numerous times. I did end up spending the 5 bucks to remove ads, which makes that a much less painful process. I’m not sure this is very playable if you don’t remove those ads. It would be too frustrating to save often; so when the save game state breaks you would lose hours instead of minutes.

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Customer support very bad. Segas 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

Great game, saves not great. The games are great, particularly SF 1&2, but there’s something wrong with the Game Centre integration that makes loading a game extremely unreliable

Game is a classic but changes terms and conditions after you’ve paid. After 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.

Nostalgia at its best!. Great game ports and so much fun. The game was a blast.

great game. by far one of the best RPG in history. Had no problems with the game so far. Half way through SF1. Happy to pay to remove the ads.

Ideal port. The games are just as you remember them, and a cloud save state feature makes mobile casual play feasible. The cloud save system is the only issue once ads are removed; if you click too many times while it’s connecting it can multiply windows and freeze. Be patient.

Great games. Great games. Look forward to Phantasy Star IV hopefully soon.

Nice classic game doesn’t work properly. Can’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.

Takes me back but.... How come the sound doesn’t work? Is that only for the ad free version?

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”.

Amazing game but. Shining 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.

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

Unplayable.. Game locks up when you cast spells.

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Save game?. Saving work sometime...

Broken Save Server. The 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.

Awful Port. Absolutely 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

Shining in the darkness. Basically bought into just for this game.. would love a second version that was still a first person dungeon crawler.

Love shining force 2, movement controls make me pull my hair out. They’re just the worst.

Great games, horrible app. The 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.

Buggy. Sound doesn’t work, kills the game experience completely.

Blast from the past.. Sf2 is easily one of the best rpgs of early era of gaming. Do yourself a favour and get it, and phantasy star 4.

Love game but poor save features. Love the game but cannot overwrite a saved file or save in another save slot.

Great memory's and a solution. Hello, I know this game have issue with gamecenter, but if you use the real save in the game game it works. No need to actually connects to gamecenter. Just the old plain save at the priest (Like it was done on sega genesis) and thats it. Now gameplay is exactly as it was back then, with an optionnal "rewind" button (Like cheating). Was fun for a while. If anyone at SEGA ever read this, please add a +mode (Uppon completing the game, you can redo it with increased difficulty next time ). To add mo replay ability. Thank you

Great release hampered by controls. Being able to play the first three Shining games is fantastic, though I'd definitely recommend just paying to remove ads. My main issue is the virtual D-pad, while it's fairly effective when playing on an iPad it's incredibly imprecise on the smaller screen of an iPhone. For that reason I'd also recommend using a Bluetooth controller when playing. Either way, you should pick this up for free just so it's in your history, that way if they delist it like Phantasy Star you can still play it.

Old time favorite but…. Please correct the bugs which you have been trying to correct ever since this Shining Force version have come out. Always loved this game but playing and loading m6 game to find it about 20 minutes backward EACH TIME I'm not interested to play at all…about 20 updates or so since the game came out and this bug have been present ever since. Same goes for the two other Shinings in this Sega Classics…

Stay away. Game 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

Scam. For 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.

(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.

Second time. Second time I buy this game and my saved data won't load because of game center even if I'm signed in.

Shining force not showing its age at all. Everything I remember is here. Great port. My only issues are the sign in every time the game loads. And the payment for removing Adds but after that it’s great!

Broken and Abandoned. This 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.

2nd one not working. Sf2 not working it loads then does not let me take to any characters like in the first 1

Saving issues. I 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.

I beet all 3 games. SEGA I beet all 3 games pleas add sonic 3 and knuckles I am bored

Ad overload. Prepare 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.

Really Want the Sega Classics to Work. Along 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.

Great game, bad interface. Like the title said

Fix button configuration please. Not 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!

Awesome gameplay. Work really great for me, you can save at all time. Controller work well. It is worth every penny!

Amazing game, abysmal app.. The games are amazing. The app is abysmal poorly optimized adware.

the newer update really sucks. you can’t download & keep playing this game offline, you have to use data & that’s annoying af

Relive childhood memories!. Nostalgia trip and I'm going to finish all three!!

5/5 if there is a fix. Paid for game and still not Ad Free.

Great game. Everything work fine!!

Game. Great game so far but it won’t let me in the game now

Very Good. Works fine and has great emulation. The only complaint I have is that the controls are a bit wonky.

Do not buy this game. The 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

Shade abbey. When 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!

Sega Forever save servers are down. Until this gets fixed, it’s effectively a broken game

Cannot save more than one save spot. The game freezes on the “SAVINGS” if you try to save in the second or third slot.

Oldie but goodie. Had issues with the Game Center not loading, but now seems fine. One of my all time fav games growing up

Horrible User Interface. I 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.

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.

Phantasy star, bring it back !!!. Paid for it and you dropped it

Paid for it, doesn’t work no more. Paid 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

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!

Game is Fixed!!. Their recent update has corrected the Game Center connectivity issue! I was not only able to log in but also load up and resume where I had left off after it glitched. I had fully deleted and reloaded the game and it still loaded everything and is working flawlessly. The adds however are still annoying. I paid to be “add free” and still have to watch an add to save or load.

No sound,. I’ve no sound and the button to speak to people is missing,show the member button instead

I don’t understand the hate. I have the free to play version and I can reload my saves everytime I reopen the app I think people are just copying the bad review like it’s some fun

Pretty good, lots of fun. One thing I would change, enable game genie codes in app. Other than that, fantastic!

Really loved these as a kid. The save feature works now,you don’t really need it to be honest as far as I can see you can save like the old days by visiting the shrine. I be er got to play shining in the darkness or shining force 2 and am looking forwards to them.

Classic game, thanks for this app!. Shining Force 1 and 2 were some of my favourite games growing up. It’s a perfect game for mobile phones. I had a previous release of SF1 and when it became outdated and wouldn’t load anymore I was devastated. Thankfully this came along and includes SF2! Thanks so much for releasing this app!

Broken game. Impossible 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.

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... Eh. First off, it’s ok, that’s why there are 2 stars. But overall, it’s terrible.. You can pay $5 to get rid of ads. But only non sega ads are removed, it’s freezes when I’m fighting, I need internet, and my overall question, Why is this game legal? Getting rid of ads is a scam. Sega really messed up. The game is 5/5 but the app shouldn’t even have a rating. Maybe this app would be better, if were not such a scam. I deleted this app immediately. Please do so as well. Or don’t even download it.

3 amazing classic Sega RPG gems!!! Must have!!. Turn based Strategy RPG at its finest !! Great story line, music, and absolutely phenomenal classic iconic heroes (some of which you can miss and then not get later...try without strategy guides first time and then see what you missed to enjoy the most out of the game the first time around)

It’s finally back on iOS!. I had this game on my iPod touch a while back when it was first released for iOS. They took it off the market and I had no idea why. But now, it’s back on the iPhone, and I have it again. So far it’s playing pretty well. The touch dpad at times doesn’t respond the way I want it to. But fortunately, it is a turn based game, so it doesn’t really mess up your in game actions.

People are spoiled.. While I have better ways of playing Shining Force, it is convenient to be able to play this game almost anywhere. I will say the ads can be annoying but people are spoiled that they complain and give 1 star ratings to great ports just because they have to watch a 10 second add. I love this game and I think Sega did and excellent job with this port.

Great game, software problems. Shining Force 1 and 2 are great games I recommend to anyone who likes RPGs, especially those like Final Fantasy Tactics. However, this app is buggy to a heavy degree. It often struggles to save the game, being caught in an endless loop of struggling to sign into the network, even when internet connection is flawless. This has happened many times. The consequence is that one can play for awhile and then lose one’s progress because the game cannot save.

Great game, terrible app execution. The games are the same (or too similar to tell the difference) to their Sega Genesis originals. However, the app itself is very lacking. The Shining Force 2 (maybe the others) attempts to connect to Game Center 2 times every time you load or save a game. The app does not auto log in. In order to load a game that you’ve saved, upon loading the app you have to click/tap around 8-12 times just to get into the game. The advertising supported free version of the game is almost unplayable with the ads, so plan on purchasing the games.

App has been a little glitchy. I love Shining Force and don’t mind watching the adds in order to save my game, but the save process often gets stuck in an endless loop, while never showing an advertisement. The app can also act on it’s own some times and make actions that I don’t initiate. Apart form all that, it’s nice to be able to play on my iPhone.

One problem. I don’t like the ads at all they should not exist it is so annoying how they just pop up randomly but other then that it is a good app oh and I don’t like the idea to save whenever you want it is not how the original game was made but still I love this app I like how it has shining force1 and shining force2 and shining in the darkness some of the best sega games ever

Have always loved the game. You can’t go wrong with the game here, it’s exactly what it should be. My rating only hits 2 because of the control pads available. I constantly battle with trying to get my character to go a certain direction, no matter which control option I use. Sometime I’ll fight for a solid 60 seconds, just to turn left. Up and down are never a problem, but left and right are awful to get correctly.

Broken. There is a bug that if you load a saved game you can’t save a saved game asks you if you want to watch an ad to save when you click the green button to watch an ad there is a ding sound no ad plays no game saves and you are left again at the pick a game slot dialogue. So effectively unless you play the game in one sitting you can’t play the game, as you are unable to save your progress if you have loaded instead of starting the game from scratch

Garbage. Played this back in the day and beat it several times over but this version of it on ios is garbage. You cant even save as it throws an error and doesn’t let you save and the ios version feels more clunky than the original which is weird. I really wished these bugs and problems didn’t exist but Im sure there are more that I didn’t find yet since i cant even save in the town where you start off. Take my advice and don’t bother wasting your time on this one.

New app same game. No purchase transfer. I already bought this game.... (shining force 1) I try to download it and it says not compatible with iOS 13. This new version requires me to repurchase the same game I already purchased from the App Store. Last shining force app update was 6 years ago cause it worked flawlessly. This app is a joke and a slap in the face to those who already bought the old version of the game. I want to play with my controller now that it’s easily available with iOS 13. Thanks SEGA for ruining a good thing. I loved this game. Now it only reminds me of your customer betrayal.

Great strategy games. This is fantastic to have these games available on your phone. I like the fact you can support sega by getting rid of the ads. Hopefully it will get them to bring more of their games, namely shining force cd and shining force 3. Keep me coming sega. Keep up the good work. I’d give it 10 stars if I could. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great after the patch update but... Sign in to Game Center seems to be buggy because it takes 2-3 attempts but overall it seems to be really well done after this recent update. I’ll advise others if you want zero adds ,the purchase options does work and worth it.

Dang, No Save!. This was one of my favorite childhood games to play. And when I saw it on the App Store I couldn’t wait to jump back into a game I used to love. But I was sad to see that there was no way for me to save because of connection issues. Wish there was another way to save.

Free disappointment. Was really excited to have all three of the shining games on my phone. I didn’t even mind that I’d have to watch ads in order to play. The huge issue I have is the advertisements sometimes don’t load and crash, causing me to have to force close the app. The result is you play for 20 minutes, then an ad loads and you have no way to get back into the game without force closing. All that progress...lost! In a way, the ads are more of a danger than the evil forces of the labyrinth!

Very well done. This app is very well designed. I really like how it was actually SEGA, the company I know from my childhood, that designed it. The only thing that keeps me from giving a five star: The server needs to time out when trying to connect to it. I lost an hour or more of game play multiple times because I had to force-close the app while it was stuck on the “connecting to server” screen for over 10 minutes.

Pretty sure nobody tested this. Ill start off saying, I loved the originals. I installed, paid $5 specifically to not see non-SEGA ads, immediately I am forced to watch a non-sega ad. I play for a bit, save both in-game and through the emulator, go make dinner and an hour later open it again to discover BOTH the ingame and emulator saves didn’t keep. And everytime I try to open it, it says ‘connecting to server’ and hangs for like 4 mins. My internet connection is fine, and apparently it doesn’t save locally, the servers work AWESOME for the purposes of paying, but suddenly don’t work when I go to play. Eff this, I’m requesting a refund.

Always asks you to sign in. Works fairly well but almost every time I open the app i have to restore purchases which asks me to sign in then to load my saved game need to sign in again. A little annoying but other than that great game! I used to play this years ago and never finished it it’s nice to have on my phone to hop on where I left off and continue the story. Great casual game

This hits home. I remember when i used to sit and watch my dad play this game all the time and now that i got a chance to play it myself it feels special, this was one of his favorite games and i can see why. It’s a Really Good Game! I thought the ads would be intrusive but they stay relatively out of the way when you’re actually playing the game so that’s also pretty neat.

Great games - but keeps crashing. I love these classic Sega RPGs. I am pleased with the port and purchased the ad-free version. However it constantly forgets that I’m signed into Game Center and I have to keep logging in to save or load. Also, it occasionally tries to log into it twice at once and then completely locks up. Please fix this!!

Classic. Originally, I was going to review the game lower than five, but I wanted to give Sega a chance to bugfix - which they did. SF2 no longer crashes when casting, and ad removal worked correctly. The game itself is one of the original classic SRPGs and largely holds up. The port is solid at this point, and the amount of customization is excellent.

Very frustrated!!!. I was so happy when this was finally released! I’ve wanted it for years, the shining series was the first RPG series I played as a child. But there are so many irritating issues in this release, I have to log in with my iTunes password every single time I boot it up, no other game does that. I have to restore purchases every single time I boot it up so I don’t get ads, but then I still get non Sega ads anyway! MOST frustrating is that my save data has disappeared, what the heck!? Please do your best to fix these issues, I’ve wanted this for so long and now it’s just mocking me

Almost just like I remembered it. Paid for ad-free, and it has been a great game. I have not run into any of the bugs I’ve read about on here. I wish I could save the game through the priest (and on my device, too), but this is letting me play the game that I’ve missed for far too long.

More Shining Force!. I love that Shining Force 1 and 2 are available on iSO. It’s great to replay these classics. The port works great on this platform, and the games are as fun as ever. Please add Shining Force CD and Shining Force 3 with all scenarios. I was also really looking forward to Heroes of Light and Darkness. I would love to see more Shining Force in the App Store, but I’m also really thankful these are on mobile now.

Works great until you try to save. Games work great until you use the save state option. This app cannot remember signing into the game center and will remain on the signing in screen until you close out the app and relaunch resulting in lost progress. This app has been out for far too long to have these issues. I paid the fee to remove ads from all games and I wouldn’t recommend it due to the inconvenience of constantly losing progress. Go find the games elsewhere so an internet connection isn’t required.

Bugs with saving and loading, then some more…. As mentioned on the title, it has bugs with saving and loading. I was fine with it until I’m unable to load a game anymore since it couldn’t sign in. I’m midway into the game so this is frustrating. I’m using the ad version; utilizing ads as a way to save and load games was a good option… but if it glitches? Then it all just becomes useless. And I don’t think I even trust that buying the ad-free version would solve this. Thanks, but I think I will be deleting this app now.

Classic cheats do not work. This is a decent way to play these games but you should probably stick to emulators if you want to activate turbo mode on Shining Force 2. You are unable to hold the START button due to the fact that it’s linked with your main menu. I’d like to replay this classic but, it’s a bit slow especially compared to contemporary alternatives.

Very good. The games are easily playable with the free version. Add when you start the game and an add if you make a save state. In game saves and save states both work. The virtual D pad is not excellent but it’s not a twitchy game so it’s fine. This app must have been heavily improved upon recently. Just try it yourself.

Fun games, but.... I downloaded this app after my friend told me to play the shining force games, so far been really enjoying them, however one thing that bugs me is that there’s no way to save In game. Not only that but saving requires the internet and I have had multiple occasions where I clear a level, go to save and it just doesn’t work, and it’s really frustrating. If this issue was fixed the app would receive a 5/5 but until then it gets a 3/5

Love these games. Would love to see the other shining force games on here(free with ad or pay) Only problem I have is when someone calls me - it kicks me out and when I open back up it restarts so lost all the time spend since last save .... very frustrating but still love Shining Force 1 and 2

Has one issue for me. The gameplay is brilliant, the Shining series is such a great series. Only one thing keeps me from investing in buying the app - the Haptic feedback option only works while moving controls around to customize, but not actually during gameplay. Not sure why but all of the Sega classics behave this way on my iPhone. I’d pay for this game and Phantasy Star for sure if this was resolved.

Saving is a problem. Everything about this app is great, except it has some problems connecting to GameCenter sometimes, which is what the app uses to save your game. Save often, or you could lose a ton of progress. That is my only complaint with this app

Very nice. Been playing shining force since I was 5 years old. Back then, I never moved my main character into battle so he was always super weak 😂 would give it a five star if it weren’t for the fact that I’ve already bought the game on iOS back in 2013ish. It’s since been removed & revamped with this 3 pack. Other than that, great games 🤤

Shining Force II - Finally. I can in after the game breaking bugs, so I've been nothing but happy with it. Having Shining Force II in my pocket has been something I have wanted since I played it way back when. I paid to get rid of ads, and it has worked great. Just hearing the music has brought back my childhood. Reading the GameFAQs guide and gathering the Mithril while playing on the highest difficulty is just fantastic.

If you were a fan of SF on sega it’s the full game. This is the full version of Shining force 1 and 2 , if you use the normal save /continue in the game the advertisements are not so bad. If you use the emulators over top save/rewind, then a 90 sec ad shows every time you press those buttons… that’s my only issue. I would happily pay $2-$5 to remove ads for good.

Woo hoo. Love Shining Flrce and am so glad I got both on my iPhone now!!! Would hve given 5 stars but the saving can be a bit wonky. Sometimes, it doesn’t connect to the server and then you have to start over from your last save point. The developers should put a time out on the connecting to server rather leaving it hanging indefinitely. Other than that, perfect!

Great games with buggy service. I love these three titles and was so happy to see SEGA put them all in a single app, especially Shining Force 2. I paid $5 to remove ads, but every time I open the app it forgets that I did so and I have to restore purchases. This works for a moment, until I want to load a save, and I am forced to watch an ad again. On top of all that, I can’t use the save feature while on the subway, due to the lack of internet access. SEGA needs to fix these bugs ASAP!

Same game, invasive ads, unprofessionally ported over. The blank edge on each sides blocked the view of the game and detaches game focus. Unprofessionally done. Not something expected out of Sega. Ad is too invasive and way too frequent. Please! Just simply charge the game instead. It’s not worth ur time not paying $5 to see 30s every few mins or if u hover away from the screen. Really makes me question if your sales strategy is to annoy users to we pay. Extremely unprofessional. There are many ways to make experience better (i.e offer in game money or reward in exchange of watching ad or add skipable ads) The game is obviously still amazing so I paid full price anyway.

Awesome. Love this game it’s one of the best but I would like to play the game also off line with no internet that would be awesome just in case if it go’s out ty that would be awesome guys my internet go’s out a lot if you can do a update so your fans of this game can play offline with no internet that would be awesome 😎 ty

Unplayable - Can’t Access Server. I never post reviews, but I’m desperate. I’d actually give this game 5 stars if I could - it’s a great emulator for one of my all time favorite games. The problem is since the last iOS update, the game keeps giving me an “Unable to sign in to the game server. Please try again” error, even though I AM signed in. Every other game I have can access the server just fine. That meant I couldn’t log into the game at all. I uninstalled and re-installed the app (which meant I lost all my progress) and tried again. Now I can access the game, but I still can’t save so I lose my progress every time I close the app. This is incredibly frustrating; Shining Force Classics is by far my favorite game I own and now it’s totally unplayable. Devs if you’re reading this, I’m begging for some help.

The single app of Shining Force was better. I had the Shining Force I app for IOS and it ran great. They stopped supporting it with the last couple of IOS updates so you can no longer use it even though it was paid for. This app (paid for) requires online access to save/load all games. I do like how you have the of the old shining force games in 1 app. Bugs!!! I hope they continue to resolve issues. Sometimes it will not connect to the server to load or save games... which means you really can’t play unless you just want the opening over and over. The emulating software can start getting lag issues the make the audio crackle and game slow down to where it’s not fun. Would love if they fixed the issues. Also made an option to increase the size of the Dpad for those of us with American size fingers.

Finally shining force 2. I remember when the first one came out I was excited for shining force 2 to be released but when I wrote them they said it wouldn’t be :( now when all the sudden I search I find both of them together..wish I would have known earlier Dam it. Do have to pay to remove the adds but worth it and no adds to save afterwords.

Faulty Saving Option — Loses Progress. I love Shining Force (the first version) so much because it’s my childhood game, and I’m so happy there’s an iPhone app now but the saving option really has its faults. Many times, the game won’t save as it gives me the spinning wheel of death saying “Game Server Signing In” though my iPhone is always logged into the Game Center. Needless to say, I lose progress as I have to restart the app to play again. I try to save every so often but when that problem occurs, I have to remake progress. Very frustrating.

Great game, horrible support by Sega. Got about halfway through the game (and love it), but for a about a month now I haven’t been able to log in to the server to load my game. I found no links for support on the Sega Forever website. I managed to find the email for Sega support buried in an online forum, and reached out to them weeks ago but haven’t heard back yet. Save yourself a headache and get the game on Steam. I’ll most likely do the same, but unfortunately I’ll have to start the game over.

I would go by past reviews after 12, 2018. The app has recently gotten so much better. All the need to do to improve the app is maybe copy the left thumb control that Lunar Sliver Star Story did! 2nd the sign in process is too long and you have to sign in too many takes to save a game. Again Lunar did an excellent job on this. Plus you can save as many times as you want. Now on this app if you want to listen to your own music or audible there is a glitch and it will play the sound of one of the paid ads repeatedly

Awesome game. It’s shining force. The classic turn based strategy RPG that maybe wasn’t the first but sure got that genre kicked off. Works very well and can be played anywhere. Unfortunately for me, the save anywhere feature is very unreliable. It appears to work but I have to completely restart the app every time because it manages to save the game but gets hung up while saving forcing me to restart.

Great games, but.... I am a huge fan of these games!! And it is awesome to have them available on my phone whenever I want. However, there are a few issues. I paid for the ad free saves, but I have to log in every time I come in, which can be annoying. Also, the emulation locks up and makes the game unplayable. For instance, in SF2, I can’t heal with Sarah in the first battle at all; game just stops. Overall, the games are wonderful, but the application is flawed and makes it hard to play. Maybe if the app is updated someday it will be good. Until then I would hold off for now.

Virtually unplayable. I was so excited for shining force to be back on iOS and then ecstatic that they included SF2. But the controls are so bad (especially the direction pad) that it is not enjoyable to play. And most infuriatingly the save feature does not work consistently. I saved my game it said it saved successfully, but then I lost all progress when I went back into the app. And why doesn’t the ingame save feature work? Really frustrating that this is a significant step back from the previous iOS version of SF which I paid for and then SEGA removed from the App Store. So who knows how long this version will be even be supported.

Excitement lead to disappointment.. I purchased shining force the first time it was on the App Store a couple of years ago and then they removed it and it’s not compatible anymore. I got so excited to see it finally return to the App Store. Sadly there’s no way to restore from the previous purchase. You have to buy it again. A little frustrating. The controls aren’t as nice as the other version either. Maybe with time it’ll improve.