Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

So, I got Golden Sun: Dark Dawn yesterday! It's a pretty awesome game. I checked out some online reviews, and they say that the game has a "9 hour opening" and "it takes too long to get to the good part". Well, I disagree. It does take an hour or two to get on an adventure, but that's because your stupid friend crashed the Soarwing. (Some flying contraption created by Ivan) You're Issac's kid (Issac is the previous protagonist), and you go on an adventure to get some feather to re-build the soarwing. You go on the adventure with Ivan's daughter Karis, and Garet's son Tyrell. (Ivan and Garet are also previous protagonists) Later you meet this kid named Rief, a student of Kraden, and he joins you too. (I think his name was Kraden...and, to be honest, I can't remember his part in the previous games. It's been a while.) Now, maybe the "9 hour opening" was getting this feather, and that I'm not even in the true game yet. Oh well. Either way though, I love it. The graphics are pretty good, and you should see the graphics when you make a summon in a battle! (You know, when you have standby djinn, you can summon) The puzzles do seem a little easier than in the older games, but I got older and have played way more JRPG's since then, so, maybe that's why. I love the Djinn, because they seem easier to find. I already have 9, and I'm barely anywhere yet. There are some that are hard to find. I rarely see Mercury (Water) Djinn, and Jupiter (Wind) Djinn have angered me ever since the older games. Ugh, always having to chase those little jerks around...sigh. Mars (Fire) Djinn seem harder to get to when I see them, but I already have 2. One I just found in a random battle on the World Map, and I can't remember where I saw the other one. I've seen...I think 3 more since then, but couldn't figure out how to get to any of them. I already have 4 Venus (Earth) Djinn, I think those are the easiest to get.

So, that's what I think of the game. In a nutshell: awesome. I recommend it if you're an RPG player. See you all in another rant, game review, or whatever later!