And Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon clocks ... but a win usually involves eliminating all of the enemy's units, defeating a boss character, or reaching a particular spot on the ...

Turn-based strategy games on consoles are old hat by now, but Shining Force on the ... definitely what you want between enemy forces and your weaker units. You can have up to 12 characters in ...

However, for those of us in the West who fancied overhead wargaming in a fantasy setting, you could do worse than check out the just as good (and slightly more overlooked) Shining Force.

Levelling up (or ‘promoting’) your characters is a key facet of Shining Force II; this time around, you are able to promote your units at any point when they reach level 20 experience.

And, strengthening that comparison, units that attack ... of running headfirst into the enemy and hacking away, but that's not too likely. The foes of Shining Force are not that forgiving, and ...

Generally speaking, a battle has the Shining Force grouped at one end of a large area, and various enemies scattered over the rest of it, often with a leader or boss enemy at the far end.