LUNAR Remastered Collection

2025 has been a great year to be a fan of turn-based role-playing games, with many titles receiving the remaster treatment, releasing for original fans and new players to check out.

- By Alana Dunitz

Publisher: GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc.

Developer: ASHIBI Co., Ltd., GAME ARTS Co., Ltd.

Genre: Roleplaying Game Release Date: Out Now Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch

The title that I am checking out now is the LUNAR Remastered Collection. The first game in this collection, LUNAR: The Silver Star, was originally released in Japan on the 26th of June in 1992, and in North America the following year for the Sega CD. Growing up, I never had a Sega console, so I was playing other turn-based RPGs like Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VI. I actually hadn't heard of LUNAR until a couple of years ago when my friend told me it was her favourite series of all time and how she had heard rumours that it was going to be released for current consoles.

Fortunately, she was right, and this collection, made up of Lunar: The Silver Star and its sequel, Lunar: Eternal Blue, was released by developer GungHo in April of 2025. I knew I had to pick up this game and see what all the hype was about. I have played a tonne of retro turn-based RPGs like the Final Fantasy series, Breath of Fire, Secret of Mana, and Lufia and the Fortress of Doom, just to name a few, so I was curious to see if LUNAR would be different and stand out from all the other titles I had played before.

You are given the choice between playing the original version of the games or the remastered ones. I opted for the latter, as I wanted to see if it still retained the feel of the pixel role-playing games of that time. Personally, I had no idea how different a game on Sega CD could be from what I experienced on the SNES — I was blown away. I had only known of Sega CD games like Night Trap, which are known for full-motion video.