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Lunatic Dawn is an RPG series created by Artdink, whom we all know and love(?) for absurd experiments like Tail of the Sun, Battle Construction Vehicles and No One Can Stop Mr. Domino. But their main thing have always been serious simulations, most of all the A-Train series, which still goes on and the latest two iterations can actually be bought on Steam. Accordingly, Lunatic Dawn is the simulation gamer's RPG. Nothing at all like Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy or similar games like you'd expect out of Japan, they're more like open-ended fantasy quest simulators with little storyline (especially the early games) and randomly generated worlds. The first few are almost completely free-form and feature a semi-tactical real-time battle system. They are followed by the "Book" spin-off series, which streamlines the world map by making travel waypoint-based and uses a more JRPG-typical turn-based combat system, although in structure the games still work similar to the early ones. |
