Is Golden Sun Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.0/10

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Golden Sun

Full Release (2001)

DIFFICULTY

6.0/10

Moderately Difficult

(1 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate Golden Sun as moderately difficult, with enough challenge to stay engaging without becoming overwhelming for most players.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players usually describe the challenge in this game as coming from a few core areas:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Players are punished for poor decisions more than poor reflexes

Who Will Find It Difficult

Golden Sun may challenge beginners and players unfamiliar with similar games, but experienced players will usually find it manageable after learning its systems. Players who rated games like Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages at a similar challenge level may find Golden Sun broadly comparable in difficulty.

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1 ratings

avg: 6.0

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Based on 1 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 6.0/10. Most players rated this game around 6.

Developer(s)

Camelot Software Planning

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Genre(s)

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platform(s)

Game Boy Advance, Wii U

Keywords

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About Golden Sun

RPG from the makers of Shining Force, featuring an adventure filled with tried-and-true overhead-wandering, random-battle gameplay that looks absolutely sweet on the Game Boy Advance small screen...in fact, this game arguably rivals most of the classic RPGs that have ended up on the console systems, like Dragon Warrior or the aforementioned Final Fantasy series, for example. You play Isaac, a young swordsman and resident of the town of Vale, and at the beginning of the adventure a storm is brewing outside that forces Isaac to flee to safety. But every virtual adventurer knows that it's never as simple as that, and eventually you're thrust into the role of the world's savior, befriending other skilled adventurers that will join your crusade...there's strength in numbers, as the phrase goes.

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Players who rated Golden Sun also rated the games shown below, with Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (6.0), Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (6.0), and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (6.0) being most similar in difficulty!