Shining Force II Maeson
Shining Force II: Inishie no Fuuin · シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印
A broad rebalance of Shining Force II that reworks classes, equipment, magic and enemy behaviour so that more of the cast and more strategies are worth using.
What's new
Maeson's hack is a full rework of Shining Force II's balance, rebuilt from scratch for version 1.30 with the Shining Force disassembly. Unlike the earlier release it keeps the game at its original 2 MB size, which removes the glitches the old expanded build caused, including broken secret codes.
- Characters and classes: stat growth is redone, weaker or late-joining characters are brought up to the level of the rest, and nearly every class can now cast spells.
- Equipment: weapons give extra effects beyond attack power, arrows reach farther, and there are new accessories to find or win from specific enemies.
- Magic: attack spells hit much harder, status effects land more reliably, support spells are more flexible, ranges are wider and a few new spells appear.
- Enemies: new stats and traits, smarter AI that uses items and status magic, and reworked formations in most battles.
- Graphics: many character sprites are touched up and original sprite errors are fixed.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the game, following the instructions on the hack's page. All credit goes to Maeson.
Found via romhack.ing