Trials of Mana

往年の名作のフルリメイク。 それに伴いシステム周りも大きく変化。 なにせ原作は最後期とはいえSFC時代のソフト。 なので、シナリオやセリフ回しが今見るとなかなか厳しい点も多々。 とはいえ、『あの頃のＲＰＧ』の中では最高傑作と呼ばれるレベルなのは間違いないため。 原作経験者か、ＳＦＣ時代のＲＰＧを受け入れられる人なら楽しめるはず。 おなじみの強くてニューゲームを搭載し、何度でも楽しめるようにもなった。 まさに期待通りの出来のフルリメイクである。

This is a fine game. Nothing groundbreaking, but no less of a good time. As a remake of a SNES game it is quite faithful. The music is superb, and the visuals are a feast for the eyes. It feels like watching an old Saturday morning cartoon you've never heard of before. For the sake of fairness, I should talk about the rough edges. The English voice acting does not meet modern standards, though how bad that actually is will vary from person to person. The camera is annoying to work with, a symptom of adapting a game with top-down view and small arenas. That said, the game is still fun. While not as advanced as a Devil May Cry or Bayonetta game, it's still incredibly satisfying to beat up enemies as you gain a handle of the controls.

Este é um jogo mediano em tudo que se propõe a fazer. Os npc são iguais em todas as cidades, em todo lugar os mesmos rostinhos. O inimigos também sempre iguais, só mudam a cor. A exploração dos mapas não existe, no máximo você acha um baú ou um cacto com bônus que você não precisa para zerar o jogo, você passa pelo menos metade do jogo indo e voltando correndo entre os mapas, entrando em lutas indesejadas, custava ter um sistema como um fast travel para evitar essa repetição? O combate também é mediano, quando você menos esperar pode acabar soltando uma skill no vento ou notando que alguém da party está parado assistindo a luta. A trilha sonora é um dos poucos pontos que salva, junto do sistema de classes, que é interessante, mas fica preso em um farm chato de itens. Por ser um jogo da Square Enix, é esperado que o jogo se pareça menos com um indie de baixíssimo orçamento feito numa garagem, porém se trata de um jogo caro(até mesmo em promoção) e que não é capaz de refletir seu valor no preço cobrado.

Alors pour être clair il y a 0 objectivité içi, j'ai passé des centaines d'heures sur Secret of Mana à l'époque de sa sortie sur Snes, je connais le jeu par coeur encore aujourd'hui et quand je voyais dans les magazines JV les preview de ce qu'on appelait "Secret of Mana 2" je devenais fou il me fallait absolument ce jeu mais hélas il n'est jamais sorti chez nous. Des années plus tard équipé de mon ordi et de mon petit émulateur Snes j'ai enfin pu toucher ce qui était pour moi le Graal. Et je l'ai poncé avec tous les perso j'y revenait sans cesse. alors quand presque 20 ans plus tard j'ai vu ce remake j'ai sauté dessus (sur switch) et je l'ai poncé. Maintenant je le prend sur steam pour le faire sur le steamdeck et je vais encore le poncer !! Ce jeu est pour moi une merveille, alors il pourrait être plus joli et avoir des combats plus dynamiques et des compagnons moins idiots qui mangent chaque AOE en pleine tronche voir des cinématiques mieux mis en scène, mais dans mon cas je m'en fout j'adore le jeu et je pourrais y jouer encore et encore !! Vive les Seiken Densetsu !!!

実にけしからん。

Allow me to nerd out a bit. We all know how most of recent Square Enix remakes, reboots, re-ports are just a filthy cash grabs with no soul, surprisingly this game feels like one of those rare exceptions. It's very fun, innovative and addictive, even nicely optimized. There's a lot to adore so I will only mention my favorite aspect. It's very faithful to source material however unlike in the original game from 1995, 24 different classes were offering just different skill sets and that's it, here classes plays different roles like DPS, tanker, healer or support. With "chain skills" passives you get through the game you can customize characters. Example turning your DPS into a tank, tank into support, even mess around and turn whole team into DPS if you like it. This system offers a lot of variety making this game not boring even after a couple of playthroughs. 3 different story lines (not so much different whatsoever) also adds to this variety I admire. Music was already fantastic in the original, remake recreated it with a full orchestra making it more beautiful. The bad things, yet not essentially. My first playthrough was on Hard difficulty and game was still super easy because enemies have very predictable attack indicators. Expert difficultly is the same but every enemy is a damage sponge and deals unholy amount of damage so you have to heal non-stop if you mess up. Brand new content of the remake - post game is quite uninspiring. Feels very rushed because 95% of the content is just reused from the main game. However it was a nice reference to the Heroes Of Mana which was the prequel game and it's still better than nothing. Lastly partner AI is very silly and clueless at times. Something like FFXII gambit system would work amazingly in this game, even if we already get a bit more AI customizability than the 1995 release had. Overall I very highly recommend this game to everyone, especially those who played the original. This game feels like it was made by Seiken Densetsu fan for the Seiken Densetsu fans. Just amazing.

i looooooove it! best game i have played in a min, can't wait for the new one!!! yipeee!!