Visions of Mana

劇情實在太天真，沒有主角魅力，身為角色扮演遊戲，我真的沒什麼代入感。 但撇開劇情不說，每位角色與不同精靈器都有獨特的服裝與必殺技，經費應該花在這方面了，也是唯一能拿上檯面說的點。 總之，10分可以給到 7 分吧

Never played any of the Mana games. Imo the game is very mid. Combat is very shallow - what you have within the first 5-10 hours is pretty much what you will have for the entirety of the game. Customisation is minimal and there are no significant choices to make to develop your characters. The game is very linear in that regard - getting into a new town will give you 1 weapon/armour upgrade. You will unlock a new class. Even classes themselves feel the same. Each character has access to three different weapons depending on their class, and that's about it. Moves, skills, and spells aren't restricted between classes, so you can just pick the one you think looks best. While each class has its own linear "skill tree" for new stats and passives, I found they didn't impact the gameplay all that much. The game is flashy though, and has a cute art style. Even though the combat is shallow, it was flashy enough to keep me going. The spells were getting bigger and the light show was hitting all the right receptors in my caveman brain. What really helped me to get into the game more is figuring out how to recover mana in combat without items. Turns out using and landing hits with Elemental Vessels recover some of your resources lol. I used to be stingy with their usage and didn't even notice for the first one third of the game that they recover mana. The story itself was just ok too. It was super interesting the first few hours, but then it became a massive slog until I got to the later chapters where it picked up the pace and it got interesting again. The main villain was also so generic with their motivations that my eyes nearly fell out of their sockets with the eyerolling I was doing every time he got any screentime. In summary: I always try to err on the side of positivity, after all I spent 50 hours on the game and completed it despite my misgivings. On a good sale, it's a pretty good and flashy game. But for the full £50 price tag? Not worth it.