Legend of Mana is Worth Your Attention
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- čas přidán 12. 07. 2024
- Legend of Mana is an excellent hidden gem JRPG from the 90's that's been recently remastered. But does it still hold up? Watch this review video essay analysis algorithm-juice and find out.
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0:00 Intro
1:40 Gameplay
6:13 Story
8:57 Obtuse Mechanics & Pets
13:27 Criticisms & The World
15:43 OST & Remaster Changes
17:27 Conclusion
#LegendofMana #FinalFantasy #SyntheticMan - Hry
It has magic, at the form of musical instrument. You make it at the workshop after it unlocked.
Yeah, honestly don't know how I never figured out how to use magic. Part of the problem is that googling it gave me no answer. I guess every time I set my techniques my eyes glazed over the magic tab in clear view lol. Kind of an obvious mistake.
Baba dubababa dub!
@@SyntheticMan I don't know if this helps, but I only just figured this out. If you make a good magic instrument (gold coin, fancy material), the damage it does is scaling with the matching essence level on your weapon. So if you have a weapon with 15 Salamander on it, your fire spells go way up.
It wasn't enough to make me use magic, but back in 2000 when I played it as a kid, I could not figure out how to make magic not suck.
@@ValeVin I had the same issue. The magic spell type also matters too. Top Damage: Sphere / Line, Medium Damage: Fan / Control / Random, Low Damage: Circle / Donut.
The essence thing only really applies to enemies weak against the element. That said, you can one shot guys on no future with the perfect magic build to an element strong against them.
There’s also greater depth to the combat than you suggest. There are a variety of combos.
i have been so addicted to this game, its so refreashing seeing a game that doesnt treat you like a fucking baby and doesnt tell you how to do a thing when you already figured it out. that shit pisses me off so much, and man i got WAY too into the forging and accidentally one shot a boss, lol
lmao
I'm playing Final Fantasy 8 for the 1st time and the game just did that to me at a particular section: "If you use THIS type of magic you will be able to defeat THESE enemies easier"... Oh, thanks game, for RUINING my entire sense of exploration and experimentation... the whole point of playing games for the 1st time... fuck
FF8 nice game overall, really interesting, and it seems to enable fair replayability value with different tactics... but there's something very strange about an RPG game that has no Weapons or Armor (I think Chrono Cross was a bit like that to an extent, Stat changes don't matter much) CRPG's (western RPG's) still my favorite by far, even if the "illusion of choice" is there
that stuff is for no future mode bruh get some ultra gear and crank up the difficulty, beat the game again, get more loot drops. it actually makes farming stuff to make even stronger gear pretty quick and dirty it raises them so high.
I love this game!
Everything is beautiful in this game, the art, the soundtrack, the characters, the quests.
I was born in Brazil and when I was 9yrs old my dad bought a PS1 with this game.
But I couldn't understand nothing at all because I was just a kid and spoke only portuguese.
So I asked him to buy me an english dictionary so I could play and understand what was going on.
That's how I started learning english.
That's an incredible story. Good work, brother!
Hey uh, just to let you know... there literally is magic in the game- you have to buy the instruments to use it. There's even a tab for equipping skills, right under Special Tech called "Magic." The game is purposefully obscure as hell though, so not shocked any time anyone misses anything.
This Artstyle is way better than the Artstyle of the most recent Mana remakes.
Trails of Mana is nice though
Trials looks great too
LoM is easily one of the best RPG's on the PS1, and it has aged really well. The combat, though simplistic, still holds up. The graphics, even the og version, are still beautiful. The music, scored by the now legendary Yoko Shimomura, kicks ass. And the mechanics and systems, baffling as they are, are refreshingly deep compared to contemporary titles. This game is so very underappreciated. EDIT: Also, I don't know if the remaster has this feature but in the original you weren't just limited to coop when you had an existing companion. At one of the houses in Domina, you could pop a memory card into the second slot and your friend could import their character from their game (or just one of your own saves), and play using that character at any time.
They made it really hard to use both main characters in the remaster, at least on steam. You have to download the other players game info and copy and paste it into your game files. and that's frankly like saying it's not implemented at all.
@@danielbuhr4260 Yeah, well it's Steam, who I abhor for many many good reasons. I understand the PC master race mentality, but it really falters under scrutiny when gamers choose Steam as their platform. Meanwhile, the remaster works fantastically on console where it belongs.
And yes, the remaster has this feature :3
@@richt7525 it's only because of steam that you can play multiplayer at all with the main characters. In this case your point makes little sense. It's on the game developer to implement that kind of thing into the game. I don't see much wrong with steam, honestly most people prefer it over ever other game launcher.
@@danielbuhr4260 I somehow misremembered an online co-op. My bad. I still hate steam though.
Thanks for your reviews man, I'm 32 and I've started only playing older games for the most part since I turned 27, I never understood why I stopped caring about newer video games and why I loved going back and playing older games, I pretty much came to the same conclusion as you, better story and character writing and more experimentation and game play mechanics in the older games, new games are nothing but copies of the most popular genre's for an easy cash grab, nice to know others feel the same out there and that I'm not crazy.
You ever play legend of dragoon?
@@ChronoMune yeah that was a favorite of mine, some of the attack combos were hell to time for certain characters though, was an adventure to be had though.
Really late reply but have to say I am 37 now and I am into retro and older games for like 3 years now and they are all amazing and bring some nice memory's back and will have a lot to do for a long time, even now when the switch brings back so much old stuff
Just so you know there is magic in the games I’m also 32 and love this game and having an original copy for PS one of it
There’s a lot more in the game also you can get pets to go on adventures with you and they can level up and all types of stuff
I remember seeing this artstyle in a couple of different games back in the day in various gaming magazines and its actually what made me want the PlayStation the most. I had an N64 at the time and none of the games I had back then could match the aesthetic of games like this.
If you do a 100% story playthrough, it seems like the entire game tries to convey a message about love.
Particularly the 4 types (Storge, Philia, Eros and Agape)
can you elaborate?
@@EXHellfirehmm, I won't say I am certain to say what type of love each story had.
But I'll try my best to explain why there're love related topic there.
Star crossed Lovers (AKA Priest X Demon X Swordman, with a help from Cat Like Friend). This is the most obvious.
Matilda the Priest did love the demon, so much so, she wouldn't want to limit him, even more she didn't regret giving him her spirit power, she loved him, far as he is, doing something she would never known, even as she aged rapidly. I dunno about her feeling, but perhaps she feels confined doing priestess stuff.
Irwin gave her the freedom she desired and so she wouldn't try to cage Irwin too.
She is bound to her role as a high priestess,and wouldn't try to disappoint her followers anymore. Her suffering in a sentence would be "could it be possible to be free while in a cage?". In the end, she is free, and knows that Freedom in the end, stems from the soul first , not from physical first. A true mother would be bound to her child, unable to do a lot of things she could do before, yet never once she felt regret, despise nor being chained and tortured because of her children. Yet as a child, she desired freedom more as physical, and in the freedom to befriend anyone, including Irwin.
The Demon, Irwin, he loved Matilda back, I guess, but his love to himself and hatred towards human are far bigger than his love to Matilda. He wouldn't stand under human, not anymore, he craved power, perhaps also because of the traits and instinct as a demon to crave destruction. Yet as it is, he still cared for Matilda, to the point he looked for a way to send her to Spirit World? That one where one can manifest own appearance according to own's will. He did desire for Matilda to be young again, to undo the evil he needed to do to achieve his goal. In the end when everything ended, he was lamenting the fact that he did get entangled with a love spell named Matilda before he chose to be reborn.
One love he felt during all those hatred and prejudices, yet he was the one who ruined that love, by his own hand.
Perhaps it will be better if he was later born as truly evil, so Matilda can hate him to the fullest, and also so he can hate himself to the fullest.
Regarding Irwin, it reminded me about a line from a Manhwa a out half Vampire.
"I was shunned by humans, treated unfairly by humans, lived like humans, do you understand how it feels to desire to be a human?".
And Matilda is the one who will said "You're also a human, even more human than any humans I have seen, since humanity doesn't just comes from physical flesh, it comes from the heart".
Too bad the hatred has been planted ,and her love seed has been overshadowed.
Escad, dunno about his feeling for Matilda, probably did have feeling for her too, since they did grow together.
But his hatred towards demonkind far exceeded his love towards Matilda (dunno was it because he is assigned the job to guard her or because he hated that the priestess love demon more than him a fellow human).
He hated that demon (Irwin), for tainting the priestess. He had a frame of what a lovable priestess Matilda should be, yet he cared little about what Matilda wanted to be.
"Irwin,it's all Irwin's fault, he corrupted Matilda, the sweet, sweet magnificent Matilda, young brimming with hopes and potentials.
He took Matilda from us, from me, the Goddess of Mana may forgive him, but I won't ."
And off he goes sword training to kill a demon from his childhood. Perhaps if things go different, he could be BFF with Irwin.
Now Daena, her position is more of a jury, pacifier, judge, support for Matilda.
I dunno about racism, but obviously racisms did exist there, pretty obvious in Imperial Soldier like Thoma story, however since there are so many races already, one just can't simply being racist to all.
Daena is a cat girl, furry version, racism wise, she is pretty strange sight in a temple that is full of human nun, and some walking bushes. So I guess she is more tolerating towards Irwin as a fellow out of place being.
She is pretty moderate in viewing Matilda Irwin Escad relationship, more ephasizi in Matilda Happiness though, she is a good friend for fellow girl, not that backstabbing gossiping behind your back friend.
For Daena, Matilda Happiness is more important, her position, anyone can fill it, she is replaceable as a priestess, but for a friend, she is her precious friend, and wherever she is, whether it's with Escad or with Irwin, if she is happy, Daena will be happy too.
In fact she even faced both Irwin and Escad respectively , trying to get into them, she is there to fight for Matilda's happiness.
One of the most captivating moment of Daena IMHO, would be when Matilda told her to look for her own happiness too.
And Daena said that her happiness is when the others are happy, to which Matilda said to her, if it's just so, then she would never be happy.
LOM is good at portraying love and it's corrupted side.
And this is just one story.
@@EXHellfireif it was Eros, it's pretty obvious, there's no improper scenes though simply showing what kind of uncontrolled love towards beauty could be.
We have the Casanova Guitar Playing Centaur.
Dude lists every girls (woman included, CMIIW) in the game, even during his peril being a stone statue.
And we have to help him woo the girls, as part of his Quest line.
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I like this game. It has a lot of very fun systems and side mechanics to play with. The biggest negative that anyone should be aware of before buying LoM is that it is incredibly easy. Most bosses can be defeated by planting yourself in front of them, tanking their hits, and smacking them with basic attacks until they die. If you're playing on emulator, there is a hard mode mod that makes the game much more challenging in a way that I think improves it immensely.
Loved this game when a sproutling. The art style, music and charm. That golden age of Square....
I see your Legend of Mana, and raise you a Shadow Hearts. 🤟🏻
And I raise you a Dark Cloud
@@TNTITAN Dark Cloud 2 was better IMHO, but the town building was better on the first one.
@@TNTITAN
I'll raise any of the Lunar games.
@@ianparrent6012 I will call that with Lunar Dragon Song
@@TNTITAN
I fold.
Fuck yeah, XenoGears in the begining! Loved that game on the ps1
Yeah, it's probably my favorite JRPG. I'll have to make a video about it someday.
@@SyntheticMan that would be awesome to see... Whatever happened to that franchise.. Was xenosaga some sort of sequel?
@@Ahamaga I don't think they're related, just that the dev likes to put "Xeno" in their titles (they made Xenoblade as well).
@@SyntheticMan really? I was pretty sure, Id's mech appeared in Xenosaga 3. Probably just an easter egg
@@Ahamaga if not mistaken, xenogear is made by squaresoft (before become squareenix)
Xenosaga and xenoblade have different publisher.
The xenosaga trilogi have their own stories, and xenoblade as well.
Play those games.
Theyre great.
Tl;Dr I'm glad this game got a remastered, it is a childhood favorite and I think it is very unique.
This game is one of the greatest enigmas to my best friend and my self. We have gone through every arc in the game, and tried many different golems, magical instruments, and smithing armor and weapons. We played it mostly in middle school while staying at each other's houses on the weekends and summer vacations. We didn't have easy access to a computer or websites in 2001, so we had to figure everything out for ourselves lol. Customizing weapons and armor in the smithy is still opaque science to me lol. I love this game, and I'm stoked that it got a remaster! I understand the criticism it gets, but I'm glad more people get to enjoy it now
I know the algo didn't take it but content like this is great man. I'd listen to you talk about any game you like.
I never heard of it until I saw my husband playing it. He was playing the remake and it looked pretty fun. Think he said he preferred the original though
it looks good tbh
No woman in gaming get out filthy Casual.
@@hawkevick9184 Damn bro.
@@hawkevick9184 still using this tired ass joke? Kinda sad dude
@@nuthut1396 No, but they suck so bad. I slaughter them everyone I face them in battle. It is not a joke.
You can actually play 2P with Your own savefile as long as the other person or You has another savefile to play.
In the entrance of domino there's a house across the inn where You can go inside it and then choose a savefile to be the 2nd player.
Usually I prefer a turn based jrpgs but this has given me a idea for my brithday
The spritework of this game is making wet, oh my god.
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Secret of Mana was one of my most favorite games to play as a kid. It came out in 1993. I was 14 at the time and i played the living crap out of that game. The soundtrack is amazing too and I recommend any who have not heard it to search it out. Just hearing the soundtrack and not even playing the game would never be a waste of your time!
While the variety of locations does hurt the believability of the world, like how do all these radically different locations exist in the same country, it does make it very intriguing to explore. One moment you are in a forest filled with ancient tombs, the next a pirate ship, then a underground city full of gems and then a giant tower.
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You can get candy drops all the time for doing combos or by making a golem or getting a lizardon that poops chocolate. Also you can combine lunge/retreat to do evade so you can get effectively 3 techniques. Spin is by far the easiest to combo though as you can punch during it and aoe enemies while also stunning them. Aside from that, you also can do plunge attacks by doing button inputs and you can get new ones by forging in mystic cards. That said, that's for helping the game get more visibility! I love the complexity and how completely opened ended it is.
Just FYI, the only reason the original backgrounds were pixelated was because of PS1 compression to fit on a CD and the total quality of the game. All the backgrounds were paintings but the compression actually made it go really well with the pixel art at the time. But it was clear if you look back that the backgrounds weren't pixel art at all. :D
Also correction time: The game has at least SIX battle themes:
1 - The regular ones for the start missions, Jumy jewel hunters, etc.
2 - A bigger one for high stake bosses.
3 - One for Human bosses or very specific, magic related encounters (Bud, Lisa, Shadow Zero One).
4 - One for the Faeries(Only played during Lucemia's Final Boss).
5 - One for the Dragons (Only played at the end of the Flames Dungeon).
6 - One for the Jumis (Only played at the end of the Bejeweled City Dungeon).
7 - One for the Final Boss (Only played during the end of the Tree of Mana Dungeon).
It is true that the first two play more than the others. And I agree that this game deserved MORE musics for each dungeon, a lot of dungeons share the same theme. But they are good enough for me to ignore that.
The first one I played was Sword of Mana on the GBA. Loved it. Haven’t played them all, but I’ve really enjoyed the few I have.
Sword of Mana is great! Just started a new save on that.
Duda wanna play
They were all fantastic up to and including this one, but anything after is absolute trash. stay away from Dawn of Mana in particular, it was a straight up insult to the series, but the first 4 sieken densetsu games are worth every second invested.
@@EonOfTheNeon God you make me feel old lol. I remember loving that game on the original black and white game boy when it was called final fantasy adventure back in the early 90s
A lot of the crafting mechanics work with each other. If you're trying to get a specific food for your pet, there's a much better chance you revisit levels and catch eggs/spirits. If you're making different equipment in the workshop, you have components for the golem. Spending time at home and learning what the different items do adds a ton of hours to this game, since every little thing is usable for tempering or as food. The fact that every item is functional is probably the most experimental feature of all.
Dang, I've never touched a jrpg in my life but this looks great! Awesome vid
That is nuts to me. No shade, but you are missing out.
Would absolutely love it if you reviewed any of the mainline Final Fantasy games. Although I would consider myself an RPG veteran, still have yet to play Legend Of Mana. Definitely gotta give this game a try sometime.
Legend of Mana is my one of my all time favs and I’ve barely even explored the game. I got super sidetracked and obsessed with the pet system lol.
YO! I didn't know this game had the Navi Customizer from Megaman Battle Network! And what I love about early JRPGs is from the weird experimentation it wanted to do when it comes to customizing various stuff in and even outside the game itself or even using external sources like time or the disc's that you used like in Monster Rancher. I sorta like how Square Enix had this type of spirit somewhat in their DS games, The World Ends with You makes me irritated somewhat when needing to way for "days" (I mostly changed the time lol) to evolve certain pins/attacks but it is cool to have a surprise that your power gets stronger from not playing the game for days xD
Also I do hope the Mana series and its fans gets its justice. As a member of the TWEWY fanbase, may you get a new entry that employs the modernized gameplay from that Trials of Mana remake and expand it into a new creative game!!!
If Square is trying to milk the Mana series right now, they better go for it ALL THE WAY! Niche cult classic IP's shall RISE!
Great video. I played the game on the PS in the good old days and I bought it on PC. Always a good one. Not sure if u know it but there will be a new mana game. Square is working on one. After all the reworks and remasters I also asked myself "will there be a new game or what is this all about?" and some days later I've read that they are working on it. Great!
Concerning trials of mana. The originial Seiken Densetsu 2 was my favorite game of all mana games and I can highly recommend the trials of mana rework! Its awesome! :)
Expardon me!? I was playing this game back on Playstation before there was a PS2 lol.
But seriously it is hands down my favorite of the series and my favorite Squaresoft game
This game will always be my #1 favourite game- AND THEY'RE MAKING AN ANIME! 🤩
I had already read the manga years ago!
I'm really looking forward to playing the remake of this, even though I've never tried the original. Been needing my hit of JRPG goodness lately.
U mean remaster
FF6 is also amazing. So much depth and detail
FF6 deserves a real remake
Ty for showing me this game. It looks amazing.
Legend of Mana was my first RPG back in the days and i ended up playing it over 1200 hours. Yeap...1200 hours, i completed it over 100 times. :D
this game has an amazing soundtrack
Thank you for showing me this game. I love this art style. Gameplay etc. Picked it up on ps5
I remember this game from years ago. I like ARPGS but havnt played one in a long time like a decade, with the exception of Octopath Traveler on Xbox game pass the past few weeks. Kinda a spiritual successor to FFVI. I thought it was endearing, and sprites are adorable!
Octopath is a turned based JRPG and not a ARPG
Legend of Mana is my all time favorite game. I wasn’t the biggest gamer when I was a kid. But my brother and I got a PlayStation for Christmas one year. We had Jetmoto 2 and a couple other basic games. My uncle found LOM wrapped in a napkin for a dollar at some rinky dink pawn shop in the middle of nowhere. And brought it to us. We put it in and the rest is history. My brother and I became OBSESSED with this game. Played it constantly could hardly ever put it down. So much depth and so much to do for its age and being only on one disc. To this day I have still not completed the game. I haven’t even unlocked all the locations yet. The hand drawn visuals and astonishingly good soundtrack never ever stop surprising me. This is an incredible game. And I highly recommend everyone play it.
Dang dude. Need to get those views up!
8:33 did not expect that.
"The length of a short novel"
Oh sweet summer child
actually, the protagonist also has his/her own quest, that is reviving the tree of mana, he or she is some kinda hero send by mana goddess to revive the mana tree and help people to remember the grace of the goddess power and the mana tree, .
This is my top 1 favorite game of all time. Nothing's gonna ever take its place.
Also, too late, but instruments contain the magic spells in the game. You equip it like the Special Techniques, but instead of tapping the shoulder button when the technique bar is full, you hold it to charge the spell until it gets max coverage, then release.
Not really into JRPGs, but just leaving a comment for the algorithm. Keep up the quality content 👌
Great video as always king. I played a demo of that Mana remake and it frankly just wasn’t my thing. Nothing felt wrong exactly, it just felt “meh” maybe you’ll like it more than I did. Also, I didn’t even know this uploaded until I saw that community poll post mentioning it. CZcams proving gamers really are oppressed smh
Looks like the revival finally came with the Vision of Mana announcement trailer :)
Maybe I'm just nuts but i've wached almost all your videos in two days,you are great dude.
I recently replayed the PS1 version of this game. I remembered enjoying it because of the cool design, amazing music and the big epic boss fights. Those are still true.
What I DIDN'T remember was all the godforsaken godforsaken sidequests and idiotic characters. I could count all the ones who made good decisions on one hand, and I built or tamed most of those.
I played with several guides and still missed a quest, which... yeah.
Never touching this one again.
Damn. I own the collection of mana and the trials of mana remake and have them in my Eterna-Backlog. The title of this video might be true in my case until I force my way through some of those.
My main gaming diet consists of FPS and horror games, so it's always great when I get to branch out and play something different. Legend of Mana and the Mana remake look right up my alley for a break.
EDIT: And besides, I actually have experience in the RPG genre with Deus Ex, Fallout 3 and Mass Effect.
Yeah the dragon is a good option tho. I used the flying dragon from the snow fields they have a snowman cc breath attack that ended up being my favorites...
However too late did i learn the mimic box is the best mob to work with.
i have this game on my vita w that version and its still a great game and the original had some chug issues at points i think due to it trying todo alot at times w alot of the game being so random/u design it and effect the random quests etc so i think it was memory/processing issues they never could iron out
still this game was beyond its time in terms of things it did future squaresoft/enix games and rpgs/jrpgs in general do now w the crafting min maxing the build your own world setup for replayability
it was imho peak design at least in the terms of its scope it set out for was super wide but wasnt shallow
as you said its so fucking deep u almost need a guide or many many replays to figure stuff out yet could enjoy it even on a shorter play through
it was and alway will be one of the best rpgs ever made to me bar none even if story wise it isnt too heavy like fallout its still got just enough for anyone to enjoy it on a variety of levels
i wish devs today would learn from old games like these and bring back an era of making good games and just trying to make them fun first and any experimental or hardcore stuff is there but its not mandatory its for those who wanna do more and dig deeper
I played and while it is pretty good, it is nothing compared to Legend of Mana 2 or Seiken Densetsu 3 as it is known in Japan. That game had a remake made pretty recently too but took out the multiplayer for reasons.
I'm replaying this fever dream and really enjoying the nostalgia
Oooof, bro I'm about to go into a primer on the combat, abilities unlock other abilities which it looks like you figured out, unlocking all of them, gives you the potential to unlock more special techs, there are plunge attacks, like down forward is an uppercut, forward forward for lunge, i think the last is either back forward or down back forward, which are customizable and given different effects by tempering cards into the weapons
Figured you got most covered except that those instruments play magic which someone already stated. Magic power being determined by the materials used. Also the whole forbidden tome deal that appears after you complete the game which levels the enemies, even to excess with one level every enemy being lvl99. Having a firm grasp of the combat mechanics and your options makes dealing with that much easier
This is my favorite video game of all time along with Final Fantasy Tactics and it has aged better then any early era 3D BECAUSE of the 2D.
Squareenix is going to be remastering Saga frontier 2 and Star Ocean 2 in the next few years and I hope they give the care they gave this amazing storybook of a jrpg.
I was heartbroken when the Mana Collection came out sans Legend of Mana, so I have been fanboying the eff out.
FYI, did anyone else notice that the statues in Kristie's palace are the main characters of Trails of Mana? Duran, Kevin, Hawk, Riesz, Angela and Charlotte?
Best Review. Thank you )
Great video, loved this game and really that whole era of jrpgs. Still plan on doing a Xenogears video? I'd love to see that, as it's one of my all time favorites.
Equipping instruments is how you get magic too... cast as much as you want, there's plunge attacks and so much more I played the hell out of the ps1 and now the remaster.
Not me, I was an adult when the PS1 came out and couldn’t care less about 3D. In fact I felt it looked terrible even back then! I did own Legend of Mana and while I had a hard time understanding everything I was blown away with how beautiful it was!
Oooh, you missed the part where you can co-op with another save file, but it’s an obscure unlockable feature that you get from an obscure unlockable side-quest (can’t remember exactly but it involves a museum in one of the cities, I think it’s Geo, and progress in like two of the main quest lines)
Other than that yeah, co-op requires a secondary party member to be with you
Also there’s a perfectly understandable reason why they haven’t fully remade this game, yet or possibly at all, and that’s the ridiculous amount of weapons, instruments, armor, and items that would have to be programmed into the game, plus the whole three piece interwoven quest with side-quests, PLUS the entire overworld being a DIY puzzle board, PLUS THE GOLEMS
AND THE MONSTERS
THAT IS A LOT
OF
WORK
And I get it, it’s Square-Enix, “They can do it”, “They have the funds and the resources”, but do they have the incentive? Over the rest of the games they make?
It may happen, yeah, trust me I love this game, but I’m not expecting it any time soon, we just got an anime adaptation tho, so who knows? Maybe they’ve already been working on it?
I mean shit, NOBODY expected Seiken Densetsu 3 to even get recognition, let alone a full remake, but here we are with Trials of Mana anyway 🤷♂️
I am currently replaying the remaster. I'll never get sick of running around in that world.
More importantly...when do we get a referb of Xenon Gears...that would be a garentee to get my attention
Also yes Legend of Mana is an amazing game, I absolutely loved playing through it many times when it came out
I loved Xenogears. Still have it and its one of my favorites. I'll give Legends a try though.
Huge bot! Duda dub dubababababa bot!
Played this games with my Brother growing up Loved the opening song, gardening,female main alter and cute design
Lol I bought this game on PS1 back in the day. I remember it being cool, but being kind of pissed because it was so different from Secret of Mana which I grew up playing with my friends (it's like one of the only multiplayer action/RPG games like that.) I haven't played this game in ages, but I'll have to check it out again.
YES SIR, finally someone is finally giving it some praise
yeah man. I havent played this one yet, but secret of mana, secret of evermore [the one we got instead of SD3] and SD3 are all great so I bet it's just as good!
First, I say good on you for switching it up to a very refreshing old school JRPG.
...I guess it will be awhile before you touch another JRPG again, but if or when it should happen, I would be happy to recommend that you should let a little Falcom into your life and maybe play some Ys.
I suggest not going for the newest game, Ys 9 Monstrum Nox, but instead either play Ys 8 Lacrimosa of Dana or Ys Memories of Celcata.
Or if you don't want a party combat game and would rather do the old school solo style, I'd highly recommend Ys Origins, or for a damn good combat challenge try Ys Oath in Felghana.
All I suggested are absolutely wonderful action JRPGs that have really good world building (GOD TIER), lovable characters, nice waifus, and solid combat.
Wish I could suggest to you my most beloved series from Falcom, but I don't think it's a JRPG you'd be interested in. It's kinda something of a slow burner...
I loved the video and all
But I have a question that's been on my mind since the first second of this video.
What's a jrpg?
Japanese Role-Playing Game
Really nice music and visuals, but Seiken Densetsu 3 is my favorite in the series and the only one I'm still not tired of despite playing through it every couple of years for decades now.
Why are you assuming people hate jrpgs right of the bat lol
Really enjoying your classic reviews!
As a huge fan of both this game and Kingdom Hearts, I really don't feel comparisons between the two. Beyond being Action RPGs composed by Yoko Shimomura, they don't really feel at all similar to me
That said, huge love for this game. And I do really love the remastered soundtrack. There are a few tracks I'm not sure about, but as a whole, I'm all about it
it holds up. it's nice to actually understand how to craft these days. Pretty sure FF8 had already come out by the time this did.
Your wrong regarding the Magic aspect.... Have you reach that you craft Instruments with materials + Elemental Coins....Thats how you do magic in this game.
There is also depth in the way you handle the combat you can cultivate your own move set by unlocking specific move forward dash + backward dash something then you creat new move, by doing so you will unlock more weapon move....
Another mistake is that you unlock weapon moveset not on the number of use but in the characters moves that you do like using One-Hand Sword with Spin Attack it unlocks an AOE Limit Break centered on Shiloh/Serafina....
To add when you craft/customize weapon you can enchant it with weapon cards which modify the weapons combat interaction.... I remember i made a One-Hand Sword with blood sucker in certain attack.
Or putting Lord of Flies Card in a Cap which greatly enhance agi stats.... Even Pet Raising has its system what in depth are you looking for you have not even do everything in the game.....
Legend of Mana: Art design and music - A. Story and gameplay - F.
Did you never learn spin or flip kick? Seeesh. Taunt was such a cool ability. All the abilities you learn help unlock the STs.
These graphics are fantastic and would be super impressive by the standards of today's 2D indie games. I got sick of JRPGs during the 32 bit era because I found the blocky prerendered aesthetic of 32 bit games to be a huge step down from the vivid, colorful pixel art I got used to in SNES Squaresoft RPGs, but this game would've blown my mind if I'd played it when it was new. I missed it at the time cuz I became less interested in gaming after realizing that bad, barely-functioning 3D was gonna be a mainstay of the gaming industry for years to come.
Dude you already played summon night from gba and a good game and could also do a review of it please.
Newbie to this game and I might by it tomorrow
Dang I miss games like this. Simpler times, man.
HP Synchro effects from mobs can get your health back too, fyi. You need a pet to pull this off.
15:55 pronouncation was spot on though!
My issue with it was never the graphics, but the fact it was so massivly different from Secret of Mana. I was expecting something close to that style. I felt it was an okay game but it just didn't wow me like secret of mana or final fantasy adventure did back in the day.
It's weird you say that because I had the opposite thing going on. Got this one first, became absolutely obsessed, so naturally I went to me local Blockbuster to get more from the series and was so disappointed that none of them were like this one.
I tried it and I really wanted to like it (after hearing my friend talk about it for an hour or two) but the game just didn't click with me :/
It's one of the most beautiful 2d games I've ever seen, but I always end up comparing it's combat to the 'tales' saga and find it underwhelming in the end :(
Got it wishlisted. Just gotta beat Scarlet Nexus before I get it
I’m no rpg nut at all but I do like good games so I’ll give anything a shot! I liked secret of mana but it didn’t blow me away! Seiken was way better imo. They did a great job with the sequel. Sword if mana I’ve never played and this one I’ve never heard of but maybe I’ll check it out!
I had this game bro.
piece of art! chefs kiss!
I love the graphics; they look beautiful. It's a shame that it was out of fashion when it was released.
Not quite correct, you can also equip instruments to cast spells. It's usually overlooked even though it's really good. These instruments are instrumental in attaining gold and silver coins anyway, so it is worth investing in them. It's too bad I have not seen a more in depth guide to making instruments, they are amazing.
Uh the original version of lom was hand drawn for the backgrounds as well. I don’t understand some of the things you say sometimes lol
Back when Squeenix used to be experimental and just tried a bunch of stuff.
Bro is so in love with Kingdom Hearts I think you said that more times than legend or mana.
I still need to beat it friend from high school had me play it
JRPGS are my jam. Sadly I lack the time to invest in them like I’d like.