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[Negator]

Man I was so excited then I saw how it looked

 

[Twilight Princess]

How can a remake look worse than a 16 bit game?

 

[whiteninja]

I wonder if this will be 1:1 in terms of content or will they expand on the stuff that was cut from the game originally.
Also why does the girl have elf ears? I dont recall anything different about her.

 

[GhostTrick]

Art style is generic as hell. I'm really getting tired of games that look like this.

Agreed. Couldn't they make it cell-shaded or something ? This looks like rough 3D models with no shaders applied.

 

[Get_craycray]

Voiced characters: That’s right, you heard Randi in the trailer and you’ll finally get to hear Randi, Primm, Popoi and many other characters talk and express themselves throughout their adventure!

To add to that, the game will have language options which will allow players to experience the game using Japanese voices and/or subtitles.
A newly arranged soundtrack: We’re excited for you to hear a beautiful, newly arranged soundtrack that pays tribute to the original.
Local multiplayer: Yes! Sit down with two of your friends (up to three players) to experience the adventure together

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/201...es-february-2018-for-ps4-ps-vita/#sf108919218

 

[Mr. RPG]

Guys, they were never going to make a remake of Secret of Mana with Final Fantasy VII remake graphics...

 

[takriel]

If only they did the art style more justice than generic anime.

 

[orochi91]

Not feeling that art-style whatsoever.

Still, I'm in for that remastered OST.

Couldn't they just make it cell shaded ?

Yea, that would have helped with the overall presentation.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Wow, it looks like shit.

 

[Cow Mengde]

I could have sworn I've seen this game remade already. The graphics look very familiar too. Am I crazy?

 

[Pyros_Eien]

Wonder if it'll still have the shitty radial spell/inventory menu thing. Guess I'll wait to see what kind of changes they make to see if it's worth buying versus just replaying it on emulator one day when I feel like it.

 

[papertoonz]

eh that english voices in the trailer doesn't sound the best, thank you dual audio

 

[Man God]

How can a remake look worse than a 16 bit game?

It's happened a bunch with 3D remakes.

 

[blummer102]

Lol wow, pre-order DLC. The world is a strange place these days

 

[LordKano]

I could have sworn I've seen this game remade already. The graphics look very familiar too. Am I crazy?

They remade Adventures of Mana with the same artstyle on Vita and mobiles.

 

[sinonobu]

What shocks me most is the fact that this costs way more than the first remake which was 1400 yen.

 

[reelbigtink]

I've never been so deflated by an art style. Guess I'll replay it on the SNES Classic instead.

 

[oti]

Never played the original, but have heard a lot of good things over the years. Also interested in that re-arranged soundtrack.

 

[Magicpaint]

Eh, I prefer how the original looked by far, but if this is polished up I will definitely be getting it.

Secret of Mana was my introduction to the role playing genre. I have a lot of nostalgia for it.

 

[raven777]

English trailer

edit: beaten

 

[Yazzees]

Disappointed by the art style :/ the original looked a lot more charming.

 

[Lucifon]

Hyped it's happening but must admit it doesn't look great. Looking alot like a mobile game visually.

 

[RockmanBN]

Looks like the DS Final Fantasy games.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

original looks a lot nicer.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Fear of the Angels is still perhaps the most haunting, emotional intro song I've ever heard in a video game.

Kikuta really knocked it out of the park.

 

[Donniewahlberg]

Totally fine with the art style, looking forward to this. Although, does this rule out for sure the mana collection? I know the chances weren't high in the first place but I'd rather have had that

 

[Insaniac]

I'm most curious about possible remixed music? SoM had GOAT music

 

[disappeared]

<3 the Tigger costumes

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Yeah no, thanks.

 

[DKHF]

What shocks me most is the fact that this costs way more than the first remake which was 1400 yen.

Probably they're charging way more because this isn't coming out on mobile (at least not yet).

 

[Abylim]

Yes yes yes!!! The opening will always give me goosebumps. Day fucking one.

 

[Veldin]

I'm crying

 

[Lonely1]

BTW, The Secret of Mana collection is never getting localized, right?

 

[CielTynave]

Nice to see it's dubbed too, the blog post made me think it was sub only. And lol at the lines they used in the trailer, the first line immediately made me think it was going to be a poor dub then the second line was absurdly better to the point that it felt like it could have been from a different actor.

 

[ULTROS!]

What shocks me most is the fact that this costs way more than the first remake which was 1400 yen.

It looks almost the same as Adventures of Mana but there's more depth actually:

Adventures of Mana:

Secret of Mana:

It's pricier but I guess it warrants it since it seems to have cutscenes and voice overs:

 

[Tratorn]

So the gameplay is in tact, it's not fully 3D.
That was important to me, day 1.

 

[Gurgelhals]

Can they put in / restore the content that had to be cut from the original game due to cartridge size limitations? Because the part after you get the dragon up to the sunken continent is *really* a slog.

Of course they won't / can't, but one man can dream...

Edit: Oh, and I hope they manage to tweak the combat mechanics in a way that boss fights don't boil down to just spamming whatever magic that particular boss is vulnerable to anymore.

 

[jb1234]

I'm most curious about possible remixed music? SoM had GOAT music

They did a great job with Adventures of Mana's music so I'm optimistic.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Well, it doesn't look as appealing as I'd hoped, but it's not awful.

 

[LordKano]

It looks almost the same as Adventures of Mana but there's more depth actually:

Adventures of Mana:

Secret of Mana:

It's pricier but I guess it warrants it since it seems to have cutscenes and voice overs:

It's 100% reusing a ton of assets.

 

[Tohsaka]

BTW, The Secret of Mana collection is never getting localized, right?

They'd have to translate the third game, probably not worth it. I imagine they'll just do a remake of it if this one is successful.

 

[blummer102]

It looks almost the same as Adventures of Mana but there's more depth actually:

Adventures of Mana:

Secret of Mana:

It's pricier but I guess it warrants it since it seems to have cutscenes and voice overs:

Thanks for this comparison post. Side-by-side, this really does look better than AoM, which I guess I gotta play sometime soon.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Remake! ... port of the phone remake.

The highest of highs to the lowest of lows.

 

[Khaos Kontrol]

Yuck. Looks like a PS2 game graphically.

 

[Yam's]

Was excited until I saw the graphics. No way I'm playing this.

 

[Endless]

Steam link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/637670/Secret_of_Mana/

Official press release from Square Enix: http://www.allgamesdelta.net/2017/08/secret-of-mana-remake-announced-for-ps4.html

 

[woopWOOP]

Looks good to me. I like the simple 3D so now I just hope it plays the same. In that case I wouldn't mind SD3 getting a similar treatment down the road

Pre-order DLC tho? lol

 

[DxD]

What kind of graphic did you guys expect?
This is the correct design choice imo.
Colorful and kinda keeping up with the cartoony sprite designs.

 

[Danielsan]

I"ll stick with the SNES version.

 

[LordKano]

Remake! ... port of the phone remake.

The highest of highs to the lowest of lows.

There's no phone remake of SD2 tho, this is new.