I think you are right. Shadows / Lighting would give it a lot more depth that I think it is missing, and ultimately making people see the visuals as "cheap". Overall though, I have no problem with how the game looks, but that could be because I'm looking at the game critically and I don't have a past fondness for it at all
Secret of Mana Remake (PC/Vita/PS4, February 15th, 2018) Trailer
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I think you are right. Shadows / Lighting would give it a lot more depth that I think it is missing, and ultimately making people see the visuals as "cheap". Overall though, I have no problem with how the game looks, but that could be because I'm looking at the game critically and I don't have a past fondness for it at all
Radiant Silvertuna
Neo Member
If they fixed the combat, I might be in. SoM's hit detection and magic spam are hilariously broken.
pretty done
Member
heh
Father_Brain
Banned
Looks better than Adventures of Mana, but it sounds like the enhancements are once again strictly graphical and presentational, even though the original game has some major design flaws. Hard for me to get too excited about that.
At least it's coming to Steam this time.
At least it's coming to Steam this time.
ladyluthien
Member
Oh my goodness!!! This is so awesome!!!
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
i have mixed feelings with the 3D part but i suppose it is the only way to draw in new audiences. hyped as hell and day one for me
Rad Shadow
Banned
Dyluck will finally be the secret 4th player.
Book it!
Book it!
Eric the Red
Member
Again, I'm gonna have to draw your attention to the word very. Extremely works too.
Mucho.
Like, the Neptunia games are looking at this remake and be all like, "Tone it down, a bit much."
Nope, that would take away one of the times you get the ultimate feels music
Speaking of that, the music is more important to me in this game than the graphics, as long as they get that right then I'm happy
JB2448
Member
I screamed.
I audibly screamed.
I woke up everyone in the house.
I don't give a shit.
Holy fuck.
Legend of the Holy Fuck
Day negative one.
Seiken 3 after this, but it needs to do well.
In for Steam.
Don't even mind the voice acting.
We're finally getting a new translation.
The bosses in 3D.
The music remastered.
More people will be able to play this incredible game.
I audibly screamed.
I woke up everyone in the house.
I don't give a shit.
Holy fuck.
Legend of the Holy Fuck
Day negative one.
Seiken 3 after this, but it needs to do well.
In for Steam.
Don't even mind the voice acting.
We're finally getting a new translation.
The bosses in 3D.
The music remastered.
More people will be able to play this incredible game.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Looks nice. I hope the combat balance will be better. Had to quit the original because one of the dungeons I had to visit was ridiculous.
Seriously, seems like a no-brainer
Trogdor1123
Member
I've seen some of the in game stuff and actually like it more than I thought I would. I'm sold.
Just hope we can use text instead of the bad voice acting
Just hope we can use text instead of the bad voice acting
It's nothing like Ys, the draw of the game is the music and the locations you go through, not the combat. It's not a difficult game, even if you don't abuse the broken magic system
Miniature Kaiju
Member
Can be played with subs and/or japanese VA, it seems.
The original game is extremely buggy. It's high on my list of games that need a remake just to be playable with peace of mind.
It'll also be nice to play a version of the game where the melody channels in the music don't cut out to play sound effects.
Dark_3nergy
Member
Seems like Square has the same issues with its older IP that Capcom does with it's. They both simply don't know what to do with it.
But hey, mobile lets focus on that!
The details in those backgrounds and some of those sprites are crazy good. It would take a ton of work and wouldn't be simple or cheap in the slightest. I wouldn't be surprised if we never saw anything 2D with the detail of those kinds of games like Legend of Mana or Frontier Saga 2 from Square Enix ever again.
Zippedpinhead
Member
Did you play the iOS version? They added frames to magic spells so you can't spam, but they completely broke physical attacks. Evade is through the roof so most attacks miss. As opposed to SNES where hit detection was wonky but at least when you landed a hit it didn't miss 90% of the time.
Earthpainting
Member
The engine is not really the issue here, but creating Legend of Mana quality assets certainly is quite difficult. Legend of Mana's pixel art quality is to this day still some of the best in the business, and came from a time when many of the best artists in the industry were still specialising in this sort of thing. Since 2D pixel art hasn't been the dominant visual direction for decades, the talent pool since then inevitably shrank to move on to other specialisations. The Mana series in particular sort of grew a house style over the years, and the people that developed this style are no longer employed at Square Enix.
Phantom Flapjack
Member
Secret of Mana's my favorite game ever, but I'm gonna need more than crappy 3D graphics to buy this instead of playing my SNES copy. Like, this being a proper remake, maybe they could put some effort into it and implement a lot of the cut content/ideas they had originally planned. Or if they release that fancy limited edition here. Then I'll buy it because I'm a consumer whore...
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Probably not in at 40 day 1, but I'm looking forward to this
Nice to have more local co-op game options
Nice to have more local co-op game options
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Reminds me of the iOS version of Adventures of Mana. I got to finish it. It was pretty good, but it was mainly 3D objects, characters, and etc. nothing really lush.
MulderYuffie
Member
Cool looks better than I expected probably will get it eventually.
sixteen-bit
Member
I can't get over how ugly this is. I take back what I said about being glad a new generation can experience this game. Try scoring a SNES classic edition instead.
DieNgamers
Member
That...looks terrible! o_o
I don't know why I even expected the cover art come to life but getting generic chibi artstyle instead is a bit much, haha.
I don't know why I even expected the cover art come to life but getting generic chibi artstyle instead is a bit much, haha.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I still haven't actually played this game, but uh... I'm glad I have the Super Nintendo version, because this looks like butt.
Yep.
That's a terrible call to make in SoM! Not leveling up your magic leaves you incredibly underleveled when you genuinely need it for bosses that can only be hurt by magic.
Let the magic carry you!
Skyfireblaze
Member
Thinking about it, I will be sad the Sword Orb glitch won't be in the game anymore 