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Visions of Mana Demo Incoming?
- Thread starter nikos
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I kinda hope progress carries over if it’s available on all platforms.
sigmaZ
Member
Yes. This should be standard. I bought Dragon Quest Builders 2 because they let you play 2 hours that carried over. Love when games do this and is the only thing that would justify a preorder.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I agreed you get to play early and you can pick up right where you left off. I don’t look forward to replaying an intro. We had enough of that years ago when our memory cards became corrupted and we had to start from the beginning.
Danjin44
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If we are getting the demo then there is high chance our progress carry over since Square did similar to their other games like Triangle Strategy.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I hope so
digital_ghost
Member
Supposedly supposed to have the most content of any Mana game. Im excited. Day 1.
Danjin44
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I don’t think it’s going to be Unicorn Overlord level meaty, but I hope we get enough to test out the feel of its combat.
Danjin44
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darth.shrimp
Member
Still no demo in sight, and it got removed from the "latest news" from when you start up Steam. We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled.
Hudo
Member
God, that would be dope.
This just popped up when I ran Steam, however, it doesn't seem to be available yet. Hopefully it's imminent. I would imagine it's coming to all platforms, just like the Trials of Mana demo.
Doomtrain
Member
They went to the trouble of making the asset, so clearly a demo IS coming soon. It might have just been posted a few days early by mistake.
darth.shrimp
Member
Someone probably pushed a button a bit too early, but it's probably coming soon-ish... right?
~edit: hah, same time posting!
~edit: hah, same time posting!
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Punished Miku
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This game has a lot of weird button pushing going on. Gamepass, psych. Demo? nah.
Shake Your Rump
Gold Member
I played the Trials of Mana demo, loved it, immediately ordered a physical copy, and haven’t touched the game since. It keeps getting pushed to the back of the queue. Currently behind Octopath Traveler, Trails through Daybreak, and Blue Dragon.
I have Visions preordered thanks to GameStop trade credit, but I don’t foresee even opening the shrink wrap until October (depends on reviews of Metaphor).
I have Visions preordered thanks to GameStop trade credit, but I don’t foresee even opening the shrink wrap until October (depends on reviews of Metaphor).
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thatJohann
Member
nice, would love a demo of this on PS5
Portugeezer
Member
Nice, I will try it if so.
darth.shrimp
Member
thatJohann
Member
Well?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
According to Microsoft, it's coming on Wednesday.
Danjin44
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darth.shrimp
Member
Sauce?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
It’s going to happen when they announce the acquisition of Square Enix
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
But I want the demo now
Danjin44
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But I want the demo now
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
darth.shrimp
Member
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Loved it! Battles were not too simple or complex. Maybe a bit too cutesy, but I don't mind. Lot's of polish all around and the English va isn't terrible. I might switch it to Japanese, but I'd miss out on the party chatter and I wouldn't want to read it. Music seemed a little uninspired, but we'll see.
Was getting it anyway, but I think the demo did a good job of showing a slice of the game, and what to expect.
Was getting it anyway, but I think the demo did a good job of showing a slice of the game, and what to expect.
ssringo
Gold Member
First impression wasn't so good. Got that super wonderful UE4 shader compilation stutter that PC gamers love. Maybe the full game just does a compilation at the start. The 30fps cutscenes (sometimes!) is just lol and combat felt rather clunky. And I really hate hearing southern twang in most dubs. Seems to a be a thing where the character apparently "speaks weird" in Japanese so they give em the ol' twang accent. Maybe it's because southern twang feels so out of place in a fantasy setting or maybe it's simply because I'm from the south. Dunno but it bugs me. And of course there's plenty of dialogue while running around so either listen to the dub, stop to read subtitles constantly or just ignore it all.
I remember really liking Trials of Mana but nostalgia is a helluva drug so maybe I was able to look past issues. I'm going to give it another try but right now it went from day purchase to maybe on sale.
I remember really liking Trials of Mana but nostalgia is a helluva drug so maybe I was able to look past issues. I'm going to give it another try but right now it went from day purchase to maybe on sale.
sigmaZ
Member
Played for a bit. My impressions.
Impressions
Positive
- Music and Sound
- Music is way better than expected from the trailers.
- Decent mixing in the soundtrack.
- Battle music is fantastic in the trials. Very reminiscent of the lych battles.
- Controls and Gameplay
- Standard controls are tighter than expected.
- Double jump feels great.
- Surprised there aren’t invisible walls.
- Unique class system via vessels, though not overly convoluted.
- Visuals and UI
- UI looks sharp and crisp.
- Nice inclusion of transmog with an appearance selection (though it seems limited).
- Nice overall menu design
- World design and overlook feel proper Mana.
- Graphics are decent enough for a lower-budget game.
- Voice Acting (Japanese)
- Japanese VO sounds like good anime VO with a wildly different tone than the English dub.
- The character with the country accent sounds cool in Japanese.
Negative
- English Dialogue and Voice Acting
- Awful English dialogue.
- Sounds like it’s for little kids, reminiscent of old Nickelodeon shows for toddlers.
- English voice acting is likely to hurt the game’s image.
- Technical Issues
- A bit too much pop-in, especially on PC.
- No ultrawide support.
- Awkward graphics settings. (Resets the screen when selecting resolution without giving you a chance to choose first etc.)
- Combat and Gameplay
- In-battle controls feel too heavy and imo should be more like Ys.
- Getting knocked over and the time to get up feels absolutely awful.
- Feels like a director didn't listen to feedback or objections weren’t voiced, especially odd given how smooth Trials was.
- Combat volume balance is questionable; noise level in battles could be reduced to better balance with the BGM. Though, this isn't that big of an issue.
- Some random jank at times, but not game-breaking.
Overall
- The main turn-offs are the English dialogue and the weightiness of the combat.
- The combat issues make me reconsider the purchasing the game (definitely not playing the demo anymore), as it seems quite shortsighted.
- Other than that, it feels fun enough and I love the music (though I wish it had more direct melodies like the old games).
darth.shrimp
Member
I've only played it for a very short while this morning before heading to work, but haven't noticed any stuttering.
Not sure I'll play it to the end (unless that unlocks stuff for the final game?) since, unlike Trials, the demo doesn't actually start at the beginning of the game.
Not sure I'll play it to the end (unless that unlocks stuff for the final game?) since, unlike Trials, the demo doesn't actually start at the beginning of the game.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
After visiting some computer shops in Japan, I'm convinced that ultrawide monitors just don't exist there. The devs might literally be unaware that people actually use them.
In 2024
FFS japan, get with the times
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Graphics mode looks fine.
Lokaum D+
Member
Here looks like shit, It has some kind of blur idk, but this game should look extra crispy on PS5, and there is a visíble "slowdown" effect on logos screens and when opening some menus.
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