Also known as Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana (JP)
I guess the problem is that a lot of the time, it's hard (very hard in some parts) to navigate through dungeons and towns, because it's hard to tell what's what. I'm used to games where the environment is 3D, and you can rotate the camera angle to see things more clearly...None…
Your reward is a new item to place on the map. You’re almost scared to use it by now. Is it going to be another stupid town? Is the game going to ask you to stare at a sunset while birds twitter in the background? Not quite. When you enter the new destination, you’ll find you’ve…
A fantastic voyage rich in visuals, sound, but lacking everything else.
CptRetroBlue · March 17, 2020
People are always complaining about the lack of originality in videogames. Playing what is essentially the same game over and over again seems almost impossible to avoid considering how few unique titles there truly are. Legend of Mana takes some stabs at originality, but the…
djskittles · January 29, 2006
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces shall be in confederacy against him.'' --Jonathan Swift Perhaps they forgot what a true spectre of beauty they had on their hands. Secret of Mana seemed so effortless and simplistic in…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Non-linear gameplay is an odd subject. Games such as Final Fantasy X are routinely villainified for their adherence to linear gameplay. The masses shout, “Give us freedom!” Yet games which do feature non-linear gameplay do not sell as many copies, the genre of MMRPGs excluded…
sgreenwell · May 30, 2003 · 3 comments
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