Trials of Mana

배경음악 만큼은 진짜 감수성 터진다 !!ㅋㅋㅋ

As a remake of one of the best SNES J-ARPGs, it's decent and almost perfectly balances the compromise between faithfulness and modernity. It's worth its price on sale at -50%, which happens pretty frequently. Seiken Densetsu 3 is one of my most important RPGs. I grew up with the trilogy and SD3 (fan-translated) was one of the very first games I emulated as it wasn't available outside of Japan back in the day. The original aged really well and still looks incredible, and this remake gives you another way to enjoy it. [b]Basically, get this if you want an easier, more modernized version with way better gameplay, but play the original Trials instead if you want something with more soul and can tolerate SNES-era design issues.[/b] In more detail, this is what the remake does better: [list][*] The combat is richer and more interesting. It's faster, has more mechanics to play around and deal with with combo finishers each with their own purpose, armor breaking, stagger, air attacks, and simplified FF14-style boss mechanics, and everything is more intelligently balanced. [*] Stronger character building with a lot of shared perks to play around with. The game is extremely breakable if you look up what each class brings. Speaking of which, in SD3, you choose 3 of 6 characters for your whole playthrough, and power them up with a class evolution system where you choose between Light and Dark evolutions at certain points in the game. The remake strengthens each class' identity and its power spikes when getting a new class are even more fun. [spoiler]Dark-Dark Angela + Dark-Dark Riesz[/spoiler] with the right perks is a completely broken and hilarious duo! [*] The japanese VA is great with quite a few big names in there with Yuuki Ono as Hawkeye and Rumi Okubo perfectly portraying Angela. [*] Every map is basically a 3D version of the SNES map, down to the shape of every room. It's pretty interesting to see how the transition in gameplay plays out, the level design is surprisingly very compatible with the original. The main differences lie in more puzzles, collectibles and especially verticality which works way better here for obvious reasons. If you've played the original, you will often be positively surprised at all the little places you'll recognize. [*] Arranged soundtrack does its job really well. [*] Character models generally look really good, especially Angela (holy canoli) Duran and Charlotte, which is very important in one of the very first JRPGs with heavy emphasis on character personalities and designs.[/list] It is not without its flaws however, which is why I see it as merely a different way to play SD3 rather than a straight upgrade worth full-price. Some are more nitpicky than others. [list][*] Tier 3 class item RNG. If you want to get these classes as soon as you unlock them, you need to grind specific mobs that can drop [spoiler]???? Seeds (which roll a random class item)[/spoiler] at very low rates. Otherwise, you have to find them in chests from later dungeons, severely delaying you. It's two pointless layers of RNG that gate your agency on the most important power spikes in the game and gets in the way of your fun. [*] Terrible english VA, which is unfortunately the norm nowadays for japanese RPG ports/remakes/remasters. [*] Lazy, censorious, disrespectful localization with characters very often saying completely different things between EN and JP dialogues, altering their personality. In the japanese text, Angela is way more rude, smug and seductive, and Charlotte isn't absolutely insufferable (EN infamously translates her speech quirks to ultra cringe UwU-speak). The fan translations of the original game did an infinitely better job. [*] SD3 was already an easy game, Trials remake is even easier, especially when you know what you are doing. I beat the postgame main boss and superboss both in less than a minute while almost completely ignoring their mechanics [spoiler]by maxing out magical defense down and spamming Ancient Curse like a caveman[/spoiler]. Yeah, you just steamroll it like that, it's one of the original's parts that aged poorly and wasn't executed the best here. If you're looking for a challenge, you'll have to limit yourself on purpose or use mods if there are any. On the other hand, it makes it extremely accessible for super casual players and kids. [*] Targeting and the camera often get in the way of combat, but thankfully not in a really significant way. [*] Repetitive, just like the original. [*] Despite the assets being individually beautiful, the art direction is very inconsistent with very bland lighting, unnoticeable tonemapping and lackluster shaders that make a lot of things look out of place and cheap. Same can be said of cutscene animations with their simplistic rigs, poor mocap integration and bad acting. This makes the game feel less professional and weakens its personality. SNES SD3 has infinitely more charm than this and it's really unfortunate. SQEX could have sent some of their crazy good technical artists and art directors to help the studio that handled this remake and it would have looked fantastic. [*] Teammate management. You don't have enough fine control over their AI and directly ordering them to cast a spell or outright swapping to them, is very janky and could have been better executed. This issue depends of course on your team composition.[/list] Overall I am pretty happy with this remake and am glad it exists, as a good example of the difference between a remake and a remaster, and of the aforementioned balance. Also, getting more people to know about the Mana series is always good!

8/10 Being a Secret of Mana lover since it was introduced on the SNES, I figured this would something the same. I played the demo and it was enough for me to make the purchase. Now I am sure many people are going to love this game because there is so much you can do, but for myself, I am a simple man. I don't have the patience to "choose" attributes to my characters, unlike SoM where you can just summon an elemental and give you the elemental blade. Too much switching around for my taste. Hence while the game is good in general, I found myself not engaging in the full advantages of what the game play has to offer. While I did enjoy the game and encourage others to try it, it's not a game I would do a second run through of. I think Secret of Mana is my game until my dying days. :-)

『聖剣伝説3』は、広大な世界を冒険しながらストーリーを進める楽しさが魅力の作品です。特に、好きなキャラクターを選び、クラスチェンジを通じて仲間を育成する要素には独自の面白さがあります。しかし、戦闘システムには少し不満が残りました。 まず、戦闘が全体的にもっさりしている印象を受けました。敵の攻撃を見てから回避することが難しく、アクション性に欠ける部分があります。敵がやや硬く、戦闘に時間がかかりがちで、だるさを感じることも多かったです。私のパーティーはリース、シャルロット、アンジェラと、攻撃力よりもサポートや魔法に特化した構成だったため、特にそう感じたのかもしれません。イージーモードにしても、この戦闘のテンポ感はあまり改善されませんでした。ただし、攻撃後に強攻撃を組み合わせて敵をふっとばすと、戦闘が少し楽になる場面もあります。 エインシャントというスキルは魅力的に思えましたが、その効果を実感できるのはラスボスのダンジョンに入ってからでした。裏ダンジョンではMP回復を強化してエインシャントを連発できるので、ようやくその楽しさを感じることができました。しかし、アンジェラは魔法に特化している反面、少し扱いづらさもありました。もっと物理アタッカーを1人入れておく方が戦闘が安定したかもしれません。リースが可愛いので選んだ結果、このようなパーティー構成になりましたが、組み合わせにもう少し考慮が必要だったと感じました。 また、仲間のAIがやや頼りない部分も気になりました。戦闘中、仲間が衝撃波などを避けられず、戦闘不能になる場面が多かったです。特に、ドランという敵の衝撃波に何度も当たってしまい、戦闘が長引く原因となりました。作戦を設定して「MPやSPを気にせず使用しろ」と指示しても、なかなかスキルを使ってくれず、必ず半分ほどMPやSPを残した状態で戦うため、もう少しAIの改善が欲しかったです。 サボテン集めに関しては、そらとぶ乗り物を手に入れれば取り逃しても後で見つけることができる点は親切です。ただ、私自身も1つだけ見つけられず、少し悔しい思いをしました。 演出面では、セリフを最後まで読み終わるのを待てずに決定ボタンを押してしまうことが多く、そのせいで演出がスキップされてしまうのが残念でした。物語が飛び飛びになり、ストーリーの流れがわかりにくくなることがあり、ここは改善してほしい部分です。 それでも、世界を自由に冒険する感覚やストーリー、世界観には大変惹かれるものがありました。クラスチェンジや仲間編成の楽しさもありますが、やはり戦闘のテンポの悪さが全体の魅力を少し損ねているように感じます。パーティー選びによっては、もっと楽しく感じられたかもしれません。ちなみに、個人的にはシャルロットが一番可愛かったです。

当時小学生の頃に、オリジナルをプレイしました。 なんとなく面白かったような、そしてケヴィンが強かったという思い出しかない状態で今作を始めました。 以下、感想です。 ■ストーリーが陳腐 登場人物それぞれに物語があるせいか、一人ひとりの深堀りが足りないです。また、仲間との関係性も浅く、どうしてこのメンバーで世界を救おうとしなければならないのか分からず、圧倒的に描写不足です。RPGでこのストーリーの弱さは致命的でした。 ■戦闘がつまらない 大体決まったコンボを繰り出して敵を倒すだけです。空中の敵を倒すのはストレスしかなく、全体的に面白みはありません。 思い出は思い出のままに眠らせておいた方がよかったです。

Ai ruins game. Your teammates are too ♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid to dodge AOES.

セールで2500円前後で購入出来ましたが、定価で買ったとしても満足いく作品だと思います。時短要素で移動が高速化できるのもgood。 トロコンに関しても難しい要素はないし時間を掛ければ誰でも取れる仕様になってます。周回要素もあるので取り返しのつかない要素も気にする必要もないですが、１周で1つしか手に入らない装備があるので注意が必要です。…と言ってもレベルやらアビリティ等の引継ぎも出来るし、２周目以降は急げば数時間でクリアできるので大丈夫かと。 ２周目以降は最高難易度のノーフューチャーと言うのがありますので、腕試ししたい人にもオススメです。（トロフィー関係なし）私はこれに向けてアイテム等を集めまくってる段階で飽きてしまいましたが(笑) 女性キャラは可愛いし男性キャラもユーモアあるし、スクエニどーのこーので少し警戒してましたが全然楽しめました。悩んでいるならセール期間に買ってみると良いかもしれません。

-boot up game for the first time -big dumbass smile and hyped to play game -"TWIALS OF MANA!" -all muscles on my face droop -change va to japanese -"SEIKEN DENSETSU THREE!" -as god intended -big ass apple fritter smile -ready for gaming