Trials of Mana

Trials of Mana is a modern rebuild of the 1995 Super Famicom classic Seiken Densetsu 3 聖劍傳説3 that was only ever released in English as an emulated fan translation. It could never capture 100% of the original's charm, but dang if it doesn't try! The fighting controls, ring menu, boss fights all handle like a classic SNES action-RPG. The storyline is the exact same (including all the glaring plot holes and convenient contrivances of the original), and the environments do their best to capture the lush, vibrant and colourful locales that pushed the boundaries of the Super Famicom's 16-bit sprite-based graphic capabilities and set the gold standard for sheer beauty of design in JRPGs of its era. The orchestral remixes of the original soundtrack are also deeply appreciated. The drawback, though, is exactly that. It's an update of a revolutionary game that pushed its console to its limits... but the modern rebuild brings it solidly into the middle of the pack of 3D PS2/3/4/5 JRPG offerings. The other questionable points are that some of the voice-acting and dialogue are a bit wooden... but then, the dialogue in the Neill Corlett fan-translation wasn't exactly Shakespeare, and I ima…

Cutscenes are low quality. Skipping dialog is weird, often cuts out whole cutscene instead of to the point where character stops talking. Camera in battle is annoying. I know its a remake of the game but damn, dialogs are outdated, cities are lifeless. Idk why people recommend this game so much. Also combat is not that fun. Final Fantasy Rebirth is much much better game, with similar combat style. This game for me is 2/10 I have better things to spend time on

This reworked version is really nice. It works well on Steam Deck.

Great version of the game and its a lot of fun to play. A little linear but sometimes that is nice when your not looking to devote weeks to a game.

Decent game, combat is good, customization options are nice. Bosses were a challenge at the base game hardest difficulty without feeling like a number check. There's a single horribly designed boss in the game otherwise they range from okay to quite good It's serviceable to good visually. If you're thinking of playing this game for story or character development, think again. English voice acting is so bad it warps around to being funny A strong 5-6/10, saved by good combat for a retro/retro remake, doesn't drag on for too long either.

Peak