Nostalgia gamer
08-19-2011, 03:23 PM
I was thinking about this game since i was seeing some people praise it to death:
Secret of Mana Reviews for SNES - GameFAQs (http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588646-secret-of-mana/reviews)
No way is it a 10 out of 10.
The story:
intro of the game:
Retro Game Invasion - Secret of Mana - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejHSVKi4wj8)
Secret of Mana (http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/mana/story/story.html) thats for story and characters
You start out with a nameless idiotic character on the waterfall messing around and you fall off the side and into the water and swim around and find a magic sword and get it to cut the grass down.
Soon you will meet your characters you will be forever:
Purim is a young lady who lives in the kingdom of Pandora. She was in love with Dyluck, a knight of Pandora's forces, who could barely spend time with her due to his work. She is furious with the King when he sends Dyluck to eliminate Elinee the witch. She joins Randi vowing to find Dylcuk at any cost.
Purim uses heal-type magic, allowing the group to regain HP and enhance their performance in battle. She has a strong sense of justice and is determined to save Dyluck from the Empire.
Popoie is an orphaned sprite who floated away from his village at a young age and met up with the Dwarf Elder of Gaia's Navel. Due to his rough experience as a young sprite, Popoie has retrograde amnesia and cannot recall past memories. He meets Randi and decides to join him in the hope that he might remember his past with the help of the Earth Mana Seed.
Popoie uses attack-type magic, and utilizes powerful spells to inflict heavy damage on enemies. He may be a little cheeky at times, but he still has a strong heart and is ready to fight for the freedom for the world. Popoie
Randi is the main character of the game. One day, while visiting a forbidden waterfall with his friends, he accidentaly fell down the fall and stumbled across a sword wedged into a rock. Guided by a mysterious spirit, he unwillingly pulls it free, and releases many evil monsters into the world. He then realizes that this rusty sword is none other than the legendary Mana Sword! He is then banished from Potos Village and must set out to rid the world of the monsters that have appeared.
Randi's destiny is to save the world from the evil Empire. He must revive the Mana Sword and become the new Mana Knight. Along the way he will have to gain the power of the eight Mana Seeds and meet the Mana Tree, the guardian of the world.
Other than that,there isn't any serious development for randi or popoie.
http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/mana/images/haunted_forest.gif
This is an example of the graphics:
Its very cartoony and not serious at all.
The enemies look like cute kids anime cartoons and seems more like something a very small kid would enjoy.
Oh yeah:you fly in mode 7 diagonally and around the world,like seen in this pic:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Flammie_Flying.gif
Gameplay:
Here is some footage
Secret of Mana gameplay video - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBNSJKJxWI4)
You have to charge your weapon to attack and use a commands ring to equip armor and weapons and use items just like in secret of evermore.
Spells:In secret of mana,only popoie and purim can use magic.
Purim can use healing and buffs and popoie can use black magic just like in ff4.
In order to get your spells,you need to go to the shrine and meet the spirits essencially protecting that shrine and these shrine protectors join you and give you their magic element.
Once you have magic as seen in the video,you must use those spells in order to level them up in order to make them stronger.
I hope this review is comprehensive enough,feel free to add any new data.
Oh yeah my commentary:Secret of mana seems to have less stuff to do than games like:Chrono trigger.
In chrono trigger,you have multiple endings and you have secret items you can get.
Plus:it has a better story and i find:better music too.
This is all of course taste.
I am not negating that it isn't a good game,i just mean to say that I don't think it deserves 10 out of 10.
Oh yeah:people i want to know your thoughts on seiken desetsu or whatever it was called which is the first game vs:seiken 2 which is essencially:secret of mana.
1 better? 2 better than first?
Secret of Mana Reviews for SNES - GameFAQs (http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588646-secret-of-mana/reviews)
No way is it a 10 out of 10.
The story:
intro of the game:
Retro Game Invasion - Secret of Mana - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejHSVKi4wj8)
Secret of Mana (http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/mana/story/story.html) thats for story and characters
You start out with a nameless idiotic character on the waterfall messing around and you fall off the side and into the water and swim around and find a magic sword and get it to cut the grass down.
Soon you will meet your characters you will be forever:
Purim is a young lady who lives in the kingdom of Pandora. She was in love with Dyluck, a knight of Pandora's forces, who could barely spend time with her due to his work. She is furious with the King when he sends Dyluck to eliminate Elinee the witch. She joins Randi vowing to find Dylcuk at any cost.
Purim uses heal-type magic, allowing the group to regain HP and enhance their performance in battle. She has a strong sense of justice and is determined to save Dyluck from the Empire.
Popoie is an orphaned sprite who floated away from his village at a young age and met up with the Dwarf Elder of Gaia's Navel. Due to his rough experience as a young sprite, Popoie has retrograde amnesia and cannot recall past memories. He meets Randi and decides to join him in the hope that he might remember his past with the help of the Earth Mana Seed.
Popoie uses attack-type magic, and utilizes powerful spells to inflict heavy damage on enemies. He may be a little cheeky at times, but he still has a strong heart and is ready to fight for the freedom for the world. Popoie
Randi is the main character of the game. One day, while visiting a forbidden waterfall with his friends, he accidentaly fell down the fall and stumbled across a sword wedged into a rock. Guided by a mysterious spirit, he unwillingly pulls it free, and releases many evil monsters into the world. He then realizes that this rusty sword is none other than the legendary Mana Sword! He is then banished from Potos Village and must set out to rid the world of the monsters that have appeared.
Randi's destiny is to save the world from the evil Empire. He must revive the Mana Sword and become the new Mana Knight. Along the way he will have to gain the power of the eight Mana Seeds and meet the Mana Tree, the guardian of the world.
Other than that,there isn't any serious development for randi or popoie.
http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/mana/images/haunted_forest.gif
This is an example of the graphics:
Its very cartoony and not serious at all.
The enemies look like cute kids anime cartoons and seems more like something a very small kid would enjoy.
Oh yeah:you fly in mode 7 diagonally and around the world,like seen in this pic:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Flammie_Flying.gif
Gameplay:
Here is some footage
Secret of Mana gameplay video - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBNSJKJxWI4)
You have to charge your weapon to attack and use a commands ring to equip armor and weapons and use items just like in secret of evermore.
Spells:In secret of mana,only popoie and purim can use magic.
Purim can use healing and buffs and popoie can use black magic just like in ff4.
In order to get your spells,you need to go to the shrine and meet the spirits essencially protecting that shrine and these shrine protectors join you and give you their magic element.
Once you have magic as seen in the video,you must use those spells in order to level them up in order to make them stronger.
I hope this review is comprehensive enough,feel free to add any new data.
Oh yeah my commentary:Secret of mana seems to have less stuff to do than games like:Chrono trigger.
In chrono trigger,you have multiple endings and you have secret items you can get.
Plus:it has a better story and i find:better music too.
This is all of course taste.
I am not negating that it isn't a good game,i just mean to say that I don't think it deserves 10 out of 10.
Oh yeah:people i want to know your thoughts on seiken desetsu or whatever it was called which is the first game vs:seiken 2 which is essencially:secret of mana.
1 better? 2 better than first?