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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:09:21 -0400
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ade with orchestral arrangements of its original soundtrack. You can enter =
into the in-game menu and listen to any favorite tracks at will, and you al=
so have the option to switch from the remade soundtrack to the original ver=
sion during gameplay. It's a nice touch for nostalgia?s sake, but since I h=
ave no connection to the original I left it on the modern arrangements inst=
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As far as story and gameplay are concerned, the Legend of Mana on Switch or=
PlayStation 4 is pretty much the same as it is on the PS1. Since this was =
my first time playing I can't speak from personal experience, but I can say=
if you go and watch any part of any playthrough of Legend on original hard=
ware, it sure looks functionally identical.=20
Man oh man does The Legend of Mana provide you with absolutely zero guidanc=
e. ?
It's fun, with a huge cast of characters, but the overall story isn't parti=
cularly engaging or novel. There's a great peril, the world is in danger, a=
nd it's up to YOU to make things right. The individual stories connecting t=
o the secondary characters have a little more in the way of creativity, but=
not much. I did like how some characters' stories play out over the course=
of several different quests, while others are single-serving, opening and =
closing in a quest. As far as cohesiveness between individual stories, ther=
e's not much and man oh man does The Legend of Mana provide you with absolu=
tely zero guidance. Going in blind, I spent close to 20 hours going from qu=
est to quest, without any clues as to where or what I should do next, befor=
e I finally got frustrated and consulted a guide and burned through the Dra=
gon Run path to the end in under three hours. If you know what you?re doing=
it's entirely possible to beat the story in just a couple hours (the world=
-record speedrun for the original is about 90 minutes, although the shorten=
ed loading times of the remake will make it possible to do it even faster).=
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In my blind playthrough I learned (after the fact) that I had closed off so=
me of the quests through my actions, which meant I have no hope of ever goi=
ng back to that save file to do a 100% completion run. Since Legend of Mana=
has been out for over 20 years, there's no shortage of guides to help you =
through it, but it feels bad to know that playing with a guide is basically=
a requirement if you want to actually progress the story rather than just =
wander from location to location hoping one of the townsfolk will trigger a=
quest when you speak to them.=20
You can turn off the encounters entirely if you'd rather just wander around=
the gorgeous hand-drawn world. ?
In spite of the obtuse and nonsensical quest structure in Legend of Mana, w=
hich makes it feel like a PS1 game more than anything else, I still had a l=
ot of fun playing it. The battle system is similar to the previous Mana gam=
es, minus the in-battle circle menus. You come across some enemies, the act=
ion switches to battle mode, and you do battle in action-RPG style. You set=
your attacks to whatever buttons you like in the menu, with different atta=
cks available either through leveling up or depending on which weapon you'r=
e wielding. It took me a bit to reacquaint myself with the Mana battle syst=
em, but once it "clicked" again, I found it quite fun. There's a rhythm to =
each encounter, and if you're hacking and slashing just right, you can blow=
through them with ease while still feeling satisfied with your performance=
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">In spite of the fact I'm a big fan of =
the Mana series, I missed out on <a style=3D"color: #ffffff;" href=3D"=
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in 1999. I had my reasons for never having played it, and in hindsight the=
y're very stupid: for instance, back then I'd written off 2D games entirely=
Now that I'm older and wiser, I recognize the error of my ways and consid=
er myself fortunate to be able to give <a style=3D"color: #ffffff;" hr=
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emade form. I'm kind of glad I waited, to be honest, because as beautiful a=
s Legend of Mana was even on PS1, on modern hardware it's astonishing in it=
s visual charm. It's still very obviously an old-school game in its directi=
onless design, but the long and short of it is the Legend of Mana remake is=
a fantastic example of a 2D remake done right ? even if that means a lot o=
f first-timers are going to get lost.</span></p>=20
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">I knew this was going to be something =
special right off the bat because the logo for M2 flashed across the screen=
during start up. <a style=3D"color: #ffffff;" href=3D"http://www.easydirve12com.club/Bismarck-countess/51c5g23x95s8I6m11F40P60G7c2s40Dhbr47Ga-Drrs4rGIEHbwG4wwfGaDvsrEibxEIH47uQaomoS5s10is5sPsWv">M2 =
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">The original PlayStation version is fa=
mous for being one of the best-looking 2D games on that system. Hand-drawn =
backgrounds, coupled with beautiful character and enemy sprite work, gave i=
t a magnificence unlike anything else seen up to that point. Looking at the=
original version, it's surprising how well it holds up. The backgrounds ar=
e a little chunky due to the limited rendering size of the OG PlayStation, =
but the colors really pop.</span></p>=20
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">The Legend of Mana remake has lost not=
hing in its translation to modern hardware. Every screen has been redrawn t=
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<span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">The balance it strikes between hand-draw=
n and sprite work is just perfection.</span>
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The character and enemy sprites retain their original, chunky and pixela=
ted looks and honestly I wouldn't have it any other way. The juxtaposition =
of such gorgeous sprite work with the smooth, clean lines of the ani
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It was the right artistic choice because the sprites ? particularly the scr=
een-filling bosses ? are some of the most beautiful around and it would've =
been all but impossib
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keeps its original PS1 sprite look but is now in 16:9. It's so charming an=
d evokes feelings of nostalgia while moving Legend of Mana forward. The bal=
ance it strikes between hand</a>-drawn and sprite work is just perfection. =
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