At Gamescom 2019, Square Enix presented a new demo for the remake of Seiken Densetsu 3, TRIALS of MANA. As such, 4Gamer captured two videos from that demo, showcasing four minutes of brand new gameplay footage.
Seiken Densetsu 3 was the third game in the Mana series that came out on SNES. Its remake, TRIALS of MANA will feature turn-based battles and will be arriving to Steam in early 2020.
Similarly to the Secret of Mana Remake, TRIALS of MANA will feature new 3D models. However, and contrary to other remakes, Square Enix will try to replicate the aesthetics of the original title. In short, the game aims to feel like a SNES JRPG but with higher quality visuals and voices.
The game features real-time battles, and players can switch between the three party members at will. Players can also dodge roll, use special attacks, as well as magic. Furthermore, you can find below a summary of its story.
“When the world was shrouded in darkness, the Goddess of Mana drew forth the Sword of Mana to smite the eight Benevodons, monsters of destruction.
She sealed the horrors inside the eight Mana Stones, bringing the realm back from the brink.
Weakened from rebuilding the world, the Goddess changed herself into a tree and fell into a deep sleep for many years.
However, the forces of evil soon sought to free the Benevodons to gain control of the world.
They started a terrible war to further their plot and destabilize the kingdoms.
Peace was at an end. Mana itself began to disappear from the world and the Mana Tree started to wither.”
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Instead of making another Remake of a classic game that will never live up to the hype of the original, how about Square Enix actually does something worth me giving a sh*t about and makes Chrono Break finally?
And who will make it? Toriyama?Nomura?it will be another lightning returns or kingdom hearts if they handle it..
Been saying this for the past decade since XIII went over like a fart in a phone booth.
I honestly can’t remember the last game SquareEnix has made first hand, that I even remotely gave a crap about. I think it’s FF XII.
Anything with their name on it that’s been worth a piss, has been either acquired studios, outsourced, or just downright publishing third party.
SE lose nearly all best talent from Squaresoft,thats why continuing an old IP without at least one or two original team seems a bad idea. Of course any team can make a game from that old IP,but the result is likely dissapointing,just like we get from SE so far..
Ther is more, far more.
One can only hope it will be emblazoned with SquareEnix’s patented “Press One Button To Win”, game design. I mean, it’s worked so well for them this far, and I’m sure it will be rammed straight up the a** of whatever abomination they slap the VII name on next spring.
XV could be played by a metronome set to tap the button periodically, and won this way. Then there’s XIV, which does everything short of reaching through your screen and hammering you over the head with alarms and sirens to avoid whatever recycled script they’ve crapped in to whatever boss you are fighting.
You may as well just design your next game like this. “Press Start” -> “You Win!”
Keep it up Square. You’re doing brilliantly.
This is the first remake that i had a good feeling about it.
Not sure if i will like it, but it looks ok and maybe they finaly are in the right direction. Surely, the graphics need an overhaul, it´s not soooo good as it should be, specially the scenarios and the bosses. The level of design of those is clearly worst than the main characters.
Hope they fix it.