This game is so good. In many ways it is a major leap forward from SoM. Except the menus. I wish they would have kept the ring menu system. But whatever, ruin a good thing by going bog standard rpg menus.
I haven’t finished the game as my save got lost in a move. That was when it was still Seiken Densetsu 3. That killed me. I was about halfway through the game.
That kind of thing just puts me off a game for a while. But I’m thinking of starting over, and that is why I’m doing this review.
Because this game is worth starting over with. The story is whatever. It’s not bad, it’s just serviceable. But that’s ok, because the gameplay is fun. They added a class system of sorts to Trials of Mana. You start off as a class (each character has a predetermined class) and at certain points you can upgrade that class to a new class.
It’s sort of an upgraded version of Final Fantasy 1’s class system. Where the Fighter can become a Knight at a certain point in the game, or the Thief can become a Ninja (I think it was Thief -> Ninja).
Except in Trials it has been expanded to two moments a character can upgrade their class during the game.
But it’s more involved than that, you can go dark or light.
Honestly, if you okay this game, look up a class guide for it.
I didn’t in my playthrough and I should have. I was struggling lol
But this game is fun, like I said.
The characters are interesting -for the most part. The class system is involved. The graphics are nice. A definite upgrade from SoM (though it lost some charm in the process).
This is, overall, a much darker game than SoM. Whether that’s a good thing is up to you to decide.
Personally, I liked the whole vibe SoM had. This game doesn’t share that vibe.
It doesn’t share much with SoM, or Final Fantasy Adventure. But what it does share is fun gameplay, nice graphics, but Lenny to do and see.
I do like the wide variety of characters. Like SoM you only have 3 characters, but when you start a game you can mix and match them in any combination. I find that pretty compelling.
This review is way too long.
So I’ll cut it off here with one last thing:
Give it a try.
I haven’t finished the game as my save got lost in a move. That was when it was still Seiken Densetsu 3. That killed me. I was about halfway through the game.
That kind of thing just puts me off a game for a while. But I’m thinking of starting over, and that is why I’m doing this review.
Because this game is worth starting over with. The story is whatever. It’s not bad, it’s just serviceable. But that’s ok, because the gameplay is fun. They added a class system of sorts to Trials of Mana. You start off as a class (each character has a predetermined class) and at certain points you can upgrade that class to a new class.
It’s sort of an upgraded version of Final Fantasy 1’s class system. Where the Fighter can become a Knight at a certain point in the game, or the Thief can become a Ninja (I think it was Thief -> Ninja).
Except in Trials it has been expanded to two moments a character can upgrade their class during the game.
But it’s more involved than that, you can go dark or light.
Honestly, if you okay this game, look up a class guide for it.
I didn’t in my playthrough and I should have. I was struggling lol
But this game is fun, like I said.
The characters are interesting -for the most part. The class system is involved. The graphics are nice. A definite upgrade from SoM (though it lost some charm in the process).
This is, overall, a much darker game than SoM. Whether that’s a good thing is up to you to decide.
Personally, I liked the whole vibe SoM had. This game doesn’t share that vibe.
It doesn’t share much with SoM, or Final Fantasy Adventure. But what it does share is fun gameplay, nice graphics, but Lenny to do and see.
I do like the wide variety of characters. Like SoM you only have 3 characters, but when you start a game you can mix and match them in any combination. I find that pretty compelling.
This review is way too long.
So I’ll cut it off here with one last thing:
Give it a try.