There's a good chance it could go Legend of Mana on us and have 2 tiers of New game+.
i liked how that game handled stacked difficulty : 1st encounter is as hard as the last boss of the previous difficulty.
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Trials of Mana Demo Impressions Thread
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i liked how that game handled stacked difficulty : 1st encounter is as hard as the last boss of the previous difficulty.
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This game is incredibly fun. The English voice acting is hilariously charming. Really loved the scene with the two ninjas? trying tricking Riesz brother into stopping the wind. The visuals are great and the music is pretty good so far. My major gripe at the moment is the difficulty. Hard Mode mas as well be Easy mode. I'll wait and see if there is either a patch for a new difficulty mode or if someone make a mod for the PC version.
Will probably avoid the Switch version. Handheld mode drops resolution way too often. Docked it's not really better. Seems like PS4 would be the choice here.
The Switch version actually has faster loading times than the PS4 version:
The enemies definitely need to be more aggressive. They act like they're still in the old combat system where players had to wait between attack swings. Feels like I swing ten times for every one of their attacks. If hard mode is just enemies doing more damage it's going to be disappointing.
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Switch version looks really good if you are not THAT bothered with resolution. I'm still waiting for the steam version to see how it plays before deciding.
PC demo is up.
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Trials of Mana on Steam
Trials of Mana is a modern revival of the 3rd game in the seminal Mana series. The game, originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 3, has been fully rebuilt from the ground up in 3D.
I suggest playing it in Japanese lol. Some of the English line deliveries are possibly actually phoned in. Doesn't help that the pacing is slow as hell in cutscenes. Fun fact, the Japanese voice actor for Hawk is Josuke from JoJo Part 4, and Louis from Beastars.
Overall I'm really enjoying it on Switch (Docked), played with Hawk and Riesz a bit. Will probably pick up around launch, the game runs pretty smoothly outside of some cutscene load-in.
Demo definitely sold me. Only decision is whether I want to go PS4 or Switch. I'd really like to play this on the go and don't mind the 30fps on Switch, but the PS4 version looks really, really nice.
Pop-in is very noticeable at first on the Switch (handheld mode) but I enjoyed the game so much I quickly forgot about it half an hour in. The game runs and looks decent other than that. I wasn't bothered by the expected lower resolution or the lower framerate. Framerate seemed to be stable, although this is obviously in the early hours of the game.
Game looks great artistically and is very colourful. Combined with the brilliant soundtrack it makes for a very cheerful experience.
Game looks great artistically and is very colourful. Combined with the brilliant soundtrack it makes for a very cheerful experience.
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PC screenshots
The game runs flawlessly so I think I'm going with the PC version. There's also option to play at 120fps
The game runs flawlessly so I think I'm going with the PC version. There's also option to play at 120fps
PC screenshots
The game runs flawlessly so I think I'm going with the PC version. There's also option to play at 120fps
Gorgeous! 120FPS sounds like a treat.
you cant really go wrong with anyone, though I feel Charlotte is a weak link in the original aside from specific builds.
Man I love the gameplay in this. But you guys are right, the enemies are a bit too easy and should do more damage at least
being able to dodge so often and easily also makes it a bit easier than it should be
Which mode are talking about? It's super solid in handheld mode.
So much of this is so good. It had its claws in me from the opening sound effects. The map layouts for "iconic" stuff like the cities, chefkiss.jpg. Forget the dancing shopkeepers, they got the bed textures. A flawless 120 fps is glorious, the third person camera feels great, the moderately explorable environments and breakable items are a fantastic addition, the jumping is floaty but in a good way -- the sort of gamey movement that you'll just run around mashing constantly for no real reason, the new systems seem great, etc., etc., etc.
But also, I hate Riesz. And I want to love Riesz. Bil&Ben are so, so perfect. The villains all hit the spot, really. Eliot was great in the brief glimpse. Even the King was good for his short stint.
(All Japanese VO, probably the only game I've ever opted into it)
But Riesz, ugh. Beyond the outfit, which makes me dislike running behind her, pressing evade with her, watching cutscenes and not being onboard with the camera decisions and not knowing if its intentional or just an inevitability of the design, she's simultaneously the hardened valkyrie captain of the elite guard, and also runs around everywhere shrilly fretting with a babysoft helpless-girl expression glued to her face. Is it so much to ask that she just be like, a little bit of a badass?
Please understand that when I use hyperbole and say that I hate anime, I don't really mean that I hate anime. I mean that I hate stuff like this. Seeing her and Duran's character trailer was enough, but after seeing them do Riesz like this, I really don't want to even go near Angela.
Hawkeye seems to be killing it though.
But also, I hate Riesz. And I want to love Riesz. Bil&Ben are so, so perfect. The villains all hit the spot, really. Eliot was great in the brief glimpse. Even the King was good for his short stint.
(All Japanese VO, probably the only game I've ever opted into it)
But Riesz, ugh. Beyond the outfit, which makes me dislike running behind her, pressing evade with her, watching cutscenes and not being onboard with the camera decisions and not knowing if its intentional or just an inevitability of the design, she's simultaneously the hardened valkyrie captain of the elite guard, and also runs around everywhere shrilly fretting with a babysoft helpless-girl expression glued to her face. Is it so much to ask that she just be like, a little bit of a badass?
Please understand that when I use hyperbole and say that I hate anime, I don't really mean that I hate anime. I mean that I hate stuff like this. Seeing her and Duran's character trailer was enough, but after seeing them do Riesz like this, I really don't want to even go near Angela.
Hawkeye seems to be killing it though.
I didn't have fun with the demo because there was no challenge. I played on "hard" and didn't have to heal my characters a single time.
Will this get harder? How was it in the original?
It took a while before the difficulty ramped up. They were pretty generous with items though in the demo.
The Switch version is running with the following graphical settings and runs at around a constant 33fps in both modes:
Docked dynamic 900p, max 900p min 630p
Handheld dynamic 720p, max 720p min 468p with further graphical cutbacks compared to docked
Boost mode is utilised to improve speeds on loading screens with CPU during boost mode maxed out at 1785MHz and GPU dropping to 76.8MHz . All in all seems to be another fairly well optimised Unreal Engine game for the Switch!
Docked dynamic 900p, max 900p min 630p
Handheld dynamic 720p, max 720p min 468p with further graphical cutbacks compared to docked
Boost mode is utilised to improve speeds on loading screens with CPU during boost mode maxed out at 1785MHz and GPU dropping to 76.8MHz . All in all seems to be another fairly well optimised Unreal Engine game for the Switch!
I'm loving the aesthetics of the game. Game looks great at 4K. I just hope they fix the LOD in this game. Things seem to pop up on the screen way too late. It's kind of jarring. Other than that, the game performs really well.
The game could be a bit more challenging, but I'm going to go with this just being the opening levels of the game.
The game could be a bit more challenging, but I'm going to go with this just being the opening levels of the game.
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Something is reaaally off about the movement of the character in the Switch demo. I'm playing Hawkeye right now and it constantly feels like he's walking on ice slightly gliding around. The diagonal movement is horrible, while vertical and horizontal movements are meh.
Is this how it is supposed to be?
Is this how it is supposed to be?
This could've have 2p support imo
The actual fights are already gated with the escape circle. So there can 2p support for "only in active battle" the way it's set up.
yea...I wouldn't be surprised if it's added 6-10 months down the line. At least for battle. Isn't that how Tales does it?
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The actual fights are already gated with the escape circle. So there can 2p support for "only in active battle" the way it's set up.
yea...I wouldn't be surprised if it's added 6-10 months down the line. At least for battle. Isn't that how Tales does it?
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Nope. You only get the 2nd. The demo ends after the boss.
It cuts off right before your third character joins you, though if you really want three characters during the part that's featured in the demo you should pick Charlotte as your third character. (if you chose to include her in the playable party, she'll join when you first meet her in the cave)
Thanks. Having doubts about my third character, might as well just play through all six of them until release.
Charlotte is so insufferable christ I wish to never see or hear ever again.
I went with Duran, Angela and Hawk.
Never liked Charlotte tbh :P
Yeah the difficulty is super easy in the beginning of the SNES game too. It ramps up in complexity and difficulty after you get your first class change.
No real ultrawide support on PC though, no surprise there really, it just stretches the game which makes it look pretty awful.
I'll probably pass on this after playing the demo, at least for now. Good music/graphics, but I dislike the characters and the story seems super basic. Combat is kinda fun but way too easy, even on hard. Voice acting is comically bad in English, probably the worst I've heard this gen. Guess they had a really tight budget. It doesn't seem like a bad game, but I ain't paying 449NOK for this in 2020. Will wait for heavy discounts.
Played a little of this last night on PS4 Pro. Looked very pretty and the gameplay felt smooth. I'm surprised the game is so actiony. I expected like one standard melee string for each character, so imagine my surprise at seeing light and heavy attacks, charged heavy, a couple of short combo strings, and helm breakers. The dodge is insanely good and I can't believe you can air dodge. Very awesome!
My only complain is that the demo makes my PS4 Pro's fan really kick up, mostly during the cutscenes. Wasn't expecting that, either.
My only complain is that the demo makes my PS4 Pro's fan really kick up, mostly during the cutscenes. Wasn't expecting that, either.
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When you pick it up later for discounts, the story goes way darker and fucked up as you get closer to the end
I'm actually running this game at 60FPS. The 120fps mode has really bad frametimes which created a stutter fest for me. I'll look into it later.