its not a complicated game originally, what would be dumbed down?
Noticed that the trophies for this game are the same as Adventures of Mana EXCEPT there was no level up to 99 (unless I missed it somehow). That's good, that was the longest one for the AoM platinum.
I've read a couple saying this will make the game more challenging.... hahah i can feel the cakewalk difficulty miles away haha
The original game was a cake walk already as long as you kept your armor up to date. The late game is arguably the easiest portion of the entire game when you can just buff Randi up with Power Up and Crit Up and he just walks through everything with one shot kills.
It's already sold out on EBGames.ca, the price will only go up.
Get it while you can!
Yeah I feel bad for anyone who sleeps on the physical version because of price.
Same here in the states at GameStop. A lot of friends simply shrugged cause they hate the new style too
I'll play it though - it looks like Adventures of Mana and that was decent
I just need a remake of Secret of Evermore like this ame...but with a good art style.
I would be so happy...
I would be so happy...
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one of my bucket list wishes is a SoM remake that ironed out some stuff, so here we are.
visuals... well, they are what they are. SE obviously isn't going to commission a high budget remake for this with HD sprites and all. just give me the original 'experience' and tickle the nostalgia bone and i'll be happy
visuals... well, they are what they are. SE obviously isn't going to commission a high budget remake for this with HD sprites and all. just give me the original 'experience' and tickle the nostalgia bone and i'll be happy
I pre-ordered the physical edition from Gamestop. I love Secret of Mana too much not to get it. I played a bunch of the original on the Wii with my daughter a few years ago, I'm sure I'll be able to get at least one of the kids to play it with me.
Too bad Gamestop sucks at delivery, they didn't ship until today. No release day delivery like BB or Amazon.
Too bad Gamestop sucks at delivery, they didn't ship until today. No release day delivery like BB or Amazon.
I've been wondering the same. Despite the semi-negative buzz, I'm still pretty excited about the game. The original was one of my favorite games as a kid, so I have a feeling I'll be fine with this remake.
I saw someone in a Steam thread (I think that's what it was) mentioned they got their code for the game, but didn't say if it was GMG or directly from Steam.
Secret of Evermore is so criminally underrated that for years after it came out, the Lead designer would reflexively apologize whenever someone brought up that he made it. Its not fair darn it... ;_;
Hooooly shit son! Just picked up the PS4 version from GameStop and I'm loving it. Plays fantastically, new music is fantastic, graphics are bright and colorful. Damn, ignore the haters this is fucking fantastic.
No more spell chaining? Lame... but I guess that makes it like mobile's magic.
As long as the accuracy and evade stats aren't fucked like the movile version I'm ok with picking this up down the road.
As long as the accuracy and evade stats aren't fucked like the movile version I'm ok with picking this up down the road.
This game's going to get trashed in reviews unfortunately. Almost all of the criticism I'm hearing are about the presentation of it. I hope nobody passes on this solely because of something like the voice acting or music rather than supporting the game and then turning them off. The streamer I watched play this on Twitch a few days ago was near the end of the game and said he loved it.
Lots of mixed previews and early impressions, but I still kept my pre-order of the physical copy from Gamestop since I figured it might be rare or expensive later. Not super thrilled about some of what I've seen but I think the core gameplay will still be enjoyable enough to give this a go-through in co-op with the wife, even if this wasn't the quality people were probably hoping for from a remake.
AFAIK you can't repeatedly cast a spell on the boss to keep them locked until you do 999 damage. But magic when leveled up is still powerful. Bosses just have an opportunity to attack between casts now. On the plus side, you can hotkey a spell for both characters now (on R1/L1), so you can load up an attacking spell before the boss fight and recast it without having to bring the menu up.
Much much much cheaper to produce than drawing HD sprites. Also they're adamant that the newer generation likes 3D models over sprites (roughly paraphrased from an interview with the lead developer I read a few weeks ago).
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From an interview of Masaru Oyamada that Gamespot did
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-the-secret-of-mana-remake-isnt-on-nintendo-swi/1100-6456455/
I can understand complaints with the graphics (although I think they look great and very sharp and crisp), but complaints about the music are a little unbelievable to me. It sounds absolutely fantastic. I know secret of manas soundtrack is one of the greatest of all time and I'm sure people are just wanting it to be that again, but I love the new takes on the music.
I think a preference for models over sprites is pretty true for the Japanese market. They don't really have a pixel art renaissance over there, even most of their indie games use 3D models
It's weird hearing sprites are more expensive than 3d graphics
Do we know this as fact or just assuming
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You're going to have to take my word on it. When you're playing the game look out for the theme that plays in the Empire towns and the theme that plays in Tasnica. They are really really REALLY bad. The Tasnica theme sounds like it's going to be great, with a jaunty beat backed by hand claps that sounds almost Riverdance-y, but then out of nowhere middle eastern sitar/strings sound kicks in and then out of nowhere the song shifts to a chiptune version... Like it's so over the top random it feels like they had 5 remixes of the song ready and didn't know which one to go with so they just put them all in there. I agree that it is both hit and miss though. SOME of the updated songs that I heard sounded like pretty lovingly updated takes on the originals, but some of them were just wrong.
Cost-effective and highly scalable.
Also likely that internally-produced demand metrics aren't placing it into the orbit of the budget spectrum of a larger-scale production.
Yes, due to a couple of factors.
1. There are less talented sprite artists than there used to be due to the shift to 3D modeling.
2. 3D models, especially when they aren't extremely detailed, are much easier to create and animate. Animating sprites effectively takes a lot of time and effort, more than low-budget 3D models. Obviously this doesn't hold true for all 3D graphics, if you have character models like Uncharted 4 then they take a ton of time and expertise, but few Japanese games even attempt that level of fidelity with 3D graphics.