SOM 4 is the bomb of the year

[AdverseSolutions]

Damn I almost bought this game today too.

From Gamefaqs....

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=929140&topic=32630362
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=929140&topic=32575684
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=929140&topic=32678505

Don't hope that a few "tweaks", if any, for your local port version is going to save it. It needs to go back to the drawing board and overhaul the entire concept.


Over 150,000 sold in the first week is a pretty good figure, but the ratio of satisfied vs unsatisfied customers is like 9:1. Tons of bad reviews have been written.
Seiken fans in particular are immensely disappointed that they waited a decade for a piece of excrement like this.

The price of the game has already tumbled from 7000(USD58.80) to 4000(USD33.60) yen in a mere week (on Amazon.co.jp) The resale market is flooded because no one wants to keep it. Amazon has no choice but to match the resale market price or they get stuck with stock no one wants to buy.

[Lv.32 Z-Ism Rose]

Damn, I didnt even know that game was out. Sounds like they really messed it up, too:( I loved SD3......

then again, what htey chose for Legend of Mana wasn't too terribly good either. Good game engine, virtually no story....

Seriously, how hard is it to make a 3 player action RPG??!?!?!? I think tht is what everyone wants the most and they have yet to deliver again:(

[AdverseSolutions]

Yeah I was shocked when I walked by the game store today and SOM 4 was out! I had seen it hyped up for awhile in magazines and then all of a sudden with no fanfare it was out. I asked the dude at the store how the reputation was and he said 'kinda ok'. Good thing I checked gamefaqs before throwin down the 5800 yen for it.

Seriously, how hard is it to make a 3 player action RPG??!?!?!? I think tht is what everyone wants the most and they have yet to deliver again:(

qfmft

[Biolink]

Such a shame.

Seiken Densetsu 3 is still one of my favorite games though.

[Arturozero]

mmmm.... kinda what happendes with Children of Mana (DS), but still, is a "so so" game.

[Lv.32 Z-Ism Rose]

I love SD3.....I have a kid named after one of the charcters....

At least SD3 still had 2 player action going on, so it was all good. SOM's 3 player was what sucked me into RPG's (well, that and the music). When I found out Legend of Mana didnt have multiplayer, I was annoyed (it did have some, but it was like a secret or something....and all you got where the NPC's). With today's technology, there should be no reason for them not including multiplayer support in a game other than sports or party games.

Seems like Squeenix are just shitting on the series. It reached its pinnacle in SD3, but after Legend of mana, it has really fallen off. Seems like it is ther just more for experimenting than anything else. Now we are in a game that resets your level to 1 on EVERY stage just so that you have to use the environment to gain exp points and what not..... Heroes of Mana looks like an actual interesting prequel to SD3, though, even though it is a strategy RPG.

Since there seem to be Mana lovers here, what was the main story of Legend of Mana? It seems there were the 3 major subplots, but i dont remember one major story uniting it all.....

[Sacr3D]

This doesnt surprise me from all the crap they made after SD3

[Biolink]

I love SD3.....I have a kid named after one of the charcters....

At least SD3 still had 2 player action going on, so it was all good. SOM's 3 player was what sucked me into RPG's (well, that and the music). When I found out Legend of Mana didnt have multiplayer, I was annoyed (it did have some, but it was like a secret or something....and all you got where the NPC's). With today's technology, there should be no reason for them not including multiplayer support in a game other than sports or party games.

Seems like Squeenix are just shitting on the series. It reached its pinnacle in SD3, but after Legend of mana, it has really fallen off. Seems like it is ther just more for experimenting than anything else. Now we are in a game that resets your level to 1 on EVERY stage just so that you have to use the environment to gain exp points and what not..... Heroes of Mana looks like an actual interesting prequel to SD3, though, even though it is a strategy RPG.

Since there seem to be Mana lovers here, what was the main story of Legend of Mana? It seems there were the 3 major subplots, but i dont remember one major story uniting it all.....


That's cool.Which character did you name your child after?Duran,Kevin,Angela,Riese,or *Gulp*Hawkeye...

I kid,I kid.

[Biolink]

Anybody here about Return of Mana?It's a patch for Half-Life 2,although I still believe it is incomplete.Everything is supposed to be based off of the Half-Life 2 engine.

http://returntomana.org/index.php?menuoption=Media

[D-Force]

I love SD3.....I have a kid named after one of the charcters....

At least SD3 still had 2 player action going on, so it was all good. SOM's 3 player was what sucked me into RPG's (well, that and the music). When I found out Legend of Mana didnt have multiplayer, I was annoyed (it did have some, but it was like a secret or something....and all you got where the NPC's). With today's technology, there should be no reason for them not including multiplayer support in a game other than sports or party games.


There's a patch that lets you play 3 players on SD3. You can find it here. (http://www.romhacking.net)

[funkymusic]

I got the game...

Im done with the mana series.

[Hunter D]

Square treats everything that isn't FF like shit.

[woof]

legend of mana was like the only one i liked




but i was biased cause that game was a visual mindfuck

[FragMasterGen]

Anybody here about Return of Mana?It's a patch for Half-Life 2,although I still believe it is incomplete.Everything is supposed to be based off of the Half-Life 2 engine.

http://returntomana.org/index.php?menuoption=Media

wow... interesting

i gotta keep an eye out for that one

[MrQuotes]

god damn hearing all of the reactions makes me want to cry

[KrsJin]

Square treats everything that isn't FF like shit.

The teams that put together the Mana games are different from the teams that put together the FF games. Doesn't have much to do with SE really.

[woof]

was like the only one i liked
LIKE STOP IT

[SNkNuT]

that sucks. i was looking forward to it. i'll just save my money for rouge galaxy then

[coffeerox]

damn I was looking forward to this game. My stubborn self says to get it just to try it, but I know i'll prolly just end up being disappointed :sad:

that sucks. i was looking forward to it. i'll just save my money for rouge galaxy then

supposedly that game changed so much since the JP release that comparing it to the JP release isn't even valid anymore. I don't know how much has changed but if it still has those twin towers............