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Legend of Mana is 11/10 in most categories except it's combat is easy, boring, janky bullshit and that's most of what you actually do in the game. Really sucks.

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Legend of Mana

>>5854501
Yup.

>>5654216
Legend of Mana does in new game+ mode, but they're broken so it doesn't matter much. There aren't many though since >>565462 usually the player controls their own difficulty.

>>5567017
No, sadly because the series has so much potential. Even Legend if Mana is brimming with potential. Wonderful writing and world building, really cool and in depth crafting system, one of the most visually stunning games ever with a soundtrack to match. But it all falls apart because the bulk ofbthe gameplay is it's combat and that's pure dogshit. Tue crafting system is cool, but using it well gives you weapons far more powerful than the game knows what to do with. Such a shame.

>>5521273
>Chrono Trigger blows a lot of Playstation RPG's out of the water when it comes to graphics.

That's highly debatable.

>>5405012
>>5405480
The crafting is super complex but it's possible to make incredibly powerful weapons. The official guide doesn't even really get into it, you'll have to go to gamefaqs type guides if you want to. Making the strongest items actually requires collecting and storing some rare crafting items over multiple playthroughs.

It's sadly not really worth the effort though because the combat isn't great and Nightmare mode is bugged and easy so you'll just end up with a weapon that ohkos everything including bosses which is much less fun than it sounds.

>>5382678
I really liked the storytelling. It was like playing through a collection of charming short stories and I quite enjoyed most of them. It is a shame about the combat though which makes a lot of the stuff like that crazy crafting system kinda pointless.

>>5323703
Why do you continually ask for consensus on subjects you know have none? How fucking retarded can a person be?

>>5210774
Unironically

Someone in /v/ once posted a flowchart of all the quests in Legend of Mana; which quest opens which, and which get locked out, etc. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I want that pic.

>>5166964
Not being the most popular thing ever doesn't mean there were no fans lol. 3D is also great.

>>5166965
Yeah the gameplay really isn't the standout feature of the game. It's popular because of the graphics.

>>5156515
>we can see 6 as a real representation of maximum evolved spritework and 2D aesthetic

nah

>>5130057
The gameplay isn't the best, but the storytelling in Legend of Mana is pretty wonderful. It's like playing a collection of touching short stories strung together with an overall narrative.

>>5122312
There was nice sprite work by other companies, but for both consistent greatness and sheer volume Capcom easily takes the cake and the only other close contender was SNK.

But there was tons of great stuff out there for sure.

If you're going to remake a 2D game, unless you're drastically altering it in such a way as to take advantage of a third dimension, then make it fucking 2D jesus christ. Hell, I would have been happy with a Legend of Mana quality remake. That would have been fucking fantastic. Wouldn't even have to go the full HD assets route

I keep hearing people say "well I understand why they went the 3D route" or "no one does 2D anymore because it's hard" like that somehow makes it okay. No. Fuck that. The reason they went 3D is because it's cheaper and easier and so they could reuse an engine. They did it because they're lazy. And why the fuck should I support laziness, especially when the game is 40 fucking bucks? Fuck that

Even at 10 bucks I wouldn't like it. I'd be more understanding, but I still think it would be a wasted opportunity to actually give the game some respect and remake it properly. Either give 2D content the treatment it deserves or just fuck off already and make something new with your shitty engine

which retro games have the most impressive pixel art?

>>4288960
bro did you just /thread yourself

>>3624003
He said technically impressive. Pixelated cgi garbage isn't impressive at all.

Legend of Mana looks amazing but plays like a dog crap belt scoller.

>>3329965

Legend of Mana

>>3236247
A lot of people like that game. Personally I think it has a lot of great things about it but is ultimately disappointing because it's combat isn't as good as the other Seiken games. And when it really comes down to it, 95% of the game is combat.

Also it has a really interesting and in depth crafting system, but it's ultimately pointless because the hardest difficulty mode is bugged with gimped HP on enemies so there's no point in making the really amazing weapons.

It's one of the most beautiful games ever made though and the story being told as a series of vignettes was really cool. With better combat and a fixed difficulty it could have been 10/10.