When completed, players will typically earn a new artifact that can be used to introduce a new location into the world map, allowing them to continue their journey. When placed, players can then enter that locale and explore it, with each bringing with it a questline to complete in order to continue progression through the game (a lot of these are optional, but it’s always worth completing everything that the game has to offer). Basically, Legend of Mana adopts the Land Creation System, which sees players placing land nodes by using special artifacts across the wide-open world map. Now you might have read that I mentioned you have to ‘sculpt the world’ as you play and thought, ‘what the hell is he talking about?’. It’s all run of the mill stuff as far as RPGs go really, but it’s fun and there are plenty of quirky scenarios taking place that add to the game’s slightly bizarre vibe. Sounds a little off the wall, right? Thankfully, the game goes into a little more depth, with three story arcs and countless side quests making up the narrative. The thing is, the land itself is unclear and empty, with the player having to sculpt it along the journey through the use of peculiar artifacts that had previously shaped the world. Legend of Mana tells an intriguing story, with the player taking on the role of one of two nameless protagonists as they look to seek out the magical Mana Tree. Check out a gallery of screenshots for the game down below:
Whilst Legend of Mana is fun to play and certainly looks the part, it’s clear that some aspects of its design do feel a bit dated today. The most recent release has been Legend of Mana, with the PlayStation RPG seeing a variety of impressive enhancements to bring it into the modern age.ĭoes it hold up well twenty-two years on from its original release or should it have stayed back in 1999? Well… it’s a bit of both, really.
That’s just scratching the surface too, with plenty of other titles having released and also due to launch in the near future – heck, the first six entries in the Final Fantasy series are getting ‘Pixel Perfect’ remasters soon, so it shows that the company’s back catalogue still has its strengths. Square Enix have been on a winning streak with their remastered releases as of late, with classic titles such as SaGa Frontier, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and Romancing SaGa 3 all seeing new releases on modern consoles.