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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:17 pm
Hello, I'm new here. Love the Mana series games (the good ones) & looking forward to discussing them!
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Are you implying that there are bad ones?invisibleham wrote:Love the Mana series games (the good ones)
Short for HAMBONE. Actually I don't know, it's just a weird name that isn't usually taken.Kimiko wrote:Hey there Ham Welcome to Seikens!
Short for 'hamster'?
Yes that's my artwork. He's from a game that I never made because I remembered that I don't know how to program.Sheexy wrote:Hey welcome to Seikens!
That's an awesome avatar, did you draw it?
Which of the Mana games is your favorite? (gonna guess SoM?)
Well I should rephrase and just say 'the ones I did not enjoy so much'DeadWolf wrote:Are you implying that there are bad ones?invisibleham wrote:Love the Mana series games (the good ones)
haii, ah man you're so lucky that you still have a Super Nintendo and a copy of SoM!invisibleham wrote:Well I should rephrase and just say 'the ones I did not enjoy so much'
I got burned with Sword of Mana, I really had high hopes for that game since Final Fantasy Adventure was my favorite game for a long time & I knew SoM was a kind of remake. The game was severely disappointing to me however and every game after it for me has been mediocre at best.
It's ok though, I have my Super Nintendo and my SoM cartridge that I can play any time, & that's all I need really!
Oh I thought it was supposed to be Randi! It's a really neat style, do you have animations from that character to show off?invisibleham wrote: Yes that's my artwork. He's from a game that I never made because I remembered that I don't know how to program.
My parents got Secret of Mana for me when it was new, kind of randomly for Christmas when I was little. Over the years I sold my SNES & all the games but later after college wanted them back, so I did a bit of ebay shopping and kind of built up my old collection all over again ;]IMissSqrSoft wrote:haii, ah man you're so lucky that you still have a Super Nintendo and a copy of SoM!invisibleham wrote:Well I should rephrase and just say 'the ones I did not enjoy so much'
I got burned with Sword of Mana, I really had high hopes for that game since Final Fantasy Adventure was my favorite game for a long time & I knew SoM was a kind of remake. The game was severely disappointing to me however and every game after it for me has been mediocre at best.
It's ok though, I have my Super Nintendo and my SoM cartridge that I can play any time, & that's all I need really!
I'm curious to know why Sword of Mana was severely disappointing for you? I was planning to give it a try sometime in the not to distant future hopefully. Care to share some reasons why you didn't like it?
He's definitely inspired by Randi, no doubt. I wanted to make a side-scrolling action game with some light RPG elements that borrow heavily from Secret of Mana. I have a story worked out and some characters but that is about it. I knew I couldn't program so my plan was to do all of the animation cycles (running, jumping, dying, etc) & hopefully pair up with someone and put all the elements together, but alas, real life and other projects have gotten a bit more important to me since then.Sheexy wrote:Oh I thought it was supposed to be Randi! It's a really neat style, do you have animations from that character to show off?invisibleham wrote: Yes that's my artwork. He's from a game that I never made because I remembered that I don't know how to program.
I can agree that sitting through 30 minutes of dialogue (**** you chrome that's spelled right) before fighting Julius was quite annoying but it doesn't mean the story is bad. They messed with the hero's motive a little bit which sort of ruined it [Inevitable Sheexy comment about willy]. I feel that they captured Julius's character very well. The remake actually made him seem evil. The remorse that Julius makes everyone feel at the end is just gripping.invisibleham wrote:The story was so long and drawn out & boring. You literally have to sit through about 15 minutes of story to even start a new game, and it's not even interesting.
Yes. It bored me. I'm not making an overall statement that the story is boring, everyone has their own tastes, it's just that it's not my flavor.DeadWolf wrote:I can agree that sitting through 30 minutes of dialogue (**** you chrome that's spelled right) before fighting Julius was quite annoying but it doesn't mean the story is bad. They messed with the hero's motive a little bit which sort of ruined it [Inevitable Sheexy comment about willy]. I feel that they captured Julius's character very well. The remake actually made him seem evil. The remorse that Julius makes everyone feel at the end is just gripping.invisibleham wrote:The story was so long and drawn out & boring. You literally have to sit through about 15 minutes of story to even start a new game, and it's not even interesting.
And you're going to say that it's boring?
I agree with that. I was about to say that the game would make a great book in my last post. I misunderstood you. I thought that you just hated the story but that's not right. You hate the focus on the story getting in the way of what could have been good game play (My problem with Final Fantasy 10).invisibleham wrote:It would have made a better novel than a game. The team behind it obviously got way too involved in telling their boring story to remember that it was a game & that's why I think the game suffered.
A good RPG has to have some story or else it turns into a dungeon crawling grind fest and will get old quick. I think Secret of Mana had a good balance going on while other games fail in one direction or the other.invisibleham wrote:...but that's just kind of me... I don't necessarily go to games to find compelling stories. That's what books are for. If the game is fun, engaging and there happens to be a nice, uncluttered storyline then I'm all for it (Secret of Mana)
It's been about 4 or 5 years for me. When you find it how about a race?invisibleham wrote:I shouldn't get too into it though I haven't played the thing for a couple years. Maybe I'll pick it up again, I have it on BGA, somewhere... gathering dust! I could definitely play it again with a fresh mind and maybe see something there that I haven't been able to see...
Haha, thanks but no way. You'd win. I may give up before even making it through the intro XDDeadWolf wrote: It's been about 4 or 5 years for me. When you find it how about a race?