Current Events > Rate this retro game #43: Secret Of Mana

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1.Age of Empires II 4.79 (24 votes, 5 had not played)
2.Mega Man X 4.77 (49 votes, 1 had not played)
3.Castlevania Symphony Of The Night 4.72 (37 votes, 4 had not played)
4.Paper Mario 4.65 (32 votes)
5.Chrono Trigger 4.57 (70 votes, 4 had not played)
6.Rollercoaster Tycoon 4.57 (35 votes, 2 had not played)
7.Silent Hill 2 4.53 (26 votes, 3 had not played)
8.Sonic 3 & Knuckles 4.5 (32 votes, 1 had not played)
9.The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past 4.48 (31 votes)
10.Super Mario 64 4.48 (29 votes)
11.Power Stone 2 4.45 (11 votes, 2 had not played)
12.Final Fantasy VI 4.44 (38 votes, 6 had not played)
13.Super Castlevania IV 4.42 (21 votes, 2 had not played)
14.Banjo-Kazooie 4.4 (27 votes)
15.NBA Jam 4.4 (50 votes, 1 had not played)
16.Jet Set Radio 4.39 (23 votes, 7 had not played)
17.Final Fantasy V 4.23 (30 votes, 5 had not played)
18.Earthbound 4.18 (33 votes, 4 had not played)
19.Pokemon Red/Blue 4.17 (35 votes, 1 had not played)
20.Duke Nukem 3D 4.16 (12 votes, 2 had not played)
21.Golden Sun 4.12 (25 votes)
22.Super Mario RPG 4.1 (50 votes, 2 had not played)
23.Sid Meier's Pirates! 4.06 (15 votes, 7 had not played)
24.Crazy Taxi 4.05 (19 votes, 2 had not played)
25.Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4.04 (48 votes, 2 had not played)
26.Shining Force 4.00 (15 votes, 4 had not played)
27.Street Fighter Alpha 3 4.00 (12 votes, 4 had not played)
28.Snatcher 4.00 (10 votes, 11 had not played)
29.Klonoa: Door to Phantomile 4.00 (9 votes, 9 had not played)
30.Sypro The Dragon 3.89 (19 votes, 2 had not played)
31.Earthworm Jim 3.88 (25 votes)
32.Beyond Good & Evil 3.87 (8 votes, 4 had not played)
33.Castlevania II: Simon's Quest 3.85 (7 votes, 8 had not played)
34.Viewtiful Joe 3.81 (16 votes, 5 had not played)
35.Panzer Dragoon 3.8 (5 votes, 4 had not played)
36.The Legend Of Zelda 3.78 (28 votes, 4 had not played)
37.Shenmue 3.7 (30 votes, 13 had not played)
38.Ghosts N Goblins 3.65 (20 votes, 3 had not played)
39.Sonic CD 3.5 (12 votes, 3 had not played)
40.Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 3.35 (48 votes, 3 had not played)
41.Black 2.92 (50 votes)
42.Sewer Shark 2.55 (17 votes)
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Nominations

1.Time Splitters Future Perfect
2.Viewtiful Joe
3.Sonic Adventure 2
4.Freedom fighter
5. Metal Arms
6.Timesplitters 2
7.Nuclear Strike
8.Grandia 2
9.007 Nightfire
10.Timesplitters
11.Demon's Crest
12.Gun Nac
13.Phantasy Star
14.Popful Mail
15.Rocket Knight Adventures
16.Soldier Blade
17.Gimmick!
18.Hydro Thunder
19.Driver 2
20.Gun
21.Medal of Honor Frontline
22.Tomb Raider 2
23.Need for Speed Underground
24.Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters
25.Rise of the Dragon
26.Growl
27.Vigilante 8
28.Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier
29.Felix the Cat
30.Donkey Kong Country 2
31.Wario Land
32.Super Metroid
33.Super Mario RPG
34.Zelda Ocarina Of Time
35.Siren
36.Shenmue II
37.Legend of Zelda
38.Star Wars Rogue Squadron
39.Fire Emblem 7 GBA
40.Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
41.Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
42.Donkey Kong 64
43.F-Zero X
44.NFL Blitz
45.NBA Street Vol 2
46.Mario Kart 64
47.Perfect Dark
48.007 Goldeneye
49.Advance Wars
50.Final Fantasy Tactics
51.Crash Team Racing
52.Myst
53.Myst II: Riven
54.Super Mario Bros
55.Grand Theft Auto III
56.Jade Empire
57.Ico
58.Katamari Damacy
59.Bully
60.Aladdin
61.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
62.Max Payne
63.System Shock 2
64.Crimson Skies High Road to Revenge
65.Blaster Master
66.Fester's Quest
67.Journey to Silius
68.U-four-ia: The Saga
69. Castlevania
70.Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
71.The Revenge Of Shinobi
72.Streets Of Rage 2
73.Street Fighter II
74.Street Fighter III
75.Super Bomberman
76.Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
77.Phantasy Star IV
78.Thief Gold
79.Shining Force II
80.Darkstalkers
81.Tetris
82.Sunset Riders
83.Altered Beast
84.Neo Turf Masters
85.Castlevania RoB
86.ET
87.Superman 64
88.Conker's Bad Fur Day
89. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
90.Spyro: Year of the Dragon
91.Vagrant Story
92.Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
93.Secret Of Evermore
94.Mario Party 4
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I have a ton of nostalgia for it but mechanically it's not an amazing game. 3/5 if I'm being honest.
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I love how the remake appealed to everyone with the music options.

Also the Legend of Mana references. There was a conversation between Nanosec and Pikoihl or something about the value of desire that was so amazing.

Very very overrated
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The remake added so many things to make the game all kinds of easy.
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VandorLee posted...

The remake added so many things to make the game all kinds of easy.

so it was a remake and not a port?
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MC_BatCommander posted...

I have a ton of nostalgia for it but mechanically it's not an amazing game. 3/5 if I'm being honest.

About where I am, yeah. Settled for 4. Mechnically and/or innovationally I think both the prequel and the sequel are superior.

Also the final fight was kinda bullshit.

One, it turns out your adorable flying mount who didn't do nuffin is the final boss. Then, the ONLY way to damage him is to have Hero use his sword skill, and generally does the best dps with a basic 100% swing instead of doing any significant charging. Meanwhile, both sprite and girl can't do jack shit but cheerlead Hero, notably casting the mana sword spell out of a level 1 Dryad because her spells are generally terrible and never cast unless you're leveling for this fight.

So all the other weapons you have, all the other elemental spells/buffs/whatever, all get thrown out the goddamn window and you need to go out to the back 40 and put Young Yeller out of his misery to save the world.
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despite the numerous flaws (unfinished, charge mechanic, etc) i still really love the game but admit a lot of that is nostalgia. i voted 5, it's one of my favorite SNES titles
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philsov posted...

MC_BatCommander posted...

I have a ton of nostalgia for it but mechanically it's not an amazing game. 3/5 if I'm being honest.

About where I am, yeah. Settled for 4. Mechnically and/or innovationally I think both the prequel and the sequel are superior.

Also the final fight was kinda bullshit.

One, it turns out your adorable flying mount who didn't do nuffin is the final boss. Then, the ONLY way to damage him is to have Hero use his sword skill, and generally does the best dps with a basic 100% swing instead of doing any significant charging. Meanwhile, both sprite and girl can't do jack shit but cheerlead Hero, notably casting the mana sword spell out of a level 1 Dryad because her spells are generally terrible and never cast unless you're leveling for this fight.

So all the other weapons you have, all the other elemental spells/buffs/whatever, all get thrown out the goddamn window and you need to go out to the back 40 and put Young Yeller out of his misery to save the world.

Yeah, the game would have benefited immensely from Thanatos being the final boss. He's been a major antagonist since early in the game, he's responsible for the cultists and kidnapping Dyluck and summoning the Mana Fortress. And, in a case of story and game mechanics aligning, he's weak to light, so the girl can fry his ass. Everything else still works too. And he even has an exclusive boss theme that's really great! No need to have to slaughter Flamey.

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