Seiken densetsu: Legend of Mana

After the Mana Tree had died and withered away, the world fell into war over the last remnants of Mana (a source of unlimited power). Eventually the wars stopped and the world returned to peace. The Mana goddess selected a certain few who would return Mana, and happiness to the world: Elazul, Pearl, Escad, Daena, Larc, Sierra and you. Some, however opposed the return of Mana, fearing the world would fall back into war.

Every background and character is beautifully hand-drawn in this game. This is the type of game that lets you adjust every detail: what type of weapon you want (axe, sword, knives etc.), even how the world is arranged.

An awesome feature of this game is the building system. As you travel through your adventures you come across materials such as metal, fabric, wood and aerolites. Once you have built your workshops these materials allow you to temper and alter weapons and armor to make you stronger.

On top of that, you can catch monsters and animals to have as battle partners. As if that weren't enough you can build scrap golems with lasers, missiles and explosives if you want a golem instead of a monster.

Think the features are over? Not nearly. After you decide where you want your house on the map, you can start placing down towns, mountains, beaches, lakes, caverns and even the Underworld! See the farther the places are from your home, the stronger the items and monsters are.

And on we go to the battle system: the battles take place in real time. You can perform slashes, strikes, stabs, magic and special techniques. And like all Seiken Densetsu games you can plug in a second controller to let your friend play as NPCs or a character they've raised up in their own game.

So once you've got your gear strapped on, your monster with you, some magic equipped, and a partner, you can start slamming down lands and exploring them.

Ahhhhhhh,I finally find relief from all of Squaresoft's weak games and go for a great one!

"SD4:Legend of Mana" is still a great entry in the SD series.If you were looking for another Zelda-styled RPG,be verra disappointed.The fighting style is rather diffrent this time around.The battles are rather Arcade-Game like and is rather a very intresting change of pace.Unfortunately,you cannot run away from battles(pooh,but oh well,you'll be stronger!).

There is not one,but many,many,many storylines in the game!However,here is the main story:

'It was many years after the Mana tree recovered (unlike FF,the SD series follow each other believe it or not),everything was utopian,or at least seemed like it for a while.But then,strife began and people lost hope in Mana and people were hopelessly fighting.900 years later,the world lays in wreck.Two sprites,one boy,one girl (of course ^-^) must find the artifacts and restore the world to it's former beauty that was many years ago.'

The extra options help too,such as raising pet monsters,making golems,magic instuments,armour and weapons.Most of the characters were wonderfully scupted and done well.Most are even cute too as well (but weren't the other SD characters cute as well? ^-^).

But the two things I did not like about it is that they took cute chibi Flammie out of the game and replaced her with ugly and deformed looking hippo creatures.I also hated Niccolo,the fat bunny salesman.I just feel like slamming the door hard and scream.

But I won't let the flaws in the way of anything.