Dawn of Mana

Square-Enix you are letting me down here. Where are these good games you promised?

User Rating: 5.8 | Seiken Densetsu 4 PS2

By raddhazard | Review Date: June 18, 2007

Having played the SNES Mana several times,i was really looking forward to this one. Well,this one fits into the same class as Dirge of Cerberus.......complete shock,and not in a good way. Gameplay was a complete let down. I thought this was an RPG,or at least has RPG elements. The game is basically a hack and slash. Now,i apprieciate the Havok system greatly,but when coupled with some floaty controls,it's a disaster. You try throwing a log at an enemy each and every time you want too.It's not happening. Several times i had to keep trying annoying platforming sections cause i would jump when i wanted to,or simply just fell off the platform for no apparent reason. Honestly,i wanted to like this game more than i did. It need more polish with the controls. Graphics and sound are both well done,but the playability blew it for me.

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