Children Of Mana Could've Been A Great Game If It Was'nt Becuase Of Its Repetative Gameplay And Boring Customization.
GAMEPLAY:
Thinking that its from Square-Enix i'd thought Children Of Mana for the DS would be a great game, but i was disapointed that it fails to impress me like they do with there fantastic Final Fantasy Series. The main probblem with the game play is that its very repetative and boring, all you do is press one button to attack so its like a Hack N Slash game. but to brack the hack n slash theres another weapon for an other button so it is a eeerm....Hack, Slash N Other Slash....yeh....anyways moving on, the Customization, there is'nt alot for the customs apart from you can find lots of Magic gems throughout the game which had potensial but never made it, these gems slot into a container fearther on your container will get bigger and bigger and more gems you can put it, these gems increase your Attack, Defence, speed or even the power of your own Mana.
GRAPHICS:
The graphics are very colourfull and greatly artistic but the repetative dungeons you come across which are pretty bland lowers the score.
The framrate holds up fine with no bugs or glitches or no gimmiks. The level deisgns are huge but there pretty much the same all the way through, i dont mean all dungeons are alike, i mean like the 1st dungeon is all the same on each floor.
SOUND:
Sound is pretty good with some nice melody but nothing special.
OVERALL:
Overall. Children Of Mana is not a brillaint game, its very repetative and will bore you within hours.