Dawn of Mana
Dawn of Mana, as the title suggests, focuses on the origins of Square's Secret of Mana action RPG series, touching upon the genesis of both the Mana Tree and the Sword of Mana. The game takes place on the once…
Dawn of Mana is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 8, released 21 December 2006 on PlayStation 2.
What Dawn of Mana is
Dawn of Mana is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 8 and released in 2006. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dawn of Mana, as the title suggests, focuses on the origins of Square's Secret of Mana action RPG series, touching upon the genesis of both the Mana Tree and the Sword of Mana. The game takes place on the once idyllic island named Illusia, where the life-giving Mana Tree has dried up and turned to stone. In desperate need of a hero, Illusia calls upon one of its own to save the land from a dire threat. Players will guide this young warrior on an epic quest that will have them adventuring across a completely 3D world for the first time in the series. From majestic plains to towering mountains, the interactive environments in Dawn of Mana offer an assortment of places to visit, characters to…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Dawn of Mana holds a critic score of 38 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 27 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dawn of Mana launched on 21 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
Official trailer
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