Trials of Mana
Trials of Mana is a full high definition remake of the third entry in the Mana series, previously exclusively released in Japan in 1995 as Seiken Densetsu 3. Trials of Mana tells the story of six heroes as…
Trials of Mana is an adventure developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV, released 24 April 2020 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Android.
What Trials of Mana is
Trials of Mana is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV and released in 2020. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
When the world was shrouded in darkness, the Goddess of Mana drew forth the Sword of Mana to smite the eight Benevodons, monsters of destruction. She sealed the horrors inside the eight Mana Stones, bringing the realm back from the brink. Weakened from rebuilding the world, the Goddess changed herself into a tree and fell into a deep sleep for many years. However, the forces of evil soon sought to free the Benevodons to gain control of the world. They started a terrible war to further their plot and destabilize the kingdoms. Peace was at an end. Mana itself began to disappear from the world and the Mana Tree started to wither...
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Trials of Mana holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Trials of Mana launched on 24 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 3, Deep Rock Galactic and Streets of Rage 4. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 3, Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rage 4.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Trials of Mana yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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