Review: Trials of Mana (Sony PlayStation 4)

Review by Matt S.

After the crushing disappointment of that woeful Secret of Mana remake from 2018 (never forget, never forgive), I wasn't interested in the remake of Trials of Mana on any level. For one thing, Trials of Mana hadn't been released outside of Japan (officially) until 2019's Collection of Mana. I therefore didn't have the emotional connection to the game that I did for Secret of Mana. There just wasn't the same nostalgia to make me excited for a remake. And then there was the reality that Square Enix really did trash the legacy of Secret of Mana with that remake. Simply put, there was no reason to look forward to what the company would do with Trials.

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