{"id":347948,"date":"2024-08-27T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operationrainfall.com\/?p=347948"},"modified":"2024-09-05T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:08:22","slug":"review-visions-of-mana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operationrainfall.com\/2024\/08\/27\/review-visions-of-mana\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Visions of Mana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Title<\/th>\nVisions of Mana<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Developer<\/th>\nSquare Enix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher<\/th>\nSquare Enix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date<\/th>\nAugust 29th, 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/th>\nAction RPG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Platform<\/th>\nPC<\/strong>, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox Series X|S<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age Rating<\/th>\nTeen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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When I was given an opportunity to check out Square Enix’s latest release, Visions of Mana<\/em>, I jumped on it. It had been a while since I played a game in this series, so I was pretty excited to get started. I\u2019ve spent about 30 hours with the game and played to end of the main story, so it\u2019s time to share my thoughts. Let\u2019s see if this one met my high expectations.<\/p>\n

Our story begins as the Soul Guard Val begins his journey to escort his childhood friend Hinna to The Mana Tree. She has been named the Alm of Fire and will have to give her soul to the world in order to keep the elements in balance. The pair will encounter other Alms along the way who will join their group on their pilgrimage to the Mana Tree. This will not be without incident however, as the Faerie has not named all of the Alms when the party arrives. This will lead them on adventures they could\u2019ve never imagined, on a journey that will take them to very unexpected places.<\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t really dig deep into this story without getting into spoiler territory, so you\u2019ll just have to take my word that this is an adventure worth doing. I loved seeing all of the different places in this world and how each of the characters grew, the further along in the story I got. Careena was by far my favorite character here, and I dare say a cuter one winged angel. I think this was helped along by her English VA having that cute Southern accent, but she is really fun and I think most players will have a smile watching her antics.<\/p>\n

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Graphically, Visions of Mana<\/em> is amazing. Each area is greatly detailed with lots of landmass to explore. As you trek across snowy fields, deserts and lush forests you will see lots of interesting things if you go off the beaten path. These include things like items that will help on your travels and maybe some ruins to explore. You will have to do most of these late game since the enemy levels are really high, but it was fun to go back and see what goodies were there. The character models are all nicely detailed as well, and I love that each different class gave them all distinct looks. The game ran at a constant 60FPS on my laptop and 120FPS on the desktop. I did encounter a few dips here and there, but it was nothing that would break immersion. I think the cutscenes being locked at 30FPS is a bit jarring and something I hope Square addresses down the line. Outside of that, this is a great PC port from them.<\/p>\n