Unlike stablemate Live A Live, which is getting the. It's not like something like Etrian Oddyssey Untold or Persona Q has great original writing but they still have much better voice acting than Bravely Default or World of Final Fantasy or this apparently. PlayStation JRPG and Chrono Trigger sequel Chrono Cross has had its much-rumoured remaster confirmed today, and initial impressions aren't great. Sure you can only elevate the source material so much, but good localization and voice acting can still be an asset, or at least not a liability. Only made worse when they moved to having audio dialogue from FFX onwards. A JRPG problem that's been around since forever. Hard to deliver the vocal goods when the dialogue writing is hokey and cliche. I've never gotten around to playing Secret of Mana, so maybe I'll play this if it turns out well, but I'd be more excited if it was a Seiken Densetsu 3 remake. Why can't Square of all companies get better voice direction? Seriously, that is a terrible delivery for the first voiced line in your trailer. something, but otherwise this should be good, right? Maybe if it sells well enough they'll finally release a version of Seiken Densetsu 3?Įdit: Also, quality of the voice acting aside, wasn't the main character in this game mostly silent? That's probably at least part of why the line delivery in this made me cringe even more. I'll probably end up playing through this with my wife or something, so hopefully the gameplay will be good. What they went with is perhaps somewhat faithful to the literal look of the original spritework, but less faithful, I think, to what the original art direction was trying to evoke. Something really pretty and stylized that better evokes the concept art for the original game, with a higher poly count and high-res textures, and smooth animation. Were it a 3DS game I might be alright with it, but as a PS4/Vita/PC release they could do so much more. That voice acting certainly doesn't make a good first impression, and the 3D treatment looks underwhelming. Considering how shitty everything Mana-series related has been post-PS1, I'm not convinced Square is interested in giving this the attention and care it deserves.
Played through the entire game again with my wife several years ago, too, and still enjoyed it. I have a real soft spot in my heart for Secret of Mana it was the first RPG I ever played, and I have fond memories of going through the entire game with my brother when we were young.