Trials of Mana is an action-RPG with an interesting history. It is the third game in Square’s Mana series, and launched exclusively in Japan in 1995 as Seiken Densetsu 3 for the Super Famicom. Unfortunately, Western audiences would not get an official release until summer 2019, when Trials of Mana was bundled together with several other titles in the Collection of Mana compilation for the Nintendo Switch. In 2020, the game finally reached PC, but in remake form. Trials of Mana follows six protagonists who are swept up in a worldwide conflict that jeopardizes the future of Mana, a magical resource that powers the natural world. You select a protagonist at the start of the game, and experience the story through that character's eyes. You also select two secondary protagonists, whose stories you learn as you make headway through the campaign. These three serve as your playable characters throughout the game. You encounter the other three heroes as NPCs during the journey, but you are n...
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