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Square Enix
Release Date:
August 14, 2007
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Summary
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Starring:
Akira Oguro, Koichi Ishii, Masato Kato
Developer:
Brownie Brown
Genre(s):
Fantasy
# of players:
1-2
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Critic Reviews
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Positive:
9
Mixed:
19
Negative:
4
Play Magazine
Heroes will go down as the game that got me into real-time strategy. [Aug 2007, p.72]
My Gamer
Only try it if you are a hardcore fan, or if you are willing to master an inefficient and frustrating control system.
GameShark
A surprisingly deep RTS experience in a portable format, with easy to learn controls and lovely visuals. I can’t help wishing it had been turned-based, though.
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Geez, how many disappointing "Mana" titles will we have to suffer though before Square Enix puts this once-proud franchise out of its misery? [Sept 2007, p.100]
GameSpy
As is common with games from Square Enix, the story of Heroes of Mana (while maybe not terribly original) is surprisingly deep and emotionally engaging. While that doesn't completely make up for the tragic pacing of the game or the substandard AI, it at least provides something to motivate the long-suffering Mana fan.
Eurogamer
Despite all of the positives, the game underneath, for all its features and ideas, remains a broken one, thus continuing the Mana series legacy of being a series that tries its hand at new things to get noticed but fails to match up to the brilliance of its forefather.
GameCritics
Heroes of Mana feels like Dawn of Mana, take two. It's gorgeous and somewhat interesting, but undermined by basic flaws in its ability to let players see what's going on. Here's hoping there's no take three in the works.