i hate playing secret of mana but i want to love it due to the about one half of the soundtrack and one third of the visuals which are great. the gameplay, esp. the glitchy, stilted battle system, is irredeemable though
but when the music/atmosphere is good it is GOOD damn fuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQDsq0vj4YQ
never tried the sequel. i should.
@thindol that's cool. i know very little about how it actually plays since it got so much flak i wrote it off.
@alyx It's basically a 2.5-D beat-em-up - with a large, but optional, house/crafting RPG system. The AI is derpy in a hilarious way and it has OK co-op.
If you've played Odin Sphere it'll be very familiar.
Most reviews at the time blasted it for not being a traditional JRPG where you are the hero - instead, you follow 3 distinct stories (+ side stories) as you help each story's MC Do The Thing and/or Save the X. (The Jumi are my favorite story.)