You NEED To Play Visions of Mana!

[@davidvinc]

Help out the channel and Find out more about Visions of Mana here! bit.ly/VoM_DavidVinc

[@KELSEYWRIDE-v9v]

David this game gave me 7 tear jerks so far I'm on the last boss. The story is so beautiful. One of the best ever out of square Enix. I'm glad to experience it.

[@RPGStory]

The good thing about the mana series is that you can jump in anywhere and have a good time. Visions is looking seriously fantastic!

[@davidvinc]

Yup yup yup!! Mana is just a guaranteed good time!

[@ataridc]

although it changes less than some later Final Fantasies, I was thinking of how different each entry tends to be. I really liked the gimmick of choosing your party at the start of the game from Visions of Mana, but I realize that kind of holds the storytelling back to some extent, while also probably being a lot more work, so I can see why it didn't carry over throughout the series(other than sometimes picking from 1 of 2 protags I don't remember it ever being done again?) Anyway, I am just beyond the prologue so too early to say, but I am def enjoying this one so far.

[@derekosgood3230]

I started with the trials of mana remake and fell in love with it. I know I'm absolutely going to love this one.

[@ODUBlue]

David my brother. I’m so proud of you for what you’ve accomplished with this channel. It has been my go-to for everything RPG for years now, long before 100K was on the horizon. Content is always solid, reliable, and entertaining. Your love for Ys and Mana are especially great to me. Wishing you continued success, and I loved the video!

[@davidvinc]

I appreciate that!!

[@carrotguy2022]

Well, you got me to buy the game, congrats.

[@davidvinc]

Woo hoo!! One more Mana convert LOL

[@nooootnooooot]

@@davidvincsame I’m asking for it for my birthday on Monday like damn if it’s that good of a starting point eff it

[@derektreadway8012]

Same

[@KELSEYWRIDE-v9v]

It's beautiful the story is one of the best out of square Enix. In my opinion.

[@feathertralia4703]

It's actually a good game made with the same sensibilities JRPGs used to be made with. Has a very classic, larger scale, action RPG feel to it like Rogue Galaxy except more system resources to fill out the environment. I love it.

[@danielligman3231]

Wow those graphics are absolutely beautiful! The graphics remind me a lot of Granblue Fantasy: Relink. Imagine how sweet it would be if Square announced a Chrono Trigger remake next!

[@davidvinc]

Fingers crossed!

[@gxrrett]

It’s amazing how much this series has evolved and it’s been going strong for decades! I haven’t played any Mana games yet but you’ve sold me on it king!

[@shivasthong4924]

It still grieves me we were denied the original version of Secret of Mana that was originally for the Playstation/Nintendo joint project.

[@JeanKP14]

I mean I think the worse issue is that we still don't have a proper translation of this game that doesn't eat 60% of the text and ake the story almost incomprehensible.

[@zedgathegreat9122]

Got about 5 hours in (I'm up to where the demo starts, basically). I absolutely love it. As a long time Mana fan (Started with Secret of Mana on release and played everyone except Dawn, including the remakes. Most multiple times). This game is absolutely amazing and all I want to do is play more. I'm loving it almost as much as BG3, Unicorn Overlord, or Octopath Traveler 2. I'm loving the characters, story, world... just everything. I love exploring every nook and cranny. The fights are exciting fluid and there's some good challenge there. Also a huge plus is they're entirely optional 99% of the time. And there's just so many small yet simple systems that work seamlessly with each other to create, what I imagine in the endgame, a pretty complex character optimization.

[@Supersmartandfunnyguy]

Gotdamn dude, death star delts got me QUAKIN

[@TheSundayGamer]

This is the first video I have ever seen from this dude and that was my exact reaction. It’s great that we live in an age where a dude can talk about a one of my favorite nostalgic RPGs while being surrounded by rainbows, and Kirbys and being so goddam jacked that I am inspired to go lift tomorrow.

[@AsakuraYukiko]

It's one of the most magical series. I'm gonna play this after Trail into Reverie. It jumped the backlog.

[@davidvinc]

It's soooo good, I love Mana!

[@JugglerOfWords]

I just love the sense of accomplishment you get when you figure out all the gameplay mechanics and manage to beat monsters around 20 levels higher than you....

[@Coyoda]

I definitely gotta get this then when I can. I remember hearing how it wasn’t selling to sales expectations, despite being a great mana game.

[@Bobthebobber]

Welcome back square enix, weve missed you. Have we ever had this many quality of jrpgs in 1 single year? Even going back to ps1 i cant remember having this many in 1 year. Rebirth, trials of mana, ys x, Metaphor, granblue.. thats nuts.

[@zibba1331]

My son called me from home after school and said i had a package that he thought was a video game. Opened it and saw VoM, and told me “dad i dont care about this game” Might not be my son after all 😂

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

There's something so videogamey about this game that makes me feed happy warm and cozy inside The art direction is charming and the combat has some fun ideas Morle's combos are so cool

[@rabbyd542]

I was playing yesterday using the good ole "New Zealand" trick. I didn't understand people saying the combat feels clunky.

[@Acidknights]

I’m sorry can you explain. Like how?

[@rabbyd542]

@@Acidknights (On Xbox) if the game is not a simultaneous world release you can set your console location to New Zealand and you can play games a day early. For me it's a day early since I live in New York.

[@acidwizard6528]

@@Acidknights He's probably referring to the time zone difference between where he lives and New Zealand. If he lives in say North America and a game comes out on August 29th, it will be August 29th sooner in New Zealand than in North America. So I imagine you just change your region in your gaming software to New Zealand if you just absolutely must play a game a few hours sooner than the first instant it will be available where you actually live.

[@DHamblen]

I played final fantasy legends on the gameboy when they first came out, and then the both Secret and Trials of mana when they came out, loved them all. I had dropped off playing until this game came out, I played the Demo and haven’t turned back, I’m so excited for this game, I cannot wait to get lost in this world.

[@Avertan221]

I would love to play this, but all I have is a switch. Hopefully, this will come out on switch 2

[@Acidknights]

Yea that decision baffled me. I figured the switch would be the one system this game would launch on.

[@theshepard22]

Switch 2 is supposed to pack some really great power. It will make it there for sure

[@julieb3240]

This game sounds AMAZING! I hope people support it. I have it preordered from Play-Asia, so I'll be playing in a week or so. It just looks so gorgeous and it's a very high effort sequel for something that's not Final Fantasy. Reminds me of the golden age of SE gaming. Love it.

[@alyssabrown3145]

I’ve been playing! It’s super magical, and takes me back to when I first played dragon quest 8. Despite it being an action rpg and not turn based, the magic is there.

[@teefa85]

Played about six hours so far. Only just got past meeting Sylphid because I have so much fun searching around all the maps for whatever secrets I can find. And keeping a Google Doc with notes on places to go back to if I can't reach a chest or found overleveled enemies or a Nemeses that was a bit too strong for the party...

[@TheTippsAttack]

Man, I'm liking it so far. We just left the water captial and "that" event happened. Story doesn't have me "hooked" like FF16 nor is it combat as deep or engaging, but it definitely has my attention, the gameplay is *just* good enough to keep me engaged. So far, it's been a solid purchase! If I don't beat it before Dragon Age comes out, then it'll play 2nd fiddle but I'm excited to play some more.

[@oddeye9640]

I played the demo and though I liked it, I thought there were too many things to know, that they didn’t tell you in the demo. So I thought I’d pass on buying it, and get it down the line sometime. But, I couldn’t wait, so I bought it, and am happy it introduces everything to you a little at a time, instead of all at once. I can’t put it down now. 🥰🥰

[@DennisKusquidich]

I've adored these games since I first played Secret of Mana with two friends and multitap at a sleepover in 1994. When the translation dropped for Seiken Densetsu 3 I played through it over and over with all the class combinations (Ninja Master, Star Lancer, Sword Master, goat'd btw) only to do it all over again when the Trials remaster dropped. I could not be more excited for Visions and I'm glad for the three day weekend so I can really dig in. Thanks for the vid David, I love your channel.

[@davidvinc]

Thank you so much and I did the same thing for Trials! I think I’ve beaten it 5 times now!

[@Amberle38]

Same man played that fan translation of SD3 for so many hours back in the day. There's just something magical & addictive about this series & I'm so glad we've finally got a new title that looks this good!

[@shalifi7774]

Been playing it today. I got to say seeing the ring come up for items in the first stages was amazing. No offence to Heroes of mana, Dawn of Mana, and Legend of Mana. But this is the first real Mana game i've played in a while. It's great to see Seiken Densetsu 3, Trials of Mana made Square make the game we all wanted.

[@mauvecloud0]

I've loved the Mana series since Secret of Mana on the SNES, so I probably would have bought Visions even without watching your videos. I had a little trouble this morning with Steam telling me it was "coming soon" just after 9am pacific, but after I exited and relaunched Steam, I was able to download it. In case you're wondering why I didn't buy the digital deluxe edition to play a day early, that's because the Steam page made it look like that was the ONLY benefit, and I didn't feel like paying $20 extra for that. Now that I look closer, I can see it includes some costumes and BGM, so I'm struggling to decide whether to pay for the upgrade.

[@Enclave.]

Hello my favourite RPG Muscle Man, I agree wholeheartedly. I'm just loving Visions of Mana so much more than I expected to, the full game has been absolutely even better than I expected after I played the demo.

[@kentmaddox5714]

Maybe it’ll come to the Switch or Switch 2 someday. Fingers crossed.🤞🏻

[@davidtimmer596]

Doubtful it's coming to the Switch. Most likely will be ported to the Switch's siccessor

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Its a mana game and even with some of the bad feedback from the demo this was already pre ordered. I'll never give up on this series after the entrance they made in my childhood. This is the perfect entry for anybody to start

[@bandrew1442]

Glad this series has made such a comeback, super excited to play it.

[@davidvinc]

You’re going to love it!!

[@PlanttheSeed67]

Dude your channel is what got me into my jrpg collecting....final fantasy adventure was my first jrpg when I was a kid....

[@davidvinc]

That means a lot to me, I’m glad I could make a difference!!

[@nintandao64]

I no lifed the game and beat it in 2 sittings lmao. Will do the post game tomorrow. Seiken Densetsu 3 was one of my all time favorite rpgs growing up so it’s crazy seeing a real sequel this many years later

[@UnlimitedProduction1]

I'm on the opposite end, I never played any Mana game this is my first after seeing the gameplay and its exactly what I wanted. Really enjoying it just wanted a fun action RPG and got it in Visions of Mana

[@MarkCerqueira]

Not only Final Fantasy X vibes but strong Tales of Symphonia vibes too!

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Nice advice David, really looking forward to playing this game once I get a PS5. Always good to support smaller IPs like this.

[@Dingbat42069]

Incredible game, really glad I bought it. Has some great exploration and makes me feel like I’m playing a golden age ps2 Jrpg.

[@CGustin]

David I have Been playing for for about 10 hours and i adore and love the game! It takes me back to the late 90's rpg nostalgic but modernized! Its such a beautiful game and the voice acting is much better then Trials of mana! When you were mentioning Careena I thought you said she lost one of her wings due to her accent lol I had to rewind and was like oh he said her accident! But her accent is growing on me I kinda of like it now😅😉 Overall this is a game that makes me smile and happy. Though one small criticism I wish we could go in a lot more indoor locations in towns! 😅

[@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq]

Definitely getting Grandia II, Final Fantasy X, Tales of Symphonia and I am Setsuna vibes from that story premise, but I ain’t mad. This looks like a good time

[@DanielRiojas-m1h]

The reviews seem to be all over the place so naturally I went to you as my trusted jrpg review source :). I’ll give it a try. Never played mana game so looking forward to giving it a try.

[@davidvinc]

I think you’re going to love it!!

[@alexaburk608]

david you have been keeping us fed with JRPG news recently!

[@davidvinc]

I do my best! :)

[@acthulhuspawn]

You've single handedly convinced me that this needs to be my next game. Thanks!

[@threeswordssama]

I think Secret of Mana was my first Mana game. I remember having fun with it but honestly can't remember much else. I'll snag Visions if it ever comes to a Nintendo console.

[@d_shuffles]

Mana series is cozy af Started with Trials remake and was hooked. This one is going to have me playing alot with the class system, one of my favorite mechanics in RPGs. Visions looks like its going to be a timeless adventure, Im thinking this is my holiday weekend game im about to binge play haha.

[@artminusme]

It’s funny, my first action JRPG was Kingdom Hearts, KH fan for life but always heard Secret of Mana was more or less the genesis of the action JRPG genre along with Ys. But for some reason, the Mana series never interested me…. UNTIL NOW. Really excited to play it, ticks a lot of boxes for me

[@shaifs5072]

20 hours in. Really enjoying it. There is quite a bit that I’m not fond of but I like it far more than I don’t. That being said I don’t like the saying “Mana is back” it’s been back. We’ve had two great remakes. Trials is probably the greatest remake ever made and the Mana series never had a game as polished as that.

[@dutchielander2478]

Damn. I want to play this but also want to play Refantasio, while i still have to finish SMT Vengeance, Tales of Symphonia/Vesperia and Secret of Mana remake. I'll be 80 years old when i 100% all these! Game looks really good though.

[@HybridAngelZero]

While I sadly won't be able to get it day one, I am still over the moon excited to get my hands on this. Mana is back, BAY-BEEE

[@ogun6464]

Lol, I did that in secret of mana too! I'll get this when I can. Fortunately, this will automatically be better than FFX because Tidus isn't in it.

[@Kschreck]

Studio behind Visions of Mana already killed according to Wario64. That was fast... :(

[@ArbiterLibera]

Goddamn.

[@shawnofthenorth9692]

I love how chipper you are , it’s refreshing! Loving the game so far

[@davidvinc]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@The_Bi-polar_Express]

Riding around on a Pickel kills me, lol. I need Morley's mid air special attack!

[@sikevillain]

This game looks great and fun to play.. i enjoyed Trials of mana alot and this seems like a step up from that. Will definitely be picking it up. Thanks David 🔥

[@davidvinc]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@luizfib]

My beloved Mana Series is alive and kicking! ❤🎉

[@AustinGMRS]

Conpare with Trials of Mana, the starts really less exciting because I love the iconic music where we start after delecting the 3 characters but the story progression in Vision is getting intriguing the longer I play

[@DayFul]

I wish my backlog wasn't so big as this looks right up my alley, I might grab this after I'm done with Octopath traveler 2.

[@dougphisig]

Got my copy today, but haven't started yet. I am ready to dive in though for sure.

[@kohiek]

Ypur ending comments say everything that I feel so far after a couple of hours of playing.

[@NerdyByExample]

Backlog battle compared it to FFX and Ys:8. I was sold on those comparisons alone. But I'm also very glad to see that a series vet and fan (you) seems to have really enjoyed the game

[@RickClops]

Also, when will they make a Mana game with online co-op. That's a strange thing not to have in a modern game.

[@JeannieLove]

Yep, in the Secret of Mana remake, I maxed everything out.

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

Waiting for my physical copy. I'm stoked! I just hope the final boss isn't the same as SoM. I'd be heartbroken...

[@momintim]

The elementals remind me of Golden Sun classes. Good times.

[@ImmortalLordSoth]

Love to be able to play this but GameStop didn’t get their shipments Thursday here in the Vegas area and still have not yet.

[@sanctherion4468]

Definitely interested to play this next! Is the performance on the PS4 version okay? Since it's a later PS4 game, I don't take that for granted.

[@subwaytovenus3237]

It's currently 1:20am in Australia, I have work tomorrow; I should be sleeping but I've played for almost 8 hours and I don't want to stop David. Somehow I think I'll be day dreaming about this game on the clock tomorrow 😂

[@davidvinc]

I don't blame you, it's just that good!

[@RickClops]

I love the visuals of every Mana game and the combat of Trials of Mana remake and Visions. I really disliked the party banter in the Visions demo.

[@CarlosRodela]

PLAYING NOW!!! And you were not kiddin about it being a grown up story - in that it starts (minor spoiler) pretty sad! I'm just lost in the whole relaxing vibe of the game. I do still miss the dodge roll from Trials tho...

[@Caursten]

Planning to pick it up at the start of the month. Spent my game budget already for August. The demo was good apart from some minor control issues.

[@Rareware0192]

Can’t wait to be done with work and try out my first ever Mana game. 🙌🏻

[@Testiskulls]

I pre-ordered and Amazon delivered my package, but it was a BOOK NOT THE GAME. And no store near me had a physical copy so now I need to wait until tomorrow!!!!

[@ninetaildemon2000]

All of these videos just make more even sadder that I can’t play this on the switch but ever more hopeful that it will be released on the Switch2. I will most definitely get the collector’s edition… assuming they do one for it at that time just like what is currently available.

[@EddyGein]

Got it pre installed, waiting for me to get home from the office. Uuuuugh.

[@connergaskell1909]

First one in series for me was trials remake and visions is an amazing new entry In the series

[@sammycakes8778]

I am enjoying it. I had a feeling I would since I also liked both trials and sword of mana.

[@HessianX]

Loving the game so far, just got up to where the demo starts. Hinna narrating the story with the art work is amazing and if they hurt her my heart will break :D

[@joebarrett29]

I have to be honest when I played the demo. I didn’t enjoy it. I felt like there was just minor frame stuttering that for some reason really bothered me that being said I literally was blown away by how gorgeous the game is and figuring it was just a demo and the real release would be polished off. I bought the game. I am here to say goddamn I was right lol This game is one of those games and enjoy the relaxing gameplay and beautiful visual world that you are in. Great review!

[@Hotsaucedeluxe]

I'm gonna wait and hope for a Switch 2 version

[@MetalMonkey1453]

I didn't start this series 'till the Trials remake. Which I thought was good, not FF3 amazing, but above average. It juat passed me by as a kid. Kinda fell out of love with the JRPG genre for a while. The stories get a little redundant, and the one-note characters get grating to me. Was all fine and dandy when I was like 5 years old and played Breath of Fire for the first time, but hearing the morally black and white "friendship" speech for the 3000th time in your 30s kinda sucks, hahah. Gave this one a shot after watching your review, and even though I'm only 4 hours in now I'm loving the game. Sure the story and characters haven't fleshed out much, yet, but damn they did a great job on the world design and combat. Haven't liked an action JRPG like this since Tales of Vesperia. Thanks for the recommendation, brother!

[@davidvinc]

Awesome!! I’m glad to hear it and so happy I could help you out!

[@foxkentendo1151]

I'm loving it! Good to see that you love it too!

[@eliechaya9690]

Love from Belgium 🇧🇪 ❤ can’t wait for a Switch 2 version ❤

[@mattyice5696]

Fast travels got nothing on cannon travel. I'm gonna miss all the landings after being shot out of a cannon😂😂

[@lynn6760]

Great video, definitely convicing me to get this game.

[@davidvinc]

You should!

[@stop88729]

was close to buying this until the studio got day-of-release closed.

[@KittysCat-j7x]

Maybe they didn’t have new projects lined up. Maybe Square Enix decided to bring Mana development in house after this trial balloon…?

[@richardnguyen1520]

I cannot get my hands on Morley samurai fast enough.

[@sofarsogoodman8587]

I am getting ff16 on the pc. I thinkight get this after I finish ff16. This game, I think, looks better than I expected it to be

[@Pparty_Gaming]

Yes I do!! Can’t wait to play it!!!

[@uchennaobi5985]

I bought it physical from GameStop for the steelbook for PS5. I am more scared that the game came in a crowded period. Will sales satisfy square. No switch version too.

[@horizon92lee]

My collectors edition arrives today yay

[@1989red13bfc]

Trails or mana and secret of mana hands down the best in the series.

[@FindMeInTheTwilight]

this game should have been on the switch 2, such a shame that couldn't happen

[@JRPJames]

Grabbed a physical copy ❤

[@Botruc]

This game looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the video!

[@davidvinc]

It is!

[@Leandril]

Huge dealbreaker for me is the fact that you're forced to have val in your party unlike in the previous mana series game seiken densetsu 3 you could tailor your party however you like

[@Dingbat42069]

If that’s a deal breaker then you must not play many games. 😂

[@Leandril]

@@Dingbat42069 Nah i just mean in trials of mana (seiken densetsu 3) which was the peak of mana series it made you pick your party from all the 6 characters with none of them being forced to pick. But in this one you have to play with val, i feel like its a lazy approach on just making the story built around 1 character instead of having it be tailored to you based on what combination of characters you pick in to your party. I think it's a huge downgrade from the original peak of mana series.

[@davidvinc]

No you don’t. Once you get the 4th member you can take him out.

[@Leandril]

@@davidvinc oh, dam i jumped to conclusiosn then. It's because I watched multiple videos and everyone team had val in it so i assumed. Thanks for this response though

[@KittysCat-j7x]

@@davidvinc Which character gets the Fatal Fist class?

[@shiggityshwa182]

The PC demo was pretty rough but I keep seeing that the full game works and feels better to play. Is this the case for other people here? I am right on the edge of picking this up but that demo though...

[@shivasthong4924]

You got some time to think about it as its probably going to be five years or so until the next one.

[@mjdf122]

2024 Game of August Visions of Mana

[@JunJunMusume]

After seeing the PS5 Pro showcase I finally decided to buy the regular PS5 Slim, and after trying the demo for Visions of Mana on steam the first channel I thought about for this game was yours (also super derek and happy console game but I came here first 😄). Now I'm just making some math to see if I have the money left for this game this month or I'll have to wait a bit. At least I already know my purchase won't impact whatever happens to the studio since it has been unfortunately axed... I hope SquareEnix picks up its pieces.

[@tuba7861]

Everyone will say FFVII Rebirth is their RPG of the year. This will be mine. Already getting more enjoyment in the first few hours.

[@davidvinc]

Yeah this is beating out FF7 for me too - it’s just wholesome good fun!!