As the game progresses, how someone plays the game is bound to naturally change, either out of necessity of curiosity.
With eight different weapons to choose from, players have full range over how their party controls. This goes double for Primm and Popoi as they have their own sets of magic to level and use. Secret of Mana might be as hyper-competent on a mechanical or narrative level, but not every game has to break the mold to be considered a classic.
Likewise, Secret of Mana does not need a legacy that extends past itself. A gripping, charming, and at times even frustrating adventure that understands its medium better than most, Secret of Mana might not be one of the best games ever made, but it is undeniably one of the best games of all time.
An avid-lover of all things Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, and The Legend of Zelda, Renan spends most of his time passionately raving about Dragon Ball and thinking about how to apply Marxist theory to whatever video game he's currently playing. Lion Kimbro. It has a kind of innocence and inner clarity that I have a hard time putting words to. I can never forget this game. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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ActRaiser put you into the winged boots of a benevolent god, looking to protect humanity from a demonic scourge and allow it to thrive. The unique hook bifurcated it into two disparate types of gameplay: an action game where you would defeat loads of demonic creatures in combat, and then, a sim game where you would oversee and guide the development of your fledgling civilization. The two would often intersect--early on, a boy goes missing in the sim portion which leads you to a demon nest to clear in the action portion.
And while the story was sparse, it used the perspective of a god to show humankind's stumbles with a tinge of theological depth. The criss-crossing nature of these two elements made for an unforgettable experience. The time-traversing RPG starred a plucky band of kids who discover that their world is facing an impending apocalypse at the hands of an ancient beast.
As they journey through time they discover adventurers from a wide array of eras--a brash cave woman, a noble cursed knight, a sweet-natured robot--who all come together to save the future.
Remembered for its multiple endings, indelible characters, and an incredible score, Chrono Trigger is a can't-miss. In the Super NES era, Nintendo relied largely on crisp, colorful sprite artwork afforded by the new system, but the company occasionally explored other graphical styles and techniques.
One was an early attempt at polygon-based 3D more on that later , and another was a new technique utilized by Rare for Donkey Kong Country. An updated take on one of Nintendo's earliest characters, DKC made Donkey Kong the hero, protecting his beloved banana stash against the villainous King K.
It was one of the first games to use pre-rendered models that had been transferred into high-fidelity sprites, which made for an almost claymation aesthetic. It was also notorious for being an extra-hard game, challenging platforming fans more than your average Mario game at the time. The characters, a bunch of kids, were the kind you'd recognize from the schoolyard, and items were mundane household objects like pencil erasers.
The world was recognizable and relatable, which made the more serious story beats related to saving the world hit that much harder.
The game stars a sprawling cast of beloved characters across an epic adventure centered around an evil empire bent on exploiting the powers of a magical race known as Espers. The game is perhaps most memorable for a major twist that occurs roughly halfway through, a powerful moment that still resonates in modern times.
But it's also remembered fondly for its beautiful sprite artwork and evocative score. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past brought one of Nintendo's most beloved franchises into the bit generation with aplomb.
Now regarded as one of the best Zelda games, Link to the Past eschewed the experimental side-scrolling Zelda 2 structure and went back to the more familiar top-down adventuring from the original game.
It presented a wide open world to explore--two of them, actually--with a little more structure and guidance than the original game. The story revolved around the Dark World, a second reality hidden behind the veil of the original Hyrule.
When journeying there, Link was met with twisted mirror reflections of characters and environments, and the interplay between the two created some of the most memorable moments of the era. When Capcom's mascot character was given a new iteration for the new console generation, he got a hard-rock upgrade and a suite of new powers. Mega Man X was a new generation of the character, this time with a partner named Zero and a storyline cribbed heavily from the sci-fi film Blade Runner.
X and Zero were Maverick Hunters, an elite unit of sentient robots built to destroy Mavericks--fellow robots who violated the rules of robotics by harming human beings. Mega Man was always known for its tough-as-nails action platforming, and Mega Man X made it faster and tighter, with the ability to dash and charge your shots. Like X himself, it was a huge upgrade that helped make one of the best action games of the era.
Few sports games hold up as well as NBA Jam. The arcade 2-on-2 basketball game was a successor to Arch Rivals, a wild NES game that allowed you to straight-up punch your opponents in the face. NBA Jam was a little less violent but still took a casual, street-ball approach. It featured a roster of actual NBA teams and players with some notable absences , but it may have been even more known for its array of secret cameos like then-President Bill Clinton.
Another in Squaresoft's impressive run of memorable RPGs, Secret of Mana had a more active combat system and co-op for up to three players. Players would choose from a Boy, Girl, or Sprite, and fight in real-time with the option to pause the action temporarily using a ring menu to call up spells, items, or other special commands.
Secret of Mana was many Western fans' first experience with the Seiken Densetsu series, which uses a more explicitly anime-inspired art style. That made Secret of Mana a high watermark for sprite artwork, which was crisp, colorful, and expressive, with many larger-than-life creatures and boss characters emphasizing the look.
The Nintendo 64 is widely considered the start of the company's 3D era, but it had started to experiment with polygons on the Super NES with a few key titles. Star Fox was the most successful of these, a 3D shooter set in a sci-fi universe of anthropomorphic animal starfighter pilots.
You took the cockpit as Fox McCloud, flanked by his three squadmates to defeat the evil monkey scientist Andross. It was a simplistic but impressive first look at the potential of 3D games.
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