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Dawn of Mana Bundle (Includes Dawn of Mana Soundtrack)

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The Mana series goes back a ways, which helped Dawn of Mana achieve a certain amount of hype prior to it's release. Sadly though, Dawn of Mana is a very disappointing platformer/RPG hybrid that doesn't do much of anything right in any department. The story of Dawn of Mana is pretty interesting and longtime fans will get enjoyment out of it to be pure, but that's about it. The game is more an action/platformer than an RPG, as you fling monsters around and into each other. While this is entertaining for a while, it becomes boring quickly, and the sloppy and sluggish controls don't help matters much when it comes to targeting. The sloppy controls also supremely hurt the platforming elements peppered throughout Dawn of Mana, and the game's schizoid camera doesn't help matters much either in this department. The only real pluses of Dawn of Mana are the game's nicely rendered graphics and a decent list of spells to work with, but other than that, this game is a dud. All in all, Dawn of Mana is a very disappointing game that could have been so much better than what we get here. This edition of Dawn of Mana includes the game's soundtrack bundled with the game. The soundtrack itself is one of the better video game soundtracks you'll come across, and it worth checking out on it's own if you like video game music. That aside, if you want to check out a good action/RPG game, check out Odin Sphere instead.

The battle sequence iss quite uniqe. I have never seen anything like it before. It is really fun, but the only thing that I personally dont like about it is that you have to start all over with experience everytime you start a new part in your adventure.