I was wrong for 20+ years, I'm sorry. Secret of Mana is a good game.

[Sarge]

That's an excellent description. Another good point of comparison is the first Mass Effect. Sort of action, but there's also dice rolls going on under the hood, so it is indeed a bit of a hybrid. I feel like there was a lot of misunderstanding about how that game worked, too, on release. It looks like a standard third-person shooter.

 

[Voncaster]

It's not quite a full action game like it's often described, it's a weird hybrid of action and turn based.

I'll say that type of game is not for me. I either want a full on action game or a full on turn based game.

Similarly, I played about 30 minutes of Dragon Age and gave up on it. Pausing and un-pausing an action game (or not quite action game) to cast spells or issue new commands kills the flow of a game for me.

However, I'm glad the game works for you. As I said in my initial post, the graphics and sound are great. I wish the game play worked for me.

 

[Sarge]

Have you tried the Dragon Age sequels? They feel a lot more action-y to me, especially the second game.

 

[Lyrai]

Oh dang that would be fascinating.

https://lyrai.brontoforum.us/SD3_fix_only_patch_v1.2.rar

Turns out I was able to find it! Quote from the author:

The patch is for an unheadered ROM, use SNESutil or similar to remove an existing header. Should be 99% compatible with translated ROMs.

The full tryhard patch is here: http://ngplus.net/index.php?/files/file/28-seiken-densetsu-3-sin-of-mana/

 

[Violentvixen]

Downloaded, thank you!

 

[Voncaster]

Have you tried the Dragon Age sequels? They feel a lot more action-y to me, especially the second game.

I have not. I'll also say that western RPGs are a big blindspot for me.

I've not played Fallout, Skyrim, Mass Effect, the Witcher or the Dragon Age sequels. A friend lent me his copy of Dragon Age which is why I tried it.

I did like the idea in Dragon Age that you started as different races and that dramatically impacted your experience. However the gameplay was not for me.

I don't have anything against those games. Its more like too little time and too many games I would like to play.

 

[Sarge]

Oh, I completely understand that! I only really got into Dragon Age because I really enjoyed BioWare's prior output. I've barely touched the Bethesda games, but I did enjoy the heck out of Mass Effect. And while you might not end up liking the first Mass Effect, the sequels make the game a proper cover shooter, and I think the remaster also changes the first game to be more consistent with the sequels.