Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Heroes of Mana - A small ant-hill

If the eyes are starting to jump into a huge number of Lourdes pink rabbits, miniature flying fairies and strange types of ships, then it is time to make an appointment or to a psychiatrist or permanently waive the Japanese role-playing games.

Last possess the properties characteristic - they delay for ears and not release ever, as if drugs. Secret such effects is, in the opinion of Koichi Ishii, producer Japanese company Square Enix, that the Japanese have not engaged in the development of games, and creating unique worlds.

Reasons not to believe it does not. The creator of the popular series of Mana draws inspiration from his childhood memories, films and books in the fantasy genre. The biggest influence on the recognition of Ishi, he made "The Lord Of The Rings" Tolkien and "The Adventures of Alice in Glass" by Lewis Carroll. The result of this exposure resulted in the emergence of an entire pile of projects povestvuyuschih Many of the magical tree (Mana Tree), and no less mysterious Sword of Mana.

Partisans reluctant

Symbiosis works magic artifacts simple manner. Wood is responsible for maintaining the natural balance in the world, as such, if anything threatens - World Championship retrieved blade, taking one of the brave heroes. In the past there has been a lack of - is a vicious ruler next to infringe on the independence of the indigenous population as the pack things to death battle begins at least a dozen soldiers hereditary. A similar story unfolded in strategy Heroes of Mana, with the only difference that the role of defenders befalls yesterday aggressors.


Junior Roget, Peddan army soldiers, along with the company of friends zakadychnyh committed another intelligence mission and even managed to get into the enemy's rear, as suddenly faced with a betrayal of their own patriotic. It turned out that the generals Pedda decided entertainment sake, to seize the whole world and equal to the ground all the neighbouring regions. Now Rogetu willy-captive accounts fight with former odnopolchanami and find out what the rulers had pushed for such dirty work, as the enslavement of peaceful people.

Flying rabbit

In a band of rebels is just one kasvaa ship, but this is quite enough to deal with the superior forces of the enemy. A strange kind of apparatus performs a dual function - is a transport container for heroes and for the construction of the military base. Latest need to be built at the beginning of each level, before finding the necessary resources congestion. As such magical stones were Gaia and trees with bright fruits. Do dull work on the drag of gravity characters do not have - it makes them pink rabbits, moving short jumps.

Having obtained a sufficient number of stones and fruit, you can start to build generators creatures and their subsequent production. Cannonball meat is divided into four class fighters: flying, ground, and heavy shooting, and each type is effective against certain types of enemies. The total number of soldiers entrusted to a player must not exceed 25 pieces, but in this case happening on the screen sometimes complete chaos. The situation is partly rescues thought out scheme management and general slowness of the process point battles, but in the first few minutes of hard otdelatsya feeling that the screen is small ant-hill village.

The war - not heroic cause

Appearance of ordinary fighters often causes laughter - in their roles were walking fly agaric, miniature lions with nasuplennymi muzzle or knights in black masks. They all fight bravely, but moving the field of battle like a blind kittens - loiter in opposite directions, to walk circles hung in deadlocks. Irritating it very much, and the course of the battle has not the best effect. Don wards very quickly, fortunately, their reproduction is also a matter of seconds.

At each level are allowed to bring a few characters that differed among themselves abilities and skills. In battle they have no equal, but this does not mean that it will turn out to win the battle only by the main characters. The death of any of them means the failure of the entire mission, it is best to keep the party away from the sound of blades and arrows whistling - hard work on defense breakthrough enemy is trusted to fly agaric and other types of fantastic creatures.

Commander over

Bring a tactical victory helps trick. On the map, as a rule, there are several points where the ship is able to cast anchor. If not wasting, Change available at the very beginning of the next battle, it would be more difficult to attack the enemy with superior forces. The result will be achieved in a few minutes that a favorable impact on the final rating.

Despite the regularity and even some block happening, some tasks require players perform swift and decisive action. You can not, for example, have been slow, while the enemy soldiers killing civilians and burning their houses - need to rush into battle immediately, without forgetting passing train new fighters to replace killed. In other situations it is necessary to act skillfully, deceit easy opponents in the area, suitable for the attack.

Initially Heroes of Mana seems cumbersome, complex and confusing strategy is unsuitable for such a compact console, as the DS.


No worth looking at the nuances of management insight into the game and understand the balance of opposing forces, as the game magically changing. It still resembles a koposhaschiysya ant-hill, just in a continuous motion a logic of its inhabitants. We can only give commands and will be pleased to see the microcosm, still on palms, changing to the new laws in accordance with its ancient traditions.

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