u/Crenk85

I 100% it on PS4/5 but I'm really loving the 3D graphics a lot more on this replay on PC having spent most of my mana time on SNES style graphics.

I'm the type who every few weapon orbs has to max out all my weapons and magic levels before progressing the plot. Loved switching up my gameplay trying a different approach to speed up weapon leveling. The main idea is to constantly switch your lead and split the attacks between 2 enemies, so there's no waiting, and by the time you reach an enemy your gauge is usually full or starts full upon switching. I'm not sure how much faster I'm leveling things, but I sure have enjoyed having zero wait time to be in the middle of the action! I'm sure I'll find a happy medium soon. Too dizzying to play any more than one or two weapon level advancements.

One of my favorite early post-demo discoveries was realizing there were secret passageways hidden in the world.

I remember finding this one and immediately thinking, “Oh, I can’t wait to see how many more of these are tucked away throughout the game.” Then… there ended up being maybe two others.

It felt like such a cool exploration mechanic that never quite got the chance to become a real feature. I’d love to see Team Asano lean much harder into things like hidden paths, environmental secrets, and discoveries that reward you for poking around in future releases.

What’s something in The Adventures of Elliot that you really wanted to love, but just needed a little more development or tweaking to become one of your favorite features?

From left to right, top to bottom: Secret of Mana (SNES,) Trials of Mana (JPN,) Visions of Mana, and Legend of Mana.

I am working my way through the series and am loving it. I got through 1 no problem, had to go back to some earlier saves for 2 for a couple of trophies. Any recommendations before I start 3 blind to avoid backtracking? Thanks in advance for avoiding spoilers!

New game! I have save game files on my PS4, PS5 and PC for the remake. Also, I’ve got the OG on my Wii, Nintendo Switch, iPhone, googleTV box, and now on my Android Lenovo tablet. Some games just deserve to be accessible everywhere.

That’s another wrap on the end boss! I’ve started my new game plus and want to see how far I can get on Expert without changing difficulties along the way. But even in my first playthrough I had to switch to easy or normal for bosses like the >!black rabbite!<, elemental trials challenges and the final boss. Has anyone here beat the game on expert? And if so, did you even enjoy it? But mostly I guess I’m looking for gameplay tips for bosses. Regular adds/mobs won’t seem to be a problem.

Man I love this game. Of course I immediately went about braking the game before advancing any plot points maximizing heath, fist attacks, magic and a few diversified spells and exploring every territory’s I’m not supposed to be able to reach yet. This game is very rewarding that way. There’s just something about completely trivializing the intended game play of a game that is so much fun to me! So although this might not be favorited by many, it’s definitely my favorite of the first two.

Anyway, I played through it blind and beat it but quickly noticed after looking a few things up that I was missing a couple of things preventing me from getting the platinum. >!the keyword “dragoon” and missed some kind of dialog trigger that would open up Paul’s secret stash of chests Uhg!!<

So, thankfully, being a long time RPGer and having saved at each party character swap, I loaded up my save from about Kashua Keep and am enjoying running around with encounters off and I forgot just how many secret passage ways there are. Pictured here is shortly after that, circling back through the Dreadnought puzzling over why I could open the princesses cell but this one is seemingly inaccessible holding the last chest. I love that about old games like this. Just enough to scratch your head and hint that it’s time to start some wall-hugging!

Edit: to clarify, this has less to do with the very hard medal and NG+, and more to do with a cut scene I never triggered on my first go around during the final boss fight. The very hard medal and NG+ are not required for the scene but it’s part of why I triggered an additional scene. Nothing against anyone who got it on other difficulties I’m just excited I got something more out of playing more.

If you beat it on easy You likely never (edit: you may not have) needed to revive on the final boss and thus never (edit: triggered an extra cut scene.) got the best-best ending. There is only one true ending in my book and I didn’t get on my first true ending go around. Go play NG+ and push for the 4th medal. If I can do it, anyone can. I’m honestly not great at video games.

Btw has anyone here beat the game on very hard without needing to revive? My hat is off to you. I didn’t use a single revive until the final battle and forgot to restock on bombs before so it took me two attempts.

A parody sequel pixel art creation. Elliot’s new barrel is bigger on the inside.

(Edit PSA: The diving manual is not missable, I’m just an occasional idiot with tunnel vision and a slightly distorted memory between ages 😅)

I was enjoying speed running my NG+ on very hard when I discovered that if you wait until the 4th age when things change in the water ruins, in the age of reconstruction to gain access to the Leytstaff, things also change in the age of safekeeping. Namely, you cannot trigger the boss anymore that gives you the diving manuscript. I had not even realized that it does not carry over as a NG+ item until I went to grab the Leytstaff and couldn't dive. Unfortunately, this is going to lock me out of getting a save game file with all 4 medals, for obvious reasons.

Anyone experience success with obtaining the diving manuscript AFTER opening the 4th age? Is this possibly a bug only found on NG+? Or have others experienced difficulty returning for it in the end-game?

Hey, looking to pick yer brains for a “pacifist build.” I’ve started my new game plus on very hard and the main idea is that I can’t press square or triangle, (can’t use my primary weapons.) It’s been kind of fun hucking explosive weeds and barrels when they’re available. I’ve got block and parry damage stacked so I’m flying through these early missions.

But clearly, I’m gunna reach a point where I’ll need to use my weapons, so what do you all think should be the primary restrictions of weapon use when needed? Passive use only. No sickle blade contact but fireballs are ok. No contact with the sword’s blade but the flying slashes are ok. No ammo used for bow but seeking missiles per charge are ok? Send me your thoughts on a community decided set of rules for a pacifist run.

Right now I’m thinking no weapons through bad ending, except for on bosses, and then only passive perk use?

I'm not sure how far I'll get, but I can't get enough of this game, so "Let's do this!"

I've also included in-game screenshots of how the game presents new game plus and how it compares to what I see in my inventory upon loading in after completing the true ending.

Anyone else ever wonder about the fish, slug, and bird’s glowing eyes?

I don’t have anything solid to base this on other than speculation and what I know about the irl.

A random npc says all life began in the marsh which got me thinking about the different beastmen tribes. In microevolution, it’s all little changes inside the same population over a few generations, but macron suggests evolution further up the taxonomy chain.

If life started with Frauki in the marsh with fish and amphibians, Macroevolution makes sense to why the slugs (invertebrates) may have also crawled out of the marsh and became land creature, also have glowing eyes. This we witness the creation of the beginnings of the Bridd tribe. Then the slug evolves into a bird with wings or the flying slugs. And then from the flying slug to the chicken. Officially known in the game as the Bridd.

From there the evolution may have given birth to the eleggs (elemental egg tribe, though there’s no the info to support which tribe these belong to in just assuming Bridd as we see life drops come from breaking eggs, and there are all sorts of weird egg looking things in the forest. So what hatched from there idk.

A line of placental mammals, there may be an extinct line of monotremes or marsupials which could bridge the gap between egg born beastmen and placental born beastmen. The Ratho, perhaps to domesticated cats. Cats to Ulfr? Or another branch from cats to Myu. And from Myu to Human.

I have no direction for where the Elpand came from other than maybe some weird mutation branches off from eleggs.

Has anyone encountered any other dialog or manuscripts that help support any other parts of this evolution theory?

From fish to slugs to birds is clear from the glowing eyes, but the rest is more fragmented speculation than a solid theory.

Forget the Leytstaff, I need a shotgun, and this coward is coming with me as a shield for sitting in his freaking office. Screw progression gate keeping! I'm goin' in point blank!

Pixel art has always been a passing interest of mine. I’ve done import edits before but never from scratch with a fixed color pallet so it was a fun little project.

I’m including the grid for anyone who dabbles in perler/fuse beads, cross-stitch, crochet, LEGO mosaics, Minecraft block art, knitting colorwork, or diamond painting.

Anyone else experienced the satisfaction of throwing a bomb over the wall at these slugs? I didn’t even realize you could until coming across a certain cracked wall flush with a gap.

I’m a little sad that Heuria didn’t say anything. Though, she has recently acknowledged that I am “very strong.” 🩸 Pre-prologue-finish, full version only.

*The wall-bug reference is not about things being able to go over the wall but about using the brazier wall glitch trick as a generous early advantage.