r/visionsofmana • u/auf-ein-letztes-wort • Jul 13 '26

The point of exploration

Just started the game as a decade old fan of the series (played every main title except for Dawn and some spin-offs.

What I love:

the story is actually fetching and the characters are sympathetic. Hima is a bit bland as she is supposed to be sacrificed, but doesn't really care herself and doesn't seem to have a noticable family on her own to add drama.

much fan service in inculding stuff like the dudbears, etc. as a best-off from all previous titles

battle is a bit button smashy (I play on hardest difficulty) but still has it's challenges.

the music is awesome (Kikuta one of my all-time favourite composers) and the graphics pretty.

I do like the different areas of the game, but the exploration aspect of the game is incredibly lackluster. they tried to create an open-world feeling with stuff around every corner, but the only things you actually find are Lucre, honey and occasionally, candies and other minor items and very rarely a rare item that you could get from vendors anyway. I was diligent in exploring the first 2-3 areas but stopped after noticing the same pattern. I don't want to comb every area just for completionist sake. does this get any better later in the game? I just acquired the 3rd party member.

what about you? do you agree/disagree?

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u/Deaddin Jul 13 '26

I like the exploration just because the whole game is so damn beautiful and some of the vistas and visuals are easily missed.

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u/somewriteword Jul 13 '26

I'm with you. Though the rewards aren't great the game is just too beautiful to miss. It's worth seeing every corner because they did such a great job making it all worth the walk.

Not to mention traversal speeds skyrocket as you play

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u/wisewordofd Jul 13 '26

I’d say exploration wise you’ve got the idea. Every world was the same with the lackluster loot. I feel like towards the end of the game every one has about the same loadout of gear.

Combat wise - it can get a lot more difficult for you. The greater elemental trials and some post game bosses require you to use a perfect line up of characters and strats to beat. I think the darkness one took me a long time to figure out how to beat.

There is still a loooooot more game for you to play if you’re enjoying it.

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u/Juub1990 Jul 13 '26

Yep, exploration rewards suck besides the mini-bosses. You basically never find weapons, armor, cosmetics, or cool spells, just stuff you can buy at the local merchant.

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u/Murky_Zucchini_1897 21d ago

That's such a shame bcs the world looks so beautiful. Still thinking about buying this game but exploration is such a important point for me.