TSA writes: "Well over two decades after its original release in the mid-90s, Square Enix are answering the calls of their loyal fans to remake a classic from their archives with more modern graphics. No, I’m not talking about Final Fantasy VII, but rather Trials of Mana, the Super Famicom sequel to Secret of Mana and the third game in the series that was long exclusive to Japan."
Review - Trials of Mana is a delightful experience. The engaging story, enjoyable combat, and charming presentation make it a must-play for RPG fans
Four years after its release elsewhere, Trials of Mana arrives on Xbox, signaling future Square Enix games, but feels dated with few updates to the 2020 remake.
From PS Blog: "Today we’re happy to reveal August’s Game Catalog lineup for PlayStation Plus, which will be available to play for Extra and Premium members on August 16. It’s headlined by three Yakuza games (which will soon be followed by other entries in the series later this year). But rubbing shoulders with the crime series will be multiplayer horror Dead by Daylight, open world shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands and whimsical adventure Bugsnax. "
since the allure of Premium is the older back catalog, they havent announced what is being added to that tier specifically. But since premium also includes extra then you can at least look forward to these.
It's weird, kind of reminds me of how Game Pass PC was at the start with lack of games but normal Game Pass got everything.
They should really make Premium cheaper or in Beta mode until they have content to add.
@sparky77
You should try premium. If you're a fan of older console games, like most gamepass members are, they would love premium. Plus it's cheaper than gamepass and has a wider selection of games.
These games are already on GP with the exception of Trials of Mana. Good for PS though, it's a good month.
If MS wouldn't have finally opened their eyes to how good the Yakuza series is, it wouldn't have been on xbox. It's a good thing they decided to give sega all of that money to make Like a Dragon a timed exclusive, and put most of the games on gamepass.
The biggest thing that happened to them this year was getting the Persona series on xbox finally. It's a great series , like yakuza. When xbox gets games that Playstation has had for years on their console, it always a pretty big deal.
Yakuza 0, 1 and 2 alone make this a fucking amazing month. Those three are easily over 20 or 30 hours of gameplay each.
They're great games. I used to have no interest in them but after playing Like a Dragon I started playing Yakuza Kiwami. Even if you're not sure you'd like them you should give them a try, they might surprise you.
Trials of Mana is a nice addition
They should also start adding the Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest series to the service at some point
As someone that has been playing the Yakuza series since PS2 and has played and beat every game except Like a dragon (working on that now) and the one in feudal Japan, this is an amazing month. I won’t benefit from it personally as I own all of them, but man I hope people give these awesome games a try. Yakuza zero alone is amazing. Running the cabaret is more fun than anyone would have guessed. Racing the cars had me glued. I’ve played DBD for a few years now and it’s a great game full of toxic try hard survivors. Feels amazing to get those clutch killer wins on them. Both sides are super fun though. Already have Bugsnax. Ghost recon should be fun. I’ll be giving that a try.
I personally won’t benefit much from this month, but mannnn is it a hell of a month from those that will.
The yakuza game in feudal japan is Yakuza Ishin and never got localized for the west. We got the zombie one (dead souls) because i guess westerners like zombies and not samurai...
They should localize it now as a remaster since Ghost of Tsushima showed a samurai game can sell well.
Definitely a step up from Adventure of Mana and the Secret of Mana remake
I've been playing the demo since last night and I'm enjoying it a lot so far. Glad the franchise finally got the well deserved modern treatment. One major gripe with SD3 on SNES is that the combat sucked and this remaster fixes all of that. The tradeoff is no multiplayer, but considering we'll all be on lockdown soon it's not like I'll have friends over.