42 Year have past. Long enough for the world to heal. Long enough to forget the horrors of the war that almost claimed not only our lives, but that of our entire world. From the east came the Empire, their mecha and weapons soon overwhelmed the defenders of the Allied Kingdoms but, they were beaten.

Three warrior from the Kingdom Domen stood against the tide of chaos when no one else could. Wielding the powers of the eight great elements of mana, the heroes beat back the empire. However, the aftermath of what we today call the Second Imperial War was high indeed. The Empire lies in ruins, the allied kingdoms threaten to break apart from within, and Mana, the source of all magic, has vanished.

42 years have past, to the east the Empire stirs, the forests of Domen have turned dangerous, fought with monsters and bandits. Now a new generation takes to the defense of the world for now is the time for the Return to Mana.

Return to Mana: Legacy of the eight Elements is a stylized fantasy adventure inspired by several wonderfully SNES games. Based on Half Life 2's source engine, Return to Mana is a coop game for up to three player over Steam or LAN.

Features :

- Over 50 maps planned for the final version with 4 different environments.
- 3 characters with unique abilities.
- A story divided into chapters for added ease in progressing between servers.
- Real time melee combat system for a tactical experience
- 8 Schools of Magic
- And much much more.

"As the world turns the beast stirs, for time flows like a river and history repeats and the time of the return of mana approaches"

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3 comments by Dieblein on Apr 17th, 2007 digg this super bookmark


The Return to Mana team officially announces:
The project is on ice. From today on we will cease any further production on the title, including everything. We realised that the amount of work is just too much for us and we just couldnt find enough free time.

We wont throw the whole project away, but we definatley dont think it would be fair for anyone in the internet to follow it because we dont want to stick to any deadlines or anything, we want to do as much as we feel like.

Thank you for following our project all the time.

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GigaTV Presentation of Return to Mana

GigaTV Presentation of Return to Mana

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Return to Mana was invited to the German TV Show Giga on 13.06.06 Here's the half hour full of background/story information, developing process and...

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Murdermode
Murdermode May 16 2008, 11:11am says:

It's a shame this project is on hold/near death. It is definately a project that stands out from usual mod crowd, and really would have been something.

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D3@DM4N
D3@DM4N Mar 30 2008, 6:58pm says:

i will be 755 watching this, i could help with this mod maybe but im not sure, im 16 so i have school work etc to juggle around and would be unreliable but i use design programs reguraly and im ok at texturing, i use Wings and Strata and i would really hate to see this mod die.

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Evilmachine
Evilmachine Mar 29 2008, 8:22am says:

Well, we never said its dead ;)

We just said its on Ice cause we all had less time for the Project.
Now some of us have got more time that they could spend on the Project ;)

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brueckenpenner
brueckenpenner Mar 29 2008, 6:20am says:

i hope you guys can make it happen...i was so happy when i saw it the first time on moddb and know its alive again :D
you'll need some advertising to get more ppl!

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Evilmachine
Evilmachine Mar 28 2008, 4:30am says:

Dear RTM Fans and Site Visitors,

it has been quite a year since we announce that RTM is on Ice. Many things have been changed since then. Black Sheep is kind of gone, Dieblein is sort of missing and the Contact of the RTM Members among each other has reached the lowest Level.

As cause of that we are restructure the Projekt at the moment.
But for that we need Help.

For this reason we officially announce that we are searching for new Members. That applies for the Categories Modelling, Texturing and Levendesign.

If you have Interest please contact me. ( E-Mail ).

For Questions and other things we still have our Board.

Greetings
Evilmachine

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clstirens
clstirens Feb 25 2008, 3:30am says:

make that 748 :)

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Monsterblood
Monsterblood Jan 30 2008, 8:22pm says:

i'm so hoping this mod is taken off ice....

haha, looks like 747 other people are too.

so many people still watching even though it is on hold.

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Descent
Descent Oct 7 2007, 2:53pm says:

Gone to waste...

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decyx
decyx Dec 6 2007, 10:48am replied:

Very disappointing, indeed.

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Xencer
Xencer Aug 25 2007, 11:07pm says:

too bad its dead

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