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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13 comments by Dieblein on Jul 9th, 2006 digg this super bookmark


Hey guys

The TV presentation of Return to Mana is finally up. The show itself is in german but we have added english subtitles for all of those who want to get alot more details about the game. The show mentiones the foundation of the project, the background of the teamembers, details about the fight system.

The movie is 30 minutes long and contains about 20 minutes of ingame footage - showcasing 3 total environments including the new desert environment.

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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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kitethefallenangel
kitethefallenangel Jun 20 2007, 8:32am says:

The mod's dead?! Aaw!
The environments looked so lush!

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vcatkiller
vcatkiller May 31 2007, 3:13am says:

Oh wait, but you all already knew that. I'm so very disappointed right now. Only HL2 I was really looking forward to and it's DEAD! :(

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vcatkiller
vcatkiller May 31 2007, 3:09am says:

From the website:

"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."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :(

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Finly
Finly May 29 2007, 6:07pm says:

There is no good rpg nod, no there is none that i know of. anyhow this likes great. don't quit man!

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SD-fan
SD-fan May 28 2007, 5:24pm says:

is it dead or there still working on it????????? cuz these game look like a cool little fable look like

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solvalou
solvalou Apr 22 2007, 3:47am says:

There are 722 people watching this mod. AND ITS ON HOLD? WTF???

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Bloodvayne
Bloodvayne Apr 20 2007, 11:52am says:

Its a shame the mod is closing its doors. So much is going to waste. It was so promising to.

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Explodie
Explodie Apr 14 2007, 5:43pm says:

This really look nice, keep on the good work ;)

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zoracite
zoracite Apr 9 2007, 6:31am says:

Woah, this looks hawt .. keep up the good work xD .. mana ftw

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LORDDEREX
LORDDEREX Mar 15 2007, 3:41pm says:

Great mod keep it up

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