Trials of Mana, the remake of Super Famicom classicSeiken Densetsu 3, has beenrelatively well received by criticssince releasing last week. Praise has been doled out to the game for its faithfulness to the original, and improvements made to the already engaging battle system. While the game’s launch has been successful, the demo released in March for the game finds itself vulnerable to an exploit.
The branching story ofTrials of Manalets players take control of one of six main characters, each of whom have their own story that loosely ties into the overarching plot. At the time of its original release on the Super Famicom, this was quite a feat. This gave the game a great deal of replayability, something that extends to the remake. While it may take between25 to 30 hours to completeone story thread, players may want to go back and learn the fates of the other characters as well. While the game offers a fair amount to grind, so too does the demo apparently.
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Players have found that the Steam version of theTrials of Manademo could be broken in such a way as to allow access to the full game. While Square Enix does not offer any explanation as to how the demo could be opened up in this way, comments on the demo’s page make note of Denuvo anti-tamper, a DRM (digital rights management) solution to bypass the lock on the game and access the full version. As such, the demo has been pulled from the Steam store, with Square Enix saying it “hopes to have it back up again very soon.”
This isn’t the first time players downloaded a demo and instead found the full game. Back in 2018, thedemo forYakuza 6was released by Sega, but the company accidentally offered up the full game (or very close to it) instead. While the blunder by Sega was obvious and required little from a player to access the main game content, this breach requires a little know how (it seems) to break into the full version.
WhileTrials of Manamay have had a bit of thunder stolen by the Square Enix’s other remake, theFinal Fantasy 7 Remake,fans of theManafranchise are happythis remake has brought with it all the classic 90s JRPG tropes that made it such a cult classic.
As playershunt for the elusive Black Rabite, or explore new post-game content thatTrials of Manaoffers, there is plenty to enjoy in this spirited remake. For those still looking to try before they buy, the PS4 and Switch versions of the demo are still available.
Trials of Manais available now on PC, PS4, and Switch.
