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Legend of Mana

SQUARE ENIX Co.,Ltd. · 215 ratings · ★ 3.7

3.7
★★★★★
215 ratings
5 ★
137 (64%)
4 ★
0 (0%)
3 ★
9 (4%)
2 ★
13 (6%)
1 ★
54 (25%)
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 negative reviews

Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.

1
"game"
13 negative reviews mention this · 48% of all complaints
★★★★ "I would love to see more than the home location but unfortunately every time I try going to the first town, and the game tries downloading more data, it ends up failing and forcing me back to main menu." - K C
2
"controls"
7 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Great game, very poor design for the controls on this mobile version" - Heather Quinn
3
"download"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app. Will not load. I'm having some trouble downloading the additional file. It seems like everything is fine. And at the end it says download failed. Going back to the opening screen." - Jamin Lavandera S.
4
"money"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★ "unfortunately, I wasted money on this without it being able to be played on my brand new phone. being able to download the content would be spectacular but at this point, I'd prefer a refund. Great game, wish I could play it." - Sage Eaton
5
"refund"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★ "unfortunately, I wasted money on this without it being able to be played on my brand new phone. being able to download the content would be spectacular but at this point, I'd prefer a refund. Great game, wish I could play it." - Sage Eaton
6
"mobile"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Great game, very poor design for the controls on this mobile version" - Heather Quinn
7
"load"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app. Will not load. I'm having some trouble downloading the additional file. It seems like everything is fine. And at the end it says download failed. Going back to the opening screen." - Jamin Lavandera S.
8
"downloading"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app. Will not load. I'm having some trouble downloading the additional file. It seems like everything is fine. And at the end it says download failed. Going back to the opening screen." - Jamin Lavandera S.
9
"additional"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app. Will not load. I'm having some trouble downloading the additional file. It seems like everything is fine. And at the end it says download failed. Going back to the opening screen." - Jamin Lavandera S.
10
"screen"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app. Will not load. I'm having some trouble downloading the additional file. It seems like everything is fine. And at the end it says download failed. Going back to the opening screen." - Jamin Lavandera S.
11
"data"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "I would love to see more than the home location but unfortunately every time I try going to the first town, and the game tries downloading more data, it ends up failing and forcing me back to main menu." - K C
12
"port"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "cute stories, almost unintelligible crafting ,solid port ,played it to the end, interesting new game plus ,it's a five start game ...I took off points for the crafting and for the carple tunnel ,which also actually earning a point for being…" - Arc Panda

📋 All 27 negative reviews

Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").

★★★★ K C 8/19/2025
I would love to see more than the home location but unfortunately every time I try going to the first town, and the game tries downloading more data, it ends up failing and forcing me back to main menu.
★★★★ Xyfr R 8/1/2025 v2023.1020.1
Error on downloading additional files.
★★★★ Sage Eaton 7/9/2025
unfortunately, I wasted money on this without it being able to be played on my brand new phone. being able to download the content would be spectacular but at this point, I'd prefer a refund. Great game, wish I could play it.
★★★★ Dave Hearts 4/14/2025 v2023.1020.1
I'm having a lagging issues on my Poco F5, even though I've played the game smoothly before.... please fix this!
★★★★ Alexandra Rees (Alex) 1/19/2025 v2023.1020.1
Can't get additional data to download, keep trying but no luck. Have a great network connection, have tried different wifi and just data and nothing is working Won't even let me try to download it without being in the game during download. Super disappointing, was looking forward to playing this game, feels like wasted money.
★★★★ thitichart tienkasiri 11/17/2024 v2023.1020.1
Stuck at download more content for 2 days already. And its more worst that I can't get refund because its said its was not purchased policy or something. Today it's 17/11/24 its still crashed and its seem no any fixed thing from developers. Warning for whom will buy and download.
★★★★ Alex Unlayao 11/10/2024 v2023.1020.1
Not working
★★★★ Frank Miller 10/6/2024 v2023.1020.1
Unable to download resource data from the very start. Uninstalled half a dozen times, solid connection, plenty of storage space. Keeps stopping at around 300 mb every time.
★★★★ Patrick Lacey 9/26/2024 v2023.1020.1
Terrible experience, without a controller game is unplayable. Customer support is terrible...price for a 25 year old game is ridiculous, should I go on? I've been a huge SE guy my whole life but they are becoming more of the same. You bought it too bad thanks for the money.
★★★★ michael adams 6/23/2024
Won't finish DL'ing. Even though you have enough space on your phone. I'd post a picture if I could. . .
★★★★ Chris Skidmore 1/23/2024 v2023.1020.1
Controls are atrocious. Play it literally any other way.
★★★★ Kent Vincent Eclipse 12/4/2023
Please refund my money. I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME AND I DON'T NEED IT :(((
★★★★ Lou Liwanag 11/8/2023 v2021.1122.1
Sorry for my review but still not optimized on mobile when it comes in battle screen. Unlike in Trials of Mana mobile port where everything is smooth on my Poco F3.
★★★★ B Keen 1/8/2023 v2021.1122.1
Game won't load map fully
★★★★ Zachary Souza 6/22/2022 v2021.1122.1
Keeps Crashing on s21 ultra. I'm hoping for some kind of fix as the game is currently unplayable.
★★★★ Myles Crouser 4/1/2022
The game plays for a bit, but when you get to the map... it needs to load more. Then it never finishes the load. It asks to make sure you have a stable connection and enough memory. I have plenty of memory and one of the fastest internet connections available. Such a waste of time... Don't waste your money.
★★★★ Raja Simab 3/25/2022
Excellent graphics but, poorly optimised for the mobile. touch controls don't work, button/option selection is very difficult.
★★★★ Anti Star93 3/10/2022 v2021.1122.1
Want a refund screen is all black and can't see controls
★★★★ Trevor Cornell 2/16/2022 v2021.1122.1
Bad quality port with awful controls
★★★★ Benjamin Currie 1/1/2022 v2021.1122.1
As a Dragon Quest lover, i thought Mana would have been of the same caliber as other Square games. Its glitchy from the start, cant even engage 'New Game', it doesnt acknowledge my clicks, sound stuggles in and out, think it needs a controler. Doesnt work on my Asus tablet or Samsung smart phone. $40 for a mere hassle, please refund my $.
★★★★ Shane Reedy 12/8/2021
Poor controls, poor combat, lack of targeting system. Complete waste of $20.
★★★★★ Renan Lacerda 4/5/2026
está travando.. pelo preço cobrado o jogo está mal optimizado pois apresenta lentidão na hora das batalhas atrapalhando a experiência
★★★★★ Jamin Lavandera S. 10/20/2025 v2025.0918.2
The app. Will not load. I'm having some trouble downloading the additional file. It seems like everything is fine. And at the end it says download failed. Going back to the opening screen.
★★★★★ Arc Panda 7/18/2025
cute stories, almost unintelligible crafting ,solid port ,played it to the end, interesting new game plus ,it's a five start game ...I took off points for the crafting and for the carple tunnel ,which also actually earning a point for being well done ,just cp inducing so it's eight minus six to me
★★★★★ Heather Quinn 2/28/2024 v2023.1020.1
Great game, very poor design for the controls on this mobile version
★★★★★ kyon nix 8/13/2023 v2021.1122.1
Can u guys optimize this game for mobile? A bit of sluggish when playing and seems like dropping fps when running on town as well as in battle. This game is remarkable in terms of ingame environment but not good in actual play as it is laggy.
★★★★★ Christina Nichols 12/11/2021
Controls are extremely clunky, it's very hard to line your character up with the enemy so that your hits actually count, and often there's a lag so your character is doing things several seconds after you've told them to do it. In addition, the controls are so inaccurate that you often lose half of your experience and coins because you can't get the character to walk where they need to pick them up.

Sentiment summary

64%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
31%
Negative (1-2★)

⚠ Mostly positive but real complaints exist - opportunity if you fix the top 2-3 issues.