Mana Khemia: Student Alliance

 PSP
User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 39
  3. Negative: 11 out of 39
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  1. Captainlunchbox
    Mar 16, 2012
    1
    Save your money.

    I can't believe how bad this port is. I wanted to check out a Gust RPG and it was a relatively low price on the PSN marketplace. I start it up and I am amazed at how blurry and low-res everything is. Not being a graphics aficionado, but still taking the low quality into consideration, I keep playing. The dialogue is somewhat amusing and the premise is kind of novel. The    Save your money.

    I can't believe how bad this port is. I wanted to check out a Gust RPG and it was a relatively low price on the PSN marketplace. I start it up and I am amazed at how blurry and low-res everything is. Not being a graphics aficionado, but still taking the low quality into consideration, I keep playing. The dialogue is somewhat amusing and the premise is kind of novel. The sound glitches every now and then. The loading screens are low res character art with "Now loading..." slapped onto it. This wouldn't have passed muster 10 years ago, let alone in 2009. Everything about this just screams "LAZY PORT!!!" As if no one on the development team cared enough about the original to bring it over to the PSP. I'm wondering why it was even done. I'm going to try the PS2 version soon. I feel like Mana Khemia and its fans deserve better than this. This is unbelievably bad. Do not buy this.

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  2. casualgamer123
    Dec 8, 2013
    1
    Frighteningly bad. It is literally like looking through blurry glasses. The dialogue like the one reviewer said was really childish to the point of cringing. The only thing aesthetic wise it had going for it, was that it was voiced. Maybe good if you can get over these points but definitely wasnt worth 10 dollars for me.
  3. Mintao
    Aug 15, 2020
    0
    The fact that a terrible port of a sprite-based PS2 game could get some 10s from the users really show you that Mana Khemia fans have low standard.

Awards & Rankings

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#66 Best PSP Game of 2009
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#18 Most Discussed PSP Game of 2009
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#31 Most Shared PSP Game of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
41

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 13 out of 19
  1. IGN
    27
    Do not buy this game. Do not look at this game. Do not think about this game and hopefully the sales will send the message that ports like this won't fly -- especially when stuff like Disgaea runs flawlessly on the PSP.
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  2. GamePro
    40
    The PSP version, however, has this incredibly unfun, dual-pronged fork-in-the-eye problem of too many pokey load breaks paired with one...h-ell of a...won---ky, fra-me...rate. There were so many times until I got used to it that I thought the game was just going to crash altogether.
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  3. GameZone
    55
    A poorly ported game that makes this a frustrating game to play rather than an enjoyable one like its PS2 original.
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