Trials of Mana, the remake of Super Famicom classic Seiken Densetsu 3, has been relatively well received by critics since 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.

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Players have found that the Steam version of the Trials of Mana demo 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."

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This isn't the first time players downloaded a demo and instead found the full game. Back in 2018, the demo for Yakuza 6 was 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.

While Trials of Mana may have had a bit of thunder stolen by the Square Enix's other remake, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, fans of the Mana franchise are happy this remake has brought with it all the classic 90s JRPG tropes that made it such a cult classic.

As players hunt for the elusive Black Rabite, or explore new post-game content that Trials of Mana offers, 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 Mana is available now on PC, PS4, and Switch.

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Source: IGN