If you can tolerate or possibly ignore the horrendous AI, then this game will be a pleasant experience.
And so what do I hate? The AI... Yes! The AI Is a little bit off, I find that more often than not the AI have some serious issues to settle when finding path to their assigned destination, for example, there are times where I have to manually guide my allies for the shortest route possible this is a bothersome considering there are so many things going-on in the screen, trying to control multiple allies is even worse! You'll end up with the most disarray formation ever possible, one will go "that way," the other go "this way" and the last few bunch will have an impromptu dance party circling around an area and get massacred in the end.
STILL!! I believe "Heroes of Mana" deserves a chance (rent it) I love how somewhat similar this game is to "Warcraft" (I've only played WC so that's the only game I can really compare). You've to build structure and deploy units from it, harvest resources, (rings a bell?) and all that jazz and to top the icing on the cake the visuals and artwork (I've repeated this twice, yes, I am impressed) are amazing, the only redeeming point for "Heroes of Mana."
This game in all honesty doesn't actually deserves your money, but at least it deserves a rent or borrow from a friend, I bought it, but I don't have that "oh damn, I regretted buying this" feeling.
Your call!