The biggest flaw in this game is how all the information is constructed and how it does not contain a lot of push for the player to find direction. You might be thinking to yourself, “That all sounds amazing! What is wrong with you?” We honestly do not have enough time to answer that last question, but let us definitely break down the aged parts here. SaGa Frontier really broke some boundaries, laid some groundwork for epic opuses, and showed that the world of an RPG could be much bigger than a singular path. Back in 1998, most RPGs still ran on linear stories, kept pushing the player from point A to point B, and were far more focused on completing the main quest, rather than offering up new places to explore while you are spiraling towards the end. It has a Skyrim-lite essence about it, though with extraordinary limitations. You can pretty much start anywhere you want in the game, go alone or with a group (the latter is far better), grind out for powerful gear, and choose multiple paths for your story to unfold. I suspect that in 1998 this game was just mind-blowing. The game is a bit of a mess on the surface if you have not played it ever (like yours truly). In other words, it is deep.Īnyway, the new improvements make the gameplay better, if you enjoy the original gameplay design (and there is a lot to enjoy) or you are a fan of the game from your 90s experience. It is far more open here and it makes for a fun time when it comes to equipping your characters on their journeys. Typically in JRPGs, especially during the 90s, what you could add/subtract to your character was incredibly limited in scope. The game is flexible in how it mixes and matches things, which means you have a buffet of choices in how you can shape your character’s offense and defense. Those items can range from armor to weapons to attire that helps boost levels. Each character can hold a certain number of items. One of the biggest is how incredibly customizable and diverse your character can be depending on the type of character you choose. It also excels with some of the original elements of the game. There is so much stop/go with the game that this was a must when it came to the remastering. The speed is not just for dialogue, but it’s for movement in battles and around lands. Like I said above, I did not play this originally in the 90s (I was a Sega fanboy – I was certain they were going to turn things around with the Dreamcast), so after playing it now at normal speed I get why people are thrilled with this. The biggest improvement that has everyone crowing right now, outside of the obvious Fuse storyline, is how you can speed up the game. On the story side of things and how the game functions, the remastering is impressive, especially when you see that the core gameplay was pretty much untouched by the remastering portions.
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For this remaster, you get an HD upgrade that fits nicely on a 16×9 screen, QOL improvements, you get some new stories involving Fuse, and further improvements on the original stories for the seven characters included in the game. Trying to tug at the heartstrings of PlayStation owners from the 90s, Square Enix did a good job with putting enough money and resources into SaGa Frontier and improving upon some areas that could make the game more enjoyable without tarnishing the original pieces. Taking a game out of 1998 and placing it on a system in 2021 is a tough sell without an enormous amount of remastering (see Capcom for details) or remaking (see Final Fantasy VII for details). New stuff means remastered! And some of the old stuff is not bad to begin with either. We are going to get into those right now, as well as the remastered game.
Director Akitoshi Kawazu put together some wild concepts that had not been sorted out quite yet, but certainly was the future of the genre. This game from Square Enix broke a lot of new ground for the role-playing genre back on March 31st, 1998.
Today, you have clicked here for the JRPG SaGa Frontier Remastered review. I know a good RPG when I see one and I am confident in my expected structure of them. Starting with the Pool of Radiance for the Commodore 128 which led me to become twitterpated in the late 80s with Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System. I have a long history with them growing up in the 80s and 90s.
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