It could try to make the NPCs and intereaction with the world more alive otherwise (from what I have played).

It could try to make the NPCs and intereaction with the world more alive otherwise (from what I have played).

It could try to make the NPCs and intereaction with the world more alive otherwise (from what I have played).

SaGa Frontier, SaGa Frontier 2, and Unlimited Saga (not SaGa for some reason) are probably the most misunderstood and underrated games I’ve ever played.

People complain about the lack of direction in them, but hail the open-endedness of games like Oblivion. SaGa games are meant to introduce WRPG themes, mainly minimally-developed characters and nonlinear gameplay elements, and put a JRPG twist on them (turn-based battles, etc).

Unlimited Saga is not for the feint of heart — it’s easily the most difficult game to understand. As in, ever. But if you give it a shot and use some of the tutorials other gamers wrote up on GameFAQs, it’s pretty deep.

What’s my point? They’re good games. Not particularly stunning, but 100% undeserving of the hate they’ve received from confused, often gaming-obtuse, critics/reviewers.

SaGa Frontier, SaGa Frontier 2, and Unlimited Saga (not SaGa for some reason) are probably the most misunderstood and underrated games I’ve ever played.

People complain about the lack of direction in them, but hail the open-endedness of games like Oblivion. SaGa games are meant to introduce WRPG themes, mainly minimally-developed characters and nonlinear gameplay elements, and put a JRPG twist on them (turn-based battles, etc).

Unlimited Saga is not for the feint of heart — it’s easily the most difficult game to understand. As in, ever. But if you give it a shot and use some of the tutorials other gamers wrote up on GameFAQs, it’s pretty deep.

What’s my point? They’re good games. Not particularly stunning, but 100% undeserving of the hate they’ve received from confused, often gaming-obtuse, critics/reviewers.

SaGa Frontier, SaGa Frontier 2, and Unlimited Saga (not SaGa for some reason) are probably the most misunderstood and underrated games I’ve ever played.

People complain about the lack of direction in them, but hail the open-endedness of games like Oblivion. SaGa games are meant to introduce WRPG themes, mainly minimally-developed characters and nonlinear gameplay elements, and put a JRPG twist on them (turn-based battles, etc).

Unlimited Saga is not for the feint of heart — it’s easily the most difficult game to understand. As in, ever. But if you give it a shot and use some of the tutorials other gamers wrote up on GameFAQs, it’s pretty deep.

What’s my point? They’re good games. Not particularly stunning, but 100% undeserving of the hate they’ve received from confused, often gaming-obtuse, critics/reviewers.

@Jaxel:
“How this game managed to get a myriad of sequels is beyond me, and even those are ridiculously bad.”

The series was first “Final Fantasy Legends” for gameboy then Japan only “Romancing Saga” before Frontier. So this game didn’t spark the series really.

According to wikipedia, The Last Remnant is part of this series?

@Jaxel:
“How this game managed to get a myriad of sequels is beyond me, and even those are ridiculously bad.”

The series was first “Final Fantasy Legends” for gameboy then Japan only “Romancing Saga” before Frontier. So this game didn’t spark the series really.

According to wikipedia, The Last Remnant is part of this series?

The story failed to give you any clues on what you had to do. So when you play, you pick your character, and to progress the plot, you need to be on the right planet, in the right shop, at the right time of day. Meanwhile, you dont know what planet, what shop its supposed to be, or whether its morning, day or night.

Not to mention, in order to get the full story of the game, you need to play the game and beat it with all 9 charactes. I imagine, if you play the game 8 times before, suddenly what you have to do will make sense on your 9nth and final character… but who wants to play such a bad game 9 times through?

The story failed to give you any clues on what you had to do. So when you play, you pick your character, and to progress the plot, you need to be on the right planet, in the right shop, at the right time of day. Meanwhile, you dont know what planet, what shop its supposed to be, or whether its morning, day or night.

Not to mention, in order to get the full story of the game, you need to play the game and beat it with all 9 charactes. I imagine, if you play the game 8 times before, suddenly what you have to do will make sense on your 9nth and final character… but who wants to play such a bad game 9 times through?