![]() With the SaGa series being sheparded by a number of producers that are giving it the care it deserves, SaGa Frontier Remaster represents the completed version of the game with all of that unfinished content completed for the first time! What's also notable about this release is that, twenty years later, the game has finally been finished! Issues stemming from other projects going over budget and time caused SaGa Frontier 1 to have to be tragically released before it was completed, meaning a lot of content had to be cut, including an entire scenario based around an eighth main character that was only otherwise present as a supporting character for the other character scenarios. It's a very fun and expansive game with a ton for you to discover! While most of the mechanics present are largely based around what was already refined in previous SaGa games with regards to the freeform character development, this game also plays up a new combo attack mechanics where characters can combine their attacks together to do significantly more damage. SaGa Frontier 1 also brings a lot of general weirdness to the table, with characters ranging from Mutant (Mystic), Monsters, Robot, Secret Agents, and Super Heroes characters all representing completely different playstyles and storytelling. Often times characters will overlap with each other, but each character's scenario is largely its own thing. What made this game stand out compared to a lot of its contemporaries is the character scenario setup, where you play through each individual character scenario as contained campaigns within a shared world. ![]() SaGa Frontier 1 itself is a pretty straightforward game to talk about, even though it is just as dense and complex as its series brethren. This led to the series returning to the US after years of remaining dormant, meaning we got to enjoy the next round of SaGa games right up until we tragically missed out on the DS games. While obviously it didn't blow up in the same way that FF7 had, it built a determined fanbase that got to enjoy seeing the rereleases of the original Gameboy titles around the same time. SaGa Frontier 1 is notable for being one of Square's sophomore follow-up to Final Fantasy 7 in North America, which whatever games followed that juggernaut would be pretty dang important. It was originally released on the Playstation in 1997/1998 and hasn't been rereleased since. ![]() SaGa Frontier is the seventh game in SquareEnix's long running SaGa series, which itself was a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy II in all it's self flagellating glory.
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