A new Front Mission game is rumored to be in development with the producer of Armored Core.
Oh man that's hot.
Also I hope this SaGa game isn't 14.99 like most SE titles at launch but I mean... it probably will be.
A new Front Mission game is rumored to be in development with the producer of Armored Core.
So you start off with specific classes but can have the characters branch into other specialties? Uncommon for a JRPG. I can start to see why this was a hard game to QA.
Would people recommend playing SaGa 1 before SaGa 2, or can they mostly stand alone?
Legend of Legacy is about it. There is a new SaGa coming out on vita though.
Final Fantasy II is sort of a prototype to SaGa with its stat growth mechanics.Hmm, has there been any newer games out like the Saga games?
The Last Remnant is an obvious spiritual successor to the SaGa games. It's recentish.Hmm, has there been any newer games out like the Saga games? Multiple characters to play through or the ability to learn new techs in battle.
I think I remember people talking about Legend of Legacy?, but I didn't really the demo for it.
Man this place is a graveyard. So what people can get banned now for complaining about not localizing games to the Vita? If that's true I see tons of whining in other threads about countless of things. This is a video game forum. This place is madness sometimes.
Huh, I keep forgetting about that one.The Last Remnant is an obvious spiritual successor to the SaGa games. It's recentish.
Yeah, if you have any interest in mobile games, a tablet is pretty awesome. I have an iPad Mini and it's a very nice size.Kind of off topic, but is it worth buying an Android tablet for games like this if I would use it for literally nothing else?
Does anyone know if the game has controller support on iOS or Android in the Japanese version? I searched the thread a bit but I didn't really see anything definitive. I have both available, so if one has it over the other I will pick that.
Regardless I'll probably pick it up. It has been god damn forever since a SaGa game came over.
Stand alone.
Kind of off topic, but is it worth buying an Android tablet for games like this if I would use it for literally nothing else?
Yeah, if you have any interest in mobile games, a tablet is pretty awesome. I have an iPad Mini and it's a very nice size.
PS: You'll use it for everything else once you have it, haha.
Port-begging is a no-no. Sometime you have to remind people of that.
On topic: it looks super faithful to the original design, loving the design of it.
No, there are no character classes per se in any SaGa game. [...]
The real craziness sets in the gameboy games or the PS1 game SaGa Frontier where monsters, mutants/mystics/vampires, and robots are all playable and use completely different game mechanics from human characters. Robots, for example, don't gain stats from battle at all, and instead get all of their stats from their equipment. Monsters get strong by eating other monsters to transform into other types of monster. So you start with a slime and keep eating other monsters until it turns into Tiamat.
Some SaGa games have so many arbitrary and arcane mechanics that it took some serious data-mining and/or disassembling the game code years after their release to discover that certain mechanics even existed.
Why so much hate for mobile? I think touch screen is perfect for these types of RPGs. Put me in the looking forward to it camp.
Separate related topic, did they ever release the first front mission on mobile platforms? as in iOS / Android?
A quick search of the iOS app store turned up negative for any Front Mission games. I wouldn't know about Android. That Nintendo DS port of Front Mission First is still the only localized version of the game, I think.
>> Romancing SaGa 2 coming out in ENGLISH
What, what!!!
>> for iOS/Android!!!!!!
Oh, never mind.
A new Front Mission game is rumored to be in development with the producer of Armored Core.
?!?!?!?!!
Is Tsuchida involved in these rumors?
Yeah, if you have any interest in mobile games, a tablet is pretty awesome. I have an iPad Mini and it's a very nice size.
PS: You'll use it for everything else once you have it, haha.
Is the top the original version and the bottom the new mobile version?
Did they redo all the art from scratch?
I kind of doubt that honestly. Everyone said that to me about Smartphones but I hardly use mine. I'm a big laptop guy.
SaGa is a very controversial series, but it is also one of my favorites! We didnt get any of the Super Famicom games back in the day because of well I dont really know why. Its a darn shame because the trilogy is some of Squares best work
Square started rectifying this error 10 years ago, when they released the Romancing SaGa 1 remake on PS2 in English. Now . that remake was HEAVILY different from the original SFC release, but it is an amazing game in its own right.
Now were finally getting Romancing SaGa 2. Thank god. This game is a wonderful.
What makes it awesome?
The music.
Check this stuff out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS7GAoEcbyk
https://youtu.be/WhCK6od2KHs
This stuff is DOPE, yo. Kenji Ito is an amazing composer and its a shame his name isnt passed around more when people talk about great game composers. The final boss theme is one of the best in the industry, but I dont want to spoil it.
The Battle System
The SaGa franchise represents Square at their most experimental. Often times these games will have some of the weirdest turn based battle systems youll find out of a major publisher. And I adore that.
RS2 plays kind of like SNES Final Fantasies in that battles are side facing, and you pick your attacks from a menu. But from there, it gets weird. You have typical stand bys like HP and TP (this games MP), but HP fully recovers after every battle. If your HP drops to 0, that character begins losing LP. LP does not recover after battle and if the character doesnt have any LP, they cannot be revived without staying at the inn. Pretty cool, right?
BUT thats not all. RS invented the glimmer system. This system is RAD. You essentially learn abilities in the middle of battle by using specific weapons. Wanna learn bow techniques? Use bow attacks and then suddenly your character will spark a new technique! Its pretty cool and feels great when you learn a new ability in a heated moment in the middle of a boss fight
The Story!
SaGa games are traditionally fairly non-linear and RS2 is no exception. Where as other games in the franchise have you select 1 of 8 characters and follow their personal journey though, here you follow a multi-generational struggle of a royal family. Characters pass down learned abilities to their heirs!
But the story itself is great too. Probably one of the most tragic. Its about 7 legendary heroes who were dragged to the underworld while fighting a demon. The underworld twisted their natures. After centuries, they have broken out of the underworld and are bent on destroying the world.
Tsuchida left S-E years ago and joined one of the big JP mobile companies. Might have been DeNa.
The problem with SE and mobile gaming is that there is a good chance that any of their mobile games (except for F2P) doesn't survive a new iOS release.Wow just noticed so many got banned.
People should at least just be happy this is getting released in the west. So when the time comes that you finally adapt to mobile gaming, it will be waiting for you.
I'd rather SE release as much of their hidden gems on ios/android than not having any of them at all.
Hopefully some will follow, like Treasure of Rudras, Bahamut Lagoon, Live a Live, Treasure Hunter G etc.