The race I left for last, Humans is a perfect chance to talk about techniques as well as the updated translation of the remaster.
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A strong monster can be a huge boon to the party, but it can also take a lot of time and dedication to get to their full potential. Considered a little more advanced to effectively build, Monsters absorb techniques from defeated foes, increasing their HP for every new ability learned, as well as changing the monster’s form depending on key techniques it has as well as HP thresholds for stronger monster forms. They are capable of absorbing special programs from enemy mecs as well that will help bring about machine superiority in your party. Mecs have stats that are determined by the equipment you have them equipped with, with swords making them stronger, armor increasing defensive stats and HP as well as special circuit boards that unlock special attacks and varied stat bonuses. This leads to lots of fun setups as you can make attack-based powerhouses, speedy support units, and more with this race. A Sword, Gloves, and boots are all attacks that you can absorb a monster into, boosting your stats up and giving you access to a powerful monster technique. Mystics can learn magic naturally as well as level up their stats after battle but what really makes them shine are their special, monster absorbing weapons. We will get to humans last because they tie in with one of my favorite dopamine rushes in gaming. Each of these races both learns abilities in different ways and grows in different ways. The versatile humans, powerful vampire mages, the Mystics, Sturdy and powerful Mecs, or even shapeshifting Monsters to add to your party.
There are multiple races for you to build your party from. It’s the kind of game that only gets better as you get more familiar with its system and world, but I am glad to say that the barrier for entry has been lowered quite a bit and it is FAR more welcoming than its PS1 counterpart for new players.Ĭombat and character building are some of my favorite systems around in this game. The game (and most entries in the series) are famous for not having a TON of direction at times, and they have taken great care to give players a little bit more agency in finding out what comes next rather than leaving it up to a grand exploration of every location you can go to. The already pretty pre-rendered backgrounds have been run through some crazy AI upscaling robot and they are looking sharper than ever, even if I occasionally spot a few rough-looking spots, the overall quality of the upscale is fantastic. There were more than a few sprites my mind thought were COMPLETELY different, and seeing them through a clean lens made me say aloud “OH THAT’S WHAT THAT WAS”, especially when it comes to the mechanical characters. The character sprites have had new life breathed into them, with the sprites cleaned up and crisped to a level that leads to me looking at characters, monsters, and more through a clean lens. I played countless hours of this game back in the day as well as MANY revisits over the years leading up to this, it’s one of my absolute favorite JRPGs of all time and I am happy to say it did an absolutely amazing justice with this remaster!Ī little bit more about what was actually done here. Fuse, the 8th character, requires you to beat someone’s story before you can play his take on it. The remaster in question adds an 8th character who was cut originally, who kind of intersects with everyone’s story and provides some cool scenarios that play with the outcome of events we are familiar with. Saga Frontier has 7 main characters originally who all have their own stories set in this world we play in, who will meet different people, do different things and even have unique gameplay mechanics for a character. It was, for the vast majority of us, the first exposure to mainline SaGa and its open-ended gameplay.
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Crazy how time works out, isn’t it? SaGa Frontier is a JRPG belonging to the SaGa series at large that was originally released in Japan on July 11th, 1997 for the Sony Playstation 1 and later on March 25th, 1998 it saw a North American release. Saga Frontier not only gets a remaster, but also has a huge amount of its cut content restored? I have an affinity for PS1 JRPGs that lose a little on the cutting board due to budget constraints, time or otherwise, and Saga Frontier 1 is another one of those games, and here I am bringing a review to you, the people. Wow, two things I never thought would come around. Restoring cut content, breathing new life into pre-rendered background and old sprite, while even addressing the games infamous lack of direction, Saga Frontier Remasters draws a line in the sand, and sets a new standard in what I expect in seeing an old JRPG ported to the modern age.
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