Of all the games for the Playstation, one stands out of the
crowd. A revolutionary piece is in a role playing classification. No I am not
talking about Final Fantasy VII; I am referring to Saga Frontier which belongs
to the Saga Franchise. It was originally released in Japan, as are most Playstation
games, on July 11th of 1997. It finally came to America March 31st,
1998. I believe the first time I played it was in August of 1998. Saga Frontier
works on a skill based system instead of the all popular leveling system. At
start, you pick one of the seven different protagonists, all of whom exist in
the same setting: a solar system known as The Regions, which are a group of planets,
each with its own culture. Only with one character, Blue, can you freely travel
between each region that you have been to at least once. Blue is technically
the main character of the game. And he is also one of the few main characters
that cannot be recruited outside of his own story line. With each region, you
encounter a variety of npc’s and some playable characters that you may recruit.
But they can’t all be recruited by all main characters. Of the seven main
characters, you get to choose from Blue, Asellus, Emelia, Lute, Red, Riki, and T260G.
- Blue is a first class
wizard fresh out of graduation that comes from the Magic Kingdom along
with his twin brother Rouge. The main goal of the two siblings is to
master every magic by acquiring the gifts. - Asellus is a Half-mystic
that was killed and brought back to life by lord Orlouge. When you wake up
from your slumber, you find yourself in the region called Facinaturu. - Emelia is a human that was
wrongfully accused of killing her fiancé Ren. When she escapes the prison
of Despair, she joins a group that is also hunting the same guy called
Joker. - Lute is a free spirited
human who pretty much just goes with the flow. His free spirit leads him
on quite the adventure as he uncovers the truth of his father’s death. - Red is another human that lost
his family to a criminal organization known as Black X that kind of works
like the Mafia. To save him from the same fate as his family, Alkarl
transformed him into the super hero Alkaiser to save his life. - Riki is a Lummox, a shape
shifting, fox-like creature, and one of the last remaining inhabitants of
the mysterious world, Margmel. Determined to save his homeworld, he seeks
the Rings of Margmel. In his search. Starting out his quest in Scrap, a
kind of run down region, he meets a researched by the name of Mei-Ling.
Riki absorbs monsters and creates abilities from his new shapes. - T260G is an ancient robot
that was build from junk parts. It was built to be part of a combat ship
that had a secret mission against the Region Buster 3. It lost its
memories when it crashed into the Region Scrap.
No matter who you choose to play
as in the beg inning, a huge story unfolds at introduce a huge cast of supporting
characters. Each with their own little side quests that you may choose to
follow through or not. Some have substantial benefits to completing. Be it new
magic gifts, amazing treasures, or unique skills. All in all, side quests are
enjoyable and make for a longer and in depth game that can be played over and
over.
With an almost limitless supply of
abilities and magic that trigger other learned abilities and magic, the replay
ability is virtually limitless. Also the multiple character options, you can
never play the game the same way twice so happy playing.
Of all the games for the Playstation, one stands out of the
crowd. A revolutionary piece is in a role playing classification. No I am not
talking about Final Fantasy VII; I am referring to Saga Frontier which belongs
to the Saga Franchise. It was originally released in Japan, as are most Playstation
games, on July 11th of 1997. It finally came to America March 31st,
1998. I believe the first time I played it was in August of 1998. Saga Frontier
works on a skill based system instead of the all popular leveling system. At
start, you pick one of the seven different protagonists, all of whom exist in
the same setting: a solar system known as The Regions, which are a group of planets,
each with its own culture. Only with one character, Blue, can you freely travel
between each region that you have been to at least once. Blue is technically
the main character of the game. And he is also one of the few main characters
that cannot be recruited outside of his own story line. With each region, you
encounter a variety of npc’s and some playable characters that you may recruit.
But they can’t all be recruited by all main characters. Of the seven main
characters, you get to choose from Blue, Asellus, Emelia, Lute, Red, Riki, and T260G.
- Blue is a first class
wizard fresh out of graduation that comes from the Magic Kingdom along
with his twin brother Rouge. The main goal of the two siblings is to
master every magic by acquiring the gifts. - Asellus is a Half-mystic
that was killed and brought back to life by lord Orlouge. When you wake up
from your slumber, you find yourself in the region called Facinaturu. - Emelia is a human that was
wrongfully accused of killing her fiancé Ren. When she escapes the prison
of Despair, she joins a group that is also hunting the same guy called
Joker. - Lute is a free spirited
human who pretty much just goes with the flow. His free spirit leads him
on quite the adventure as he uncovers the truth of his father’s death. - Red is another human that lost
his family to a criminal organization known as Black X that kind of works
like the Mafia. To save him from the same fate as his family, Alkarl
transformed him into the super hero Alkaiser to save his life. - Riki is a Lummox, a shape
shifting, fox-like creature, and one of the last remaining inhabitants of
the mysterious world, Margmel. Determined to save his homeworld, he seeks
the Rings of Margmel. In his search. Starting out his quest in Scrap, a
kind of run down region, he meets a researched by the name of Mei-Ling.
Riki absorbs monsters and creates abilities from his new shapes. - T260G is an ancient robot
that was build from junk parts. It was built to be part of a combat ship
that had a secret mission against the Region Buster 3. It lost its
memories when it crashed into the Region Scrap.
No matter who you choose to play
as in the beg inning, a huge story unfolds at introduce a huge cast of supporting
characters. Each with their own little side quests that you may choose to
follow through or not. Some have substantial benefits to completing. Be it new
magic gifts, amazing treasures, or unique skills. All in all, side quests are
enjoyable and make for a longer and in depth game that can be played over and
over.
With an almost limitless supply of
abilities and magic that trigger other learned abilities and magic, the replay
ability is virtually limitless. Also the multiple character options, you can
never play the game the same way twice so happy playing.
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