Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven Is More Amazing Than I Thought

[@GaiusIsidoro]

Thank you for watching! Whew.

[@codak29]

Thank you, d0r0!

[@alexdollesin300]

Thank you for spreading word of this game! RS2 is such a unique rpg, I'm so happy to see it returning as a remake.

[@itskazzyd]

I don’t like remakes more than the originals usually. I don’t like change because it often makes me uncomfortable. However, this game is one of the rare occasions where I find the remake to be the definitive experience of the game. With the added lore, the fact that magic isn’t a complete pain to level, and all the QoL changes it’s just so much better. I love the original version and will still play it from time to time, don’t get me wrong, but this remake just blew me away.

[@thatanonwholurksmoar7386]

You forgot one tiny little thing. You no longer need to off your party members to switch it for a new one. On the demo, you can freely switch around your characters with 4 other units in the castle freely and as many time as you like. Actually, a lot of people seem to have missed this, lol.

[@bluespaceman7937]

It is easy to miss out on this in the demo, truthfully.

[@smward87]

@@bluespaceman7937 Yeah the game makes no mention of it whatsoever and it kind of urges you to just instantly fast travel to the next dungeon. So you need to actually go out of your way to figure it out. Which is fine. It's rewarding exploration which is often lost in games these days.

[@Exdeathmore]

A nice little addition I saw was that alternates of the same class aren't just palette swaps, but some of them have different hairstyles from each other.

[@Augusleeberty]

I tested it and there is 3 different outfit and 3 different hairstyle for each characters for a total of 9 different combination. When the ninth one die, the cycle restart. But it was a really long prossess lol because you need a character to die almost 100 times to regain the first model version. At least that's it works in the demo. Tested it with 3 characters.

[@asksalottle220]

I've been pretty put off by a lot of games lately, including rpgs, but this ones demo genuinely has me interested with its design, combat, skill progression. Gonna get it for sure.

[@SamSparks88]

Played the demo on switch and really enjoyed the gameplay. The performance and visuals were honestly really impressive too

[@WhiteFangofWar]

It's always funny to me how my first taste of SaGa was when it was wearing the mask of Final Fantasy Legend 2/3. A series with a lot of potential that turns some people off with its barriers to entry and extremely high difficulty. Hopefully this remake has alleviate some of that.

[@bluespaceman7937]

Enemies get stronger in the remake, but apparently it depends on: a) how many events you have completed. b) how many battles you have won.

[@augustheinz7976]

they get to lvl 2 after u fight (win) 60battles 0 flee. i did that on classic dont know if diffiulty matters

[@klissattack]

The real question is do I have to seal double cut in order to glimmer it and make it teachable lol. I did not spark parry but Leon did learn Moonlight which gave me one more healer

[@HcCh-sm8kk]

Only few complain i have is loosing the ability to save anytime, also they combine skill point and magic point into one. Original game your ability and magic skill have two different bp and mp.

[@applewind9318]

I always wanted to try the RS games and I feel this is a great point to start it, by the graphical look is it the same team that worked on the Mana remake? If is more reason to buy the game.

[@bringbacktradition6470]

I highly recommend RS: Minstrel Song! It's not expensive and on consoles. It's REALLY good.

[@elixxur]

I like this review because you include tips :)

[@nathangraves6642]

I remember when I first played the first romance Saga. I blew out all my items facing one boss and then as soon as I was done and went on to the next area it threw 3 enemies of the same boss in one battle.

[@LS-mb4my]

Man new players during the termite section will be like people entering the HxH Chimera Ant arc for the first time....

[@nonreturn7386]

as far as RPG dream remakes go, I like this timeline we're in right now

[@sgtchief]

I played the demo and I really enjoyed it, never played a Romancing Saga game before but this will be my first.

[@keen7youtubeistoast796]

I'm having quite a few of these titles on my backlog, but cause they are so exhausting to play (because of the difficulty and the BR system) I decided to wait for the right moment to play them. Well, the moment came with the demo of this game, cause after playing it, I'm nearly done with my first char of "Minstrel Song"... even on "Normal" speed, cause I love missing stuff for having greater replay value. Man... I just love the whole structure of these titles so much. The whole growth already got me in "Vagrant Story", and I'm a sucker for it. Plus the freedom you have and creating your own journey. And this freedom extends to your party, cause you can outfit them and teach them how you want, even if it deviates from their normal style. I can't wait for the release, and despite finding "RS 2" the most interesting in this series, I never gave it a fair shot.

[@delightXD]

Never played the original, bought the remake from steam and I am enjoying it.

[@moisescorral8297]

Animations are a little stilted, but this game is gorgeous, and I'm so happy we have a 3D SaGa game this big and this beautiful. I'm impressed. I know there's supposed to be one more game in the Scarlet Grace/Emerald Beyond style to round out the trilogy of sorts, but I hope SaGa games start to look like this moving forward.

[@nullthenightcat]

Perhaps Square should ask xeen to co-develop the series from now on.

[@mrp1234]

I was so so so impressed by the demo. I've tried SaGa and it never did it for me but I'm psyched for this one - the devs did an amazing job

[@Kuljin20]

I hope they made the smaller towns in each area more fleshed out, and give the citizens more dialogue..

[@82impz]

Yep, I played the demo, realised this is quite a different game than the jrpg in recent years. Preordered and hope it doesn't fail me as I am quite allergic toward preordering usually. I am much more weak sauce though, I am playing it at normal and it is a suitable difficulty for me HAHA.

[@tiagocosmos]

the 2016 remaster did actually come with a manual on Steam, I have it downloaded as a pdf file. I loved the demo, I just wish the game didn't have denuvo, i'll only get it when they remove it. That thing is a fucking plague.

[@jordankelly4684]

just say you pirate games

[@matheu6848]

I played the demo on hard, for me was really enjoyable the only thing it was missing for me was doing more than 2 characters combo, but this is only the beginning of the game sooo I think late in the game I can do combos like in Emerald Beyond

[@Zeomantic]

The original had some fun quest lines, for sure!

[@Ynbreezey12]

Does this game have a friendship/romance system?

[@vidarye5859]

Another possible goty contender. What a great year for gaming. Rebirth, Wukong, Space Marine 2, Dragon Ball plus this and more

[@nyx2903]

Whom are we romancing in this saga?

[@omensoffate]

Snort

[@mielthesquid6536]

are you saying the game has 250 playable characters???

[@evenwinn140]

Same combat system as octopath traveler just in 3D with the weapon weaknesses underneath enemies = already bought 😂

[@Omnivoid22]

F that. We want that old school external guide . Us older players like that. I dont like rpgs that are too easy. Make me explore and teat things out. Experiment and so on

[@Brekner]

Yeah, equipping the new characters and swapping their skills ended up being the most boring part of the game.

[@nicholasnajibi3082]

Was extremely disappointed with the demo. They changed it for 14-year-old anime kids. Game holds your hands so much it literally put lightbulbs in the skills section so we can tell you what to use and when to use it…. I can’t make this shit up. 😂

[@smward87]

You can turn all of that off. Regardless, it doesn't mean you're guaranteed to learn the skill. It just means the chance to learn it is now available. That lightbulb could be there for dozens of battles before you finally learn the skill. So you're literally complaining about and acting like a tough guy over nothing.

[@ThomasstevenSlater]

So you can't enjoy the game knowing that someone else who isn't "worthy" is.

[@Kswitchem]

So turn all that stuff off then. You don't have to act like an elitist asshole. This series has always been niche. I wholly welcome a more accessible entry so that more people can get into the series I love.