How did a skeleton and a flying axe get tickets to board this ship? Perhaps that's what I found so intimidating about SaGa Frontier but thankfully, once you give it time to sink in and put effort into adapting to its highly unconventional formula, you're in for quite an enjoyable journey. The main difference is the fact that SaGa Frontier consists of many characters' unique adventures while the Game Boy games were much more streamlined. Now that I reflect, the similarities between those games and SaGa Frontier are plentiful from the silly enemy designs to the basic battle system that provides a solid amount of freedom when it comes to setting up your party and, of course, the excellent music. v1d30chumz 46-250-13-38Īt the time, I didn't know that SaGa Frontier was part of the same franchise as the Final Fantasy Legend games which I loved when I played them on Game Boy. No matter which one I chose, I found myself perplexed by the open-ended setup to the point where I'd get overwhelmed then play something else. Considering I have attention deficit issues, I would start up each character's story, tinker around a bit, and then try someone else's adventure. After booting up SaGa Frontier, I was surprised that you could basically pick any character that you can see on the title screen. However, one game released that year which made me scratch my head. Between discovering the awesomeness of Xenogears to partaking in the silliness of Brave Fencer Musashi, it was a great time to dive into any SquareSoft title. At the time, I was knee deep in oodles of incredible RPGs for my beloved PS1 that I got a year prior. Hey, who the heck put all those instruments in the way?ġ998 was one of the best years for video games. It's been over 2 decades since the quirky SaGa Frontier debuted for the original PlayStation and it's finally back and prettier than ever.
SaGa Frontier Remastered is also available for Nintendo Switch