So what's the best way to play Romancing SaGa 1? I'm thinking of buying a cartridge of the SFC version and applying an English translation to it using Retron 5, but I'm wondering if there is a cheaper (and legal) alternative.
Just asking because I have this thing where I refuse to play a game in a series unless I've played the previous titles first.
There was a PS2 remake that was supposed to be very good, only got released in NA and Asian territories though (no EU/PAL release) so if you're like me and live in the EU region, you won't be able to play it that way unless you buy a copy of the NA version and rip the iso and either play via emulator or cracked PS2. There is also a fan translation of the SNES version.
Can you imagine my disapointmentwhen I saw that it wasn't out yet!It's out tomorrow.
But, yes, praise Kawazu for this amazing Christmas miracle.
Always loved the character art for the SaGa series. So good.If all of this wasn't enough to convince you, keep in mind the beautiful art of Tomomi Kobayashi for this game !
If this wasn't enough convincing...then you have no soul, my condolences.
I actually have and played quite a bit of the PS2 version back when it was released (this was back in my mid-teens when I didn't care about playing a series in order). The game being one of the ugliest things I've ever seen completely turned me off from it, hahaha. I usually never stop playing a game because of the graphics, but everything about it was disgusting looking.
Definitely would prefer to play the original.
How hard is the game in terms of roadblocks and such. I dont have much patience for that in games with turnbased combat. Other than those concerns, game sounds great.
As a new person to the series...good luck. I think RS 2 is actually not that bad in terms of difficulty, but it has its moments. The good news is that there is a lot of freedom. However, for these games, I usually break my trend and say it's okay to pull out a guide because sometimes they can be vague on what to do next.How hard is the game in terms of roadblocks and such. I dont have much patience for that in games with turnbased combat. Other than those concerns, game sounds great.
Random encounters are ridiculously present like some titles of its era? Did they add any QOL improvements?
Going to be cautiously optimistic that this is paving the way towards that. It's in Unity too for all that entails, but SE has been one of the better publishers with Unity games running on consoles anyway. Or period, I usually have to deal with v sync issues on PC but not with I Am Setsuna.
It's out on the german PSN at least, but only findable by search (for now, I guess).
There are no random battles, you can see enemies on the map. If you touch them the battle starts. If you are dashing and you touch them then your formation becomes a straight line. If they touch you from behind your formation gets flipped.
Formations are super important as well.
How do they work?Honestly, the way battles work in this game is worse than random battles. But that's just my opinion.
If you touch an enemy you get into a fight. If you touch an enemy, no matter what direction you or they are facing, while running, then you break formation (essentially a back attack). So basically you need to walk everywhere to prevent that.
I'm between getting this on Vita or myNew VitaSwitch. Might as well get it while it's discounted. I wanted to get it when it released on mobiles but I was salty the Vita version didn't make it over.
How is the localisation anyway?