SaGa Frontier is fondly remembered as one of the original PlayStation’s best RPGs, and playing the remastered version now, 23 years after the game first debuted in the West, it is striking to see just how much this title stands out from the crowd.įrom the moment the player first hits the title screen, SaGa Frontier feels unique. Last fall, the Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend introduced a whole new generation to the Game Boy’s first RPG, and served as a reminder that not all companies are content to let their legacy properties molder. ![]() But lately, the company has been showing more love to the series. The SaGa line of games has always been the black sheep of Square’s family. For avid fans, this remastered version will feel like coming home. ![]() For the curious, SaGa Frontier Remastered is an RPG that’s different from its contemporaries. Hidden storylines and characters that are entirely off the beaten path, only to be found by the most dedicated gamers? SaGa Frontier may not have invented the trope, but it is bursting with secrets, nonetheless so much so that there are dozens of dedicated guides for this 1998 gem. A leveling system that relies less on grinding and more on thoughtful exploitation of a novel system? Check again. Multiple protagonists moving through wildly varying stories? Check. Players unfamiliar with SaGa Frontier might be shocked to learn how many modern RPG conventions originated in the SaGa series. Finding new techniques using “glimmer” is key to combat effectiveness.
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