What did you think about Romancing SaGa 2? Was it as good as Square’s other RPG remakes? Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/xygorgaming OR through KZitem membership by clicking the JOIN button above!
@moisescorral8297
Ай бұрын
There's a whole ass remake coming out now you guys. I'm freaking out.
@mattcormier6293
Жыл бұрын
The SNES and PS1 was the golden age of RPGs in my opinion
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
100% agree with you on that!
@EdvinDzafcic
Жыл бұрын
I dunno is water wet?
@edge6441
Ай бұрын
Yes! And both eras are behind us but hopefully history likes to repeat itself...let's drink to that!
@ValisFan3
Жыл бұрын
I have good/bad memories with this game. I played it at my grandparent's house in Japan and I couldn't understand Japanese. I liked the non-linear design of the gameplay. I remember that I died a lot though and I constantly resettled the game.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing these memories of it!
@ciscornBIG
Жыл бұрын
Hmmm, don't believe this. Why did your grandparents have a niche game in a genre like this?
@ValisFan3
Жыл бұрын
@@ciscornBIG I played it at my Grandparents' house in Japan, but the Super Famicom and games belonged to one of my other relatives and they let us borrow it.
@Siinory
Жыл бұрын
Romancing SaGa, and the SaGa series in general, is so underlooked and deserves to be experienced by more players!
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree! It's a shame too considering the remasters of 2 and 3 were so good. At least in my eyes.
@Siinory
Жыл бұрын
@@Xygor I own every single remaster on switch, missing SaGa Colleciton on steam. RS3 is still my favorite in a lot of aspects but I started with RS2
@Dinobolt1
Жыл бұрын
This player can look forward to experiencing it for the first time this year as I just ordered RS2 off of Play Asia.
@Siinory
Жыл бұрын
@@Dinobolt1 I need to get every Remaster from Play Asia
@BlueLightningSky
Жыл бұрын
The choice of emperor has some impact on the choices you have available. For example I think you can't fight Rocboquet the first time unless your emperor is a male. Then you can only recruit Amazons if you are female. And I think your dialogue slightly changes depending on the personality of the emperor. Some of the scenarios are pretty intricate and detailed for a game so old, the Cumberland scenario is way above most JRPGs.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Great info, thanks! Didn't realize some of this.
@FarelForever
Жыл бұрын
I do confess that after waiting for this game to be translated for so many years, I kind of had way too high expectations of it, but after I calmed down and leveled my expectations, I had a good time with it.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Great! Glad you enjoyed it.
@tiagocosmos
Жыл бұрын
I love the SaGa series so much. This one is quite unique even for the series, I still gotta go back and finish my playthrough of it. I love the setting and the concept of the Seven Heroes, and the weird classes and characters in the game.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
True, it's unique in several ways! Thanks for chiming in here with your thoughts on it.
@shadowhg13
Жыл бұрын
I just finished it yesterday, is blows my mind that this game was disagned in 1993. You are playing a literal epic of old. And so much you do is think over, is criptic at part and some times you need a guide to help you. I would recomended this game to any RPG fan, just for the concept alone. Abd the music rocks.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it!
@ToranosukeEdo
Жыл бұрын
You and Steve Blum share the same vocal timbre- you could probably do a near perfect Spike Spiegel impersonation
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Interesting, I listened to an interview with him out of curiosity and I don’t think it’s similar
@questcore636
Жыл бұрын
loving your channel, haven't come across a gaming channel of this quality in a long time
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, that makes my day!
@TheHeroExodus
Жыл бұрын
I've always had a problem with saga games. Its the combat system. You got weird stats and you advance randomly. So you end up having to grind til the rng gods decide you get the boost you have been looking for Want str? Here's hp! Want that cool sidewinder skill? Here's a new skill every way shittier than the default attack!!
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
True, it’s whacky sometimes and I can see why some fans don’t like it.
@Zeverinsen
Жыл бұрын
Old Square games are so much more interesting than you ever really hear about, and I'm glad I started delving deeper into them. I've been thinking about playing the Romancing series for a while now, but you convinced me! _You've got a new subscriber!_
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Right on, and thank you! I think it’s a super underrated series!
@cliftonsargent1572
Жыл бұрын
Great video! This definitely got my interest
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@16bitrpglabs68
Жыл бұрын
Another banger as always! Love your vids my dude, looking forward to the next one!
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate it! Many more to come.
@mara434
Жыл бұрын
Great content, thanks for the video!
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@ItalNico
Жыл бұрын
I've wondered about these games ever since I saw a picture of one of them in Nintendo Power many years ago. I don't play newer consoles much but I just downloaded RSaGa 2 and gave it a play and it's quite fun. Thank you for reminding me to finally try this series. :)
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
No problem, thanks for leaving your thoughts about it!
@Jeffmetal42
Жыл бұрын
I used to see pictures in GamePro a lot of JRPGs that never made it over here. I remember waiting forever for Samurai Shodown RPG to release here... Hell, I'm still waiting for a translation.
@josephbrian455
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Going to pick this up and play it. Are you planning on doing videos on the first four Phantasy Star games? Love to hear your take.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I absolutely am, look out for them!
@Dinobolt1
Жыл бұрын
Last night I purchased the Switch edition of the Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remasters off of Play Asia and I needed another game to get free shipping, so I ended up purchasing Romancing Saga 2 based on your retrospective for the series. I'll try Minstrel Song, 3 and Saga Frontier eventually but I am really looking forward to this game almost as much as I am to playing the Pixel Remaster of Final Fantasy I, IV and VI as well as playing II, III and V for the first time ever.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Right on, that's a great batch of games! I love the Pixel Remasters.
@Dinobolt1
Жыл бұрын
@@Xygor I got a Super Nintendo Classic Mini for Christmas and a Nintendo Classic Mini for my birthday so I've been playing both FF games on them as well as FFIV on the PlayStation. FFI and VI were the only games I played as a child, but FFVI was my favorite game ever back in the day and I loved the first one primitive as it was. Even as an adult in 2023 I had a blast with the original, and look forward to playing the Pixel Remaster of it.
@KCUFyoufordoxingme
Жыл бұрын
I would have mentioned that you can hire out your whole party anew each generation, and recorded skills can be used by each successive generation.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
True, good point!
@Laros82
Жыл бұрын
Never played but always knew of the series. Can't wait to play the remasters!
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Great, give it a shot!
@Jeffmetal42
Жыл бұрын
This series in general has always been really unique and interesting. Great series that often gets overlooked.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
So true! Thanks for watching.
@armnakornthab6867
10 ай бұрын
RS2 had the best story line among all RS.
@Xygor
10 ай бұрын
It definitely had the most unique concept too!
@OutrunCitizen
Жыл бұрын
This game is a 10/10 masterpiece. Everyone should really try it
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
You think so? I wouldn't go that far, but I do think it's overlooked!
@crazymosby3079
Жыл бұрын
Interesting to see one person call it a 10/10 game.
@anzilluuri
Жыл бұрын
It definitely moved in the right direction to make it so much better. Just wished they could have done something different than the RNG system(Maybe a skill point system and having to focus on a certain way to get stronger over many generations?). This was a games I went 10 hours without learning any weapons skills at all the first time playing it(switch version). 😂 And all the enemies during that 1st 10 hours all did around 75-300 damage before I even had that amount of health or any real money for upgrade. Lost around 40 characters to perma death. Sheesh
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing these thoughts!
@ArbiterLibera
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to see RS2 and RS3 get such amazing remasters while FF was not afforded the same treatment until arguably the Pixel Remasters.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
True!
@ShadyPlatinum777
24 күн бұрын
Can’t wait for the remake
@ILoveThisBlank
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I wish I liked this game more, though. I gave it a shot, and I really liked a lot of the ideas in it, but I found it too difficult and grindy for me to really enjoy.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Understood, thanks for being honest about your feelings toward it!
@metalrob6713
Жыл бұрын
I might give this a try one day, after trying out that upcoming Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Do it! The Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are all out already though!
@Vaporbomb
Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite games of all time. Thank you for covering this.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it that much!
@crazymosby3079
Жыл бұрын
We have 💯% the exact same mentality.
@otrianodevoscartriano5652
10 ай бұрын
I'm playing Romancing SaGa 2. Cool game!
@Xygor
10 ай бұрын
Glad you are liking it! The Steam version is very good.
@scottpilgrim2
Жыл бұрын
I really liked the skill prerequisite system, similar to legend of mana
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
True!
@ShadowWolfRising
2 ай бұрын
How is this premise not a thing more common in RPGs?
@moisescorral8297
Ай бұрын
They just announced a full remake
@ShadowWolfRising
Ай бұрын
@@moisescorral8297 I know, I'm beyond excited.
@NeoNinjaX87
Жыл бұрын
Only ever played Saga Frontier…. Not sure if it falls in line with the Romancing Saga however..
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
In the same universe of games for sure, so there will be tons of similarities.
@crazymosby3079
Жыл бұрын
SaGa Frontier was originally going to be Romancing SaGa 4, so it has a bit of a connection.
@jonhard12
Жыл бұрын
i think it took so long to get an official english remastered probably the 2 ps2 games got low meta score and sales when comes to saga music kenji ito is the guy he did have a band destiny 8 for saga series music i played the snes saga 3 and at that time graphically wise is very good but now basically can play on any platform now which is good the remastered version there are things that i was quite disappointed like the UI cant choose from the Original one and only boss have some idle animation
@Sparkbomber
Жыл бұрын
Its a... different game. I should love it, but it gave me a meh feeling instead. Maybe I need to revisit it.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Give it another try!
@Jack-nj9pi
Жыл бұрын
Wish the saga games were more user friendly i can never reccomend any aside from frontier 2 cause the rest can be sl tough and bloated
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
Fair enough! Thanks for leaving your thoughts of it.
@scottpilgrim2
Жыл бұрын
The mobile game of this series is wonderful as well.
@Xygor
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize this!
@saliver5909
Жыл бұрын
I want a 3D modern remake for RS2. Reasons: monsters & bosses will look so cool in 3D. Imagine final boss in 3D. Another graphical reason is landscape. RS2 has a really large map with various sceneries. Pixels alone don't do the geographical locations justice imo. Time to upgrade. Revamping cities, towns, villages, camps, dungeons and add exploration rewards will be awesome, like hidden treasure chests or something. Also use the remake change to add more dialogues and lore for the 7 heroes. They are rare unique characters and should have more personalized arc. Imagine they have quarrels with each other, sometimes helping the player against the other heroes. Flesh out the 7 heroes and make them rich with personality. What if you can actually make one of them join you and weaken the final boss? As reference, Sarluin isn't too friendly with Death and Shirach even when they are sibling gods. Add unique abilities to classes. Classes/jobs just feel like sprite change you just use the characters pretty much the same. Also add at least one unique character and look for each class. RS has too many generic characters. If you make some of them unique and not just replaceable units, players can feel more emotionally attached to them. Add more functions and new abilities to formations. Formations have many utility and special quirks already in RS series but I want more. Provided how tough some battles can be, I think revamping formations can be some nice counters to hard bosses or difficulty creep. With that much said I don't really expect a RS2 remake. SquareEnix is pretty dumb in making sound business decisions as they care more about NFT than games that sell. I have zero hope for a RS2 remake lol
@wiiwii2964
26 күн бұрын
HEY BUDDY, YOU GOT YOUR WISH, romancing saga revenge of the 7...
@saliver5909
25 күн бұрын
@@wiiwii2964 Never thought it would happen. It's SE the NFT deadbeat we are talking about. Still I am glad. Now if there's any nitpicking, I wish the bgm can remix just a bit more. The RS1 Ministral Song remake has the correct musical "innovation" I am looking for.
@SpiritVector
5 ай бұрын
This looks awesome but they reaaally took a lot from their Final Fantasy. Not complaining but why not just say it's a spinoff Final fantasy?
@Xygor
5 ай бұрын
The levelling and story systems are a lot different, but the sprites do look similar
@MerkhVision
4 ай бұрын
Because it’s an entirely different game series? It’s not just a spin-off final fantasy lol. Not made by the same group of people despite being from the same company. Although when they first released the first 3 games of the series in the west they changed the titles to “Final Fantasy Legend 1, 2, and 3” to capitalize on western gamers familiarity with FF and they lacked faith in the success and popularity of JRPGs in the west at the time.
@SpiritVector
4 ай бұрын
Yeah I have played it since this comment, It has been a month dude lol.@@MerkhVision
@duhmez
Жыл бұрын
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