Romancing Saga Minstrel Song Romancing Series Roots By

Romancing Saga Minstrel Song Romancing Series Roots By

After receiving massive critical disdain from both the West and the East for the last installment, Unlimited Saga, Square is deciding to return to the series roots by basing this game upon Romancing Saga, the first entry in the Super Famicom Saga series that remains beloved by Japanese fans to this day.

Instead of typical character models, the characters look more like polygon-rendered versions of the sprites of Square games past, with larger heads, smallish bodies, and big, expressive eyes.

Its surprising at first, and the distinct look certainly helps the game to stand out among the crowd.

Its also sure to invoke a twinge of nostalgia amongst the series faithful.

However, the characters have been totally redesigned -- to the point where some of them may not be recognizable to the original games fans at first.

While your chosen heros motivations provide a goal for your story, the games non-linear Free Scenario System lets you explore the world freely and find your own way to the end.

You have no specific path and no predetermined order of events to follow -- instead, you are encouraged to try things out and see where they lead you.

Battle is a standard turn-based affair, with character abilities determined by the weapons and magic they wield and the skills theyve learned.

You can also combine certain techniques together for a damaging super attack.

In battle, HP acts as a buffer for your Life Points, which are your characters actual vitality.

You can lose all your HP and still survive as long as your Life Points dont drop to zero.

Also, your characters dont gain levels and skills at a set rate -- instead, they pick up stat upgrades at battles end and learn skills from using different items.

Using magic often lets you learn more magic, and using weapon-based attacks frequently will give you more weapon-based skills.

Characters can also equip several different kinds of weapons, rather than being limited to a very specific set.

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