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Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven remakes one of the most unconventional RPGs ever brilliantly - Preview

Not many modern game franchises enjoy the small, consistent prosperity that the SaGa series has established within the last decade. These RPGs aren’t Square Enix’s most well-known games, and they are not heavy-hitters when it comes to sales performance. Most SaGa fans, including me, are aware that part of the reason that us SaGa enjoyers are spoiled with new remasters and entries lately is thanks to the ongoing success of the Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe mobile game. We know this, we accept this, and to some extent, we embrace this.

Even over the last three years, SaGa players have feasted with SaGa Frontier Remastered, Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend, Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered, and just recently back in April, SaGa Emerald Beyond. I’ve been expecting the remaster treatment for SaGa Frontier 2 for a while, so I was completely caught off-guard when Square Enix pulled back the curtain on Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven a few months ago.

Never in my wildest dreams could I have predicted that this installment in the SaGa series would receive such a lavish remake, especially one that looks to have significantly higher production values than recent SaGa releases by a considerable margin. Even within the unconventional SaGa franchise, Romancing SaGa 2 is unlike any other game in the series.

It is beloved for sure, though it is mechanically dense and offers a huge nonlinear experience that embodies the “play your own way” philosophy of the SaGa series. There are many choices for players to make that they will have to commit to; there are little-to-no universal “right” or “correct” answers in how to play Romancing SaGa 2 which, to some degree, has gradually become antithetical to the expectations of the mainstream audience for RPGs.

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