SaGa Frontier Remastered
Choose a protagonist and shape a branching RPG journey, learning techniques through battle glimmers and combining allies' attacks. The remaster adds Fuse's unlockable scenario and adjustable speed controls.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.4 / 10
About this game
Your choice of protagonist sets the goals and ending of a journey whose events respond to further decisions. In battle, glimmers can reveal new techniques, while compatible actions link into team combinations. Enemy strength changes with the number of battles fought, making combat frequency part of the adventure's structure. The remaster adds Fuse's scenario after you complete another protagonist's story. It also restores Asellus events when additional content is enabled at the start. Redrawn character and background visuals accompany practical options: accelerate battles, events and movement, or display markers at area exits. These changes support exploring the scenario system without replacing its character-led structure.
Collected in series
SaGa is an RPG series that experiments with player choice, character growth and turn-based battles. Its games often let you choose a protagonist or the order of your travels, while changing combat rules encourage you to learn each adventure on its own terms.
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Suited to players who enjoy discovering RPG possibilities through character choice and battle experimentation.
Glimmers and team combinations could reward curiosity about what a party can do. Distinct protagonist routes make another story a different goal, while Fuse gives completion a further destination.
Strengths
- Story choices and battle discoveries offer separate avenues for experimentation.
Weaknesses
- Encounter-based enemy scaling may frustrate players who expect extra battles to make every later challenge easier.
Who it is for: Players comfortable exploring branching stories and learning through combat.
Play notes: Fuse requires a completed protagonist scenario; Asellus's restored events require additional content to be enabled.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Separate protagonist goals and Fuse's completion gate provide a route-based progression structure. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Glimmers and compatible team attacks could make experimenting with battle actions more appealing than repeating a fixed routine. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Redrawn characters and environments may help players engage with the remastered visual presentation. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Speed settings and optional exit markers let players adjust traversal and repetition to their preferences. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Square Enix
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Release date
- Apr 14, 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Long-term ProgressionSolo-friendlyTurn-based CombatMain Story 20–50 HoursStory-driven3D GraphicsThird PersonLevel ProgressionFantasyExploration
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideApr 14, 2021
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Sources
- www.jp.square-enix.comSource revision: 1
- www.jp.square-enix.com