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healygYou might be wondering why I've left this blog fallow for such long periods, even skipping out on regular features like Currently Reading Wednesdays. The truth is, I've been playing a lot of video games lately, and there's one in particular that's got me obsessed: Romancing Saga 3.
Romancing Saga 3 is kind of a hard game to explain for folks not familiar with the Saga series. Basically it's kind of like Final Fantasy 6, only you can choose which character is the protagonist at the start of the game, instead of espers you get skills learnt at random during fights (with some purchasable magic), instead of level-ups you get random stat-ups, it's almost completely non-linear from the get-go, and in fact it's actually not much like Final Fantasy 6 at all aside from some superficial similarities. It's designed by Akitoshi Kawazu, the guy behind Legend of Mana and The Last Remnant, if those names mean anything to you.
The design is a bit too obscure for its own good, but the game has a lot of charm that helps smooth over the rough bits, like rushed questlines, awkward minigames, and hidden event counters that can screw you over. How can I possibly hate a game that has not one, but two Zorro-esque superheroes that you can recruit? Plus you can have an adorable little girl in your party who equips a teddy bear as a defensive item!
I hope to talk about Romancing Saga 3 more in the future, but there are other things that might get in the way (including, ironically enough, playing Romancing Saga 3). We'll see how the rest of the week shakes out.
Romancing Saga 3 is kind of a hard game to explain for folks not familiar with the Saga series. Basically it's kind of like Final Fantasy 6, only you can choose which character is the protagonist at the start of the game, instead of espers you get skills learnt at random during fights (with some purchasable magic), instead of level-ups you get random stat-ups, it's almost completely non-linear from the get-go, and in fact it's actually not much like Final Fantasy 6 at all aside from some superficial similarities. It's designed by Akitoshi Kawazu, the guy behind Legend of Mana and The Last Remnant, if those names mean anything to you.
The design is a bit too obscure for its own good, but the game has a lot of charm that helps smooth over the rough bits, like rushed questlines, awkward minigames, and hidden event counters that can screw you over. How can I possibly hate a game that has not one, but two Zorro-esque superheroes that you can recruit? Plus you can have an adorable little girl in your party who equips a teddy bear as a defensive item!
I hope to talk about Romancing Saga 3 more in the future, but there are other things that might get in the way (including, ironically enough, playing Romancing Saga 3). We'll see how the rest of the week shakes out.
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