If Final Fantasy is like visiting a five star restaurant (bear with me here), replete with expertly and luxuriously prepared courses, the SaGa series, specifically Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song is like a trip to a fast food restaurant. But, on the way to that restaurant your car breaks down. A call for a tow is answered by a friendly lizard man named Guella Ha. At their shop, you manage to prize two sodas from the vending machine for the price of one, but you wander back through the wrong door and tumble into the Netherworld, where Death itself resides. After some tense conversation, Death grants your passage home in exchange for a mote of your life essence. Finally, you instead find yourself at the fast food restaurant, enjoying a delicious cheeseburger.
Still with me? Ok, sorry…
All this is to say that Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remastered is an RPG that strives not to wow you with cutting edge graphics and woo you with an emotional, character-driven drama. Here it’s all about the journey, and the story you’ll have to tell. It’s about the setbacks and the mistakes, but it’s also about the discoveries and epiphanies. The game’s trailer proudly declares: “the
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