Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered

Today, after starting a new save this weekend, I finally beat Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song. I bought it in 2023 for the Switch, got to the final boss, couldn't beat him, and gave up. But today I did it. I really think I'll remember it as one of my favorite games, and yet I don't think I could recommend it to anyone unless I know for a fact they'd be comfortable with what is effectively a 20+ hour puzzle box. Because that's what this game was. You get to pick between 8 characters with virtually no idea who any of them are, "tutorials" are walls of text that randomly pop up only after you encounter the new mechanic (or presented by these little twerps that call you a rookie in every town no matter how late in the game you are), the game literally tells you to keep multiple saves in case you mess up (because you can mess up BAD), the whole game has a "time" limit, there is no main quest until the very end of the game so you're flying by the seat of your pants and holding on by the skin of your teeth trying to figure out what the heck is going on, and that final boss was a bastard. It's a game where the main character is a plaything of the gods strung along by fate and the whims of you the player (I'm not being philosophical on that one. The game asks you your real name and sex for story reasons). But God knows it felt good to finally beat it. It's a gorgeous game, serene even. Yet it's still comfortable punching you in the gut and telling you that you failed so badly that you should probably start a new save. There's even a section in your quest log for failed quests. Even then, I only beat the game as one of the 8 playable characters. Minstrel Song is completely comfortable being itself and the main mind behind the franchise doesn't beat around the bush when he talks about his games in interviews. The whole SaGa franchise is like this. These games are weird and you may love one game in the franchise only to hate the next. But if this is your thing, you're not going to get the SaGa experience from any other gaming franchise. For what it's worth, I hope you reading this love this game the way I did.

One of my favorite non-linear JRPGs!

[b]tl;dr[/b] If you're willing to jump down a deep rabbit hole of research, preparation, and understanding, this game is incredibly good, but I assume most people aren't these days. I love this game, and had a phenomenal experience with it, but getting that experience required innumerable resources from outside the game. I started with the original PS2 game manual, branched out to various online guides including the ones on Steam, and even called up a friend from elementary school who had played it before. Wild stuff. This is very much a game for which you need to do research to even get a base level understanding of its systems, so if that's not your thing, I advise against it. Once you have a good grasp on it, though, this game grabs back and doesn't let go. It's a wildly addicting JRPG that doesn't pull that off using "number-go-up" methods, but through genuinely interesting player choices on the macro and micro level. Every player will have a different experience, even when choosing the same starting character and going for the same ending, and I think that's beautiful. My 90(~20 not counted by Steam since I had no internet, I guess) hours represents 3(.5) full playthroughs(once on each "progression speed" and a failed attempt) where I got each of the three ending quests. Didn't fight the secret ultimate final boss(yet), because that would require another playthrough(or 2) of preparation. I'm willing to, but just don't have the time yet. My first attempted playthrough ended in failure after ~10 hours. It wasn't totally unwinnable, as I've learned, but the steps to get myself out of that mess would've required another 5-10 hours of misery, and I preferred to just start over. Preparation and understanding are important.

『Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered』は、フリーシナリオ構造に基づく非線形型のロールプレイングゲームです。プレイヤーは八名の主人公から一人を選択し、オープンワールドを探索します。イベントは特定のストーリールートではなく、場所や時間に応じて発生します。 探索は好奇心に応える設計となっており、街や荒野にはクエスト、隠されたスキル、希少な戦闘が存在します。進行はマーカーによる誘導がなく、自由度が高い反面、新規プレイヤーには混乱を招く可能性があります。目標管理はプレイヤー自身に委ねられています。 戦闘はターン制で、フォーメーションと武器スタイルが重要要素です。キャラクターは戦闘中の能力使用を通じて新たな技を習得します。このランダム性は一貫性に欠ける場合がありますが、自然な成長を促進します。敵の強さはプレイヤーに合わせて上昇し、全域で高い緊張感を維持します。 キャラクタービルドは装備やクラスによる役割分担を重視します。装備変更により性能が迅速に変化します。回復手段が限定されているため、リソース管理が重要です。パーティ全体の相性は個々の火力よりも影響力が高くなります。 リマスター版では、ビジュアルが強化され、モデルの鮮明化やライティング改善が施されています。利便性向上として、地図上のマーカー改善や移動速度向上が追加されています。音楽はアレンジを伴いながらも、ボス戦を強調する構成を維持しています。 ストーリーはモジュール型で提供され、各地域が独立した対立構造を持ちます。大規模な物語要素も存在しますが、発見順が断片的となる場合があります。この設計により、複数回のプレイが推奨されます。 本作はシステムの奥深さと探索の自由度を求めるプレイヤーを主な対象としています。初心者には不透明に感じられる可能性がありますが、実験的なRPG構造を好むユーザーにとっては、高いリプレイ性と戦術的な挑戦が提供されます。

主机版有中文 steam版不给 那你去主机上找我要好评吧

한글 패치좀해주세요

还是老片鹿着爽

We need Chinese！！！！ 我们需要中文！！！！！！！

マップアビリティ周りは本当になんとかならんのですかというところはありますが、広大な世界でキャラクターが活き活きと動いている、自分だけの物語を作れるという点では〇 OPも◎です

Okay, in less than 20 hours of blind playtrough the game managed to kick my ass by making me dig my own grave. Wasn't expecting this from the last Final Fantasy gaiden serie I'vent played yet.