However, like all of the previous SaGa games, it was critically panned although not quite as much as Unlimited Saga and sold poorly.

While its not for everyone, I love this game I still have my original PS1 disc and strategy guide, and I enjoy popping this title in to play.

There are zero cutscenes and the characters arent tied into one epic story that leads players around by the nose.

Each character has a unique backstory, quest, and style of play, though you do most of your leveling through sidequests that are available in all playthroughs.

For some players the shared side quests are going to be repetitive, but for me there are ways to make playthroughs fresher with different and even hidden characters and through the non-linear play.

The journey takes you to diverse planets that range from high tech Koorong and its sewers.

I enjoy the variety of worlds and the diferences in who you can recruit depending on who is in your party and which main character you chose.

Different races use completely different systems to level up.

You also have to sometimes unequip ablities to have enough space to learn new ones.

So its a game that offers incentive to learn the mechanics of the leveling system.

Rather than random battles, the game displays monster icons on the screen that you can avoid, though they chase you.

Because its non-linear, you can get into trouble by wandering into difficult areas early on.

A walkthrough or strategy guide is useful in giving you options for where to go so that you dont get stuck--without making you follow one specific order.

Saga Frontier is far from perfect, but theres just something about the creativity behind it that I find compelling.

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