/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3440223
>I love the battle system, especially dueling. Discovering new arts by testing different combos is fun.
Fun thing, the manual had most if not all normal waza inputs for once, it didn't give you the hybrid arts commands though, but it's not like you really need those since Johan comes with Tornado Blade prelearned and almost nothing beats it in usefulness until the late game.
But yeah, the battle system is really fun, if not a bit risky when you duel, and the negotiation feature was great since it really rewards you if you can use it properly.
>Maybe it's just me, but everything just moves kinda slowly.
It's not just you, Frontier 2 is slow as molasses compared to Frontier, actually, it's probably the slowest game in the series overall.
>But this artwork is beautiful, it feels like I'm playing a picture book
Wait till you get to parts like Weissland, Schwarzmädchen/City of Night, Laubholz and all the various mid to late chapters, you'll see some really breathtaking stuff, certain dungeons like the Megaliths, the Tower of Laubholz and bridge to Laubholz are also gorgeous, but hell, even the random ass mines and the Ruins of Hahn look gorgeuos, visually speaking there's little this game didn't do right.
>And Cordelia is super cute
All of the Knights' women are top tier, but you still have to meet Diana and Ginny.
Again, don't sent Cody to the City of Night.

How do you like the music so far? This is also the game which features Hamauzu's first work for the series, it's a departure from the classic Itoken style.

>>2398427
Well, the community agrees on the GB SaGa or SaGa Frontier as the games best suited for beginners.

What I would personally suggest you to play though it's the first GB SaGa, there's a quite nice Wonderswan Port with a translation patch if you can't stand GB graphics.
It's a classic and will give you a very nice introduction to the series, from that you should continue on with the other two titles as they elaborate on the first one quite a bit, the DS remakes also add a few mechanics that will be introduced in the successive games, like Combos and Sparking, they're quite nice and again, if you feel the GB version to be too dated just play the DS remakes.
Once you finished with those Frontier is the next stop, though technically you should play the SNES trilogy first, but those games can be a bit hard to get into as the difficulty is all around higher compared to Frontier and there are less tricks you can use, but that's your call anyway.
After you finish with Frontier you should have a solid grasp of most fundamental mechanics so you can play the other games without worries, be warned that Romancing SaGa 2 is quite possibly the second hardest game in the series after Unlimited.
Oh, and do not underestimate Frontier, it might be the easiest title to get into but it still has tons of stuff that will rape beginners.

Come by if you have any question about the games, they're a bit hard to get into because of the lack of any tutorials or info, even the manuals don't really tell you all the stuff, but that's part of the adventure, finding out stuff on your own is a big part of the SaGa series.