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Don't bother

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Normally I love RPGs, and Square is one of the best developers, but this game was horrible. You can take seven different characters through the game, but after I finished with just one character I said forget it. It takes too long to get from point A to B and half the time you can't even figure out where point B is or what you should do there. Just goes to show that you should always rent before buying.

Stay Away

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: July 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This was the most boring game I've ever bought. Don't let the description of multiple games with multiple characters fool you. It's one game that you go through with various times with different characters. The valiant effort of a very non-linear storyline was marred by the fact that it was so non-linear that the stories were often left being incoherent. It's tedious going through the same mini-quests over and over. Most of the characters could have been a good choice to have their own full game.

This was a good idea, playing through multiple games where you meet up with past characters that you played, but the games needs a huge overhaul in order to give it more variety.

If you have a LOT of time to kill and are very easily amused and find this game for very cheap, give it a whirl. Otherwise, find a decent game or play Final Fantasy VII for the 10th time. It will be much more interesting.

Too long, and too boring equals a bad game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

One of the worst Square works I've seen yet. It was a good idea to have hundreds of scenarios and things to do in a game but once you add all of the characters and what they have to do it's too boring to take the time and effort in finishing the game. Their story lines were underdeveloped and never maintained a focus point throughout the game. The battle system could have used a little more work and the physical attacks verses magic were not balanced well.

This game bites!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

For starters, I only gave is a star because there was no option to give it 0. I have never been so dissapionted in a game. Not only was the gameplay bad, but the quests were the most random, illogical, and boring pains that I sold the game to babbages for less than half the price I paid and was thankful they gave me as much as they did. If you like good RPG's, DO NOT get this game. I'm only trying to save you from losing faith in Square (who usually produces the best games I've ever seen).

Skip this one and get SaGa Frontier 2 instead

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I heard about his game and it's non linear story, and I thought it may be something like Chrono Trigger. Who the heck was I kidding? Non-linear story? More like no story. The dialogue is choppy, and reminds me of some sort of cross between Godzilla and the Power Rangers. You don't get involved in the gameplay and it's more tedious than fun. If you want to try a "non-linear" game, get SaGa Frontier 2. In that one, you choose scenarios on a map, and in doing so you can create a unique history. This also prevents the nightmare of figuring out what the heck you do next that you find in SaGa Frontier. So, in conclusion, this is one of the first times i'll advise you to skip the first, and go on to the sequel.

Where is the plot?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Well it all boils down to this, some games are good and some games are bad. This game happens to be the latter of the two. I just could not find a point, and belive me I tried. I really did. The game tells you where to go for about a half hour then your on your own,you arive in an airport and from there you can travel anywhere in the game. You meet a group of freaks that just start following you and give no reason for doing so. I played for about 3 hours and had several hundred freaks following me, all of which could do nothing. All the attacks were terrible and at one point one of my many freaks cut a rope using a pipe. A pipe? Yes a pipe. Does this game even end? I can't see how considering theres no story. To sum it up it is a waste of time especially to experienced RPG players like myself.

Does it deserve even ONE star?????????

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

One word sums it up: ugh I AM a Squaresoft addict. This must be one of their goofs, and to hear that from me is really rare. You can be several little characters all with plots that combine - says the game. However, I find it odd - there ARE no plots. Just the hint of a story and some crummy graphics. I played the stupid games for a couple hours only to realize that it was dumb and pointless. EVERY character has no life. Plus, bosses are IMPOSSIBLE and the battle system is crummy. This is certainly one RPG to skip!!

hmmm....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After playing Saga Frontier, I'm one of those people wondering why I had to give it a star at all. I spent days playing, but I never found the point and I tired of running around in circles. However, everyone's reviews are either one star or five and it's making wonder if I might have missed something; I'm an openminded person so I'm going to play again, and try to determine whether or not those giving it five stars are out of their ... minds. This review is probably no help at all, although it has to be easier to understand than the game itself.

CRAPTACULAR!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this is the absolute WORST game I have ever played on PlayStation. don't even waste your money by renting it. I would give it -5 stars if I could. if you want a good RPG, buy Legend of Dragoon.

Where's the Plot?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: October 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game has no sense of linearity to it at all... You spend most of the game trying to figure out where to go next, and mostly being wrong. I can't even really say this game was remotely fun to play. In fact, the only reason I kept playing was because I was hoping to find some kind of story hidden in this madness... but I didn't.

The game boasts seven different main characters, all with their own backgrounds and skills. You can play the game as any one of them, while meeting the rest along the way. The problem is that all the intertwining story-lines get so crosswired that after a while you don't remember who's character you are really playing, and what your original goal was.

In the same respect, the game is huge. Once you get past a certain stage, the entire world is left before you, and you can go where you want, and do what you want, without having to stay within the confines of your particular storyline. Some people may like this freedom, but I found it annoying! I love the idea of being able to explore the world on my own, but I never had a sense of purpose throughout the game. I never really knew where to go next, and every time I went to a new city I just felt like I was going around in circles and not making any progress.

Needless to say, I haven't completed this game, and I don't plan on it anytime soon. This game is just bad! If you want to wander aimlessly around a series of cartoony cities, each with hidden dungeons and shops and no sense of purpose whatsoever, then by all means get this game. I for one would rather spend my money on a nice root canal, or perhaps a spinal tap.

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