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Romancing SaGa

A thousand years ago, Saruin was imprisoned. Now the barriers that contain him are weakening, and his foreboding shadow threatens to swallow the world of Mardias once again. Who will rid the world of Saruin's…

85 28 January 1992

Romancing SaGa is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Kan Navi, released 28 January 1992 on Wii, WonderSwan Color, Super Famicom and Legacy Mobile Device.

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What Romancing SaGa is

Romancing SaGa is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Kan Navi and released in 1992. It was published by Square. It is available on Wii, WonderSwan Color, Super Famicom and Legacy Mobile Device.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A thousand years ago, Saruin was imprisoned. Now the barriers that contain him are weakening, and his foreboding shadow threatens to swallow the world of Mardias once again. Who will rid the world of Saruin's scourge? A mysterious minstrel appears and guides the group to adventure, at times shielding them from adversity. Occasionally, the minstrel forces grave choices upon them, which change their world and twist the plots they encounter. Romancing SaGa reclaims the renowned features of the series and boasts all new elements enhancing gameplay, bringing the player even deeper into the story. The free-roaming scenario system gives gamers a choice of eight intriguing playable characters, each…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the SaGa series

Romancing SaGa is the fourth of 28 entries we hold in the SaGa series. The next entry was Romancing SaGa 2 in 1993. Its critic score of 85 is 11 points above the series average of 74. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Romancing SaGa holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 1992 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Romancing SaGa launched on 28 January 1992, within three weeks of X-Men and Baseball Stars 2. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: X-Men, Baseball Stars 2.

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When did Romancing SaGa come out?
Romancing SaGa was released on 28 January 1992 for Wii, WonderSwan Color, Super Famicom and Legacy Mobile Device.

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