Is 7th Saga Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

[Music] that's dress I've been putting off doing a video on 7th saga for a long time now let me show you why let's take a look at what it's like to play 7th saga you plug in the cartridge turn on the Super Nintendo and you get to pick between seven characters to choose from to start your quest hey that's pretty cool I think I'll pick this dude turns out each of these characters are summoned and trained by a king to help him find seven runes which of course grant whoever possesses them all sorts of power so let's small talk with some people for a bit and we're off on our adventure and I'm dead and I'm dead again and again and again seriously I can't even make it to the next area without getting immediately slaughtered yeah that's what you're getting yourself into with the US release of seven saga this game is ridiculously hard the enemies are absurdly strong and it takes forever to level up so as a result people just write off this game right from the get-go because well what the hell are you supposed to do here I can't even beat the weakest enemies from outside the first town sure the game lets you see every potential random battle courtesy as a map on the corner here the game calls it a crystal ball but they're still impossible to avoid completely the thing is to get this game you have to go back a bit to the character select screen and there are seven very different characters here there's Camille the typical balance tonight there's ol van a dwarf with a ton of strength there's a suna who lives up to its magic there's will man who's built like a tank and can take a lot of damage to its Lux the robot who's a lot like will Knight but can use magic value is a priest or a healer and there's the demon legit who's got tons of magic and the ability to use a lot of different weapons you have to pick a strong character to start out with or you're just wasting your time if you start out with Asuna or valves through the priests just hit the reset button you're done for first time players it's probably best to go with Camille yeah he's kind of generic but he gets the job done and as long as you fight intelligently you won't die immediately but yeah this early misstep with the absurd difficulty imbalance of seven saga is obviously a major flaw a game breaking one for many people in the game isn't just difficult at the stars this game could be worked at time it's crazy for instance after a certain point it's almost impossible to kill Val soo since he can endlessly heal himself and there's also some really cheap ass debuff some enemies can use that prevent you from using magic screws yet despite all that 7th saga developed a kind of cult fanbase that remains to this day what's with that well if you can get past the issues with difficulty 7 saga is a really interesting and ambitious game that offers an absolutely gigantic world as well as a ton of replay value what's really cool here is that the six other characters are all out looking for runes at the same time you are since they each have their own motivations for doing so like for example Lux the robot is actually one of the last of his race and he wants the power of the rooms to help him learn of the origin of his people and why he's a robot like something out of Blade Runner so yeah any of the other characters you don't choose could show up at any time anywhere and he'll they might have even found a rune themselves you can ask them to join your party although there's a chance they could turn you down if they already have a rune be prepared to fight them for it and these characters level faster than you do and will be much stronger than you especially the demon who even if you have him join your party he could turn on you and challenge you to a fight after you find a rune what a bastard this aspect weighs even more importance on what character you choose knowing that you could potentially fight the other characters again if you're a first-time player go as Camille and when you find Valve's through the priests join up with them playing as a strong and balanced Knight complemented with the healer makes 7th saga a lot more palatable if you want even more of a challenge that's when you start playing through the game with some of the other characters what makes this aspect even better is that if you find another character willing to join you you can switch although you're likely to lose the other character for good since you'd have to track them down again if you wanted to switch again and they have to be willing to join your party again and that's pretty unlikely as for the combat system itself it's the usual turn-based stuff nothing out of the ordinary it's not technically random battles on the world map since your crystal ball in the corner is supposed to help you avoid them if you want to but most of the time there's just no avoiding a battle the radar does also show you when cities and rooms appear just as a quick tip I would recommend against just spamming attacks in each random battle you're going to want to suspend every so often since many times you're rewarded after a successful defense with a stronger at that but yeah the world here is huge with tons of cities to visit and the NPC's can give you clues about where the other characters in the game have been and where they're headed in the quest for the 7 rooms that's a really cool touch once you find a rune it lends your character a new ability like teleporting between cities replenishing magic or strengthening your attack for example so yeah while this isn't exactly much of a story-driven RPG at least the stuff you're obtaining to progress the story however limited and maybe serves to be extremely useful 7th saga almost received a sequel in the US but at state of Japan and is known as mystic arc I covered it as part of the Super Famicom RPG video series it shares very similar qualities to 7th saga including the radar which works much better in avoiding random battles but it's also not nearly as difficult and conversely it's a lot more generic and less interesting so yeah 7 saga is many things it's difficult it's unique it's frustrating it's got some really cool ideas it's got some quality music and it's grind heavy oh dear God is it grind heavy but if you really wanted to you can go to rom hacking net and patch this game with a fix that makes it much more balanced so that's an option for you I get both sides of the argument behind 7th saga I really do I get why people think it's a waste of time because it's so difficult and grind heavy but I also get why it's built up like cult audience over the years I love the huge world I love tracking down your rival and I love the legitimate tension this game has whether it's the anxiousness of asking someone to join your party or just a fear of death that lurks around every corner I think I recommend 7th saga but just know what you're getting yourself into and please know that there actually is a tiny bit of light at the end of the tunnel after you get yourself killed for the 7th time in 5 minutes for all its flaws 7 saga has a surprising number of strengths that you have to work to uncover yeah it's easily the most difficult RPG on the Super Nintendo but it's still a fascinating game [Music]

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Keywords: 7th Saga, SNES RPGs, Best SNES RPGs, Hardest RPG, SNESdrunk, Super Nintendo, Super NES, SNES, Hardest SNES RPG

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Length: 6min 5sec (365 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 11 2017