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A demo for Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is now available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam, Square Enix announced. Save data can be carried over to the full game when it launches.

Here is an overview of the demo and game, via its store pages:

About the Demo
In the demo, players can enjoy the opening part of the story, where Emperor Leon and his retinue take on Kzinssie of the Seven Heroes. Progress from the demo can be carried over to the full game.
About the Game
The fifth entry in the SaGa franchise returns as Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven a full 3D remake of the original 1993 RPG. Embark on an exciting adventure fit for both new players and long-time fans, highlighting classic and new SaGa franchise features, full Japanese and English voiceovers, rearranged compositions, and much more!

Story
In an age past, warriors known as the Seven Heroes fought to save humankind. Praise slowly turned to curses as their fellow Ancients came to fear their power and banished them to another dimension. Their good deeds lived on as legends passed down through the ages, foretelling that the Heroes would return when the world needed them most…
True to the legend, the Heroes have reappeared…but their long exile has corrupted their forms and they now seek vengeance on all who wronged them.
Take on the role of the Emperor of Avalon as legions of fiends spread across territories under the Heroes’ command. Defend your Empire across successive generations, expand your realm, and defeat the vengeful Seven Heroes one by one to save the world!
Key Features

• Characters and Imperial Succession – Join forces with characters from over 30 different classes featuring a wide variety of professions and races, each with their own favored weapons, unique abilities, and effective tactics. Choose the next Emperor from this wide pool of candidates, each eligible to inherit the throne and become the next protagonist. The knowledge and abilities of previous rulers are passed down to the next through the mystical art of inheritance magic, forging a lasting bond between you and your chosen characters.
• Free-Form Scenario – The game presents a unique story structure that offers a vast array of narrative experiences in response to your choices and which objectives you tackle first—from how you expand the Empire to what order you challenge the Seven Heroes. Your actions and decisions will dramatically alter the course of the Emperor’s journey.
• Combat – The strategic turn-based battle system of the original has been further enhanced to a timeline system. Enjoy all the classic SaGa mechanics like “Glimmers,” where you learn new abilities whilst in the heat of battle, and “Formations,” which provide unique benefits to the retinue based on composition. Furthermore, the remake welcomes the new “United Attack” feature to perform combination attacks with your retinue members to turn the tide of battle!
• Graphics – The original 2D pixel sprites are now modeled in full 3D while retaining their charming, familiar appearances based on the beautiful concept illustrations by Tomomi Kobayashi. All towns and dungeons are now also fully rendered with reworked terrains and layouts.
• Difficulty Settings – Select from one of three difficulty levels to match your preferred playstyle, from Casual, Normal, to Hard (Classic). Casual offers a story-focused experience with less emphasis on battle, while Normal is recommended for veteran RPG players looking for a balanced game. Hard (Classic) is perfect for players looking for the brutal but satisfying challenge of the original 1993 version.
• Music and Voices – Kenji Ito returns to present a beautiful soundtrack full of new arrangements! The music can be toggled between the original and new versions from the Options screen. Furthermore, all event scenes now feature full Japanese and English voice acting.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[digital_ghost]

 

[jshackles]

Played for the opening part, this is going to be great. Awesome to see such a classic remade this way.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. Will give the demo a try later today.

Oh and it looks that they also released this TGS trailer:

 

[Cao Cao]

This stupid developers! They actually show you exactly where to go, in the OG you had to figure stuff out yourself, now they show you all the time with who to talk, where to go. How fuking boring. Not gonna buy this then unless I can disable this shit.

WTF??? I entered the cave and a HUGE Quest marker pops up showing me from the entrance where I need to go. I do not need to be babysit ffs.

 

[sigmaZ]

This stupid developers! They actually show you exactly where to go, in the OG you had to figure stuff out yourself, now they show you all the time with who to talk, where to go. How fuking boring. Not gonna buy this then unless I can disable this shit.

WTF??? I entered the cave and a HUGE Quest marker pops up showing me from the entrance where I need to go. I do not need to be babysit ffs.

FFS. This design philosophy is garbage. I hate that in Visions of Mana. If you can't design your levels to guide your player, you have failed as a dev.

 

[GHG]

This stupid developers! They actually show you exactly where to go, in the OG you had to figure stuff out yourself, now they show you all the time with who to talk, where to go. How fuking boring. Not gonna buy this then unless I can disable this shit.

WTF??? I entered the cave and a HUGE Quest marker pops up showing me from the entrance where I need to go. I do not need to be babysit ffs.

You can turn it all off, it's right there in the options (at least it is on PC).

Anyway, gave this a run on the Steam deck for about an hour and it's great. Runs fantastically well (locked 60fps @ max settings on the oled model) and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it.

Day one without question.

 

[Variahunter]

You can turn it all off, it's right there in the options (at least it is on PC).

Anyway, gave this a run on the Steam deck for about an hour and it's great. Runs fantastically well (locked 60fps @ max settings on the oled model) and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it.

Day one without question.

You cannot turn everything off, at least in Trials of Mana and Visions of mana, when you turn everything off the main objective is still marked on the map AND on the screen with a big yellow star.

Playing on PC too by the way.

If you know how to turn the main objective off too please share it with us !

 

[GHG]

You cannot turn everything off, at least in Trials of Mana and Visions of mana, when you turn everything off the main objective is still marked on the map AND on the screen with a big yellow star.

Playing on PC too by the way.

If you know how to turn the main objective off too please share it with us !

Quick and dirty off-screen photo from the Steam deck:

The options are there, maybe they aren't working properly?

 

[Cao Cao]

Quick and dirty off-screen photo from the Steam deck:

The options are there, maybe they aren't working properly?

No they are not working. Tried them.

 

[GHG]

No they are not working. Tried them.

Yeh it seemed to work initially but then it stopped working, maybe after I picked up a new quest objective or something.

Hopefully they fix it before release because I'd actually also prefer rto play without them on the screen.