Finished Saga 2

28.03.10 / Japanese, RPGs, nintendo ds, reviews, saga 2, video game / Author: admin / Comments: (0)
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Yippee, I finally finished this game! I hate leaving games unfinished, so even though I’ve started several other games in the meantime, it was nagging at the back of my mind that I still haven’t finished Saga 2: Goddess of Destiny.

The last boss was a pain in the ass, though. The first time I fought him I lost because I didn’t have enough healing items. You really need that “Healing Book” item, because the boss has attacks that hit your whole party and you can’t afford to heal them one by one. I had two magic-users, Momoko and Liruka, but it was still all I could do to stay alive. Work on your HP before you get to the boss. Have at least 900HP before you face him!

Actually, despite my best efforts, three of my party members got wiped out and the final showdown was between Liruka and the boss. Liruka has blazed through her Flare books and had only a Blizzard book with 1 use left when the boss croaked. What saved me is that right before he dies, he uses a very predictable pattern where he charges for two turns and unleashes a 700+ attack on the third. So I attacked, attacked, healed, repeated, and just when I was down to one last Blizzard, he croaked.

The ending? You, your mom and your dad jump out of the window to go have another adventure. Apparently it’s the same ending from the GBC edition. I was hoping for something a little more exciting after all the effort I went through, but whatever. I’m just glad it’s over, honestly. Will it ever get released in English? Hmm, on one hand it IS from Square-Enix. On the other hand, it’s not very user-friendly and the story is decidedly bland and out-of-date. The updated graphics are very blocky and the battle and levelling system will leave a lot of new users scratching their heads. I’m not even sure I’d recommend it to anyone I know. I enjoyed it but I won’t be playing this again. So…yeah.