Despite the name , Romancing SaGa 2 : Revenge of the Sevenis less about love story about more about legacy . ThisSquare Enixremake of a non - linear 1993 RPG features an Inheritance organisation where protagonists eventually take the skills of another , growing stronger with each contemporaries . It takes multiple lifetimes to take down the big bad , which might play out differently depending on who inherit the throne .
While I did n’t get much time to get to know the characters themselves during a 30 - minute demonstration at PAX West , the substantial turn - establish combat and signature Glimmer machinist indicate a impregnable show forturn - based RPGfans .
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InRomancing SaGa 2 , seven hero sandwich who lay aside the domain were seal off into another dimension , fated to fall to save humanity again . They eventually make a return , but they are corrupted by the alternate proportion and decide to take revenge on the humanity that abandoned them .
The Emperor of Avalon , the capital of the Varennes Empire , has take the responsibility of defeating the seven Italian sandwich ferment villains , but they are so strong that you ca n’t flummox them all in one lifetime . retaliation of the Sevenfollows three Emperors across the Varennes Empire , each of which inherit skills from the former leader . The demonstration I tried focused on Gerard , the Word of the recently deceased King Leon and the first - generation protagonist . The other two are up to you .
Revenge of the Sevenfeatures typical turn - based combat with type advantages fox into the admixture . alike toShin Megami TenseiorPersona , each enemy has a set of weaknesses that you discover as you hit them with different approach . Revenge of the Sevenencourages you to switch up your party before major conflict , depending on the different kinds of strengths and helplessness they have . For example , a multi - hit bow attack will occur in handy for mobs weak to arrows . It ’s also smart to tot up someone with a healing power to the team , even though the default setting in full heals fiber ’ HP after every battle . weapon and magic have quite a reach , too . Players can hit wizard weaknesses with primary spell like fireballs or heal comrade with water and light .
Glimmer , a car-mechanic that unlocks raw skills by chance , steals the spotlight . While selecting attempt for party fellow member in the battle fare , some of them might have a piddling calorie-free bulb picture next to the name . This indicates that you’re able to learn a new move from using that blast and perchance “ Glimmer ” it . Ideally , using Glimmer will grow your skill set so that characters can learn potent onset or attacks that could come in ready to hand for different combat scenarios . Glimmer snap off up the repetitious nature of combat with these rewards , so case are produce in more way than one . It ’s also a thematic lucifer for the report , as each protagonist inherits the acquisition their harbinger may have picked up from a Glimmer .
The demo did n’t show much of the tale beyond Gerard ’s ascension to power and quelling of the goblin outpouring , so it ’s hard to gauge if things will play out differently in this remake . Regardless of how floor is handled , the satisfying combat and freedom of choice was enough to hook me during my session . We ’ll have to see if it ’s enough to carryRevenge of the Seventhrough the generations .
court SaGa 2 : Revenge of the Sevenlaunches for PC , PlayStation 5 , and Nintendo Switch on October 24 , 2024 .
