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Romancing SaGa 2

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Role-playing (RPG)

Fantasy · Turn-Based

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Romancing SaGa 2 is a bold RPG that eschews the genre's usual conventions. Instead of a single hero's journey, you experience a dynastic saga, inheriting your forebears' skills and decisions across generations. The open-ended structure and emergent storytelling, where your choices directly shape the world and its conflicts, make for an experience that's both challenging and endlessly replayable.

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The Emperor or Empress of Avalon begins the game as King Leon and later plays as his various heirs down through the game years. Leon hands his kingdom over to his son, Gellard. At the end of Gellard's reign, the player is able to choose his or her own successor and pass on Gellard's abilities to them. At the end of each generation, he or she will be given a choice of four heirs. Their identity is based on a combination of chance and anyone whom the player has assisted or allied within in a past generation.

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  • Criteria — Deep 'RPG Elements' including character leveling, job classes, skill trees, and equipment customization that allow for diverse party builds and strategic combat.
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  • Criteria — Deep 'RPG Elements' are central, featuring a robust Job system that allows for extensive character customization, skill acquisition, and strategic party building for turn-based combat.
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  • Criteria — Extensive 'RPG Elements' including deep character customization through Persona fusion, skill progression, social links that grant combat bonuses, and strategic turn-based battles.
  • The 'Adventure' is split between daily life simulation and exploring unique, thematically rich dungeons (Palaces), each presenting distinct challenges and narrative beats.

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