SaGa Emerald Beyond
SaGa Emerald Beyond
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SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered
Developer Square Enix, Bullets
Experience two tales woven in a world of watercolor graphics. From the Steam store page
253 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
95
LovedLoved
120 positive · 6 negative
95% range 90–98%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 120 | 6 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 32 | 4 | 88 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
128 of 135 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
95% recommend · 123 yes, 6 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 129 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (364 of 392 positive).
Some players criticize the AI-upscaled backgrounds as a disappointing eyesore. [1][2][3]
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Representative posts
- [4]
Incredible hand-drawn backgrounds, properly scaled sprites, legible font, Japanese text, extra content. 100% worth it if you enjoyed the original, 105% worth it if you've never experienced it.
- [14]
As a SaGa Fanboy, this is an obvious recommend. Also, as a SaGa Fanboy, this is a tough recommend. A lot of what I love about SaGa is here, but in such a different form it almost feels like not a SaGa. I know plenty of people who find this their fave because of how it, among the others, manages a cohesive, impressive story. And I AGREE! The story in SF2 is so rich, so simply plotted, so smoothly interesting, and …
- [13]
I'm going to recommend this game because I love the Saga games and this one has some neat unique things about it, which I'll cover in the review. But, spoiler, the last dungeon is complete bs. This area has the first fights in the entire game that requires a protection against a status effect. The final boss will use a petrification spell that will wipe the party unless you've killed the Stone Lord. The Stone Lord …
- [5]
We got an announcement and a day 1 release on the same day?! SaGa bros continue to eat good. SaGa Frontier 2 holds a special place in my heart as one of my favorite SaGa titles, right above Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, Unlimited SaGa and Romancing SaGa 2 remake. The story, gameplay, characters, the gorgeous watercolor art and the music.. oh man the music, its so damn good! One of Masashi best composed music imho. …
- [6]
25 years later, this is still one of the most beautiful games that came from Square. Not just in the art style, but the story and battle mechanics as well. With all the slop that surrounds us in this genre and gaming industry as a whole, this will continue to be my breath of fresh air from it all.
Summarised from 34 of the 245 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
95% of the 129 Steam reviewers we collected recommend SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered. The complaint that keeps coming up: aI-upscaled backgrounds look atrocious and lazily applied. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 253 · most liked firstThe beloved RPG returns -- fully remastered for modern platforms! SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered brings back its signature watercolor visuals, deep strategic battles, and entwined narratives, now with quality of life improvements, new story events, and more. youtu.be/hb73E63qG_k
neutral · AI labelView post →Possibly best game release of 2025. Square-Enix, I'm regaining my faith in you. What's next, Bahamut Lagoon Remaster?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some special messages for all SaGa fans from four of the creative minds associated with SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered! 💌
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited to wake up tomorrow to the SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered announcement during the Nintendo Direct
positive · AI labelView post →I feel like this merits a follow-up—from what I can tell, the in-game in SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered "upscaling" is a simple bilinear filter that softens the pixels, and which can be turned off to restore the original look. I should have known that my beloved SaGa Sickos wouldn't let me down 🥲
neutral · AI labelView post →Incredible hand-drawn backgrounds, properly scaled sprites, legible font, Japanese text, extra content. 100% worth it if you enjoyed the original, 105% worth it if you've never experienced it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Square Enix shares Octopath Traveler 0 release date countdown illustrations by: 8 • Yasushi Hasegawa (Harvestella) 7 • Shinya Horiki (SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered) 6 • Sachi Hiruta (Romancing SaGa RotS) 5 • Masahiko Dairaku (SaGa Emerald Beyond)
neutral · AI labelView post →Presenting the SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered opening movie! Start your adventure today, available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PS4, Steam, iOS, and Android. youtu.be/aV2zrNNlYp0
neutral · AI labelView post →The beloved RPG SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered is available on Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Steam, iOS, and Android! Here are some Things You Need to Know about this fully remastered game.
neutral · AI labelView post →High Quality remaster, with a couple sore points For first timers, we get many QoL additions such as : + Better comprehensive gear stats breakdown, + Access to the digger minigame + LPs recovery at the Inn (can farm tough fights like griffins forever now) + Stats inheritance between characters, so you don't have to leave your Axe lvl60 Tyler behind like he never existed + Ability to store items and break them down into chips from there + New events and scenarios, i'm not there yet but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Square Enix announced SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered. New events will be added and more characters playable in battle. Releases Today!!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →We've once again updated our list of RPGs playable on Steam Deck - our latest update features The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Promise Mascot Agency, Atelier Yumia, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Lunar, and Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero: rpgsite.net/feature/1280...
neutral · AI labelView post →Square Enix was the #1 Publisher of 2025 according to Metacritic: FF VII Rebirth PC - 90 FF Tactics ~ Ivalice Chronicles - 88 Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake - 88 Octopath Traveler 0 - 84 Bravely Default HD Remaster - 84 SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered - 81 videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Saga Frontier 2 Remastered? We've posted our spoiler-free and minimalist guide serving as a checklist for completing each scenario included in the remaster: www.rpgsite.net/guide/17079-...
neutral · AI labelView post →The upscaled 2D art looks atrocious and has been applied rather lazily. I submitted my refund after entering the Gustave Exiled chapter and saw that not only were the background portraits completely mangled, but the static soldiers weren't re-rendered onto the background of the ceremony scene. It was just a smeared mess of shapes vaguely approximating the soldiers they were supposed to represent. I cannot recommend this game to anyone given the lack of care demonstrated in just the first few…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered launches today via Nintendo Direct broadcast.
neutral · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered is excellent on PC, Nintendo Switch, and Mobile. Our feature covering the game's PC port, Steam Deck and ROG Ally impressions, the Switch port, and how it plays on iOS: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1710...
neutral · AI labelView post →this game has occupied space in my mind and heart for over 20 years. it was purchased for me on the original playstation by my grandmother when i was no older than 5. i was too young and dumb to really understand it or get very far then but i was enraptured by the visuals and the music. the remaster was released a couple months after my grandmother passed. today, i am 28 years old, drinking her favorite premixed margaritas while playing this game in its entirety for the first time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We got an announcement and a day 1 release on the same day?! SaGa bros continue to eat good. SaGa Frontier 2 holds a special place in my heart as one of my favorite SaGa titles, right above Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, Unlimited SaGa and Romancing SaGa 2 remake. The story, gameplay, characters, the gorgeous watercolor art and the music.. oh man the music, its so damn good! One of Masashi best composed music imho. I'm not sure why Square treats this series with so much with love, but I'm not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4 games that defined my 2025 🔮 Suikoden I & II: The Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars 🐉 Fantasy Life i: The Bitch that Stole My Time 🥚 SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered 👑 Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail Good times were had with these titles this year. Shoutout to the FFT Remaster too.
positive · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered director Naofumi Ueno says the game's watercolor backgrounds were upscaled, then retouched by hand—including adjustments to fit a 16:9 aspect ratio. Via Square Enix: www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/i...
neutral · AI labelView post →Square Enix will release the SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered Original Soundtrack this July featuring remastered songs from the original and new arrangements over four discs with pre-orders now live: www.rpgsite.net/news/17115-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Saga Frontier 2 Remastered launches today featuring newly added events, refined gameplay, and more: www.rpgsite.net/news/17077-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is an old gem and an amazing game, and that battle music is so catchy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The AI upscaled backgrounds are a disappointing eyesore
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered Arranged Add-On Tracks album (Masashi Hamauzu), Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (Kenji Ito) soundtrack, and SaGa Emerald Beyond (Kenji Ito) soundtrack are now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube: www.rpgsite.net/news/21225-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's Saga Frontier 2. It's beautiful, has an amazing OST, and it was shadow dropped out of nowhere. You may hate Square Enix, but these are the games you need to support. They were good once. Remember. Xenogears disc 2 remaster when?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Steam page for SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered shows that they kept the Pocketstation stuff in it, which is very cool!
positive · AI labelView post →Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time? I'm sure you knew my very next stream would be SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered twitch.tv/voxandra voxandra.gay
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait, what do you mean Saga Frontier 2 Remastered is out TODAY? Heeeeeeeelp....
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is a classic, and a must play for any jrpg fan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🏆PLAT GET! #109🏆 SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered What a beautiful remaster. The QOL additions turned this game from good to great. The Parameter Inheritance feature really alleviates the entire grind. Lowkey prefer SF1 to this one, but Gustave and Wil's story is a bonafide classic.
positive · AI labelView post →Saturday & Sunday's streams will be SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered, btw which. I'm guessing everyone already assumed lol
neutral · AI labelView post →A real pleasure to find back this game. A true work of art. One of the greater SaGa games. On top of that, I'm very pleased with the way the remaster was handled. I like that they kept the original sprites. As for the backgrounds, they are higher resolution. The text fonts are superb too. There's also lots of cool additions, my favorite being the ability to speed up battles and the new game+. I hope that they are now working on the same treatment for Xenogears, Parasite Eve and Vagrant Story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really nasty AI-upscaled illustrations throughout. Extremely poor.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a SaGa Fanboy, this is an obvious recommend. Also, as a SaGa Fanboy, this is a tough recommend. A lot of what I love about SaGa is here, but in such a different form it almost feels like not a SaGa. I know plenty of people who find this their fave because of how it, among the others, manages a cohesive, impressive story. And I AGREE! The story in SF2 is so rich, so simply plotted, so smoothly interesting, and wraps up so perfectly, there's really nothing I can hold against it. But…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cracking open Saga Frontier 2 Remastered Overall the backgrounds survived being upscaled shockingly well, but whenever there's a portrait on the wall it uhhhhh doesn't work so good on that part
neutral · AI labelView post →Nintendo Direct was OK. The games that stood out for me personally were Dragon Quest 1+2 HD-2D Remake, Raidou Remastered, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Saga Frontier 2 Remastered and Marvel Cosmic Invasion!
positive · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch later today
neutral · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered (Switch - English) is $19.99 at Play-Asia buff.ly/NSl8BPS #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →25 years later, this is still one of the most beautiful games that came from Square. Not just in the art style, but the story and battle mechanics as well. With all the slop that surrounds us in this genre and gaming industry as a whole, this will continue to be my breath of fresh air from it all.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Need Final Fantasy Tactics on Steam
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →classic jrpg that asks the question, "what if an egg was evil?"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An incredible soundtrack gets even more incredible with #SaGaFrontier 2 Remastered's OST! This remastered release comes with ten additional arranged tracks for the new content, and they expertly fit the game. Read our album review below 🎵 Music Review: www.rpgfan.com/music-review...
neutral · AI labelView post →I aint got time for SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered... BUT I'll have to add it to the list next to Grandia, Suikoden, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mother... 😫
neutral · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered as well? Oh my goodness~
neutral · AI labelView post →Last week had a ton of great new #SteamDeck Verified and Playable games like PATAPON 1+2, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered, and much more: steamdeckhq.com/steam-deck-v...
neutral · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered gets a surprise release on PS4, PS5, Switch, Steam, iOS, and Android today: novacrystallis.com/2025/03/saga...
neutral · AI labelView post →Saga Frontier 2 getting remastered and thrown up on Steam out of no where was not on my 2025 bingo card. This is a PS1 MASTERPIECE. Thank you for saving my 2025 Square
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Square Enix has announced SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered for a same-day release!
neutral · AI labelView post →If you didn't catch the stream, my top 3 Nintendo Direct highlights were the new AI Somnium Files game, Raidou Remastered, and SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered!
neutral · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered shadow dropped out of nowhere the other day and I've been playing it nonstop ever since! Come and see how it holds up after 25 years! Also, be sure to enter the GIVEAWAY I have going on for it too! youtu.be/L_Hu5nm5fTw
positive · AI labelView post →SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered offers "a new lease on life" for a beloved entry in the series, writes @quinton.bsky.social in our review:
neutral · AI labelView post →I covered the PC, Switch, and mobile versions of SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered for @rpgsite.net. Great release barring some minor issues: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1710...
positive · AI labelView post →Amazing music, finally get to play it for the first time. Missed out on it during PSX era. So happy it's finally here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to recommend this game because I love the Saga games and this one has some neat unique things about it, which I'll cover in the review. But, spoiler, the last dungeon is complete bs. This area has the first fights in the entire game that requires a protection against a status effect. The final boss will use a petrification spell that will wipe the party unless you've killed the Stone Lord. The Stone Lord can also cast petrify. So, if you removed or scrapped the 3 items required…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hooray, now I get to suffer through the Battle of South Moundtop in HD! Why am I happy about this?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →God Bless Square Enix for bringing this back. With new features?!?!? Loving the fact that we are getting these old PS1/2 remastered games coming. Game still looks like beautiful, at the time it was made - not many games used watercolor drawings. The music was always awesome like first Saga Frontier. I know most people complained because this game was linear compared to how other SaGas worked, but damn it was still amazing to play. When playing this as a kid, I always though this game was a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been waiting for this since they mentioned shortly after the SaGa Frontier 1 resmaster that they were working on this I wasn't expecting them to add anything beyond the pocketstation stuff to the game, and yet they went above and beyond If you liked the original on PS1, you owe it to yourself to get this. If you like PS1 era RPGs, you owe it to yourself to get this. I can't wait for the story to gut punch me again just like when I was younger <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered. Super duper good!
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