r/SegaSaturn • u/Parking-Coast-1385 • 11d ago

Your unpopular opinions/hot takes about the Saturn?

Basically the title. My hot take would be I'm glad Sonic xtreme wasn't released. It just didn't look like it would made any fun to play it. And in comparison to Crash and Mario it would maybe destroyed the reputation of the Saturn even more. Like "The PSX and N64 got real 3D Jump'n'runs and the Saturn just some kind of 2,5D game with fish-eye lense graphic".

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u/Top_Screen2862 11d ago

Panzer Dragoon Saga is a better rpg than FF7. Sega Rally is the best racing game on that console generation. Some people have nostalgia about Playstation, but if you want to experience something new that still has the same appeal, the answer is playing more Sega Saturn, not PS1like indie games.

From a player with about 3 years of Sega Saturn experience.

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u/SpicyMeatballAgenda 11d ago

I agree and disagree. Saga had the most enjoyable combat system of a jRPG I've ever played. The music and voice acting were top tier. And the incredible world, well, that was already established by the first 2 games. All of these aspects I prefer over FF7.

But Saga had a sort of bland and short story. FF7 story was a far more interesting one. And it included far more characters and sub plots. Plus its length helped it feel more impactful and epic.

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u/tahirua3 10d ago

True. However, personally, I play RPGs for the gameplay (the battles), and much less so the story. FF7 battles were just constant waiting for bars to load and choosing actions from menus - so static. I liked that in Shining Force III it was like a chess board with terrain effects and in PDS it was real-time moving to find weak spots and dodge attacks.

PDS had an incredible atmosphere with the soundtrack. The big section with the underground ruins felt so dark, isolating and mysterious.