History YMMV / SagaFrontier

* VindicatedByHistory: This game was widely panned upon its release for its non-linear style and the use of 2D graphics. The fact that it came out right after VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII didn't help its case. Nowadays it's considered one of Square Enix's most underrated games and many was overjoyed when it was announced for a Remaster.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Literally enough to fill a book -- we know about a lot of them from "Essence of [=SaGa=] Frontier" and "Complete of [=SaGa=] Frontier". Fuse was supposed to have his own quest unlockable by completing the others, Asellus' quest was actually supposed to have plot between escaping Fascinaturu and returning to fight Orlouge, several entirely random dungeons and bosses were supposed to have plot significance for one or more of the quests, etc.
** Saga Frontier Remaster has been announced and at the bare minimum Fuse's Story and parts cut out of Asellus' are being added in, probably some of the other stuff too, possibly even most of the cut content.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Fuse’s scenario provides an AlternateEnding to Blue’s scenario that gives a much more clear ending than the GainaxEnding that his own scenario provides for those who disliked his ending.

** The Junk Shop glitch, which allows you to get endless free stuff from the Junk Shop in Scrap: just attempt to sell a [=HyperionBazooka=] that you don't have and you get seven free items. Perfect for either kitting yourself out with DiscOneNuke[=s=] or building up enough money to engage in Takonomics.

* {{Woolseyism}}: A minor one- Alkaiser's Shin[[labelnote:*]]True[[/labelnote]]-Al-Phoenix becomes Re-Al[[labelnote:*]][[{{Pun}} Real]][[/labelnote]]-Phoenix

* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: The Remastered edition's development takes the time to go in and ''finish the game''. Considering the mountains of content that were left on the cutting room floor, including Fuse's whole story, this is ''huge''. Only ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' would beat this by virtue of sheer notoriety.

* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: The Remastered edition's development takes the time to go in and ''finish the game''. Considering the mountains of content that were left on the cutting room floor, including Fuse's whole story, this is ''huge''. Only ''VideoGame/Xenogears'' would beat this by virtue of sheer notoriety.

** Takonomics, named in honor of the man who discovered it: in Koorong, the price of gold goes down as you sell ingots and back up as you buy, but this calculation is (erroneously) made ''before'' any actual physical inventory changes hand. You can therefore manipulate the gold market in the shop menu such that when you actually sell your gold, you get more money back. Then you travel to Nelson, where gold ingots are always sold at a fixed price, and repeat until you have all the money you'll ever need.

* TheScrappy: Slime, who comes from nowhere to randomly join your party after the boss fight inside Tanzer, has no dialogue or explanation for why he joins, does absolutely nothing story-wise, and doesn't particularly stand out as a battler. Many fans took exception to getting an unwanted addition to the party taking away a slot that might have gone to a better character. Slime does end up being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in ''[[AllThereintheManual Essence]]'', where he actually does quite a bit, and is instrumental in defeating both [=BossX=] and Mondo.

* VindicatedByHistory: This game was widely panned upon its release for its non-linear style and the use of 2D graphics. The fact that it came out right after VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII didn't help its case. Nowadays it's considered one of Square Enix's most underrated games.

** The region of Yorkland has a theme called "Standard Yorkland Song". In Lute's ending, when he returns home, it's replaced with "Dear My Country". However, due to a programming error, the flag that's ''supposed'' to trip during his ending sequence is always activated whenever you enter Yorkland, meaning "Dear My Country" is the ''only'' song that plays in Yorkland.

* AwesomeMusic/AwesomeMusic: There's a bunch, but special mention goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGXCGjMeNk&lc=z23 the Bio Research Lab theme]]. It's a beautiful, ethereal tune that sets the tone for the apparently peaceful setting...and then you walk into a scientist, read his words, hear a chilling scream as he transforms, and [[MoodWhiplash it cuts right into the blood-pumping battle music]]. After a couple of encounters, the return to the main theme feels [[CreepyAwesome eerie and surreal]] and underscores just how plain ''wrong'' the place is.

* CultClassic: The game is, safe to say, quite incomplete and some may be put off with its non-linearity. A lot liked that non-linearity, along with party customization, awesome music by Creator/KenjiIto, quirky characters and more, making it one of the most classic JRPG alongside its sequel.

* TheScrappy: Slime, who comes from nowhere to randomly join your party after the boss fight inside Tanzer, has no dialogue or explanation for why he joins, does absolutely nothing story-wise, and doesn't particularly stand out as a battler. Many fans took exception to getting an unwanted addition to the party taking away a slot that might have gone to a better character. Slime does end up being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in ''[[AllThereintheManual Essence]]'', where he actually does quite a bit, and is instrumental in defeating both BossX and Mondo.

* TheScrappy: Slime, who comes from nowhere to randomly join your party after the boss fight inside Tanzer, has no dialogue or explanation for why he joins, and does absolutely nothing. Many fans took exception to an unwanted addition to the party that might have gone to a better character. Does end up being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in ''[[AllThereintheManual Essence]]'', where he actually does quite a bit, and is instrumental in defeating both BossX and Mondo.

* TheScrappy: Slime, who comes from nowhere and goes nowhere. Except in ''[[AllThereintheManual Essence]]'', where he does quite a bit.

* AwesomeMusic: There's a bunch, but special mention goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGXCGjMeNk&lc=z23 the Bio Research Lab theme]]. It's a beautiful, ethereal tune that sets the tone for the apparently peaceful setting...and then you walk into a scientist, read his words, hear a chilling scream as he transforms, and [[MoodWhiplash it cuts right into the blood-pumping battle music]]. After a couple of encounters, the return to the main theme feels [[CreepyAwesome eerie and surreal]] and underscores just how plain ''wrong'' the place is.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Some players only play this because of Red's story since he's not available in any other stories, his story is less mind-screwy being about a {{Tokusatsu}} style superhero, and [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome some of the best boss musics]] play for more than once in his game ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FODQT0128FA Battle #5]], plays three times when fighting all forms of [=MBlack=], the only other scenario that plays this music is Asellus, and it's just once during the fight against [=BatKnight=]/[[spoiler:Ghost!Ciato]])

** Virgil in Riki's scenario. He differs from most bosses in that to defeat him, you have to score points by throwing combos at him. Two-point combos are a no-go, and you can't repeat the same combo twice. If you don't know how the combo mechanics work, or haven't been writing down any of the combos you've chanced upon up to this point, then you're pretty much stuck. Worse, you have to take him on with Riki in your party, and monsters have a hard time racking up combos.

* CultClassic - The game is, safe to say, quite incomplete and some may be put off with its non-linearity. A lot liked that non-linearity, along with party customization, awesome music by Creator/KenjiIto, quirky characters and more, making it one of the most classic JRPG alongside its sequel.
* GameBreaker- The 'Overdrive-Stasis' trick. The Overdrive spell gives you up to eight actions in a single turn but drains all your spellcasting resources at the end of it. The Stasis Rune spell locks the caster exactly as he or she is at the moment of casting for the next ten turns or so. If you cast Stasis as the last move during Overdrive, not only do you not lose any JP or WP, but you get to act eight times per turn for the rest of the fight. It gets even [[strike:worse]] better when you realize that since it saves all your JP, you can repeat casting Overdrive for free multiple times during the fight, so long as Stasis is always your last move in it.