History YMMV / SagaFrontier

** 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.

** 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 joining in combos.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: If Red undergoes the Rune Quest, he will re-encounter and recognize Nomad from the Cygnus hijacking scenario. When approaching Fei-On, Red stated that it's his personal philosophy to help the weak and he had ideas to re-confront Nomad over the Cygnus hijacking, but somehow put that aside by stating that at the moment he was just aiming for the Vitality Rune (But Fei-On will still join him). After you get Vitality Rune, this whole setup is promptly abandoned, Red can no longer return to Tanzer and confront Nomad again anywhere else. Even visiting Nomad's hideout within Tanzer before claiming the Rune yields nothing, and further information about this plot was not found in the unused datas, meaning that it is not likely that this subplot will be resolved in the Remastered version.

** It's possible to render the Rune quest UnintentionallyUnwinnable as Blue by teleporting out of Tanzer with the Region Map. The odd part is that the game considers the Rune quest ''completed'' if this happens. Since you need to complete either the Rune quest or Tarot quest (along with gaining either Light or Shadow magic) to reach the Time Lord or Kylin in Blue's story, this allows speedrunners to blow past the Rune quest as soon as it starts.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Fuse’s scenario provides an alternate ending 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. There's also an alternate ending with the scenario in Emilia's bad end scenario when done with Fuse's story, giving a better resolution while explaining how certain plot points come to be.

** [[TierInducedScrappy Space Magic is a rather mixed bag.]] There are only a few little offensive options (Vapor Blast and Reverse Gravity, and those are low-leveled magic) and the higher-end spells are kind of gimmicky and don't go as deadly as Time Magic's Overdrive.

** 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'St 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.

* 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. There's also an AlternateEnding with the scenario in Emilia's bad end scenario when done with Fuse's story, giving a better resolution while explaining how certain plot points come to be.

** Tanzer's heart, ''also'' from Riki's scenario. It's the second boss in his story, but it honestly feels like it should be a mid-game encounter. The organ can one-shot your characters with its Acid Breath, it effectively gets extra moves thanks to all the surrounding tendrils that you can't target, and it has a staggering amount of HP at its disposal. Worse, Tanzer's body is a terrible location to LevelGrind in because there are no shops or inns to replenish your stats. So if you didn't prepare for it before getting swallowed by the beast (and without a guide, you won't know it happens), and/or blew all your JP and WP on the minor encounters littering the place, then you're going to be stuck in an UnwinnableByMistake situation.

** It's possible to render the Rune quest UnwinnableByMistake as Blue by teleporting out of Tanzer with the Region Map. The odd part is that the game considers the Rune quest ''completed'' if this happens. Since you need to complete either the Rune quest or Tarot quest (along with gaining either Light or Shadow magic) to reach the Time Lord or Kylin in Blue's story, this allows speedrunners to blow past the Rune quest as soon as it starts.

* MagnificentBastard: Rastaban.[[spoiler: He plots to have Asellus replace Orlouge as the ruler of Fascinaturu and sends Ildon with her to make sure she is safe. The Bastard part comes in when he kidnaps Gina and puts her inside of a Griffon. This bothers Ildon and angers Asellus. However, if Asellus doesn't save her, then no one would know who's really responsible for her kidnapping.]]