Choosing your First Protagonist on SaGa Frontier Remastered [No Spoilers] 

My recommendation as a Saga veteran is Emilia her story is simple and can be progressed pretty simply. The downside to her is only Emilia, Annie and Liza can learn rune magic and arcane magic characters can't be recruited until rune is finished. I started with Asellus though, and Blue is indeed a good starting character but his endgame is wow.

As a fan of the original game I'm so happy that a new generation of people gets to enjoy this

I choose vampire girl cuz the music, prison girl after :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. I was looking everywhere for advice on this subject and couldn't find anything helpful

Love this game. Science fantasy and a rich diverse cast gives me the same feeling as Star Wars.

Thanks for the guide!

When I bought this game for the PlayStation 1, I also purchased the strategy guide, which helped tremendously. The remastered version gives hints as to what you should do next. After playing each character several times, my favorites are T260G, Asellus, and Red.

Great video. In past when I played I started with T260G as it was my favourite character. After that Blue and Riki. Moved to Asellus but ended on her. Can't wait to play more when I buy it :P

Such nostalgia. I had so much fun playing this game in PS1 and was grateful that the first character I started with is Blue. He is a good starting point to learn and understand magic mastery before picking another character (my 2nd was Asellus).

Ha, I picked Lute first, followed the Story directions, ended up at his final boss unleveled, ungeared, and with only Capt. Hamilton as a party member. Needless to say, I had the totally wrong preconception as for how to play this game, lolol. But I restarted, ran around the world picking up party members and such, and he ended up being my first clear. I like how each character has some kind of gimmick. Emelia has her costume changes, Red has Alkaiser, and so on. Lute... I guess his ability is being able to be taken out of the main battle party. Really suits his easygoing personality. Plus due to the NG+ feature to carry over stats and skills, and being recruitable by literally every protagonist, he ended up being my strongest Human.

This was a nice breakdown without spoiling anything really nice job!

I started with Blue but I don't think he's the best one to start because it's better to learn which of the magic choices are better since I think choosing 'correctly' makes your first run with him more manageable.

Valeu irmão. Ia começar com a Asellus, mas irei de Emilia então. Vídeo maravilhoso!

I love this game more than ever now I use to have it as a kid but I broke the disc. I used to start with Riki many times and the Tanger is extremely hard to get past as u cant recover LP. I started with Red this time im over 20 hrs in rn and I love it

just got it today on my library after a week of waiting the payment to process, came here bc I don't know who to pick. i've started this game two times before in the ps1 version but that version hasn't aged well at all. i'm so glad they did this remaster, i'm thrilled to thrown myself into it.

I've played this game back on the PSX. I started with Emilia this time around. When I get it on the Switch, I'll probably start with Riki.

I always used Blue for the final scenario, so once I beat his/all scenarios, I can use him for the main character to beat all the extra post game content on the Cygnus. ❤ Overdrive combo is OP. ❤

My favorite in the series. Over the years have played n ended all heroes atleast 30 times or more. Just finished all 7 heroes in remastered. The additional content they advertised is really not there. Arsellus "new content" takes 10mins top to do all 3 "events". Going to start final hero now fuse. Hope his new content good. I love the new plus feature carry over everything from hero to hero. Makes clearing all 7 heroes easy and fast. The removal of original 50000 gold cap a nice welcome. Next remastered i want is Chrono Cross. 😍😎

I remember playing this way back when. Had no idea about Battle Rating system. Which would explain enemies were OP. I only beaten Blue and T6( robot) Red: I was stuck on mission with Fuse( boss was Spider and then I had to sneak around in ship or it blows up) Asellius: Had no idea what was I supposed to do in the beginning. Riki: I got all the rings and had no idea where to go from there. Emelia: Was stuck on mission with Asellius and Rose. Enemies one shot me. Lute: No clue where the main storyline took place. Mostly been doing side quests Can’t wait to relive my memories once again and finally beat the other stories

Blue is like playing with Gray in minstrel song, both of them forces you to master the game in order to advance or fail misserably and pick another character.

I started with Red love his story so far.

Finished Lute and Emilia on PS1. Currently running with Red on the N Switch. Going with Blue after this run.

If you do Blue, go Shadow, Rune, Time. That way you can do his Overdrive 8 hit super combo asap. (Cast Overdrive, cast Shadow Servant, do 5-6 moves (whatever you like), then finish his last action with Soul Rune. Then have someone use a Snake Oil on him, and now he can do 7-8 actions per every one of his turns)❤

To be honest, people keep saying that Red is the best story to start, but I actually feel like Red's story has some weird chokepoints from only having one party member for a long time. It's also one of the more obtuse ones when you open up free roaming. Emilia, the other common suggestion, suffers from feeling super incomplete until you finish a couple of other storylines (especially if you don't know there's 2 endings to the scenario). I actually feel like T260 is one of the better starting points, because Robots are REALLY good at grinding out a lot of battles quickly to level up human characters and monsters for other arcs (if you bother using New Game+). It's also one of the more interesting final bosses.

My first character in the game was Lute. That was a mistake. I considered returning the game, but when I read the manual and saw Emilia, I decided to give it another chance. I’m glad I did. From that day on, Emilia was always first and always will be.

Personally I think blue had the best story to start with. He can recruit all races and gets you acquainted with the magic and spark system.

I still want to start out with Asellus. I Googled a few things and she popped up. I looked a bit into her story and thought it looked interesting.

I actually played Asselus first back in the days and finished it, then I played Emilia, whe the remake was released I played Red.

Red is best starter since he guides you through. Hes also the most challenging so afterward the other characters are new experiences

Blue is my favorite character and I tend to like mage classes. Starting with him back in the original ruined all the other characters for me as they just couldn’t get all the magic mastered like him. In the re-make I’m saving his story last and started with Amelia.

Man, I hope and pray that Square-Enix gives us a full remake of this game with a similar engine as Romancing Saga Minstrel Song. This game is easily my favorite of the franchise .

Blue is the best. Any spell you learn Rogue learns the opposite... And if you die to Rogue you play as Rogue then on. Regardless of which you take all the spells of the other over, truly unique and unexpected.

Blue is best choice, imo--can power up Rouge for most other games for future games. can grind up several mystics, humans, robots, monsters with ease. :)

Lute is for experienced players. Emelia and Red are the best to start with, followed by Blue

im so tempted to get the game.. maybe ill wait for discount.. and Riki tho,, you got trolled by the community.. lol im looking forward to see playtrough..

So they added Fuse's whole storyline, and they added additional content for Asellus, but couldn't be bothered to give Lute *ANYTHING*? LOL. They really hate my man Lute.

Do you guys know if there's a physical copy? All I'm seeing are digital

I didn't see Fuse on there D: ...Don't tell me we've to unlock him with done all character scenario first.

I started with Riki as my first character, but I highly recommend people save him for last. His story feels like it is at the end after all other character's stories.

I remember renting this game back in 1998 and I made the worst mistake that I could have made: I picked Lute as my first protagonist. I mean, I had no idea what was going on or about any of the systems at play in this game...Since I rented the game, it of course had no instruction manual, and at the time, my internet was spotty at best, so trying to dig through GameFAQs or elsewhere for a guide was pretty much out of the question. Needless to say, I was very frustrated by the total lack of guidance and the convoluted battle system, etc. I think I gave up on Lute pretty quickly and tried Emelia with similar results, though her story at least sounded interesting (or maybe I should say she clearly HAD a story). I didn't touch the game after that and brought it back to Blockbuster feeling pretty upset. Then, for some reason about 6 months later, I felt compelled by some unseen force to give the game another shot. This time, I picked Red and was blown away by how different his scenario was, and his cool transformation mechanics. After spending time with Red and his group, I quickly fell in love with the game and have enjoyed diving into it again once or twice a year since.

...I started with Lute, I didn't watch this video until now lol.

This is welcome for my Birthday. 🤗

Picked Asellus, big fuckin mistake. Its a whole bunch of "where the fuck do I go?" And checked places hoping bosses attack you.

Oo I'm excited to see this series! Im not familiar with this franchise at all

I pick Blue for my 1st adventure every time, I replay this series

playful counter-argument for picking Lute first: he's the best protagonist to introduce you to the Free Scenario system as a whole, to the overall tone of SaGa Frontier. having come back to SGF again and again over the years, and now enjoying the heck out of the remaster, the primary way I like to play is to fire up whichever protagonist I'm in the mood for that day and just run around fighting and growing the characters. and Lute lets you go everywhere from the start, recruit a diverse cast of lots of characters, and build them up for a super hard final boss. that's the heart and soul of SGF right there, if you ask me! :)

I wonder if junk scrap glitch still working or not

I believe Red is the easiest and the one to start, whereas Blue and lesbian chick are the most difficult.

Just choose whoever you want it's just the same story

Why is it not on Google play store its the 15th

Asellus. All mystic squad.

i started with Asselus lol :)

Lute's story is basically unchanged btw.

I wanted to get Lute out of the way. I STILL haven't finished him yet. The last boss just. Won't. DIE!!!!

I went with Riki as i like playing as monster races usually. He's not that hard to use. Once you manage to turn him into a Chimera (can do that as soon as you can absorb Dragon Whelps) he turns into a powerhouse. I think he's a bad start though because his story is mostly forgettable and a couple of the mandatory dungeons in it are fucking terrible.

Emilia or Blue are the best characters to start with. Red has the most linear story. T260G, Riki and Ausellus are there to teach you how to play their respective types.

T260G

Riki's mission would be fine if monsters didnt suck

I wouldn't recommend asellus as the first character due to the random nature of her story.

Fuse cant be the first protagonist so he shouldn't be on the thumbnail lol.