SaGa Emerald Beyond

SaGa Emerald Beyond

Steam Deck Playable

Square Enix · Vampires · Apr 25, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $24.99.

76%
Mostly Positive
373 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 373 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 129 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
As you jump through these worlds you'll experience them through the eyes of six different main characters, in the spirit of the Romancing style of games all of these characters are different too, they have different main quests, backgrounds, and even specific mechanics and choices they can make, if you're new to the series think of this as the recent Larian games, except it's actually well done and the choice isn't almost entirely cosmetic.
68 of 129 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Would say this has been a real treat as a more gameplay and mechanics driven SaGa fan.
21 of 129 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I don't have a problem with the overall art style and presentation of the game, though some may feel like it's too much like a visual novel or not like the art direction in the story scenes.
14 of 129 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting (English and Japanese both) and ability to change the text language in-game without any external hurdles
8 of 129 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters68 reviews
Gameplay21 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat67 reviews
81%
Interface9 reviews
78%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty12 reviews
83%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $24.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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