Actually Romancing SaGa Re;Universe is not the only game being dropped: I’m in the process of shedding almost all the gacha games I’m currently playing because they’re too time-consuming. Romancing SaGa Re;Universe just happens to be first because I started it most recently, so I can drop it without too much pain.
In the game, I’m rank 100, which doesn’t really mean anything, and my party has an average of 400HP, which also doesn’t mean anything except it shows I grinded the New Year’s Trial almost all day yesterday. And I thought “What a pointless game.” I wasn’t even playing, I just set it on Auto then came back every hour or two to refill stamina. This is not a game, this is… IDK, an exercise of my computer’s processing power?
I mean, there comes a point in every gacha game where you’re just auto-ing stuff to get stronger, but this was only day two or three since I started. Like almost all gacha games, Romancing SaGa Re;Universe is about grinding up your stats so you can beat new enemies, then grinding some more so you can beat even more, but here you don’t even get to enjoy the grinding.
Speaking of grinding, there’s a lot to grind in RSR;U:
⭐Grind character levels
⭐Grind individual character stats: This bears explaining because it’s a feature of the SaGa games and SaGa-inspired JRPGs. Fighting battles doesn’t just give you EXP; it also improves various stats like HP, DEX, AGI, etc. So it’s not enough to just level up your characters and move on. Once you hit the highest point you can get to without struggling, you have to fight the same content over and over again to improve all your attritbutes. For example to raise your HP from a piddling 100 HP to 400 like I did took almost 200 battles. Which is really peanuts in the grand scheme of gacha games. But it was 200 auto-battles where I wasn’t even in the room. And I’ll have to keep doing that for as long as I’m playing the game. Wait, am I even “playing” at that point?
⭐Grind character skills: Character skills are locked when you pull them. They have to be “grasped” by being used in battle before you can use them. And then they have to be ranked up by being used repeatedly in battle, preferably against tough foes.
Not only that, but different character rarities have different skillsets which they can borrow from one another. For example SS Albert can borrow one skill from S Albert or A Albert. So for optimum strength you should also grind the S and A rarities at least until you unlock their best skills.
⭐Grind for gold pieces to uncap character levels.
⭐Grind materials to awaken and amplify skills: These are two seperate processes, BTW.
⭐Grind for equipment.
⭐Grind for materials to level up and evolve said equipment.
⭐Grind for holy stones to put into that equipment.
⭐Grind for modstones to do IDK what with.
⭐Grind for colosseum medals and Zweig medals and Hidden Dojo and a host of other things. I don’t know what these are for either, and I don’t want to know.
TL;DR I’ve been on this merry-go-round several times before with other games. It is fun to feel your party getting stronger so you can tackle tougher content. I just don’t want to start that process all over again with this game. Especially since it’s so hands-off from the start so I’m not really getting the “me playing this game” feel.
It doesn’t help at all that the lore of RSR;U is heavily tied to (direct sequel to?) Romancing Saga 3, which I’ve never played. I have played and enjoyed Saga Frontier II andSaGa 2: Goddess of Destiny (Final Fantasy Legend II) and SaGa 3 but very few characters are from those games, and the story has nothing to do with them. I’m pulling all kinds of cool-looking characters like Final Empress and Final Emperor and Princess White Rose and I have no idea where they come from or what their story is. Well, what did I expect from a game called Romancing SaGa Re;Universe anyway? Guess I thought it would be more accessible to series newbies. Maybe that’s what other games like SaGa Scarlet Grace are there for.
Anyway, that’s it for me and this game. On to the next candidate for the chopping block!
