The Legend of Legacy is a double-edged sword of innovation and underdeveloped ideas

Japanese role-playing games tend to stick to safe waters when it comes to the staid conventions that hold together the genre. Battle screens, dungeon progression, and character development all taste of a similar tang when you compare the most prominent JRPGs to each other.

Not so with The Legend of Legacy, the new experiment from key staff that worked on the SaGa series, a similarly madcap franchise that mixes up what you think you know about JRPGs. With thoughtful consideration given to why mechanical tropes are the way they are and changing them in ways that seem obvious in hindsight, The Legend of Legacy explores how far you can bend these mechanics before they break.