#Japanese RPG
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Octopath Traveler 3: Team Asano Aims Higher
Eight years after the first game, Team Asano hasn't closed the door on a third Octopath Traveler — quite the opposite. Square Enix's studio has suggested that any new installment would need to significantly exceed its predecessors. A statement of intent that raises expectations while raising questions about the artistic and narrative direction the franchise could take.
SaGa Frontier at 29: The Anti-FF7 Square Wanted to Forget
Released in 1997 the same year as Final Fantasy VII, SaGa Frontier never enjoyed the same commercial success or critical acclaim. Yet this atypical Square RPG embodied everything the PlayStation era could have produced beyond the beaten path: fragmented structure, deliberately sparse narrative, and progression freedom that was as disorienting as it was captivating. Twenty-nine years later, cult status has arrived. The question remains: why did it take so long?