I don't think you're thinking of the right Saga unless you live outside of America. I owned Romancing Saga for PS2 in English for 2 years before having to sell 50 games for $100 (total) to chip in for a trip to Canada. MASSIVE EDIT--- Sorry. Wrong game. There was a Romancing Saga 2? I've never heard of it.

I've played SaGa Frontier, Unlimited SaGa, and Romancing SaGa. I like the former and the latter but not the Unltd. I think I was just angry about being stuck in the dungeons. There is no backward. Only forward. So if you neglected to buy something and took a dangerous route somewhere, you were dead meat. I hated that. I also didn't really like the random attack system with the giant wheel of attacks. It was just too bulky and weird.
I've never played SaGa 2, instead I picked up the game case and looked at the back and saw that it was some kind of army tactics game or something. I'm not a fan of FFT although I do own it. I've never gotten past the opening scene more than once because it takes forever. The first time, I forgot to save and died immediately in my first battle. I tried to stomach the opening scene one more time, but no, I'd rather be mugged.
I've never played any of the Manas although I've played Chrono, VS, and even a bit of Threads of Fate, though I rented it, didn't get far, lost my save data, and haven't been able to find a copy since.
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