History VideoGame / UnlimitedSaga

** [[spoiler: Leon Burgundy]] only developed resentment towards his father and brother because of [[spoiler: how long he spent isolated in the Vaftom Catacombs]]. He's also EasilyForgiven.

** Earth Arts have easily-accessible spells that cover a wide-array of functions but have on-average the steepest Magic Blender requirements and taper off entirely without it. Earth Support also doesn't find itself on quality Accessories so your Earth stat better be high if you want damaage out of it.

** Earth Arts have easily-accessible spells that cover a wide-array of functions but have on-average the steepest Magic Blender requirements and taper off entirely without it.

** The Inconspicuous Panel. A skill designed to slow the growth of Monster Rank sounds well-and-good when you spot it early on, but Rank takes awhile to raise and at the point Inconspicuous becomes marginally viable for application, (IE: the very end of the game) the player has enough of an arsenal that it's pretty useless. [[NotTheIntendedUse Of course, its Panel has fair Wood growth, making it fine for a Thunderbringer mage's Panel Combo]]....

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Vearst in-story is a coward who can't fight to save his life. In battle, [[StoneWall he has the second-highest Endurance in the game, the highest LP count of any character in Ventus' story]], and has a decent Water growth. A consistent tank that [[DamagerHealerTank can probably heal you if you develop him?]] Yes, please!

* RoaringRampageofRevenge: The final quest in Ventus' story. He wants to [[spoiler: avenge his brother's death]] at the hands of [[spoiler: Kalandorn]].

* KiAttacks: The Level 3 and 4 medium weight punch attack fire an energy beam at the enemy.

* BadassGrandpa: Josef, Judy's grandfather. [[spoiler: He may be [[SealedGoodInACan sealed in a mirror]] for most of her quest, but gets to join just in time for her final battle.]]

!''Unlimited Saga'' contains examples of:

* TheLoad: Gameplay-wise, Josef at the end of Judy's adventure. He's dead weight compared to all of your other characters in every way, and you're forced to drag him along in the final boss fight at the expense of a most-likely-better character.
** Any character with a Phobia Panel in certain situations. If they're fighting the monster type they have the Phobia towards, any attacks toward that type are rendered all but useless. This makes Tiffon dead weight if she's taken to fight the [[spoiler: Knights of the Round Table]] without her Undead Phobia ovewritten.

** Gameplay-wise, Wood elemental spells can end up as this. Thunderbringer is a VERY rare spell, (Unless you have Norff recruited) and it's the only attack spell worth a damn in the Wood line-up. [[note]]Unless you have Magic Blender, in which case it becomes the required basis for stronger spells.[[/note]] If you never find it, 75% of Wood magic immediately becomes useless. There's a reason nearly every FAQ for the game online warns you not to increase your Wood stat without it.

** [[spoiler: Yun]]'s more of a straightforward example. He only wanted to be a mage of equal caliber to Leith Torles and didn't seem to have any malicious intent, but chose to pursue such power by [[spoiler: nearly condemning an entire tribe of PettingZooPeople to their deaths by absconding with the magical rain-making equipment that HE helped to find]]. He's EasilyForgiven.

* PettingZooPeople: The Chapa.

** Each character has a stat with only 1-2 Making that's meant to be their DumpStat.

** An egregious example in Laura's Quest. The first battle against [[spoiler: Dagul Bos]] can only be fought with ''one person per round''. If you're paralyzed or KO'ed, you're done. If you manage to beat what essentially amounts to an impossible battle at this point in the game, you'll get an equippable MacGuffin that will otherwise be LostForever.

* SeeminglyHopelessBossFight: A subverted example in Laura's Quest. You'll fight [[spoiler: Dagul Bos]] once you resolve the Elemental Gears quests. If you lose to him, (The typical result for someone new to the game) the game simply continues onward and they'll be [[spoiler: the penultimate boss at the Nakle Lines]]. If you win against him however, (Which takes some side-questing and some knowledge of the game systems) you'll get a special piece of MacGuffin equipment for the feat[[note]]That will otherwise be rendered LostForever.[[/note]] and [[spoiler: Basil Galeos as your new penultimate boss]].

''Unlimited Saga'' is an EasternRPG developed and published by Creator/SquareEnix for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and released in 2002. It is the ninth game in the ''[[Franchise/SaGaRPG SaGa]]'' series, and the only one without the series' traditional capital 'G' in the title.

* Necromancer: A possible subversion. [[spoiler: The Knights of the Round Table]] have, according to [[spoiler: Kalandorn]], controlled the Undead for centuries. The [[spoiler: Ensanguined League he spear-heads]] is working to un-do this; though we never find out what "this" actually entails.

* ObviousBeta: The game wasn't playtested, which is obvious from all the new, innovative, and ridiculously clunky and awkward systems, the manual was not proofread at all, and the game gives off a general lack of polish in all areas.

** A potential example is the [[spoiler: Arcanian Mech]]that Kurt fights [[spoiler: during his final quest at Starship Anchor]]. [[note]]The Mech has three attacks, Field Inducer, Plasma Shower and Aerial Cruiser. However, Field Inducer has three seperate animations: A head-butt, a swipe of Leon's sword (only seen if Leon is atop the mech) and the charging up of a seperate cannon. The cannon animation is out-of-place and drawn-out for something minute and comboable. This implies that either A) an extra attack was planned and never implemented or B) the extra animation was a garbage-set they had forgotten to remove post-development. Note that this error concerning the cannon animation persists whether Leon is atop the Mech or not.[[/note]]
* EvilSorcerer: With a name like [[spoiler: Clyde Blackstorm]], you're begging for it. [[spoiler: [[WouldHurtAChild Being willing to assassinate a little girl to get a magic slab probably does you NO favors.]]]].

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Yun Crimsonrain]] at the end of Armic's quest. For no adequately explained reason, he [[spoiler: attacks Armic's party at the Flying Islands]] to prevent the Chapa from controlling the weather through the Tablet they want to save their village from drought with. [[note]]FantasticRacism is implied in his defeat audio, but since the game's an ObviousBeta, a LOT of things are left unexplained....like why he even bothered to help Armic at all if this was an issue of concern.[[/note]]

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Kurt's brother Leon gets assigned to guard-duty within the [[AncientTomb Vaftom Mausoleum]]. It's implied that the isolation from his re-location (And Kurt's [[TheWanderer recent banishment]]) causes him to develop [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy toward his brother so great]] that he [[spoiler: sends assassins after his own father]] and [[spoiler: if Kurt maxes out the Gauntlet, attacks him at Starship Anchor]].

** Gameplay-wise, Wood elemental spells can end up as this. Thunderbringer is a VERY rare spell, (Unless you have Norff recruited) and it's the only attack spell worth a damn in the Wood line-up. [[note]]Unless you have Magic Blender, in which case it becomes the required basis for stronger spells.[[/note]] If you never find it, 75% of Wood magic immediately becomes useless.

* GiantMook: Among them is a giant version of the level 1 beast monster and the giant version of the piranha monster.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Vearst is a cowardly, ineffectual klutz that somehow ended up a soldier. You can turn into into one of the most powerful mages in the game if you're willing to put in the effort.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Vearst in-story is a coward who can't fight to save his life. In battle, [[StoneWall he has the second-highest Endurance in the game, the highest LP count of any character in Ventus' story]], and has a decent Water growth. A consistent tank that [[DamagerHealerTank can probably heal you if you develop him?]] Yes, please! Also a case of [[GameplayandStorySegregation GameplayandStorySegregation]].