Romancing SaGa 2 is flat out better. Especially when you factor in battle rank and how broken it is in Romancing SaGa 3. Still if you removed Romancing SaGa 2 from existence I'd rate Romancing SaGa 3 as my favorite SNES RPG so it's still a great game in its own right.
>>10355740I've gone in blind in various entries and have even played games more than once. First time in Romancing SaGa 3 I fought the earth demon, fire, water, then wind one. Second time I did fire, earth, wind, then water last. I beat the seven heroes in a different order in my second play through and was actually able to do the mermaid quest.
I never touched the merchant mini game in Romancing SaGa 3 because I simply didn't want to do it. Do you know what it's like to beat Aunus without finding the snowman town, or killing the dragon and then venturing up the mountain to fight Buné? Nothing is set, you just need to be flexible to the games ruleset.