>>891405SaGa is different from FF in the sense that each game is built around specific main mechanics and narrative choices, so all of the games end up being very different.
It's more of a matter of liking how the games work at a mechanical level, RS2 is one of the most popular entries but you can find plenty of people who can't get into it because of how it's structured around generations of characters, meanwhile SaGa Frontier is very popular because of the self contained storylines of multiple main characters in a strange setting, but you can find lots of people who complain about how minimalistic and apparently aimless that game is.
It's hard to find a game that represents a whole because it's a matter of series identity, Romancing SaGa 3 plays nothing like Unlimited SaGa, SaGa Frontier and SaGa Frontier 2 have almost nothing in common despite the naming and yet you can feel the same "SaGa" vibe from all of them, though you won't necessarily like all of them.
It's hard to explain to somebody new to the games though, you definitely have to play through the series to get it.
