I reply yes. After i did SaGa 2, I actually started on SaGa 3 and got prolly...20%-ish through the game (entering Future for the first time). I decided to restart it because I was trying to fill out the Monster Notes through meat eating (you can actually fill it out completely or even straight-up GAME the game when you get into the future if you know how the meat system works. Imagine getting rank 13/max rank monster about 3 hours-ish into the game lol) but at that point in the game, you kinda can't go back to the Past...I think? I could've kept going since the monster I needed to actually fill out the notes was a bit further. A few months ago, I was redoing the game and was making some kind of good progress but not super far (entering Past for the first time). Once again, I tried to go super sweaty and game the game with meat eating while filling out the Monster notes...AGAIN! This time, it was kinda for nothing as I can't to the latter monster ranks because of missing elements from meats. Then I suddenly stopped...because what I should've did was fill out Rank 1 and 2 monsters Notes as I progressed to the Past....I think? I just need to replay the input file back to the cave dungeon and GAME appropriately on the meat (reach a high monster rank. I believe it is 8 at that point of the game...when the mobs you fight are like...2 or 3? Essentially I have firepower i'm not suppose to have lol)
The first longplay I stopped on years ago was gonna be SUPER sweaty: essentially clear out the Notes section, just like how I cleared out the Monster Encyclopedia for SaGa 2 longplay. Don't mind the John Madden-like scribbles on the accompanied image. lol This was how sweaty i was getting. The gameplay timer was like...20 hours?
