Two staff members died during development, which the director, Yukio Futatsugi, attributed to stressful working conditions. The project was arduous and repeatedly delayed incorporating the Panzer Dragoon shooting elements with full 3D computer graphics and voice acting, both unusual features in RPGs at the time, pushed the Saturn to its technical limits and strained team relations. Development began in early 1995 alongside Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (1996). Sega felt an RPG was critical to compete against the PlayStation and Final Fantasy. The player controls Edge, a young mercenary who rides a dragon and encounters a mysterious girl from a vanished civilization. The third entry in the Panzer Dragoon series, it replaced the rail shooter gameplay of the previous games with RPG elements such as random encounters, semi- turn-based battles and free-roaming exploration.

Panzer Dragoon Saga, known in Japan as Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG, is a 1998 role-playing video game (RPG) developed by Team Andromeda and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.

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