If you want a Kawazu experience via Steam, you could always try The Last Remnant. There even seems to be a demo, but I have no idea if it’s representative of the content or performance of the full game:
Here’s the most recent discussion SB had about it: Tell me about The Last Remnant
<stop reverting to old versions of in-progress posts, god damn it>
As for Romancing SaGa…
To my knowledge, no patch for 2 is really worth using, especially since the iOS/Android remake came out in English several months ago. It’d be nice if it was on Steam too, but if you have a sufficient mobile device, it’s often regarded as the peak of the trilogy.
The patch for 3, if you can get it to work, should be a pretty comprehensive translation, certainly enough to explore most of the content. I personally found the writing to be dry and uncompelling, which normally isn’t a problem for me, but in this case served to underline how little care seemed to go into giving the game an identity of its own. It’s aesthetically lush and has plenty of ridiculous SaGa stuff to mess with, but it feels like a meal where all the ingredients were cooked and served without actually mixing them together. Maybe I’ll make a topic about it someday.
I forgot (or didn’t notice until now?) that the original RS finally got a proper English translation a year ago after years of people playing through it using barebone patches. I’m guessing that Minstrel Song is a superior version in nearly every way, but the sheer novelty and ambition of the SNES game means it can’t really be considered obsolete.