deathknight1728: I have played Unlimited Saga but it sucked. I dont remember if Saga Frontier is related but Unlimited saga was bad because you dont have any idea what to do.
The games are in the same series, but SaGa Frontier is a bit more conventional. If you play one of the Tier 1 characters I mentioned before, you will have a place where you can get new main quests to do. There will be times when you need to fight a certain number of battles before the next quest shows up, but once you do, just go back to your base of operations to get your next quest. (If you're Red, I don't think you need to even do that; one reason why Red is one of the best choices for beginners.)
Emelia is similar, while Blue just has you doing the magic quests that anyone else can do.
Just don't play as Lute on your first playthrough and you should be fine.
SaGa Frontier 2, incidentally, is actually quite different. You don't really get to choose who to play as, and it is much more story oriented (but not as overblown as in the PSX Final Fantasy titles), but the game is structured interestingly; You are given a few scenarios you can choose to play, you choose one, and each scenario consists of a self contained adventure, with maybe one or two towns, and one dungeon to explore; no way to get lost not knowing what to do.