Gen-X gamer here. I was a teenager when Phantasy Star 1 was released for the Sega Master System and the way I finally figured out how to navigate the dungeons was by painstakingly mapping it out on graph paper. I would take one step.. draw more of the map.. rinse and repeat. Eventually I had mapped out every dungeon in the game and where all the traps and doors were.
The music of the original Phantasy Star 2 was bloody brilliant. I will also argue that Luke Jansen's masterful medley of the gorgeous score is the best adaptation/version of it.
I was 11 and had no expectations for Phantasy Star 4. My favourite games prior to playing this one were Final Fantasy 2 US (FF4) and Wasteland, and I just rented it becsuse it was an RPG for our new Genesis even though I had no idea what Phantasy Star was. This game is an aesthetic marvel and a masterpiece of character development through mechanics and multi-generational storytelling. You've got teenagers finding their place in the world, young professionals balancing their academic and career goals with family and communal expectations, middle-aged mentors dealing with the fallout of a unsuccessful relationship, and elders applying their unique wisdom and perspective towards solving the universe's existential crises. It's also ridiculously fun to play and really good at respecting your time. I was going to go on a leftist ran comparing the villains to politicians I dislike, but I'm pretty sure nobody cares.
PSIV was mind blowing. It was a go-to rental and I could have sworn Zio was the endboss. Two, three years after release I finally got one [it and Super Street Fighter IV were ungody expensive even in ThenMoney] and I go back to it time and again to this day.
@@diegoarmando5489 it's cool seeing so many different takes on the same games, with old school limitations lending themselves especially well to that. these plentiful of takeaways are a huge reason why phantasy star has resonated with me so much as a whole, it truly is such a special series!
As a Phantasy Star fan I was exposed to it VERY early but too early for it to stick. I came back to it later as a grade schooler when my friend's older brother was playing Phantasy Star 3. I was mesmerized. Then he loaned it to me and then I went back and played 2, which unlocked a memory from 1989 when my dad had either rented or barrowed the game. It was just a fragment, the back of Nei and Rolf's heads in the grid battle area. So PS4, from my perspective shits all over FF1-6. It wasn't till FF7 that I was pulled away but I became a JRPG LUNATIC as a teenager. Then when PSO came out, I was excited enough that I bought a Dreamcast and played it like a fiend. I've been keeping up with... ALMOST every installment. I still can't bring myself to play Zero because I hate both the DS and 3DS those bitches give me carpel tunnel if I'm playing anything more involved than Pokemon. But I own it.
Watched through the whole 2 hours & I agree that your Phantasy Star II video is one of your best ones & glad that I gave it another shot. PSI & II aren't beginner friendly but I think that brings it some appeal. It's that old school charm, taking notes, looking at a map & while being invested in science fantasy stories. I'm looking forward to play III & especially IV. While I do wish some of their Saturn & Arcade titles get rereleases in compilations of sorts it is insane how a lot of Sega's Mega Drive library is easily accessible to buy not just part of a subscription service like Nintendo's or Sony's classics. Sega does what Nintendon't. Looking forward to more. I'm a real one
@@tanookiplayer ayyyy i appreciate you sticking the whole way through! guess the video must have been good hehehe... i hope you continue to enjoy the rest of your journey through phantasy star, this series is excellent
@@Gevouden spoilerssssss . . . . but yeah i was super shocked by that. probably the biggest twist in that whole game for me, followed behind rune being noah, that was awesome!
Dont know if this was ever brought up, but the Wrens in PSIII and PSIV are two different characters. One is Searen-386 (PSIII) and the other is Forren/Fourren (PSIV). Another thing is that PSIII is the last game chronologically, with its ending taking place about a decade or so after PSIV's ending. This makes PSIII and PSIV both direct sequels to PSII.
I would have thought 3 still ends a little before 4, what with DF in a chest at the end. You'd think that would be gone after the defeat of PD at the Edge.
Fun fact: Phantasy Star 1 was one of the first games that were completely translated for Brazilian Portuguese, and for that it was the first JRPG for a lot of people around here!
This really took me back! I love and still own all of these! What a great video and I am glad you came to like such a good series! Hearing your opinions on each game was very interesting!
I think it's a shame most many people dismiss older graphics as outdated, I think they're still very relevant. Perhaps it's because I'm a developer I see it, but seeing the mindful and deliberate intent of every single pixel, and the genius behind it, always blows me away compared to newer graphics (e.g. the PS2 PS1 remake you showed) where that maximization is totally lacking. Luckily, I do see younger kids appreciating "videogame" aesthetics, and thus appreciating the visuals from the 80s. I think they're probably just too young to have been caught up in the "old = bad" bias trends. It reminds me of the 90s when a ton of people were caught up thinking books were a thing of the past since movies/tv was around.
ain't nothing like solid pixel art, and i believe these games are solid runners in that line-up! i may not be huge on the enemies in psiii but one thing i failed to mention in my reflection segment for that game was that its overworld sprites have grown on me a lot. pixel art is timeless, and these games are gonna look great forever
Best JRPG series of the day hands down. Phantasy Star 4 is still one of the best JRPGs ever made. Random Encounters are great, they keep games more unpredictable and thus replayable. Good vid tho. *bonus secret*....SEGA actually publish the best JRPs (Phantasy Star series, Shining Force series, Yakuza series, Persona series, SMT series, Skies of Arcadia, Beyond Oasis, Valkyria Chronicles, Sakura wars etc.)
1:44:15 - If you want to play the game on a hand held that's easier to do these days than ever. There's lots of very good retro emulator handhelds available to buy these days. And you won't have to replace six AAA batteries every 2 hours with them.
It’s worth noting that Phantasy Star IV big old cartridge cost more so it was a hundred dollar Genesis game in 1995. This was when most games were $50.
Hey Zaffre, thanks for the video, it's really interesting to see how your view on the series evolve with times :) For my part I did grow up playing them and did enjoy them a lot, still one of my favorite series!
In the late 90's, EGM's 100th issue had their 100 best games of all time list. Phantasy Star I and II were on there (I was the only Master System game) but strangely not IV.
I really wish they had done a Sega Ages/Generation style remake for the third and fourth games. I would have enjoyed seeing what they could have done with Phantasy Star 3 mainly.
Phantasy Star 1 & 4, for me they are the best of thier era (8 bit & 16 bit respectively). Phantasy Star 2 gave me a thick skin. High encounter rate? Nah this seems fine to me lol.
I really appreciate being spared the frustration of the Sega Ages version of Phantasy Star 2. I was very interested in the game but I definitely dont want to put up with that bs.
1:52:15 looks like where I grew up - will never forget the moment when Field Motavia kicks in with that cut scene back in 1995... I have a difficult time picking between PSIV, FFVI, and Crono Trigger as the best RPG's of all time. PSII gets a runner up only due to being more limited in content. In 5th grade I skipped hanging out with my childhood girlfriend in order to play through Dezo which is saying something - priorities. : ) Thanks for this trip down memory lane !
To be fair, even as someone who had at that point loved FF3(6), playing Phantasy Star 2 as a rental gave me a very similar experience. It handed me my ass.
My friend and i played through the 2nd game when it came out a looooong time ago. We of course used the guide and breezed through the game. Then we got to the final boss and were horribly underlevel. Knowing what to buy, how to defeat every monster, which way to go in every dungeon, left us with no need to grind. We saved ourselves into a hole where we were at the last boss and couldn't leave. We were stuck. Eventually i had to use a game shark to increase my damage and armor. It was the only way to beat the game. Ive since tried repeatedly to play through it but i jis tlose interest. Which is a shame because i love the game. The look, the sound. Not the dungeons. Everything else. One day i will finish my playthrough and finally beat it for real.
I’ve played just about every RPG like this in the 80’s and 90’s and I still take pride in the fact I’m one of very few who likes Generations of Doom best in this series.
Phantasy Star II was my 1st RPG and my 2nd videogame ever. I never looked back. Went through some all nighters and was so tired in school, but damn, I just couldn't stop playing this. I think I would have had much more trouble without the visophone. I also forgot to activate the weapons for Nei in the 1st battle, even thoigh I bought and equipped them. I remember quite well drawing my own maps. Fun times. ... After this video I think I'm gonna replay at least 4 soon.
For combos in ps4, you make the SLOWEST character trigger the combo first and everyone else will join, that way you cannot be interrupted in the combo.
the 1st sega rpg i played was Miracale Warriors. the most memoravle thing about that game was the last boss, a topless succubus. yes it had pixalated tities and they were incridable. then came phantasy star and thier Zelda clone, Golden Axe Warrior.
2:01:38 - That depends, did buy a cartridge of this and play it on a tiny CRT? Because I did. :D And that wasn't when it was new, it ended up being years later and I dragged my old model 1 genesis out of mothballs to play it when visiting grandparents. :D I was really obsessed with Phantasy Star at the time. >.>
I played the original Phantasy Star games on the Sega Genesis. The first one, however, I played on a emulator. I had to buy a freakin guide book for the 2nd one, and it was still hard. The amount of grinding I had to do before I could even scratch the final 2 bosses was insane. I also liked PS3; I don't know why it was hated. I still own the cart for PS4. Edit: After watching your review for PS3, I now remember how bad the combat looked. I remember not liking it, not because it was simple, but because it simply looked bad. I still liked the story and the multiple endings though. I would agree that PS3 didn't need to happen. The story is like a split from the 2nd story, at a certain point. It becomes more clear as you progress. Though I do find it strange how they tried to tie to dark force, which originally hasn't even been fought yet (in the 2nd story); only in the first game. Or perhaps I am missing something, about Orakio sealing darkface inside a palace with a sword? When did that happen?
Trying to like a game is so retro. Not a dig...im a 90s kid myself. I just remember a bad game store decision was pretty permanent. So you played the hell out of the game, getting good to find the charm. Only to find that whole in your heart was anticipating more. Then you switch back to Sonic/Mario and that new game collects dust
I'm a real one. Oh, and I'm like a lot of folks that first played PS4, absolutely loved it, then went back to try and play the others. I had... little success. Might give them another try after watching this. Cheers.
You seem to lack the personal experience of playing part 1 when released. Part 4 was q beautiful cherry on top of tne series, but it's far too easy and the graphics are not as good as what was available on rival platforms, where part one is deliciously difficult and tbe graphics would not be equaled until the 16 bit Era. Probably comparatively the best console rpg ever made.
I am also old enough to have played Phantasy Star from the start. I actually preferred them over Final Fantasy for awhile...ashame how sega has wasted the property
3's best feature is its ambitious scope. Unfortunately, it fails on every other level. If you want a classic jrpg of similar scale but done right: Dragon Quest 5!
I was going to like and subscribe anyway due this being a great video, but the Tenma Tsukamoto footage from School Rumble would have gotten me to on its own
Sad to say but the only Phantasy Star I've played all the way through was Universe :/ Recently bought the newer Sega collection on Series X so I could play all the RPG's on it. Unfortunately it doesn't have PS1. Great video, fun to watch while playing through my RPG's!
@@durdndemolition I remember back in the day unlocking PS1 on the PS3 version. Sucks it's not included here but the price tag ($5.99) was worth it for all the other RPG's included.
Agreeing with Zaffre Phantasy star 1 generation one is a better remake than generation 2, yet i probably prefer playing it on switch. The feeling of open world is just so refreshing
2:10:59 - I'm a real one, and I'd tell you that you need to put strokes around your text. That was hard to read. XD Also, we didn't nearly get enough from Overworks.
its because in master system version Alisa was called Allis as it could only fit 4 letters lol. I finished this without any maps I had draw my own back in the day.
Have you ever played any of the Phantasy Star Online games? We had Phantasy Sar Online 3 Card Revolution for game cube growing up. It was a game my brother got and is very much differentfrom other rpgs ive played. Its the only phantasy star game I've played, so idk how it measures up to the rest.
@@ZaffreRevolution I started playing the MMO and was considering playing the classics since I was a Sega kid back in the 80's but I never had a chance to play any of the Phantasy Stars, I think that they aged better than early Final Fantasy's and Dragon Quest
@@ZaffreRevolution Not really poor lol, I bought me the Genesis Phantasy Star 2, it came in the US version with the guide. You know why lol. Phantasy Star 3's main issue was they didn't have enough space on the cartridge, they where too ambitious. So they had to cut stuff, one of the things they cut was in combat you didn't see your characters at all on screen. Which turned me off hard.
Id love to see a new reimagining of the whole series (maybe a #3 with out the generation thing) kind of like how they are doing for ff7. But i worry that they would make it into something its not like they did with ff7. (Dont like the ff7 remake btw)
“Why don’t games let you run from fights with guaranteed success?” Because then you can just run from every fight and never be at risk. You don’t have to prepare for traveling or plan anything Then you might as well get rid of combat, which would be a “smoother” experience, but not very fun or interesting
@@deebee5378 idk about all of that. running away means no exp gained, and you'd be screwed on mandatory fights. encounters are there to make you prepared, but if the choice presents itself i just want it to work as it says. running from every fight would mess you up in the long-run but it'd totally be on you so i really don't see why it can't always work
@@falksi3182 no i beat it, the connection was lame tho. i think i said that because it's a spoiler and i wanted to keep it spoiler free, but it's connection is still rather loose. you could definitely skip it if you wanted
@@ZaffreRevolution Fair play. Personally, I still think that's a mind blowing bit of storytelling. Yes, the way the story is told is definitely anemic, but for the actions of heroes of 3 generations to result in their spaceship travelling back in time & space, to then ultimately provide the Earthlings with the tech to invade the Algo solar system in the first place, and thus start the events in motion which kick 2 off, to this day still amazes me. Even after all this time, few JRPGs have come close to replicating such a cross-game connection.
How did you know that I love your voice and other voices (anime cringe UwU face) ROFLAMO Really love this video mate, Got into OG era PS games recently and they're very good tho PS2 took me a long while cus of many breaks I took from frustrating dungeon design and the dezo overworld design to. PS3 wasn't so hot either but as part of my challenge to beat the OG quadrillogy it gave me an excuse to listen to my own jams and talk to my buds on discord more. PS4 and PS1 ngl I love both just as much. I played alot of PSO as a kid way back but never the OG PS games till recently and i'm glad I finally complete them.
if you gonna play through the 3d titles in the series - please, do not overlook psz or any of psp titles. all of them are worth a play, and, i dare to say that, pspo1 is the definitive way to experience psu specifically, combat wise, with pspo2/2i being the evolution of it that eventually led into creation of pso2. psz on the other hand is like perfect bite-sized pso1 with qol that og game desperately needed but never got.
Great compilation. I will defend PS3 for its reinvention and personally I loved the music. They did try something different and how they tied the story to PS2 was imo pretty damn solid. How society slowly devolved due to religion and then slowly built itself back up in part due to it and the desire to expand was pretty damn awesome story plot when it was released. I really do hope that I can see a PS5 during my lifetime with some of the original story designer and original producers.
i do think psiii has a lot of cool ideas and out of all the games, i'd love to see it get a high-budget remake treatment the most. it's cool to see how many people love the game regardless, that's just the mark of a great franchise
Gen-X gamer here. I was a teenager when Phantasy Star 1 was released for the Sega Master System and the way I finally figured out how to navigate the dungeons was by painstakingly mapping it out on graph paper. I would take one step.. draw more of the map.. rinse and repeat. Eventually I had mapped out every dungeon in the game and where all the traps and doors were.
@@rodneyabrett one day imma forget these dungeon layouts and replay the game like that
Wikipedia back in the day lol
@@williamzeo2493 more GameFAQs
Haiii Uncle still gaming?
Now that takes me back that's how everybody did it back in the day
The music of the original Phantasy Star 2 was bloody brilliant. I will also argue that Luke Jansen's masterful medley of the gorgeous score is the best adaptation/version of it.
Luke’s reworked medley is a go-to for me. He knocked it out of the park.
A new Phantasy Star game in 3D with 90s anime aesthetic would be amazing
I was 11 and had no expectations for Phantasy Star 4.
My favourite games prior to playing this one were Final Fantasy 2 US (FF4) and Wasteland, and I just rented it becsuse it was an RPG for our new Genesis even though I had no idea what Phantasy Star was.
This game is an aesthetic marvel and a masterpiece of character development through mechanics and multi-generational storytelling. You've got teenagers finding their place in the world, young professionals balancing their academic and career goals with family and communal expectations, middle-aged mentors dealing with the fallout of a unsuccessful relationship, and elders applying their unique wisdom and perspective towards solving the universe's existential crises.
It's also ridiculously fun to play and really good at respecting your time.
I was going to go on a leftist ran comparing the villains to politicians I dislike, but I'm pretty sure nobody cares.
I care about your rant, Godot.
PSIV was mind blowing. It was a go-to rental and I could have sworn Zio was the endboss. Two, three years after release I finally got one [it and Super Street Fighter IV were ungody expensive even in ThenMoney] and I go back to it time and again to this day.
@@evilredflame I'll give you a hint: the Profound Darkness is the IDU 😏
@@diegoarmando5489 it's cool seeing so many different takes on the same games, with old school limitations lending themselves especially well to that. these plentiful of takeaways are a huge reason why phantasy star has resonated with me so much as a whole, it truly is such a special series!
As a Phantasy Star fan I was exposed to it VERY early but too early for it to stick. I came back to it later as a grade schooler when my friend's older brother was playing Phantasy Star 3. I was mesmerized. Then he loaned it to me and then I went back and played 2, which unlocked a memory from 1989 when my dad had either rented or barrowed the game. It was just a fragment, the back of Nei and Rolf's heads in the grid battle area. So PS4, from my perspective shits all over FF1-6. It wasn't till FF7 that I was pulled away but I became a JRPG LUNATIC as a teenager. Then when PSO came out, I was excited enough that I bought a Dreamcast and played it like a fiend. I've been keeping up with... ALMOST every installment. I still can't bring myself to play Zero because I hate both the DS and 3DS those bitches give me carpel tunnel if I'm playing anything more involved than Pokemon. But I own it.
I love Phantasy Star 4, would love an HD remaster.
@@DragonKingX78 all 4 getting hd remakes is lowkey the dream
@@ZaffreRevolution maybe one day we will.
An hd remaster would be great, but id worry that it would lose that spark that made the game great. @ZaffreRevolution
Watched through the whole 2 hours & I agree that your Phantasy Star II video is one of your best ones & glad that I gave it another shot. PSI & II aren't beginner friendly but I think that brings it some appeal. It's that old school charm, taking notes, looking at a map & while being invested in science fantasy stories. I'm looking forward to play III & especially IV. While I do wish some of their Saturn & Arcade titles get rereleases in compilations of sorts it is insane how a lot of Sega's Mega Drive library is easily accessible to buy not just part of a subscription service like Nintendo's or Sony's classics. Sega does what Nintendon't. Looking forward to more. I'm a real one
@@tanookiplayer ayyyy i appreciate you sticking the whole way through! guess the video must have been good hehehe... i hope you continue to enjoy the rest of your journey through phantasy star, this series is excellent
Alys' death in Phantasy Star 4 broke my heart long before Aerith came along.
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but yeah i was super shocked by that. probably the biggest twist in that whole game for me, followed behind rune being noah, that was awesome!
Dont know if this was ever brought up, but the Wrens in PSIII and PSIV are two different characters. One is Searen-386 (PSIII) and the other is Forren/Fourren (PSIV). Another thing is that PSIII is the last game chronologically, with its ending taking place about a decade or so after PSIV's ending. This makes PSIII and PSIV both direct sequels to PSII.
I would have thought 3 still ends a little before 4, what with DF in a chest at the end. You'd think that would be gone after the defeat of PD at the Edge.
Fun fact: Phantasy Star 1 was one of the first games that were completely translated for Brazilian Portuguese, and for that it was the first JRPG for a lot of people around here!
This really took me back! I love and still own all of these! What a great video and I am glad you came to like such a good series! Hearing your opinions on each game was very interesting!
I think it's a shame most many people dismiss older graphics as outdated, I think they're still very relevant. Perhaps it's because I'm a developer I see it, but seeing the mindful and deliberate intent of every single pixel, and the genius behind it, always blows me away compared to newer graphics (e.g. the PS2 PS1 remake you showed) where that maximization is totally lacking.
Luckily, I do see younger kids appreciating "videogame" aesthetics, and thus appreciating the visuals from the 80s. I think they're probably just too young to have been caught up in the "old = bad" bias trends. It reminds me of the 90s when a ton of people were caught up thinking books were a thing of the past since movies/tv was around.
ain't nothing like solid pixel art, and i believe these games are solid runners in that line-up! i may not be huge on the enemies in psiii but one thing i failed to mention in my reflection segment for that game was that its overworld sprites have grown on me a lot. pixel art is timeless, and these games are gonna look great forever
Best JRPG series of the day hands down. Phantasy Star 4 is still one of the best JRPGs ever made. Random Encounters are great, they keep games more unpredictable and thus replayable. Good vid tho. *bonus secret*....SEGA actually publish the best JRPs (Phantasy Star series, Shining Force series, Yakuza series, Persona series, SMT series, Skies of Arcadia, Beyond Oasis, Valkyria Chronicles, Sakura wars etc.)
1:44:15 - If you want to play the game on a hand held that's easier to do these days than ever. There's lots of very good retro emulator handhelds available to buy these days. And you won't have to replace six AAA batteries every 2 hours with them.
It’s worth noting that Phantasy Star IV big old cartridge cost more so it was a hundred dollar Genesis game in 1995. This was when most games were $50.
Hey Zaffre, thanks for the video, it's really interesting to see how your view on the series evolve with times :)
For my part I did grow up playing them and did enjoy them a lot, still one of my favorite series!
In the late 90's, EGM's 100th issue had their 100 best games of all time list. Phantasy Star I and II were on there (I was the only Master System game) but strangely not IV.
I really wish they had done a Sega Ages/Generation style remake for the third and fourth games. I would have enjoyed seeing what they could have done with Phantasy Star 3 mainly.
personally i'm holding out hope for some ground-up, high-budget 3D remakes! would love to see how this series could be handled through a modern lens
Phantasy Star 1 & 4, for me they are the best of thier era (8 bit & 16 bit respectively). Phantasy Star 2 gave me a thick skin. High encounter rate? Nah this seems fine to me lol.
I really appreciate being spared the frustration of the Sega Ages version of Phantasy Star 2. I was very interested in the game but I definitely dont want to put up with that bs.
1:52:15 looks like where I grew up - will never forget the moment when Field Motavia kicks in with that cut scene back in 1995... I have a difficult time picking between PSIV, FFVI, and Crono Trigger as the best RPG's of all time.
PSII gets a runner up only due to being more limited in content. In 5th grade I skipped hanging out with my childhood girlfriend in order to play through Dezo which is saying something - priorities. : )
Thanks for this trip down memory lane !
also the cut scenes in PSIV are essentially a manga - I wish more games used the same technique !
I'm not a fan of fantasy sci-fi mix, but this game is one of my absolute favorites. I agree is a very seamless merge of the two.
These games getting high quality remakes whether from fans or SEGA seems like an impossible dream. 😢
@@theblueblur9168 we don't gotta talk about it 😭
I just wanna believe man.
To be fair, even as someone who had at that point loved FF3(6), playing Phantasy Star 2 as a rental gave me a very similar experience. It handed me my ass.
@@jessefinnegan1719 phantasy star ii, off the rip, is a very humbling experience LOL
My friend and i played through the 2nd game when it came out a looooong time ago. We of course used the guide and breezed through the game. Then we got to the final boss and were horribly underlevel. Knowing what to buy, how to defeat every monster, which way to go in every dungeon, left us with no need to grind.
We saved ourselves into a hole where we were at the last boss and couldn't leave. We were stuck.
Eventually i had to use a game shark to increase my damage and armor. It was the only way to beat the game.
Ive since tried repeatedly to play through it but i jis tlose interest. Which is a shame because i love the game. The look, the sound. Not the dungeons. Everything else.
One day i will finish my playthrough and finally beat it for real.
I’ve played just about every RPG like this in the 80’s and 90’s and I still take pride in the fact I’m one of very few who likes Generations of Doom best in this series.
I approve of this video. Good work!
I approve of your awesome comment and your awesome avatar fella
@@DezorianGuy if a dezorian says this video's good, that MUST mean it's true!
Phantasy Star II was my 1st RPG and my 2nd videogame ever. I never looked back. Went through some all nighters and was so tired in school, but damn, I just couldn't stop playing this.
I think I would have had much more trouble without the visophone.
I also forgot to activate the weapons for Nei in the 1st battle, even thoigh I bought and equipped them.
I remember quite well drawing my own maps. Fun times.
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After this video I think I'm gonna replay at least 4 soon.
very proud
For combos in ps4, you make the SLOWEST character trigger the combo first and everyone else will join, that way you cannot be interrupted in the combo.
@@naturesrevolt yeah i got similar advice in the original video's comments and i got nothing yall are just right haha. another point towards psiv
the 1st sega rpg i played was Miracale Warriors. the most memoravle thing about that game was the last boss, a topless succubus. yes it had pixalated tities and they were incridable. then came phantasy star and thier Zelda clone, Golden Axe Warrior.
2:01:38 - That depends, did buy a cartridge of this and play it on a tiny CRT? Because I did. :D And that wasn't when it was new, it ended up being years later and I dragged my old model 1 genesis out of mothballs to play it when visiting grandparents. :D
I was really obsessed with Phantasy Star at the time. >.>
I played the original Phantasy Star games on the Sega Genesis. The first one, however, I played on a emulator. I had to buy a freakin guide book for the 2nd one, and it was still hard. The amount of grinding I had to do before I could even scratch the final 2 bosses was insane. I also liked PS3; I don't know why it was hated. I still own the cart for PS4.
Edit: After watching your review for PS3, I now remember how bad the combat looked. I remember not liking it, not because it was simple, but because it simply looked bad. I still liked the story and the multiple endings though. I would agree that PS3 didn't need to happen. The story is like a split from the 2nd story, at a certain point. It becomes more clear as you progress. Though I do find it strange how they tried to tie to dark force, which originally hasn't even been fought yet (in the 2nd story); only in the first game. Or perhaps I am missing something, about Orakio sealing darkface inside a palace with a sword? When did that happen?
2,06 sounds to me that someone is talking about the air castle. 😊
Trying to like a game is so retro. Not a dig...im a 90s kid myself. I just remember a bad game store decision was pretty permanent. So you played the hell out of the game, getting good to find the charm. Only to find that whole in your heart was anticipating more.
Then you switch back to Sonic/Mario and that new game collects dust
I'm a real one.
Oh, and I'm like a lot of folks that first played PS4, absolutely loved it, then went back to try and play the others. I had... little success. Might give them another try after watching this. Cheers.
1:08:36 - When you run out of francise music so much you gotta insert Stardust Speedway Good Future US from Sonic CD. :D
I still name elf characters in sandbox or MMO games “Nei” from PhSII
Phantasy star 4.
That is all
You seem to lack the personal experience of playing part 1 when released. Part 4 was q beautiful cherry on top of tne series, but it's far too easy and the graphics are not as good as what was available on rival platforms, where part one is deliciously difficult and tbe graphics would not be equaled until the 16 bit Era. Probably comparatively the best console rpg ever made.
@@gilnelson3217 i actually have 1. I even beat the nightmare during the dream like sequence
I am also old enough to have played Phantasy Star from the start. I actually preferred them over Final Fantasy for awhile...ashame how sega has wasted the property
I'm a real one! I really do need to play this series. I have it, just need to play it.
I still have all 4 of my copies.
3's best feature is its ambitious scope. Unfortunately, it fails on every other level.
If you want a classic jrpg of similar scale but done right: Dragon Quest 5!
I'll probably go back to phantsy star 1. Lol maybe one day after I stop working
I was going to like and subscribe anyway due this being a great video, but the Tenma Tsukamoto footage from School Rumble would have gotten me to on its own
@@ProfessorBinks based tbh
I was just thinking about this game well these games 😅
Sad to say but the only Phantasy Star I've played all the way through was Universe :/
Recently bought the newer Sega collection on Series X so I could play all the RPG's on it. Unfortunately it doesn't have PS1.
Great video, fun to watch while playing through my RPG's!
You have to get the earlier 360-era Genesis collection to play Phantasty Star 1. Or just get the Switch Sega Ages one.
@@durdndemolition I remember back in the day unlocking PS1 on the PS3 version. Sucks it's not included here but the price tag ($5.99) was worth it for all the other RPG's included.
4 is still in my top 10.
@@BPTNY for good reason!
...Ugh. Ppl whine way too god damn much about 'UgH! rAnDoM eNcOuNtErS!'.
....Damn babies.
Agreeing with Zaffre
Phantasy star 1 generation one is a better remake than generation 2, yet i probably prefer playing it on switch.
The feeling of open world is just so refreshing
it's og phantasy star for me any day, but a gen 1 replay every now and then can make for a nice change of pace!
I made three qaurters through phsty stsr 2 and my freinds little brother erased it. I never went back. Dam might have to revisit my youth😅
2:10:59 - I'm a real one, and I'd tell you that you need to put strokes around your text. That was hard to read. XD Also, we didn't nearly get enough from Overworks.
@@Furluge lol thought the shadows would be enough. my b!
Another series that had a similar great final game was 7th Dragon, which Rieko Kodama was also involved with as a producer.
i've been playing a bit of that on my 3ds, and it's really good so far!
I'm so effing sick of final fantasy... long live Phantasy Star!
Merci.
its because in master system version Alisa was called Allis as it could only fit 4 letters lol. I finished this without any maps I had draw my own back in the day.
Have you ever played any of the Phantasy Star Online games? We had Phantasy Sar Online 3 Card Revolution for game cube growing up. It was a game my brother got and is very much differentfrom other rpgs ive played. Its the only phantasy star game I've played, so idk how it measures up to the rest.
Lucky Star
Sega came out with infinite wealth. Great rpg.
When I saw the video: WOW 2h!!!!!
When I finished the video: 2h wasn't enough!
@@williamzeo2493 guess i popped off! glad you liked the video :)
@@ZaffreRevolution I started playing the MMO and was considering playing the classics since I was a Sega kid back in the 80's but I never had a chance to play any of the Phantasy Stars, I think that they aged better than early Final Fantasy's and Dragon Quest
Phantasy Star 3 was even back in the Genesis/Mega Drive days not well received. It was the only Phantasy Star game with a rating below 80%
@@Momoka7 pobrecito :P
@@ZaffreRevolution Not really poor lol, I bought me the Genesis Phantasy Star 2, it came in the US version with the guide. You know why lol. Phantasy Star 3's main issue was they didn't have enough space on the cartridge, they where too ambitious. So they had to cut stuff, one of the things they cut was in combat you didn't see your characters at all on screen. Which turned me off hard.
Id love to see a new reimagining of the whole series (maybe a #3 with out the generation thing) kind of like how they are doing for ff7. But i worry that they would make it into something its not like they did with ff7. (Dont like the ff7 remake btw)
“Why don’t games let you run from fights with guaranteed success?” Because then you can just run from every fight and never be at risk. You don’t have to prepare for traveling or plan anything
Then you might as well get rid of combat, which would be a “smoother” experience, but not very fun or interesting
@@deebee5378 idk about all of that. running away means no exp gained, and you'd be screwed on mandatory fights. encounters are there to make you prepared, but if the choice presents itself i just want it to work as it says. running from every fight would mess you up in the long-run but it'd totally be on you so i really don't see why it can't always work
@@ZaffreRevolution it makes going from one place to another pretty trivial
I can give you a like for this video for...let's say....1000 Meseta!
@@sdmayday how about i trade you this laconian pot instead?
yume art spotted
Wait a sec, did you beat Phantasy Star 3? Because it's VERY connected to the first two games, in a genius way too. It seems like you've missed it.
@@falksi3182 no i beat it, the connection was lame tho. i think i said that because it's a spoiler and i wanted to keep it spoiler free, but it's connection is still rather loose. you could definitely skip it if you wanted
@@ZaffreRevolution Fair play. Personally, I still think that's a mind blowing bit of storytelling. Yes, the way the story is told is definitely anemic, but for the actions of heroes of 3 generations to result in their spaceship travelling back in time & space, to then ultimately provide the Earthlings with the tech to invade the Algo solar system in the first place, and thus start the events in motion which kick 2 off, to this day still amazes me. Even after all this time, few JRPGs have come close to replicating such a cross-game connection.
I love the video
thank you for watching! :)
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How did you know that I love your voice and other voices (anime cringe UwU face) ROFLAMO
Really love this video mate, Got into OG era PS games recently and they're very good tho PS2 took me a long while cus of many breaks I took from frustrating dungeon design and the dezo overworld design to. PS3 wasn't so hot either but as part of my challenge to beat the OG quadrillogy it gave me an excuse to listen to my own jams and talk to my buds on discord more.
PS4 and PS1 ngl I love both just as much.
I played alot of PSO as a kid way back but never the OG PS games till recently and i'm glad I finally complete them.
it's been reverse for me, then! playing through pso right now on fan servers and have been LOVING it!
if you gonna play through the 3d titles in the series - please, do not overlook psz or any of psp titles. all of them are worth a play, and, i dare to say that, pspo1 is the definitive way to experience psu specifically, combat wise, with pspo2/2i being the evolution of it that eventually led into creation of pso2. psz on the other hand is like perfect bite-sized pso1 with qol that og game desperately needed but never got.
[Loads Shotgun with Falz Intent] You will trimate, or you will dimate.
metal as hell
🐣
Great compilation. I will defend PS3 for its reinvention and personally I loved the music. They did try something different and how they tied the story to PS2 was imo pretty damn solid. How society slowly devolved due to religion and then slowly built itself back up in part due to it and the desire to expand was pretty damn awesome story plot when it was released. I really do hope that I can see a PS5 during my lifetime with some of the original story designer and original producers.
i do think psiii has a lot of cool ideas and out of all the games, i'd love to see it get a high-budget remake treatment the most. it's cool to see how many people love the game regardless, that's just the mark of a great franchise
Sensual voice
Bruh 😅
@@ianrhyno963 ayo?
SEXUAL voice apparently
True
Looks bad now adays...yea stoped watching