My love for Illusion of Gaia is HUGE! my top three favorite SNES games hands down. The beautiful graphics, music and game play are astounding! I always wanted a sequel for this game (never knew it was under the Soul Blazer tree of games however). I wish your review was longer Derek cant get enough of your awesome review style. Most definitely worthy to be in the game collection! ^>^
I loved this game when I was little! My sister actually still has our original cartridge. Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana were our other favorites! You gave it a great review! Brought back so many memories!
I'm so glad i found this channel. Keep finding amazing games to play that I've never heard of. Didn't have a lot of money growing up so I only had a handful of SNES games.
I loved Illusion of Gaia. I can freely admit that when the N64 and PSX were kinda going strong, I got really big into emulating SNES games when I was, like, ten, and I fell completely in love with Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. They're, really, my Final Fantasy/Chrono Trigger. I've been watching your channel for a while. You do these games justice, and you'r epretty rad.
Aw yiss, Illusion of Gaia. For being a game where you go all over the world, it tells a very small story. Not a bad thing, just that the whole thing is an exploration on friendship and loneliness. Definitely in my top three for SNES.
I would have a hard time coming up with a definitive top 5 SNES games, but I know this would be in my top 10 at least. But I do have an idea what might be number one...
this was the first game I bought for my own pocket money at the age of 7. I loved it so much despite needing my mum to translate for me 90% of the time.
Oh wow, Illusion of Gaia is great but it’s not worth that much. Over here it’s 14 pounds for a lose cartridge and 65 for boxed and complete with map, but I would pay up to 20 for the cart and 50 for complete max.
Nice review man--this is one of my favorites for the SNES, and one of the few RPGs I kept from "back in the day" and refused to sell...and I guess that means a lot, since I ended up selling Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy III, and Chrono Trigger over this. Big mistakes, but at least I have Illusion of Gaia! I remember not really liking this game when I first played it, since the hit detection seemed strange to me and I was more used to the feel of the Zelda games, but I got over it. That main theme, which plays in the beginning and ending of the game, is one of my favorite VG tunes. Anyway, glad you covered this one and will be covering Terranigma. Let me know if you need any box shots or manual scans of the Japanese version of the game. I'll show it to you on Skype sometime if you're interested.
Even though I had an SNES as a kid (still do), and loved the RPG and ARPG games that it brought us, I still have only played a bit of this game. Picked it up just last year.
Nice review! I recently found your work, and I am very impressed! Oh, quick thing though! There is two other connections to Soul Blazer you didn't mention, but I don't blame you! First of all, the dog, Turbo, which is obvious. The other though comes from the first boss of Soul Blazer himself. While backtracking is minimal, there is one spot where you can, even though there should really be no way at the time. And if you go back to Dao and give the rest of the gems to Gem, you go to a place not even in the manual and see him. Blazer even gets mentioned as well. Still, good review! Looking forward to more!
I remember renting this game from the video store as a kid. I must have been nine or ten at the time and barely understood any of it. It was the most story rich game I'd encountered at the time and I think a lot of it just flew over my head. I just remember growing super frustrated at the first boss (I think) the demon head and hands in the pit in the floor and spending ages trying to beat it. Then having to return the game just after getting to the golden ship. I sadly never picked it up again because it was too frustrating for me at the time.
Was looking for a review on this and you were the first one to pop up! Never played it before but ever since I picked up a Super NT I've been trying to find experiences I missed in my youth on the SNES. Probably gonna take the plunge though at this point it looks like it's going for closer to 30-40 for a complete in box copy. Nice review and take care! :)
I thought about getting one for this review, looks like they were "one size fits all" and can still be gotten, used of course, for around $20 on eBay, from what I've seen. :)
One of my favorite games of all time. Shame I dont have a physical copy of it but I think I’ll remedy that. One of the few I will pay extra for these days.
So much nostalgia... The music really touches me, relaxing and epic at the same time. Didn' t finish it on the 90s. I shoud do now, but don' t find the time... By the way, I'd love to watch an Equinox review from Mr. Derek!
i personally dont like the game much but it holds a special place in my heart because whereas my father got me in to gaming, illusion of gaia was something my mother, not only played but fully completed back in the 90s when my siblings and i were small children. something we have never been able to do to without the internet. we wouldnt have known about the secret dungeon if we hadnt watched her get there. its a personal challenge for us to beat the first boss as Will because we watched her do it while kids. dont try to fight "the red guy" as Will unless you want to be very angry
This was one of my favorite rentals back in the day, but I never owned it, so unfortunately I never got to the parts where you could play as shadow. I always wanted to do those.
Awesome! Looks pretty good for original hardware capture, especially if it's from composite. RGB is king though! I could never go back. Keep doing your videos! I enjoy them all
Thanks a ton man! Yeah RGB is great, but I can't afford the process to switch over just yet, so for the time being I'm capturing in S-Video. In the meantime I get to hear Avalanche Reviews talk all about his XRGB Mini... Jokes on him though, because I can still play House of the Dead II on my Dreamcast! ;)
Awesome! Looks pretty good for original hardware capture, especially if it's from composite. RGB is king though! I could never go back. Keep doing your videos! I enjoy them all
For whatever reason I always find myself alone when talking about Illusion of Gaia. I feel like it should be one of those games everyone remembers and it isn't! I truly enjoyed and felt it when I played it as a kid.
Holy crap, I didn't know Illusions of Gaia was a sequel to Soul Blazer! THAT'S AWESOME! I love this game thru and thru, however it's just a shame that everything didn't always add up in the story, and at times, Will can be rather insensitive to his friends. Great review as always, Derek; you have an eye for the classics!
I found the transformation stuff in this game unique. The fact that your main character didnt really have combat powers until you got MUSCULAR was interesting
I loved this game as a kid! I tried my best to beat it but my 9 year old brain was a little too weak for the puzzles. Such fond memories of this game..
This was my first actual game I played that held my interest, I remember the vampires being my biggest issue as a kid but the music is one thing I love about this game. Especially that moment at the top of the tower before the big fight, I almost never wanna proceed further just cus of it. XD
Holy shit I just got around to playing this game now. I knew it was good but holy fucking god it's so huge and I think it's some of the best writing/localization on the console! I'm not a big fan of secret of mana and so many people rated it higher than this so i put this toward the bottom of my list of games to try. Dumb move on my part. Anybody who hasn't played this game needs to play it now! Holds up great in 2017!
I actually beat Terranigma first because of its high praise and it was also fucking amazing. I didn't like some of the odd translation issues and it was a little too open at times for my tastes personally so I'm actually liking IoG more. But god damn Terranigma is amazing too!
I personally like to include Shade's "Granstream Saga" since it follows those same themes set forth in the Quintet Trilogy, and was made by mostly the same team, including Tomoyoshi Miyazaki if memory serves, who is basically the mind behind the series. The inclusion of that game makes the series neither a trilogy, nor necessarily Quintet though. :)
Some musical themes were overused in this game, that's the only thing that felt dated when I replayed it a couple of years ago. lt is still a very good game, the type that is closely linked to my childhood (a lot more than Zelda 3 on Snes).
Interesting, I actually didn't know that. Don't forget that you could miss those potions in the potion shop though, with the life potion and dark potion. :)
Geeahh. I tried playing this the other day and it just did not do it for me. The feel of the game is very odd, the plot is pretty lacking, and the puzzles were starting to get rather obnoxious (the interlocking series of caves with the statues, of example).
Something happened, but games nowadays (in this case rpgs, but actually overall) have lost that msgic that characterized them in the past. It is not nostalgia, it is a fact. Nowadays RPGs are just about excellent graphics and fetch quests, and a rushed story, that is all.
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This game has a very mystical feeling to it. I remember fantasizing about living on raft houses.
My love for Illusion of Gaia is HUGE! my top three favorite SNES games hands down. The beautiful graphics, music and game play are astounding! I always wanted a sequel for this game (never knew it was under the Soul Blazer tree of games however). I wish your review was longer Derek cant get enough of your awesome review style. Most definitely worthy to be in the game collection! ^>^
@@thegameoverclub Hey Terranigma is the sequal for it
i LOVE this game, the music takes me back instantly. used to rent it all the time and eventually bought it for like 16$ on ebay.
I loved this game when I was little! My sister actually still has our original cartridge. Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana were our other favorites! You gave it a great review! Brought back so many memories!
I'm so glad i found this channel. Keep finding amazing games to play that I've never heard of. Didn't have a lot of money growing up so I only had a handful of SNES games.
I loved Illusion of Gaia. I can freely admit that when the N64 and PSX were kinda going strong, I got really big into emulating SNES games when I was, like, ten, and I fell completely in love with Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. They're, really, my Final Fantasy/Chrono Trigger.
I've been watching your channel for a while. You do these games justice, and you'r epretty rad.
ALL of your videos are super informative and very pleasent to watch
The music in this game rocks!!!!!!!!! I remember beating this game. It took me awhile though.
It took me awhile too
The Mummy Queen is what slowed me down. It feels like she took forever to beat.
Aw yiss, Illusion of Gaia. For being a game where you go all over the world, it tells a very small story. Not a bad thing, just that the whole thing is an exploration on friendship and loneliness. Definitely in my top three for SNES.
I would have a hard time coming up with a definitive top 5 SNES games, but I know this would be in my top 10 at least. But I do have an idea what might be number one...
@@SuperDerek whats your favorite?
@@Gasten400I'd assume for just jrpgs, it'd be Earthbound.
this was the first game I bought for my own pocket money at the age of 7.
I loved it so much despite needing my mum to translate for me 90% of the time.
My local game store was trying to sell Illusion of Gaia for $100....I found another copy for $8.
heh and that my friend is called not being hustled
I believe that is the flip side of not knowing what you have.
Support your local stores
Oh wow, Illusion of Gaia is great but it’s not worth that much. Over here it’s 14 pounds for a lose cartridge and 65 for boxed and complete with map, but I would pay up to 20 for the cart and 50 for complete max.
Nice review man--this is one of my favorites for the SNES, and one of the few RPGs I kept from "back in the day" and refused to sell...and I guess that means a lot, since I ended up selling Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy III, and Chrono Trigger over this. Big mistakes, but at least I have Illusion of Gaia!
I remember not really liking this game when I first played it, since the hit detection seemed strange to me and I was more used to the feel of the Zelda games, but I got over it. That main theme, which plays in the beginning and ending of the game, is one of my favorite VG tunes. Anyway, glad you covered this one and will be covering Terranigma. Let me know if you need any box shots or manual scans of the Japanese version of the game. I'll show it to you on Skype sometime if you're interested.
I still have my copy! Me and my dad beat it together.
@@bechtel35 Wish my dad would beat it together with me. Instead he just beats me... 😔
This one has been on my list to play all the way through for a while...I'm gonna have to go back to it
I bought IoG back in 94 at K-Mart. It came with a cool t-shirt. Loved this game.
Man I want one of those shirts!
Even though I had an SNES as a kid (still do), and loved the RPG and ARPG games that it brought us, I still have only played a bit of this game. Picked it up just last year.
Nice review! I recently found your work, and I am very impressed!
Oh, quick thing though! There is two other connections to Soul Blazer you didn't mention, but I don't blame you! First of all, the dog, Turbo, which is obvious. The other though comes from the first boss of Soul Blazer himself. While backtracking is minimal, there is one spot where you can, even though there should really be no way at the time. And if you go back to Dao and give the rest of the gems to Gem, you go to a place not even in the manual and see him. Blazer even gets mentioned as well.
Still, good review! Looking forward to more!
I remember renting this game from the video store as a kid. I must have been nine or ten at the time and barely understood any of it. It was the most story rich game I'd encountered at the time and I think a lot of it just flew over my head. I just remember growing super frustrated at the first boss (I think) the demon head and hands in the pit in the floor and spending ages trying to beat it. Then having to return the game just after getting to the golden ship. I sadly never picked it up again because it was too frustrating for me at the time.
Was looking for a review on this and you were the first one to pop up! Never played it before but ever since I picked up a Super NT I've been trying to find experiences I missed in my youth on the SNES. Probably gonna take the plunge though at this point it looks like it's going for closer to 30-40 for a complete in box copy. Nice review and take care! :)
Forever in my top 5 favorite games
I remember being a kid and seeing that Illusion of Gaia shirt in Gamepro!!!! I wanted it so damn bad!
I thought about getting one for this review, looks like they were "one size fits all" and can still be gotten, used of course, for around $20 on eBay, from what I've seen. :)
+SuperDerek RPGs Teepublic had awsome tees.
STOP MAKING ME BUY STUFF I DONT NEED!
Avalanche Reviews Oh, hey avalanche
One of my favorite games of all time. Shame I dont have a physical copy of it but I think I’ll remedy that. One of the few I will pay extra for these days.
So much nostalgia... The music really touches me, relaxing and epic at the same time. Didn' t finish it on the 90s. I shoud do now, but don' t find the time...
By the way, I'd love to watch an Equinox review from Mr. Derek!
Time to bring this game back.
i personally dont like the game much but it holds a special place in my heart because whereas my father got me in to gaming, illusion of gaia was something my mother, not only played but fully completed back in the 90s when my siblings and i were small children. something we have never been able to do to without the internet. we wouldnt have known about the secret dungeon if we hadnt watched her get there. its a personal challenge for us to beat the first boss as Will because we watched her do it while kids. dont try to fight "the red guy" as Will unless you want to be very angry
Rad as!
That game looks really fun.
This was one of my favorite rentals back in the day, but I never owned it, so unfortunately I never got to the parts where you could play as shadow. I always wanted to do those.
I love that you included scanlines in the gameplay videos. Is this by any chance filmed on an XRGB Mini? Or just emulated?
Nah, I play on an old CRT with original hardware, capture through a normal capture card, and then the scanlines are added in post. :)
Awesome! Looks pretty good for original hardware capture, especially if it's from composite. RGB is king though! I could never go back. Keep doing your videos! I enjoy them all
Thanks a ton man! Yeah RGB is great, but I can't afford the process to switch over just yet, so for the time being I'm capturing in S-Video. In the meantime I get to hear Avalanche Reviews talk all about his XRGB Mini... Jokes on him though, because I can still play House of the Dead II on my Dreamcast! ;)
It's true! The Framemeister is the bomb! But I do miss being able to play virtua cops with a light gun.
Awesome! Looks pretty good for original hardware capture, especially if it's from composite. RGB is king though! I could never go back. Keep doing your videos! I enjoy them all
For whatever reason I always find myself alone when talking about Illusion of Gaia. I feel like it should be one of those games everyone remembers and it isn't! I truly enjoyed and felt it when I played it as a kid.
This was one of my favorite games as a kid, and still think it is one of the best.
Holy crap, I didn't know Illusions of Gaia was a sequel to Soul Blazer! THAT'S AWESOME! I love this game thru and thru, however it's just a shame that everything didn't always add up in the story, and at times, Will can be rather insensitive to his friends. Great review as always, Derek; you have an eye for the classics!
Well did you know there's a 3rd in the series as well?
This game came with a t-shirt when I got it for Christmas. I wore the eff out of that shirt for years. I wonder if you can find them in adult sizes.
I found the transformation stuff in this game unique. The fact that your main character didnt really have combat powers until you got MUSCULAR was interesting
A great review super Derek you know so much stuff on gaming
I loved this game as a kid! I tried my best to beat it but my 9 year old brain was a little too weak for the puzzles. Such fond memories of this game..
Super Derek! Wow like you and Avalanche I love your reviews man, here's to a good year of reviews to us both eh?
Thanks Trick Track! It's a shame about Avalanche Reviews beard though. Hopefully his 2015 gets better! See you around! :D
I can't...I can't even grow a beard....
one of my favorite RPGS.
This was my first actual game I played that held my interest, I remember the vampires being my biggest issue as a kid but the music is one thing I love about this game. Especially that moment at the top of the tower before the big fight, I almost never wanna proceed further just cus of it. XD
+UnknownFox OMG the music was so epic!
I got Illusion of Time and it has a way better logo so suck on that
one of my top 3 games of all times
Looking forward to Terrianigma
How can i play this again?? i really Miss this game.. Nostalgia..
I still own my copy of Illusion of Gaia (SNES). I actually showed a little bit of the game to my nephew.
Oh hellz yeah! awesome review man! Does this mean what i think it does......????? Terranigma............?
Oh you know it! :D
Don't play with me now! Haha
Love this game love this soundtrack. Wrote lyrics to one of the pieces in it since it always seemed like it should have them
Check out this cover song by Steven Morris, it's really good! ua-cam.com/video/07t1VrnJhR4/v-deo.htmlsi=rTN0PxGUE05TDarR
@@SuperDerek Oh wow it is!
Holy shit I just got around to playing this game now. I knew it was good but holy fucking god it's so huge and I think it's some of the best writing/localization on the console! I'm not a big fan of secret of mana and so many people rated it higher than this so i put this toward the bottom of my list of games to try. Dumb move on my part. Anybody who hasn't played this game needs to play it now! Holds up great in 2017!
ArtifiShuL Instinct, have you been introduced to my Lord and Savior, Terranigma yet? If IoG has blown you away, you MUST play Terranigma. 0_0
I actually beat Terranigma first because of its high praise and it was also fucking amazing. I didn't like some of the odd translation issues and it was a little too open at times for my tastes personally so I'm actually liking IoG more. But god damn Terranigma is amazing too!
E.V.O.: The Search For Eden & Illusion of Gaia have a conection?
Love this game!!
I remember playing this, but I don't remember any of the plot, characters, or story.
Bad ass underrated game
Best game period.
love the channel :) subd!
hope you get to 2k subs by the end of the week :D
Man... Definitely, you know how to speak to a camera! :)
It's not referred to as the soul blazer series it's referred to as the quintet trilogy after the developers not the publisher enix !
I personally like to include Shade's "Granstream Saga" since it follows those same themes set forth in the Quintet Trilogy, and was made by mostly the same team, including Tomoyoshi Miyazaki if memory serves, who is basically the mind behind the series. The inclusion of that game makes the series neither a trilogy, nor necessarily Quintet though. :)
This game was so much fun. And is it me or does anyone else think this game was sorta like Zelda
nice, you're the Jack Black of videogames.👍👍
Some musical themes were overused in this game, that's the only thing that felt dated when I replayed it a couple of years ago. lt is still a very good game, the type that is closely linked to my childhood (a lot more than Zelda 3 on Snes).
i remember this
You cant really miss any powerups, whenever you defeat a boss you will be given all the powerups you missed.
Interesting, I actually didn't know that. Don't forget that you could miss those potions in the potion shop though, with the life potion and dark potion. :)
Aw shit you have Lunar 2 Eternal Blue for PS1. Noice.
I love ... # GAIA
This game was pretty easy for me up until the final boss. That took me 8 tries..lol
Geeahh. I tried playing this the other day and it just did not do it for me. The feel of the game is very odd, the plot is pretty lacking, and the puzzles were starting to get rather obnoxious (the interlocking series of caves with the statues, of example).
Something happened, but games nowadays (in this case rpgs, but actually overall) have lost that msgic that characterized them in the past. It is not nostalgia, it is a fact.
Nowadays RPGs are just about excellent graphics and fetch quests, and a rushed story, that is all.
My fav rpg behind zelda on the snes and I don't like turned based rpgs.
It's definitely one of mine too. I have a feeling you'll be interested in the next game that I'll be covering though! ;)
Cool! Cheers!
nowhere near as good as Soul Blazer imo, especially in terms of gameplay but definitely worth a play if you're a fan of the series.
While its a good game. It has some gamebalance flaws. The ending is just bollocks. And the water temple is absolute exhausting.
This game almost resembles legend of Zelda
Just beat the game and it sucked.
this guy is such a Jew. I can say that because I am one.
$18!!!! I wish
this guy is such a Jew. I can say that because I am one.
This guy is such a Jew. I can say that because I am one.
This guy is such a Jew. I can say that because I am one.