I loved Zone of the Enders on the GBA, came out when I was a freshman in high school and I couldn’t put it down. It’s a series I’ve always thought deserved more.
Same, I absolutely loved that game. It randomly came up with a friend not long after I first met them, he brought it up and we both randomly discussed about how much we loved it lol
I actually really like Crystal Bearers, the game has a ton of charm, memorable characters and fun (and often funny) battles. It's just... sadly, really short
@@UNSTABLE111 I got about 20 hours on my first run, but I also went out if my way to explore. If you wanted to only to the main story and nothing else it would probably be about 10, but there is a lot of optional content in the game, some I didn't find til a second playthough
i actually really like the zone of the enders gba game. my first game from the series. but then again i do read visual novels, some even with strategy gameplay, so this game sat well with me.
Virtua Quest was one of my favorite games as a kid since I was sooo into the virtua fighter anime at the time. it really was a diamond in the rough and will always have a special place in my heart!
I LOVED Magic Pengel. The music was good, and the mechanics were simple enough for me to turn off my brain on Saturdays and get some gameplay in. I loved that they went all in with the wackiness when it came to some of the moves your Doodle could do, like dropping a goddamn FRYING PAN on an opponent's head to stun them.
Oh hey I really like Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers! It is not really an rpg, more like an adventure/action game spinoff, but it has a very unique atmosphere. Anyway I have to take a look at the Dokapon, Magic Pengel, Inindo, Sorcerer's Kingdom and Dungeon Maker from this list. Maybe some of these games do not deserve to be fully forgotten just yet.
I remember when Virtua Quest first released. The stores in my area didnt even bother to carry the Gamecube version. I had to buy it from Ebay. Really wish the game got a sequel or that Sei at least popped up in PxZ though. Kingdom of Paradise had a lot of potential thanks to its setting. Its honestly probably the one PSP game I go to these days other than Dissidia.
Hey, Key of Heaven was actually a really good game. You could build your own combos to use on enemies, and when they were defeated they could drop moves that you could add to existing combos. Iirc, there was this combo of legendary sanyu'an moves that had passed from human knowledge that you construct over the entire adventure. Seeing as how you've clearly misjudged KoH, it makes me wonder what else on this list you've misjudged. All I'm saying is, those that have played KoH (to the end) care about it a lot, and those that don't care definitely haven't played it, which is probably true of everything else on this list. Not a good video
master of the monster lair is awesome, the gameplay loop of building rooms so you can go farm the mobs they attract so that you can get better gear, build more rooms and progress deeper as you find more floors is great.
To be fair, this Zone of the Enders GBA game appealed to me as a fan of the Super Robot Wars games. If you look back to the GBA titles of that series, you can see a clear similarity. I actually really liked how unique it was with the hit and dodge aspects, but it just made the overall game draggy, compared to quick, direct numbers.
8:41 HOT B, oh yes. They published Hoshi wo Miru Hito for the Famicom. But anyway, Graffiti Kingdom is actually kind of fun. It has some fans. It's like Spore but more RPG. Also, I see you're a man of culture, for Zoids Assault you used the Zoids Legacy's battle music. 👀👍🏻
My "best" memory of Shadow Tower was getting a pirated japanese copy when I was younger. The japanese voices sounded terrifying, and the cover read SNADOW TOWER. It also has a sequel, which is just more of the same.
@@bustergundo516 Nope. Not only it's one of those "where do I go" games, it's also one of those "gotta watch out for my equipment breaking" ones. These annoyances were too much for a 13-year old kid, not to mention the language barrier.
Had to comment when I saw Kingdom of Paradise in the thumbnail. My mom got it for me thinking it was Kingdom Hearts. Ended up becoming my and my cousins' favorite game on the psp.
The Graffiti Kingdom disrespect, LOL, that game is actually pretty okay, I'd say it's worth a playthrough for the creature creation feature, it's not that long to boot. Also, Graffiti Kingdom itself is getting a mobile reboot in japan and (if i remember correctly) a spin-off movie with Crayon Shin-Chan! Hopefully more people can give it some love in the future
Hot-B is a publisher who has been around for a long time. They published Black Bass and Super Black bass for the NES and SNES. These are the only two I have that was published by them.
Inindo, a game i played as a kid, loved it but couldn't afford it. As a teen found it at a game store used and bought it. Now I have it on my snes emulator. And not one of my friends has ever seen or heard of it until I showed them lol. Rough game, I never beat it.
Square-Enix is working on making their earlier titles more accessible on newer platforms. If they go with Dawn of Mana, the battle system and upgrade mechanic needs a COMPLETE overhaul. As I recall, the reset of the progression system was a design choice that did not sit well with reviewers or gamers (like myself) alike.
Even when Eric didn't like it, I'm kind of happy to see Zone of the Enders The Fist of Mars here. I still keep my cartridge with love. Wouldn't say it's a hidden gem, sadly the game is kind of basic and easy, but it has a great story structured as an anime with 25 chapters, with really well constructed and memorable characters. Perhaps is an adquired taste, but I still love that game.
Sorcerer's Kingdom was actually one of my earliest experiences with RPGs, and I still think it's a great game. Even having played through it more recently I still think it's pretty great. If you like old-school 16-bit turn-based/tactical RPGs, you could do a lot worse than Sorcerer's Kingdom. I'd really like to see another game take it's battle system and do something cool with it, because it is kind of a unique blend of turn-based and tactical RPG mechanics.
Shadow Tower and the King's Fields games _"appeal"_ is their difficulty, old style of _"make your own maps on paper"_ and slow grind to become powerful enough just to survive. All of those predecessors of the Souls formulae. Sure... They are slow paced, wildly unrewarding and difficult just for the sake of difficulty as all heck... But nothing beats the satisfaction of acquiring the ultimate versions of all spells in King's Field 1 (USA) and decimating everything that gave you a hard time before or finally finding the route to that _"out of reach"_ item/weapon/chest that has been teasing you for hours.
ZoE: Fist of Mars was my first Game on the GBA. Loved It at that time and played it several Times :-D Dokapon was OK as soon you understand the battlesystem. It' s overall a good Dungeon Crawler/ Rogue like.
I haven't played Tecmo's Secret Of The Stars since the Mid-90s but at the time I had a lot of fun with it. Yes, the graphics are quite basic but the soundtrack is nice, the battle mechanics are cool and include a combo system not unsimilar to Phantasy Star 4 and the story is servicable. What I can't remember, though, is that the game was ever the talk of the town. It completely flew under the radar but the few people who played it seemed to enjoy it. So it's no wonder no one cares about the game today because no one knows about it and no one knew about it in the first place.
I liked a lot ZOE Fist of Mars. I can't deny that thing of actually hitting the target to make damage was weird but I thought it was pretty cool, you could land every attack if you played it somewhat decent instead of trusting RNG if you deactivate that system.
I loved Kingdom paradise. I remember going to gamestop and seeing it for 60$ then I went across the street to another gamestorevand bought it for 10$ the powers were so cool
Graffiti Kingdom is one of m favorite PS2 games. It wasn't released in germany, so I had to import it, but there was actually a PAL version released in Australia, which, to my surprise, had german subtitles, which weren't there in the NTSC release of the game I played *totally legally* before, lol xD. I even Let's Played it in 2012, but deleted most of my videos in 2015 cause I hated my commentary back then. In the end of 2018 started anew. It's on the list again, want to make it good this time.
Dokapon was the first GBA game I ever played, but I couldn’t remember the name. I remember having fun stealing stuff from the shop. I’ve always liked the Dokapon series, but I’ve only played them at friend’s houses, so I need to find some for myself. I also loved Amazing Island.
I played shadow tower, the thing is you need to inject vaccine to your blood in able for you to get through the path of poison lol. And you need not to help a soldier from bearing a fallen Debris in able to get through a passage lol. Goodluck with the red dragons breathe... lol insomniacs!
The speedrun of Sorcerer's Kingdom is actually kind of interesting. I also didn't realize how niche/obscure that game is until I looked up the leaderboards and realized that the speedrunner I watched play this is one of only two people.
i was a huge final fantasy fan and when i saw crystal bearers in the store i asked my mother if she could buy it. For me its somewhat a hidden Gem, it has a weird main char but the story is quite ok for children i guess. Not sure if it would be cool for me now but i really liked it and its quite sad the only way i found it was because of random Shopping, which kinda died nowadays with online stores and amazon :D! (played the Wii version)
I have an original copy of techmo secret of the stars. I stopped playing when I ran into a glitch that gave one of my parties infinite money. Kinda ruined it for me since one team was a cake walk and the other was a trudge.
Dokapon Monster Hunter... any relation to Dokapon Kingdom? I'm looking at the backs of the cards 6:31 to see if there is a difference between the cards like in Dokapon Kingdom. Shadow tower I watched being played. Not exactly amazing gameplay. It plays a little like King's Field so I was curious.
Well that's the problem with gaming, everybody wants some kind of validation.I think game opinions are too personal we should keep it to ourselves. I assure you we will get some of the best games if we do
Tecmo Secret of the Stars was...something alright. It came out during a time when generic RPGs were still really novel. I had a blast playing it in 2001 or so (well after its time) and the simplicity of it was actually kind of relaxing. Definitely wouldn't consider it a particularly good game though.
Talk about shadow Madness. That's a no fucks given title although there is a small cult following since it was so strange. Never hear anyone talk about that game.
Off topic: as a huge fan of survival horror games and jrpgs, my question to you, are there any jrps with creepy survival horror atmosphere like silent hill??
Kingdom of Paradise is actually one of my friend's favorite games of all time, dare he even say his #1. He gifted me a copy that I've yet to play, but now I'm very curious after hearing such a polarizing opinion here...
I used to really enjoy sorcerers kingdom back in the day. But thinking about back then, my local video store had only a small variety of games for rent and this was the only rpg. So to get my rpg fix it was either this game or nothing lol. I still see this game through rose colored glasses though.
I would love to see a remake of Virtua Quest that wasn't so aggressively mediocre. Really lean into the whole "Sega's in-house Kingdom Hearts" aspect, and borrow some of the scope and magic of Phantasy Star Online instead of just the fashion.
Secret of the Stars is good. Lots of silly humor. Not sure how you can say the overworld is boring when it has things like circus tents and active volcanoes on it, plus a floating continent (later on). Proudly own a CIB of it.
I think Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers is a bit undeserved on this list it was a quite good game with nice graphics for the Wii and a good story yes the battle systems was a bit odd but at least it was kind of a unique game.
At the time I did not play dawn if mana, for the bad reviews I received in About virtua quest, they didn't even talk about him in magazines at the time, if only his ad, hence he believed the game wouldn't be good. And the FFCB, being another spin off of final fantasy, are usually ignored, this one I played by chance and I was very surprised.
Kingdom of paradise/key of heaven is actually a solid game, although the story kinda a let down as the story builds up then ends in sort of a cliffhanger. The battle system is solid and enjoyable, not a lot of games lets you customize, mix and match martial moves.
Damn you used to be much more aggressive back then. Does the yuzo koshiro game have a good ost at least? IIRC the zone of the enders game is just a reskin of some super robot taisen game.
"I've never met anyone who cared about Virtua Quest" Allow me to introduce myself. :p Seriously though, bought it on a whim, I liked it, felt a little like Kingdom Hearts in its way.
I actually liked Fist of Mars I still own it. When I heard Winkysoft the people who made the Super Robot Wars spin-off series Masou Kishin I had to try it.
The games on this list I care about:- ZoE: Fist of Mars (I LOVE the ZoE franchise) Key of Heaven/Kingdom of Paradise (So glad no one cares about this because I was able to pick it up for £3) Zoids Assault (I like mecha. The end.) Shadow Tower (Spiritual precursor to Demon's Souls? Yes please!) I don't own the last two but they are on my list. Also I suffer with chronic insomnia so Shadow Tower may be perfect for me. 😂
Virtua Quest was a bit of a mess but I did enjoy playing through it a few times, Even regret selling it back when I was a kid, not that I'd like to pay that 30~40USD range for it though, Maybe if it ever goes down in price I'll get it again.
Played through Shadow Tower completely back in the day. It is very atmospheric, unsettling and just plain weird. Very much just like King's Field, just not as good. Still did enjoy it though
You said you made this 2 years ago? I would be really interested in your opinion on shadow tower now a days. I love kings field ( especially the 4th one) and loved both shadow tower and shadow tower Abyss. Im just a big From software fan and have played almost all their games.
Dokapon Monster Hunter can get boring but the Gameplay is Good, as for Secret of the Stars i just started playing that RPG to prove that it's worth trying
Dawn of Mana is a good game and I'll forever stand by it, it just begins horribly. By chapter 2, it gets a lot better and never stops until the surprisingly dark and poignant ending. It also doesn't help that the default button layout is just weird, I remapped every single command button on the controller to get it to play, like, normally. Just bad decisions all around that makes it easy for people to dismiss the game, and I don't blame them. But I do urge to give it another go. The first Shadow Tower is boring but the PS2 sequel is AMAZING, and there is an English patch available. One RPG I absolutely adored and nobody ever talks about is Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll for PS3.
I loved Zone of the Enders on the GBA, came out when I was a freshman in high school and I couldn’t put it down. It’s a series I’ve always thought deserved more.
"Does anyone care about this game? I know nobody who does." - Erick Landon on the GBA Zone of the Enders
Hello, like the great Odysseus I am Nobody.
Zone of the Enders: the fist of mars, was amazing. I played it a bunch as a kid. The gameplay was so refreshing and new at the time.
Zone of the Enders on GBA was awesome to me when I was a kid.
Same, I absolutely loved that game. It randomly came up with a friend not long after I first met them, he brought it up and we both randomly discussed about how much we loved it lol
I actually really like Crystal Bearers, the game has a ton of charm, memorable characters and fun (and often funny) battles.
It's just... sadly, really short
how short exactly..i don't mind if its just a good 15 to 25 hour romp..
@@UNSTABLE111 I got about 20 hours on my first run, but I also went out if my way to explore. If you wanted to only to the main story and nothing else it would probably be about 10, but there is a lot of optional content in the game, some I didn't find til a second playthough
This game was a blast to play when I was in high school
I’d like to see a “JRPGs with the biggest variety of weapons/items”!
Rogue Galaxy ps2?
Yeh I wouldn't mind seeing that!
Ill love to see that also.
God Eater Series
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Uhh... That series! I love it so much man 😁
I’m glad I have it, it seems to be get kinda hard to find
i actually really like the zone of the enders gba game. my first game from the series. but then again i do read visual novels, some even with strategy gameplay, so this game sat well with me.
Fun watch, thanks for the upload Erick. Appreciate the intro to, we must of missed those 3 top 5's
Virtua Quest was one of my favorite games as a kid since I was sooo into the virtua fighter anime at the time. it really was a diamond in the rough and will always have a special place in my heart!
I LOVED Magic Pengel. The music was good, and the mechanics were simple enough for me to turn off my brain on Saturdays and get some gameplay in. I loved that they went all in with the wackiness when it came to some of the moves your Doodle could do, like dropping a goddamn FRYING PAN on an opponent's head to stun them.
Dude, your videos regularly crack me the hell up. Thanks for sharing!
Oh hey I really like Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers!
It is not really an rpg, more like an adventure/action game spinoff, but it has a very unique atmosphere.
Anyway I have to take a look at the Dokapon, Magic Pengel, Inindo, Sorcerer's Kingdom and Dungeon Maker from this list.
Maybe some of these games do not deserve to be fully forgotten just yet.
You got me Erick! I thought I'd know them all by this point but MAN I had no idea there was a ZOE GBA game. Well played.
I actually really loved Magic Pengel
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Hmmm, this dude kinda looks like Phoenix Wright.
I remember when Virtua Quest first released. The stores in my area didnt even bother to carry the Gamecube version. I had to buy it from Ebay. Really wish the game got a sequel or that Sei at least popped up in PxZ though.
Kingdom of Paradise had a lot of potential thanks to its setting. Its honestly probably the one PSP game I go to these days other than Dissidia.
Omg I loved this game ❤️❤️😭😭
Hey, Key of Heaven was actually a really good game. You could build your own combos to use on enemies, and when they were defeated they could drop moves that you could add to existing combos. Iirc, there was this combo of legendary sanyu'an moves that had passed from human knowledge that you construct over the entire adventure.
Seeing as how you've clearly misjudged KoH, it makes me wonder what else on this list you've misjudged. All I'm saying is, those that have played KoH (to the end) care about it a lot, and those that don't care definitely haven't played it, which is probably true of everything else on this list. Not a good video
Oh, and Hot.B produced the best fishing game ever made!! SNES’s Bassin’s Black Bass! I swear to God it’s amazing and it’s even a little like an RPG!!!
master of the monster lair is awesome, the gameplay loop of building rooms so you can go farm the mobs they attract so that you can get better gear, build more rooms and progress deeper as you find more floors is great.
To be fair, this Zone of the Enders GBA game appealed to me as a fan of the Super Robot Wars games. If you look back to the GBA titles of that series, you can see a clear similarity. I actually really liked how unique it was with the hit and dodge aspects, but it just made the overall game draggy, compared to quick, direct numbers.
Ima be honest, kingdom of paradise looks pretty good. Its 10 bucks new on amazon so ima have to try it.
It is good.
I remember play the zone of enders for GBA, i do care xD
I didn't know they made a ZOE on gba. O loved the other 2 console ones
KoH/KoP is one those games i come back to play and finish every now and then, like once a year. An arpg with a grinding system like Ys.
8:41 HOT B, oh yes. They published Hoshi wo Miru Hito for the Famicom.
But anyway, Graffiti Kingdom is actually kind of fun. It has some fans. It's like Spore but more RPG.
Also, I see you're a man of culture, for Zoids Assault you used the Zoids Legacy's battle music. 👀👍🏻
My "best" memory of Shadow Tower was getting a pirated japanese copy when I was younger. The japanese voices sounded terrifying, and the cover read SNADOW TOWER. It also has a sequel, which is just more of the same.
Did you ever finish it?
@@bustergundo516 Nope. Not only it's one of those "where do I go" games, it's also one of those "gotta watch out for my equipment breaking" ones. These annoyances were too much for a 13-year old kid, not to mention the language barrier.
@@gorillabuttons6731 big oof. I may try it again one day.
Had to comment when I saw Kingdom of Paradise in the thumbnail. My mom got it for me thinking it was Kingdom Hearts. Ended up becoming my and my cousins' favorite game on the psp.
i love your channel Erick, it brings me joy
The Graffiti Kingdom disrespect, LOL, that game is actually pretty okay, I'd say it's worth a playthrough for the creature creation feature, it's not that long to boot. Also, Graffiti Kingdom itself is getting a mobile reboot in japan and (if i remember correctly) a spin-off movie with Crayon Shin-Chan! Hopefully more people can give it some love in the future
Wait.. zoid assault seems intresting for me. It use oldschool Front Mission mechanic but with zoids
19:20 This looks like Elder Scrolls but with PS1 graphics LOL. Really, I never heard about this game
Precursor to Dark Souls
@@danielmclean3733 Really? I didn't know that
Hot-B is a publisher who has been around for a long time. They published Black Bass and Super Black bass for the NES and SNES. These are the only two I have that was published by them.
Inindo, a game i played as a kid, loved it but couldn't afford it. As a teen found it at a game store used and bought it. Now I have it on my snes emulator. And not one of my friends has ever seen or heard of it until I showed them lol. Rough game, I never beat it.
Zoids Assault kinda reminds me of Front Mission 3
I felt sad for the rpgs when i read the title :(
Dawn of mana is the black sheep of the series yeah
Zone of the Ender First Mars without Assist mode is one of the best Super Robot War clone I've played, the story and the music is soooo good too.
Square-Enix is working on making their earlier titles more accessible on newer platforms. If they go with Dawn of Mana, the battle system and upgrade mechanic needs a COMPLETE overhaul. As I recall, the reset of the progression system was a design choice that did not sit well with reviewers or gamers (like myself) alike.
Even when Eric didn't like it, I'm kind of happy to see Zone of the Enders The Fist of Mars here. I still keep my cartridge with love. Wouldn't say it's a hidden gem, sadly the game is kind of basic and easy, but it has a great story structured as an anime with 25 chapters, with really well constructed and memorable characters. Perhaps is an adquired taste, but I still love that game.
Heh, I remember beating Secret of the Stars... Well, I remember Dan dying a lot. Not sure if I actually did end up beating that one.
Sorcerer's Kingdom was actually one of my earliest experiences with RPGs, and I still think it's a great game. Even having played through it more recently I still think it's pretty great. If you like old-school 16-bit turn-based/tactical RPGs, you could do a lot worse than Sorcerer's Kingdom. I'd really like to see another game take it's battle system and do something cool with it, because it is kind of a unique blend of turn-based and tactical RPG mechanics.
Shadow Tower and the King's Fields games _"appeal"_ is their difficulty, old style of _"make your own maps on paper"_ and slow grind to become powerful enough just to survive.
All of those predecessors of the Souls formulae.
Sure... They are slow paced, wildly unrewarding and difficult just for the sake of difficulty as all heck...
But nothing beats the satisfaction of acquiring the ultimate versions of all spells in King's Field 1 (USA) and decimating everything that gave you a hard time before or finally finding the route to that _"out of reach"_ item/weapon/chest that has been teasing you for hours.
I played Magic Pengel and Amazing Island as a kid and still have then to this day, I felt like the only person who knew of them lol
Never played anything on this list yet.
ZoE: Fist of Mars was my first Game on the GBA. Loved It at that time and played it several Times :-D Dokapon was OK as soon you understand the battlesystem. It' s overall a good Dungeon Crawler/ Rogue like.
I'm gonna download shadow towers just to help me sleep when i can't sleep lol
Kingdom of Paradise/Key of Heaven is actually a really good game with a great story. It's a shame we never got the prequel/sequel in the US.
I haven't played Tecmo's Secret Of The Stars since the Mid-90s but at the time I had a lot of fun with it. Yes, the graphics are quite basic but the soundtrack is nice, the battle mechanics are cool and include a combo system not unsimilar to Phantasy Star 4 and the story is servicable. What I can't remember, though, is that the game was ever the talk of the town. It completely flew under the radar but the few people who played it seemed to enjoy it. So it's no wonder no one cares about the game today because no one knows about it and no one knew about it in the first place.
What is the second game shown in the intro couldn't pin it down like the rest
I liked a lot ZOE Fist of Mars. I can't deny that thing of actually hitting the target to make damage was weird but I thought it was pretty cool, you could land every attack if you played it somewhat decent instead of trusting RNG if you deactivate that system.
I loved Kingdom paradise. I remember going to gamestop and seeing it for 60$ then I went across the street to another gamestorevand bought it for 10$ the powers were so cool
Erick! I just bought my first Dragon Quest game, DQ11! Is it a good game!? I've played numerous other JRPGs
Graffiti Kingdom is one of m favorite PS2 games. It wasn't released in germany, so I had to import it, but there was actually a PAL version released in Australia, which, to my surprise, had german subtitles, which weren't there in the NTSC release of the game I played *totally legally* before, lol xD. I even Let's Played it in 2012, but deleted most of my videos in 2015 cause I hated my commentary back then. In the end of 2018 started anew. It's on the list again, want to make it good this time.
Dokapon was the first GBA game I ever played, but I couldn’t remember the name. I remember having fun stealing stuff from the shop. I’ve always liked the Dokapon series, but I’ve only played them at friend’s houses, so I need to find some for myself.
I also loved Amazing Island.
I played shadow tower, the thing is you need to inject vaccine to your blood in able for you to get through the path of poison lol. And you need not to help a soldier from bearing a fallen Debris in able to get through a passage lol. Goodluck with the red dragons breathe... lol insomniacs!
The speedrun of Sorcerer's Kingdom is actually kind of interesting. I also didn't realize how niche/obscure that game is until I looked up the leaderboards and realized that the speedrunner I watched play this is one of only two people.
i was a huge final fantasy fan and when i saw crystal bearers in the store i asked my mother if she could buy it. For me its somewhat a hidden Gem, it has a weird main char but the story is quite ok for children i guess. Not sure if it would be cool for me now but i really liked it and its quite sad the only way i found it was because of random Shopping, which kinda died nowadays with online stores and amazon :D! (played the Wii version)
Ininindo was so hard. I tried to go through it so many times but could never get very far , but I liked the concept
I'm one minute in and pray that magical starsign is in here
Hey I thought that game was alright. The final boss was just too strong compared to anything else the game threw at you so I stopped there.
How about JRPGs with very unique ways of levelling up?
Like Riviera promised land
Or, (not really JRPG but it feels like one) Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
I have an original copy of techmo secret of the stars. I stopped playing when I ran into a glitch that gave one of my parties infinite money. Kinda ruined it for me since one team was a cake walk and the other was a trudge.
19:08 top notch gameplay right there 😂😂
Dokapon Monster Hunter... any relation to Dokapon Kingdom? I'm looking at the backs of the cards 6:31 to see if there is a difference between the cards like in Dokapon Kingdom.
Shadow tower I watched being played. Not exactly amazing gameplay. It plays a little like King's Field so I was curious.
Well that's the problem with gaming, everybody wants some kind of validation.I think game opinions are too personal we should keep it to ourselves. I assure you we will get some of the best games if we do
I thought Key of Heaven was a great game tbh
The moment we play old games, man shit nostalgic starts and ur body gone heavy especially the chest
Tecmo Secret of the Stars was...something alright. It came out during a time when generic RPGs were still really novel. I had a blast playing it in 2001 or so (well after its time) and the simplicity of it was actually kind of relaxing. Definitely wouldn't consider it a particularly good game though.
1:55 When I got it for christmas way back I enjoyed it, sad ending though
Talk about shadow Madness. That's a no fucks given title although there is a small cult following since it was so strange. Never hear anyone talk about that game.
I swear I had that game but haven't been able to find it. It's like that game was a ghost
@@bobgray6498 I have a copy, don't remember how i got it. Ghosts
Off topic: as a huge fan of survival horror games and jrpgs, my question to you, are there any jrps with creepy survival horror atmosphere like silent hill??
Parasite eve stands out the most, outside of that the first 2 shadow hearts are based on horror.
Yeah I have played parasite eve 2, great game. Shadow hearts I never played, thanks for the recommendation 👍
rakugaki kingdom has some popularity among jp vtubers
whats the second game in the intro where the character goes ham in the air? looks interesting
Kingdom of Paradise is actually one of my friend's favorite games of all time, dare he even say his #1. He gifted me a copy that I've yet to play, but now I'm very curious after hearing such a polarizing opinion here...
What was the first song playing during Magic Pengel? Sounds nice and familiar.
Tecmo Secret of the Stars gets much better later on. It is a long RPG. I actually loved Inindo. It was one of the hardest RPGs I ever beat.
I used to really enjoy sorcerers kingdom back in the day. But thinking about back then, my local video store had only a small variety of games for rent and this was the only rpg. So to get my rpg fix it was either this game or nothing lol. I still see this game through rose colored glasses though.
Key of Heaven was alright, I played more Dragon Aria on the PSP
Dawn of Mana looks fun, it reminds me of Kingdomhearts.
It is a terrible game. You level up and after the next stage they rob you of your level and start from level 1 again.
I would love to see a remake of Virtua Quest that wasn't so aggressively mediocre. Really lean into the whole "Sega's in-house Kingdom Hearts" aspect, and borrow some of the scope and magic of Phantasy Star Online instead of just the fashion.
Kingdom of Paradise was awesome!!! Making your own combos was ahead of its time.
Secret of the Stars is good. Lots of silly humor. Not sure how you can say the overworld is boring when it has things like circus tents and active volcanoes on it, plus a floating continent (later on). Proudly own a CIB of it.
Magic pengel isn't that bad especially fhe extra boss and monster creation. Me and my brother would boast which monster is the best
I think Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers is a bit undeserved on this list it was a quite good game with nice graphics for the Wii and a good story yes the battle systems was a bit odd but at least it was kind of a unique game.
Erick: Here are RPGs nobody cares about
Me: Yeah, I don't care
At the time I did not play dawn if mana, for the bad reviews I received in
About virtua quest, they didn't even talk about him in magazines at the time, if only his ad, hence he believed the game wouldn't be good.
And the FFCB, being another spin off of final fantasy, are usually ignored, this one I played by chance and I was very surprised.
Kingdom of paradise/key of heaven is actually a solid game, although the story kinda a let down as the story builds up then ends in sort of a cliffhanger. The battle system is solid and enjoyable, not a lot of games lets you customize, mix and match martial moves.
Damn you used to be much more aggressive back then.
Does the yuzo koshiro game have a good ost at least?
IIRC the zone of the enders game is just a reskin of some super robot taisen game.
"I've never met anyone who cared about Virtua Quest"
Allow me to introduce myself. :p
Seriously though, bought it on a whim, I liked it, felt a little like Kingdom Hearts in its way.
Another video of erick, my day is complete
I actually liked Fist of Mars I still own it. When I heard Winkysoft the people who made the Super Robot Wars spin-off series Masou Kishin I had to try it.
The games on this list I care about:-
ZoE: Fist of Mars (I LOVE the ZoE franchise)
Key of Heaven/Kingdom of Paradise (So glad no one cares about this because I was able to pick it up for £3)
Zoids Assault (I like mecha. The end.)
Shadow Tower (Spiritual precursor to Demon's Souls? Yes please!)
I don't own the last two but they are on my list. Also I suffer with chronic insomnia so Shadow Tower may be perfect for me. 😂
I’m surprised I haven’t seen Azure Dreams for the PlayStation pop up on one of these videos,I love this game
Virtua Quest could have been great with some better controls.
Virtua Quest was a bit of a mess but I did enjoy playing through it a few times,
Even regret selling it back when I was a kid, not that I'd like to pay that 30~40USD range for it though,
Maybe if it ever goes down in price I'll get it again.
Played through Shadow Tower completely back in the day. It is very atmospheric, unsettling and just plain weird. Very much just like King's Field, just not as good. Still did enjoy it though
Is there a way I can hear the full version of that intro song? 🤔😍
You said you made this 2 years ago? I would be really interested in your opinion on shadow tower now a days. I love kings field ( especially the 4th one) and loved both shadow tower and shadow tower Abyss. Im just a big From software fan and have played almost all their games.
I'm gonna go check out your Gamecube hidden gems video now and I swear if Gotcha Force isn't on there....
Dokapon Monster Hunter can get boring but the Gameplay is Good, as for Secret of the Stars i just started playing that RPG to prove that it's worth trying
Dawn of Mana is a good game and I'll forever stand by it, it just begins horribly. By chapter 2, it gets a lot better and never stops until the surprisingly dark and poignant ending. It also doesn't help that the default button layout is just weird, I remapped every single command button on the controller to get it to play, like, normally. Just bad decisions all around that makes it easy for people to dismiss the game, and I don't blame them. But I do urge to give it another go. The first Shadow Tower is boring but the PS2 sequel is AMAZING, and there is an English patch available. One RPG I absolutely adored and nobody ever talks about is Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll for PS3.
The art direction in ST:A is truly stunning. God I really want another Shadow Tower game with the current FromSoftware team
Yeah, some of those games were quickly forgotten... but people *really* care for the soundtracks of some of those titles :D