The Most Underrated JRPG On Every Console! (With the fans!)
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2023
- This is a list of what I consider as the most underrated JRPG on every console out there. I also share my viewers' picks.
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This may come off as ridiculous, but I have a feeling that a lot of these once forgotten RPGs are making a comeback in the past few years due to you. You’ve influenced me to get back into the genre and fell in love all over again. Always looking forward to your next videos.
Nah, you're speaking 100% facts my friend. So is Erick 🎉🔥🔥
I never left RPGs but I will definitely say that I am influenced to try out more variety. I love the honesty with gameplay, and story too.
Eternal Sonata turned me onto Chopin's music, it'll forever hold a place in my heart.
For the Wii-U exclusive games there's Xenoblade Chronicles X, Paper mario Color Splash , and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, also ported to the Switch there's Tokyo Mirage Sessions
SNES: Bahamut Lagoon
PSX: Tales of Destiny
PS2: Front Mission 4
Note: I picked based on quality vs. popularity. I think the above 3 are all very fun games, and people tend to pick more popular options when thinking of the genre.
Hard to pick on newer consoles the library explodes with options.
Man totally agree on front mission 4 I loved that beast of a game and could be so difficult at times.
@@jaydeebow6431 I didn't get into it. I absolutely loved FM3 though. I was so stoked for FM4 but it really fell flat for me. I should probably give it another whirl.
Thanks Erick for all the great content! I really appreciate hearing your thoughts on all things RPGs and look forward to enjoying the Channel in the years to come! You Rock sir!👍👍👍
Diofield Chronicle was great, wish more people gave it a chance.
I enjoyed it for what is was but man it felt so under developed the battle system literally takes no thougt.I feel it’s not underrated it’s deserved what it got. Hopefully we can get a sequel and have them expand on that battle system cause I think it can be truly great.
@@naofumitempest1365 the battle system got a difficulty patch recently that is said to completely revamp the difficulty.
Did you try that out?
A lot of memories, thanks for your passion. You bring back a lot of fond experiences. Criminally under rated channel.
This was cool. I really liked this format, Erick. Keep this up man. Thanks for the game discussion.
Happy to hear Legend of Legaia mentioned. Grim Grimoire definitely comes to mind for PS2, yeah I realize it's closer saleswise to a hidden gem than an understated. Was quite happy to hear Crystalis for NES, has aged quite well for what it is.
Legend of Legaia is very very underrated and that includes its soundtrack, especially the Rim Elm song.
Great list!! I rarely agree with your ratings on different JRPGs, but this was spot on for me.
So now it's a great list because it appeals to you?
Thank you for the video, there are a lot of interesting games here!
Man, discovering some good JRPGs is one of the hardest things on the internet, everyone keeps talking about the same game eternally, so thanks for this video with ACTUALLY surprising picks!
I’m so glad you added Ogre Battle 64. I LOVE that game!!
Radiata Stories and Infinite undiscoverey are hugely underrated!!!! Been waiting for sequels for years!!!
I keep hoping to see infinite undiscovery get a PC port or any way to play it other than the 360
@@MrMatt0486 me too bro!!
I loved Eternal Sonata. It was the first game I got the final achievements on using a HDTV. Its a crime that it is not compatible with the new xbox consoles.
Oh man remember breath of fire one I spent a ton of hours on that one was so good. I miss the 80-90s era of squaresoft man they are one of the best. But love the video man!
I agree with you on Soul Hackers 2. A lot of undeserved hate thrown at that game.
I really enjoyed it. Persona is good, but the character interactions can get so tediously long. Enjoying a party of adults was a lot more fun and the characters were great. The only problem was that the dungeon design was a bit lacking, unfortunately.
I realy love your lists. Righ now i'm playng Code Vein and i'm in love.
I loved Baten Kaitos!!! Tales of Symphonia was Gamecube (not Wii) and was one of my favorite games of all time. Wii U - Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE. Switch - Atelier Sophie 2. Dragon Builders - loved it! Pokemon games on GB and GBC. GBA would have to go with Sword of Mana. PS2 - Shadow Hearts from the New World or Star Ocean til the End of Time. PS3 OMG - Eternal Sonata was awesome... PSP - I know its got plenty of faults but I really enjoyed Conception.
Thanks For All Your Dedicated Work With JRPGs I’ve Been Blessed To See And Play All From 1980-Now What A Life Of Gaming I Love Lufia II Rise Of The Sinistrals Great Game For Me In 1996/1997 For The SNES The SNES And PS1 Are JRPG Juggernauts So Many Amazing Games Golden Axe Warrior Was Awesome For Master System
Awesome video worth bookmarking for future reference. I’d like to chime in with Monster Rancher Battle Card for GameBoy Color. Maybe it’s more deck-building than RPG through a modern lens, but it should qualify as an older title.
So... ogre battle 64 got on the list, but nobody mentioned March of the Black Queen for SNES? that's a crime, I feel. Even after the remake/remaster of Tactics Ogre, I still don't hear too many people talking about MotBQ, sadly. It was an awesome game like no other on the system.
Ohh Erick , thank you for mentioning gargoyles quest !brutally hard game and really really unique in atmosphere . it's follow up in SNES Demons crest also underrated
Also, Soul Hackers 2 is a really solid game and I'm glad I got it on PS5.
20:29 THANK YOU!!!
Terranigma is severely underrated. Granted other games of the era did the formula better, but there was something about Terranigma that added an emotional impact that other games just didn't reach. I think it's a combination of the plot, characters and music and how they worked it all together. To this date it's the only ending I actually end up tearing up too, even if I'm just watching it on UA-cam. It's very bittersweet considering the story preceding it and once again, the music during credit role is incredibly beautiful.
I think that's the best way I can describe Terranigma... it's just beautiful, in every sense of the word...... It has always been my favourite SNES game, and one of my favourite games overall.
Excellent game, but I got stuck in the area where it rains off and on.
Personally, I loved Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World on the Wii. It had some of the best combat in the series at the time, and I really liked Emil and his personality shift when engaging in combat.
The original Tales of Symphonia was on GameCube.
Shoutout to titles on list:
Arc Rise Fantasia, Muramasa Demon Blade, Eternal Sonata, and Shining Resonance Refrain.
I bought a 360 specifically to play Eternal Sonata and wish it were remade/ported to current generation consoles.
I bought a Wii specifically to play Muramasa: Demon blade and was delighted to learn about Arc Rise Fantasia from a co-worker. If I hadn’t heard of Muramasa, I totally would’ve bought a Wii just to play Arc Rise Fantasia.
Shining Resonance Refrain was kind of an impulse purchase when I was browsing the clearance section of PS4 games and was satisfied with what the game offered.
On GBA Golden Sun and Golden sun 2 the lost age were incredible, we never speak enough of those games 😢
Crystalis is amazing. It needs a remake. I remember getting stuck not knowing where to go in the mid game. But Crystalis is my all time favorite game. I have it CIB. My first love.
They remade it for one of the Gameboys a while back. I think the remake allowed you to also play as a girl instead of the boy main character.
I never played the remake, but I assume you and her just swapped places...
The ps2 most underrated RPG is front mission 4 scars of war and jeane D'arc is so well praised by those who played it n apears in so many tops.
Gemfire for Sega Genesis, but it might be more of a hidden gem, no pun intended.
What's the big PS4 box behind you and on the left in the video? It looks intriguing but I can't make it out.
I wish I had watched this sooner. I never see anyone mention Crimson Gem Saga for PSP. Anyway that could get a shoutout in one of your later videos?
One omission here is "Sword of Hope" for Gameboy. Great mesh of Shadowgate and Dragonquest gameplay elements, and just the right length to not be ultra-repetitive.
Eternal Sonata. I played it about a year ago or two for the first time.
It is such a great game. It is a fantastic jrpg.
Easily the best jrpg on the ps3 imho.
For ps2: Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts: Covenant.
Not even a debate for me. Ps2 was an RPG treasure trove with many underrated choices, but these two I still go back to after 20 years.
I been watching your show for years. I believe some of your picks for this video are actually well known video games. I'll share my list of underrated.
Nes - The Guardian Legend. That game is everywhere and has a unique rpg system
Sega Genesis- Rings of Power
Super Nintendo - Arcana
Nintendo 64 - I have no experience with this one. Never seen an RPG besides Tactics Ogre
PlayStation 1- Saga Frontier II
PlayStation 2 - Suikoden III
Dreamcast- Evolution 2
PlayStation 3- Lost Dimensions
Gamecube- Gotta agree with you on MegaMan Command mission.
PlayStation 4 - Divinity Original Sin 2. No one ever mentions this game.
I didn't try Xbox till One/Series
Last Story for the Wii is pretty cool also
10:38 I decided to try lufia the legend returns on my 3ds a couple years ago. I absolutely love it.
Summon night swordcraft story.
Would appreciate timestamps for each console.
I love Suikoden Tierkreis but gave up about 3/4 way through soley because I got fed up with the extremely high random encounter rate. Literally 4 steps and you're in another battle. The story was engaging and I liked the characters. I just lost patience with the encounter rate.
I have Evolution Worlds. Fun and easy to enjoy. Simple stuff. I hope they remaster the Game Cube version of Skies of Arcadia for the Switch!
My PS4 pick would go to Blue Reflection. A turn-basedRPG with a magical girl coating. It really surprised me and honestly was the game that made me try out Atelier since it was also made by Gust.
Not *technically* a TurboGrafx game, because it was a TurboCD/TurboDuo game, but I LOVED Cosmic Fantasy 2 as a kid. It's a SciFi RPG where you play as a meathead MC named Van on a backwater planet who needs to save his girlfriend from an evil wizard (as you do), and a space bounty hunter girl named Babette (because 90s translations) crash lands and they get up to hijinks together with a cat named Pico. No idea how it holds up, but back in the day I had never seen anything like it. It's also got the greatest bad US boxart this side of Mega Man 1
Shame the other games never came over here, and nobody in the translation scene seems to care either, because I've always been interested in checking out the series proper
I love Eternal Sonata , I have it on PlayStation plus, I also recently bought it for 360 as well
maybe you should have done this for most of skier games, seems like something that might be a little more interesting since people have been naming popular games, even if they may have been underrated
for the PS2 I probably would have picked Primal, but I don’t think that one was well-known. I think it was pretty obscure❤
I also enjoyed Infinite Undiscovery👍 I mean, I like the story enough to push through the game. I kind of hated that one girl that was kind of infatuated with Coppell though she was annoying.
Idk if it is underrated, but Tales of Dragoon. I have so many fond memories of that danm game.
Etrian Odyssey series yes
In PS3 I could add "Folklore", its similar to pokemon you capture monster and use them to fight another monsters, those are monsters based in mythological creatures and I like mythology, the last part feels a little rushed but still a great game
Have you done a top 100 all time list?
Wow, someone is actually talking about Yu Gi Oh The Falsebound Kingdom AND Megaman X Command Mission. I love those games and add them to most lists just to get them more exposure. Since those were mentioned I'm going to add another one now and that's The Lord of the Ring: The Third Age. Like Command Mission, it's multi platform but it also doesn't get much love.
That's funny, Revenant Saga was the only one I've played of those so far. I had a lul when I first got my Switch and managed to squeeze that in. Not bad. Otherwise though, I'd put Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE as the representative for the Wii-U. I never got around to it on there but I did own it. When I finally played Encore I loved it. I thought it would be more like Personas 3 and 4 which I don't much care for but it wasn't. It was just a very colorful SMT not unlike Devil Survivor 1 and 2 on the 3DS, 2 more than 1 though.
For the Switch I'd go Lost Sphear. I always go for Lost Sphear when given the opportunity. Even when there isn't an opportunity I'd go for Lost Sphear. Monster Hunter Stories 2 though is a no. While I appreciate the quality of life improvements over the first and it moving from the 3DS to the Switch, the first game was far better in how the story played out.
Robopon for the GB/GBC.
Robopon 2 for the GBA. Other than the ones you mentioned. Those were some great games.
Dragon Ball Z Attack of the Saiyans for the DS would be my pick other than Suikoden. I wanted to love Sands of Destruction but there was something I didn't care for about the battles. I put it down and haven't gone back yet. Same with the Summon Night game for the DS. But that was due to touch screen nonsense.
For the 3DS other than 7th Dragon and Stella Glow maybe Devil Survive redos. Radiant Historia redo. No. Dragon Ball Fusions. That was an enjoyable game.
Parasite Eve for the PS1. Other than what you mentioned or Suikoden 1 and 2.
MS Saga: A New Dawn for the PS2. Nothing like a Gundam turn based RPG.
I skipped the PS3, 4 and 5 for the most part. I went handheld only sort of. I just don't feel like playing games on my tv anymore.
Jeanne D'Arc. I'm okay with that pick. Those other games mentioned were good too.
World of Final Fantasy or the Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth games for the Vita maybe. Big names yes but very overlooked games.
I didn't really have SeGa systems so I'll skip these. XBox systems as well.
There is a grpg in ps1 i forgot its name but I remember the cover photo has the guy with i think blue clothes and his dog looking into a light beam from earth to sky i wonder what the name of it
Record of Lodoss War on the Dreamcast was awesome.
A bit surprised that Shadowrun for SNES was not mentioned. Maybe it is just me but it always feels more JRPG like despite being developed by a "western" developer and based on a TTRPG (or maybe I am just comparing it to the Genesis counterpart)
I hope that there are some quality of life improvements for baten kaidos HD collection I was playing origins and I wish the battle went faster or at least make an easy mode
This guy is literally the best.
Lufia 2's problem was not only did it release in 1996 when people weren't buy Super Nintendo titles as much; it also released the same month as Super Mario RPG.
On the other hand, it was one of the ONLY traditional turn-based JRPGs to EVER be released in the PAL territories. Oh, we got our fair share of action JRPGs like Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Illusion of Gaia (as Illusion of Time) and were fortunate enough to be blessed with Terranigma when North America wasn't, but in exchange we never got Final Fantasy IV or VI, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Breath of Fire I or II, or pretty much ANY other turn-based JRPG, including Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (about the only other one I can think of is Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, released here as Mystic Quest Legend)! So Lufia II (released here simply as "Lufia") was THE pinnacle of the genre for us Nintendo fans back in the day.
@@ArcaneAzmadi Not sure about other countries but in Finland gaming shops sold american copies, consoles and adaptors which allowed you to play games from other regions.
Unfortunately that stopped and I missed a lot of playstation games.
For GameCube, I think that Phantasy Star Online 3: C.A.R.D. Revolution is a hidden gem.
No Azure Dreams for the ps1,great hidden gem of a game
Arc Rise Fantasia is pretty good IF you get the undub mod. Muramasa is great!
For N64 I was surprised no one mention Hybrid Heaven lol
Surprised no one mentioned Opoona on wii. It's charming...
Off topic but i wish square enix would do a collection of Soul blazer, illusion of gaia, terranigma, and secret of evermore. Like a "hidden gems" collection or something
I love the fire emblem radiant dawn it's like the fire emblem in the SNES difficulty
Whoever mentioned Pandora's Tower, you're absolutely based! Played through it a couple of months ago actually, and while the bosses are frustrating (they're actually pretty good though despite that), it's such a good game.
Whoevever mentioned Shining Resonance is also super based.
Based means to be yourself. Your comment makes no sense using this term
@@samwisegamegeek what
Lmao I like your profile pic
@@samwisegamegeek lol no clue what 'based' means but yeah, I kind of think it's more commonly used in the UK but no 'fekkin' clue what it is myself xD I don't think THEY mean (yourself) or some tense of it though xD
@@EmptyHand49 thanks :)
I enjoyed the Xenosaga games. No idea if they were underrated but they're not mentioned often, so I'm mentioning them :)
Also, Front Mission 2. That game was a joy to play. Squaresoft needs to go back and look at it's diverse releases (like Vagrant Story), rather than obsessing about FF.
Some interesting fringe suggestions came up. Dragon Quest Builders, both excellent games.
If you played Demon's Souls when it released, it was kinda unloved. Even now, fans of the multi-platform releases like to dump on the game (it's actually still the best).
My fringe pick is Ring Of Red. It sold poorly and isn't well known but was a really interesting concept, with great lore too.
The Front Mission games get little support if any. I think they are testing the reception with the remake. I don't see them making a new one anytime soon. Just my opinion.
@@tetuone11 It's a real shame so many great titles have been dumped and instead developers are opting for remakes.
I put the Front Mission remake on my wishlist, mainly because I think paying the release price sends the wrong message. I did the same with the Resident Evil remakes and honestly, I'm not even sure if that was worthwhile.
Console gaming is starting to stagnate but there's no way I'm gonna lower the bar completely and buy another computer for gaming.
For the SNES my Pick was: Feda the Emblem of Justice
Baten Kaidos looks lit
I agree with most of the games from the 80s and 90s, but I'm not as familiar with the later ones. I especially love Crystalis and Faxanadu. I enjoyed Miracle Warriors and I prefer Shining the Holy Ark to Dragon Force. Dragon Slayer is the only RPG I know of that changed things as you progressed. If you finished a dungeon, and went back to a previous town, nearly everyone said something new. It was also the 1st game I remember that had a radar to avoid battles
The project x zone games made me buy a 3ds.
Great games
Excellent choice with Radiant Dawn - the Tellius FE games in general sold poorly despite being well-regarded by fans of the series. RD is a loooong game even by FE standards, though. I also think Triangle Strategy on Switch deserves a mention, unless it's not considered underrated? But I haven't heard much about it in the last year since its release, and it honestly is one of the more creative tactical RPGs I've played.
Actually enjoyed revenant saga. Would only recommend on the cheap.
I love Dark Wizard on Sega CD.
Playing soul hackers 2 rn, great game
Hey Sega, where's my Sega Saturn Mini with Dragon Force, hmmmmmm????
I agree with jeanne darc because its so good, unless it got tens everywhere and sold millions it is underrated.
I would have picked Blue Dragon for the 360, sucha underated game
DQ builders games are pretty good. Probably my favourite dq spin-offs.
Like minecraft but good.
On Saturn my pick would have been Riglord Saga (jp) / Mystaria The Realms of Lore (eu) / Blazing Heroes (us). Yep they gave a different name to that game to each region!
On Saturn generally all JRPG's / japanese games are underrated, because Bernie Stolar blocked localizations of 90% games.
quest 64 was a great game with a unique skills system
Metal Dungeon is also an RPG for the original Xbox but I don’t know if it’s a JRPG or if it’s any good.
And there’s also Magna Carta 2 for the Xbox 360
Magna Carta 2 is my favorite JRPG on the XBOX 360. It is so underrated. A lot of people didn't even give it a chance because they didn't like Magna Carta Tears of Blood. It is a much better game than Lost Odyssey. The characters are charming, it has good world-building, the battles are fun. It has good graphics and music.
Should be also Sakura Wars 5 So Long My Love on PS2/Wii on this list, if there is Shin Sakura Wars on PS4.
Warsong one of the best games ever made and no one played it sad,its my favourite game from my childhood i play through it twice a year at least
Hell yeah! Masaya doesn't know wtf they are doing with the mobile-like reboots. They need to put that series back into the hands of Career Soft (now part of Atlus).
Tales of Phantasia!!!
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter and Gensou Suikodens III and IV are my picks.
here are some rpg for ps 2: Ar Tonelico, Atelier Iris, Dawn of Mana, Persona 4, Mana Khemia
Arc the lad twilight of spirits
Excluding japanese games was goofy for some of these, the N64 in particular, the answer is Custom Robo quite clearly. I know the combat isn't turn-based but it's so clearly a spin on JRPG traditions that it definitely counts, and it was considered the killer app for the N64 in Japan where the system floundered and lost a ton of steam in the shadow of PS1 / Saturn. Again, it's an action RPG for sure, but any JRPG fan would love the game
And there is a fan translation.
considras River city ransoms un RPG? para el NES .tiene elementos de RPG.... seria un beatemup rpg
(PS1 - Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena) is a masterpiece, my favorite game of all time, 10/10 for me; if you like Tactical Turn-based RPG, then never miss this massively underrated piece of art.
NES has to be The Guardian Legend
SNES Earthbound - only became popular thanks to modern social media but was criminally overlooked originally.
😮JRPG's on 64😂 Quest 64?
Gamecube though Skies of Arcadia Legends 👍
Wii - I don't know if you would call it an RPG but Little King Story is freeking fantastic and literally no one played it.
Gameboy - Great Greed definitely.
Gameboy Advance - Summon Knight 1
DS - FF XII Revenant Wings. Very competent game with an excellent story. Very dismissed for being a DS spinoff of FF XII
3DS - Crimson Shroud. Can be beaten in less than ten hours but tells a more compelling and better written story than all other RPGs on the system.
PS1 - Freaking Vagrant Story, that games is so complex but lovingly crafted.
PS2 - Breath of Fire - Dragon Quarter. People hated the game because it was different and experimental. I loved it for it and the ending still gives me shivers.
You could make a list 50+ long of underrated PS2 JRPGs. THE uncontested greatest platform for the genre ever, no question. You didn't even mention Dark Chronicle, or Steambot Chronicles, or Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, or Front Mission 4, or Stellar Deus: the Gate of Eternity, or Jade Cocoon 2, or Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter.
Xenoblade Chronicles X was great on the WiiU
I know you are not the first person dungeon crawler type, but for me, the most underrated nes rpg is sword and serpents. It's a technical marvel! The way they were able to make it fit onto a tiny nes catridge is a tour de force. The biggest animated ennemy sprites to ever grace the console, bigger than punchout characters! The experience is complete with an innovative battle mechanic, lots of gear for customisation and even a map! A real dungeon crawler on the nes? A-m-a-z-i-n-g!
Dragon force is one of my favorites ever!!!!
You look like Joel on Netflix's The Last Of Us.
I will stick with you: VANDAL HEARTS is one of the most underrated psone games! has to be first JRPG i EVER played! Funny story: founded the disc on a top of a mailbox without covers or anything. Waited 15-20 minutes and took it never looked back.
Vandal Hearts was fire
Undernauts on everything
Dark wizard was one of my favorite Sega CD releases right up there with Popfull Mail Shining Force CD and the Lunar Games .Vay was also good but kind of generic it’s a shame that isle lord and Record of Lodoss war never left Japan😢.
I have played 60% of the games you talk about but on PSP Astonishia Story is completely forgotten. The game was not so bad ! Did you play it ?