Here’s a story for you. When I was in college I went to a K-Mart that was going out of business. The electronics section was picked through but still had some decent stuff. There was a bin full of Crazy Town CDs and copies of Parasite Eve. I only bought Crazy Town because I thought Parasite Eve looked dumb. If only I knew.
It would have been a long time to hold.because game prices didn't go up until 2013, you can track it on pricecharting. It's was mostly because game companies gave up on backwards compatibility. And at the same time wanted to stop making physical games. So it's been a snowball effect, with the only slow down being xbox with gamepass.But now not anymore as Xbox will no longer support 360 or OG xbox those games are now going up
When I clicked on this list I had already decided I was going to judge you based on where you put Final Fantasy 9 and now I can say you are doing God's work
@@MUUTDITTSPOUMN of course it was 🤦. It's pretty much the best Final Fantasy game ever made. Incredible characters, amazing music, extremely well written and crafted world. I could go on and on about how great that game is.
I would also like to include an honorable mention for Legend of Legaia, which is sadly missing from almost every list. If you haven't done yet, do yourself a favor and play it, interesting combat system revolving around martial arts.
My personal favorites Grandia -my first jrpg love ff9 - my first introduction to final fantasy Lunar 1&2- reminded me of Nadia and studio ghibli films Vagrant story - Amazing story telling Vangard bandits- Favorite tactics jrpg Parasite eve- favorite horror jrpg Wild arms- fun exploration Breath of fire 3- favorite turn base combat Legend of dragoon- the most beautiful looking psx jrpg Klonoa- best psx platformer Megaman legends-best 3d and best English dub Chrono cross-best game opening (😅thats all I liked about it) Suikoden 2- best of the best!
I’ve seen and have all NTSC Consoles from 1980-Now my Favorite PS1 RPGS are Suikoden Alundra Final Fantasy VII Breath of Fire III Azure Dreams Kartia Parasite Eve Tales of Destiny Xenogears Brave Fencer Musashi Jade Cacoon Legend of Legaia Lunar Silver Star Story Star Ocean Second Story Final Fantasy VIII Suikoden II Grandia Thousand Arms Koudelka Rhapsody Vagrant Story Legend of Mana Legend of Dragoon Threads of Fate Chrono Cross Valkyrie Profile Parasite Eve 2 Final Fantasy IX Breath of Fire IV Lunar II Eternal Blue Tales of Destiny II Dragon Warrior VII Arc the Lad Collection
Any video that gives Chrono Cross the love it deserves, gets a like from me. Its one of the best games ever made. Also,very glad to see FFIX top the list. IX is still,to this day,the best FF game made.
I have lots of memories with FFIX! The only FF i bought (i played the other ones with friends), i ended 4 times: 2 in a PSOne, 1 in one emulator without retro achievements and the 4th with retroachievements... pure nostalgia... great RPG list btw
As a scotsman, a young me, finding out my friends dad had a list of games from around the world and capabilities to chip. I was hesitant I was 11 I think. But I got my ps chipped and got myself a copy of FFT. I recieved karma all throughout FFT. Having multiple save lock areas, 1st vs gafgarion 1v1 fight. Then orbonne monastery, then wiegraf/velius and one more time on the roof vs (dracula/sephiroth) looking guy. Worth it, currently playing through now, currently at orbonne monastery
Another story. My friend Justin bought Final Fantasy Tactics when we were in high school. We booted it up and got destroyed in the first fight. We tried everything, all day, and eventually got to where we could get all but 2 enemies down but couldn’t figure out how to win. The next day I get a call and he tells me to come over. He boots up the game, starts it, and shows me how to add other party members into a battle. We had been trying to win with only Ramzuh and Delita 🙄
this list has the potential to spawn so many other best of lists.... best tactical rpgs, best action rpgs, best final fantasy rpg, best dragon quest rpg, etc...
I remember playing Dragon Warrior 7 for the first time as a kid, and remembered not liking it at first, but as I kept playing it, I really started getting so engrossed and it became one of my favorite JRPGs of all time. Still been meaning to play the 3DS version though
I admittedly haven’t played them since I was a kid so my apologies if they haven’t held up, but I have mad nostalgia for Legend of Legaia and Jade Cocoon.
Your footage of Diablo is from PC version. UI on PS version is way different. But its cool that only on PS version it was local MP, on PC only LAN mp or online
I like both but part 2 is more tedious. I still love both though. I like part 1 cause it seemed more mysterious, unknown, mysticism etc. I always thought Ashley transforming was the coolest thing though.
Wild Arms 2 Definitely is Way better than 1, and they even make even more great music in wild arms 2 the character proportion is better, the world is Big, the level design is better, it introduce a ton of new Mechanics, i like Wild Arms 2 More than Wild Arm 1, it's more fun to play, but, yes, Wild Arm 1 definitely got that atmosphere. can't get wrong with Wild arms 1, 2, and 3, all of them are solid games also, it's better to judge it yourself and not letting yourself influenced by other people opinion, because i'll be pissed too if someone insult my favorite childhood game, even if everyone said it was a bad game for me it was the best game .
Happy to know that Xenogears, Legend of Dragoon,Parasite Eve,Wild Arms BOF and lunar is on the list.. thought Legaia and Tales of Destiny II (Etenia)was also on it as I saw them on the vid
Especially Tales of Destiny 2 or Eternia, because this game is severely underrated, it was an Amazing Game, even "Amazing" still fall short to describe how awesome this game is. i don't know why but for some reason Tales game never get the love they deserved, is it bias? is it because they used Anime style?
Yes! Final Fantasy IX on TOP! It's definitely the best PS1 game, the best Final Fantasy game and my personal favourite video game of all time! I love FFIX!
If FF Tactics is there, then Vandal Hearts 2 should have been too. It is, after all, one of the few such games that used simultaneous movement for you AND the Computer opponent. Amazing fun and good scenario. Also, quite a long game. Some battles took more than an hour - if you wanted to ace them like I did hehe. :)
Fuck yeah, Vagrant Story! I would personally put at at #1 on this list for its masterful storytelling and deep, complex and rewarding gameplay. And yeah, we're WAAAYY overdue for some kind of remaster/remake!
If you think FF Anthology doesn't actually belong here, then you could've added it to a "special mentions" category. And while you're at it, might as well consider Monster Rancher 2 in that category for being a "non-traditional RPG". Also, where's Alundra? It's sequel wasn't as well-received but Alundra 1 is one of the greatest action RPGs of all time.
Story wise and overall impact to pop culture, it's final fantasy 7 and 8 and symphony of the night if you count that also as an rpg but it's more action rpg
There's an RPG game I remember playing as a kid but I can't remember the name of it I've scoured the web and looked at all kinds of lists with no luck.
Final Fantasy 8 is my fav along with 7 one thing i loved was how the summons worked which they changed in 10 so didn't enjoy it along with 12. FF9 I now got it on Switch enter the ice care fought 2 bosses & lost because now I have to grind so early in the game nah I good. The rest of games look good maybe one day I'll play them.
.... Wild arms 2nd Ignition are awesome too, not only the story but characters link for the story are more great like the first not only that MC can henshin and the villain are underrated with back stories in their past, btw wild arms alter code F are the remake of wild arms 1 for ps2
Squaresoft was literally ahead of its time back then, after the merger of Squaresoft and Enix they started to decline and look what happened to FFXVI, sorry I mean Devil May Cry 😂
FF9 is all right. I prefer FF7 personally. And FF8 more than both of those. And FF6 more than all 3 of those. FF10 being my actual (offline) favourite FF game. On the original Playstation I reckon Xenogears would JUST squeak out Chrono Cross as my favourite. PS2 it's not even a close call. (see previous line)
I'm In the same.dilemma. I love sned because of obvious reasons bug when you think of ps1 rpgs..It was another world when they came out because of the better writing, deeper stories and graphics but snea has so many good ones too. I love bof2, Lucia, ff3 etc
The perks of living in a third world country was game copies (pirated) was available freely and very cheap, as cheap as your average lunch money in high school can brought 5 PS1 titles in a mart across your school. My generation in my country who happened to have some sort of consoles up until PS3 I guess, practically tested all the games available. PS1 CD pirated was even far cheaper than my previous genesis/ SNES/ NES, like 10x times cheaper lol. The only thing I didn't play at all on this list was only FF IX,.
Sad that FF VII, FF VIII and FF IX has a terrible job in translating the pre rendered graphics to HD, Square-Enix don't invest too much on this everlasting classics, I will play them but always be wishing for better versions
Back then i can enjot most of these game. But when i try to play them again i feel lot of dated game mechanic hinder me like lack of minimap for grandia, clunky movement of final fantasy VII, the only timeless classic that can be enjoyable today is castlevania and suikoden 2 for me
Here’s a story for you. When I was in college I went to a K-Mart that was going out of business. The electronics section was picked through but still had some decent stuff. There was a bin full of Crazy Town CDs and copies of Parasite Eve. I only bought Crazy Town because I thought Parasite Eve looked dumb. If only I knew.
Shifty Shellshock > Aya Brea confirmed
Oh my GOD
It would have been a long time to hold.because game prices didn't go up until 2013, you can track it on pricecharting. It's was mostly because game companies gave up on backwards compatibility. And at the same time wanted to stop making physical games. So it's been a snowball effect, with the only slow down being xbox with gamepass.But now not anymore as Xbox will no longer support 360 or OG xbox those games are now going up
That’s some crazy town nonsense.
oh man, you'd have made a mint today but can't blame you, Butterfly is a tune.
When I clicked on this list I had already decided I was going to judge you based on where you put Final Fantasy 9 and now I can say you are doing God's work
💯
Final fantasy 9 fans usually have mental health issues
FF9 was just a series of cutscenes.
@@MUUTDITTSPOUMN 🤡
@@MUUTDITTSPOUMN of course it was 🤦.
It's pretty much the best Final Fantasy game ever made. Incredible characters, amazing music, extremely well written and crafted world.
I could go on and on about how great that game is.
I would also like to include an honorable mention for Legend of Legaia, which is sadly missing from almost every list. If you haven't done yet, do yourself a favor and play it, interesting combat system revolving around martial arts.
I Really Want an Remake of “The Legend of Dragoon”
It doesn't lose anything to ff9 and Chrono Cross, LoD is incredible
Well then start making it
Breath of Fire is at the top of my list for series that need to continue.
As long as it's not like Dragon's Quarter, I am up for it lol
same goes for Suikoden and Wild Arms, but it's just wishful thinking now
Great List. So many bangers, or as you say “whippers” lol 😂 Loved that ff9 was top of the food chain. A really amazing game!
My personal favorites
Grandia -my first jrpg love
ff9 - my first introduction to final fantasy
Lunar 1&2- reminded me of Nadia and studio ghibli films
Vagrant story - Amazing story telling
Vangard bandits- Favorite tactics
jrpg
Parasite eve- favorite horror jrpg
Wild arms- fun exploration
Breath of fire 3- favorite turn base combat
Legend of dragoon- the most beautiful looking psx jrpg
Klonoa- best psx platformer
Megaman legends-best 3d and best English dub
Chrono cross-best game opening (😅thats all I liked about it)
Suikoden 2- best of the best!
I recently played through dragoon again. I sincerely hate that gravity place.
Any chance of you naming the games on the description chapters?
I’ve seen and have all NTSC Consoles from 1980-Now my Favorite PS1 RPGS are
Suikoden
Alundra
Final Fantasy VII
Breath of Fire III
Azure Dreams
Kartia
Parasite Eve
Tales of Destiny
Xenogears
Brave Fencer Musashi
Jade Cacoon
Legend of Legaia
Lunar Silver Star Story
Star Ocean Second Story
Final Fantasy VIII
Suikoden II
Grandia
Thousand Arms
Koudelka
Rhapsody
Vagrant Story
Legend of Mana
Legend of Dragoon
Threads of Fate
Chrono Cross
Valkyrie Profile
Parasite Eve 2
Final Fantasy IX
Breath of Fire IV
Lunar II Eternal Blue
Tales of Destiny II
Dragon Warrior VII
Arc the Lad Collection
I wish that they could remake Chrono Cross..
I held off playing it for many years.. When I finally did I strangely completely lost track of time!
They did a remaster recently
@@okaight7248 With all due respect remake and remaster are two different things..
I wish people know more about Valkyrie Profile. One of the most underrated rpg games ever
Any video that gives Chrono Cross the love it deserves, gets a like from me. Its one of the best games ever made. Also,very glad to see FFIX top the list. IX is still,to this day,the best FF game made.
Then you are in agreement with ProJared. And me. But mostly Jared.
I have lots of memories with FFIX! The only FF i bought (i played the other ones with friends), i ended 4 times: 2 in a PSOne, 1 in one emulator without retro achievements and the 4th with retroachievements... pure nostalgia... great RPG list btw
I don’t know chat. Do you think this guy actually beat ffix?
@@dancinglight8411 leave me alone piece of s****
Good list, especially with IX at the top.
My list of Playstation 1 RPGs is pretty extensive, just wish it included Tales of Destiny and Tales of Destiny 2/Eternia.
As a scotsman, a young me, finding out my friends dad had a list of games from around the world and capabilities to chip.
I was hesitant I was 11 I think.
But I got my ps chipped and got myself a copy of FFT.
I recieved karma all throughout FFT.
Having multiple save lock areas, 1st vs gafgarion 1v1 fight.
Then orbonne monastery, then wiegraf/velius and one more time on the roof vs (dracula/sephiroth) looking guy.
Worth it, currently playing through now, currently at orbonne monastery
Another story. My friend Justin bought Final Fantasy Tactics when we were in high school. We booted it up and got destroyed in the first fight. We tried everything, all day, and eventually got to where we could get all but 2 enemies down but couldn’t figure out how to win. The next day I get a call and he tells me to come over. He boots up the game, starts it, and shows me how to add other party members into a battle. We had been trying to win with only Ramzuh and Delita 🙄
💀
No Legend of Legaia is wilddd😢
I came here for this comment.
Nice editing.
Shadow Madness.
One of the biggest gems on the console.
i played the hell out of this game as a kid, so good.
So happy you guys put Diablo on this list, I played it for probably a thousand hours, was my first diablo experience, did not have money for a PC
this list has the potential to spawn so many other best of lists.... best tactical rpgs, best action rpgs, best final fantasy rpg, best dragon quest rpg, etc...
🤠
You hit my top 3! 1. FF9, 2. Breath of Fire 3, 3. FF Tactics. Thank you for putting FF9 at the top!! Such a better game than FF7 in every way!
Im surprised legend of legaia didnt make the list
Wrong timeline. We didn’t play that one here
Was expecting it on this list also.
that's true, they did it dirty
I remember playing Dragon Warrior 7 for the first time as a kid, and remembered not liking it at first, but as I kept playing it, I really started getting so engrossed and it became one of my favorite JRPGs of all time. Still been meaning to play the 3DS version though
I played dw 7 in my early 20s. I love that game so much. It's super mysterious. Loved the class system when reaching dharma )
I have 2 copies infact!
Putting FF9 on the top was chef's kiss.. This man knows whats he's doing 👍
I admittedly haven’t played them since I was a kid so my apologies if they haven’t held up, but I have mad nostalgia for Legend of Legaia and Jade Cocoon.
Your footage of Diablo is from PC version. UI on PS version is way different. But its cool that only on PS version it was local MP, on PC only LAN mp or online
Wild arms
I still have my copy and it works
Plus the sound track. Yup good times
Never understood why wild arms 2 was not liked...the game is freaking amazing imo and objectively better than the first one
I like both but part 2 is more tedious. I still love both though. I like part 1 cause it seemed more mysterious, unknown, mysticism etc. I always thought Ashley transforming was the coolest thing though.
Wild Arms 2 Definitely is Way better than 1, and they even make even more great music in wild arms 2
the character proportion is better, the world is Big, the level design is better,
it introduce a ton of new Mechanics,
i like Wild Arms 2 More than Wild Arm 1, it's more fun to play,
but, yes, Wild Arm 1 definitely got that atmosphere.
can't get wrong with Wild arms 1, 2, and 3, all of them are solid games
also, it's better to judge it yourself and not letting yourself influenced by other people opinion,
because i'll be pissed too if someone insult my favorite childhood game, even if everyone said it was a bad game
for me it was the best game .
Happy to know that Xenogears, Legend of Dragoon,Parasite Eve,Wild Arms BOF and lunar is on the list.. thought Legaia and Tales of Destiny II (Etenia)was also on it as I saw them on the vid
Especially Tales of Destiny 2 or Eternia, because this game is severely underrated,
it was an Amazing Game, even "Amazing" still fall short to describe how awesome this game is.
i don't know why but for some reason Tales game never get the love they deserved,
is it bias? is it because they used Anime style?
It is INSANE that Persona wasn't on this list.
Why is there a GameCube controller in the in-between sections for a PS1 game video?
It's our default title card! Tbf we should probably swap one out
Legend of Legia
Valkyrie Profile
Tales of Eternia
Alundra
I miss playing valkyrie profile and brigandine! These are good games too!
Super excited for this one!
I never got into Vagrant story. I remember that the gameplay's quite complex. Maybe I should give it another try?
Swap out FFVIII for Valkyrie Profile and you got a solid list
YESSS! Finally some love for IX!!!!
Yes! Final Fantasy IX on TOP! It's definitely the best PS1 game, the best Final Fantasy game and my personal favourite video game of all time! I love FFIX!
If FF Tactics is there, then Vandal Hearts 2 should have been too. It is, after all, one of the few such games that used simultaneous movement for you AND the Computer opponent. Amazing fun and good scenario. Also, quite a long game. Some battles took more than an hour - if you wanted to ace them like I did hehe. :)
Fuck yeah, Vagrant Story! I would personally put at at #1 on this list for its masterful storytelling and deep, complex and rewarding gameplay. And yeah, we're WAAAYY overdue for some kind of remaster/remake!
If you think FF Anthology doesn't actually belong here, then you could've added it to a "special mentions" category. And while you're at it, might as well consider Monster Rancher 2 in that category for being a "non-traditional RPG".
Also, where's Alundra? It's sequel wasn't as well-received but Alundra 1 is one of the greatest action RPGs of all time.
Final fantasy viii the best of PS1, facts. 😎🚬
Story wise and overall impact to pop culture, it's final fantasy 7 and 8 and symphony of the night if you count that also as an rpg but it's more action rpg
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Vagrant Story’s combat was just too much for me to enjoy.
My friend Dan and I once spent 16 hours straight playing Chocobo Hot and Cold. I’m done spamming comments… for now.
suikoden 2 should've been number 1. underrated AF
Legends of mana. Great 2 player feature.
I don't play RPG at all but I did play a little of FF9 and I loved it!
The day I picked up FF8 I think I played like 8 hours in the initial Garden stealing everyone elses TT cards...
I think you forgot something.. one of the best rpg on ps1.. it called "digimon world 3"
Tales of Phantasia english translation is an absolutely beautiful game. Currently playing :D
How is any Castlevania an RPG? Thought they were platformers? Same with Zelda games.. could someone explain this to me please? Am curious.
There's an RPG game I remember playing as a kid but I can't remember the name of it I've scoured the web and looked at all kinds of lists with no luck.
Final Fantasy 8 is my fav along with 7 one thing i loved was how the summons worked which they changed in 10 so didn't enjoy it along with 12. FF9 I now got it on Switch enter the ice care fought 2 bosses & lost because now I have to grind so early in the game nah I good. The rest of games look good maybe one day I'll play them.
.... Wild arms 2nd Ignition are awesome too, not only the story but characters link for the story are more great like the first not only that MC can henshin and the villain are underrated with back stories in their past, btw wild arms alter code F are the remake of wild arms 1 for ps2
Haven't played it yet but i'm shocked Legend of Legaia isn't here but Castlevania is which is not thought of as an RPG as much
Castlevania games are tough to consider as RPGs
Yeah I was going to say that also. There's a couple of others on here that stretch the definition tbh.
Hows valkyrie profile not on this list.
What's the name of this game? 1:01
Possibly star ocean of legend of dragoon
@@lawrence8895 Thank you brother.
I enjoyed Legend of Legaia more than any of these games listed.
If Dragon Warrior 7 isn’t on this list, I rage. lol 👍🏻
Ah, most excellent.😅
Squaresoft was literally ahead of its time back then, after the merger of Squaresoft and Enix they started to decline and look what happened to FFXVI, sorry I mean Devil May Cry 😂
The Diablo gameplay you showed was from the PC version
You missed out on, rhapsody and threads of fate 🥲🥲 . And also atlus needs more love
FF9 is all right. I prefer FF7 personally. And FF8 more than both of those. And FF6 more than all 3 of those. FF10 being my actual (offline) favourite FF game.
On the original Playstation I reckon Xenogears would JUST squeak out Chrono Cross as my favourite. PS2 it's not even a close call. (see previous line)
You should not have included the final fantasy anthology. You have failed your life mission.
BOF 4 and Rhapsody are missed
I’m so torn between SNES & PSX as my favorite classic system.. IDK maybe the latter has an edge as far as this genre for obvious reasons
I'm In the same.dilemma. I love sned because of obvious reasons bug when you think of ps1 rpgs..It was another world when they came out because of the better writing, deeper stories and graphics but snea has so many good ones too. I love bof2, Lucia, ff3 etc
Legend of mana
Koudelka
Threads of fate
Blood omen legacy of Kain
Why the hate for Wild Arms 2? That game was good!
I loved 3rd Birthday!!!
No mention of the absurd price of Suikoden II...
Yeah even in the UK it's absolutely wild, £400!!!
Here’s my hot take for the day: Dragon Warrior 7 is better than 8.
WHAT --- no valkyrie profile!?!? Travesty
SquareEnix was known as SquareSoft back then.
The perks of living in a third world country was game copies (pirated) was available freely and very cheap, as cheap as your average lunch money in high school can brought 5 PS1 titles in a mart across your school. My generation in my country who happened to have some sort of consoles up until PS3 I guess, practically tested all the games available. PS1 CD pirated was even far cheaper than my previous genesis/ SNES/ NES, like 10x times cheaper lol. The only thing I didn't play at all on this list was only FF IX,.
Also Valkyrie profile 😇
Sad that FF VII, FF VIII and FF IX has a terrible job in translating the pre rendered graphics to HD, Square-Enix don't invest too much on this everlasting classics, I will play them but always be wishing for better versions
They patched the Chrono Cross port and it’s great now!
I definitely would have moved diablo in top ten easily. Way above many of those you posted.
Is Castlevania really a RPG and not just a 2D platformer? Why not add Star Ocean 1st in its place?
Suikoden 2
FF 8
Wild Arms 2
Vandal Hearts
Beyond the Beyond
Star Ocean
FF tactics
FF7
CastleVania
Parasite Eve
Back then i can enjot most of these game. But when i try to play them again i feel lot of dated game mechanic hinder me like lack of minimap for grandia, clunky movement of final fantasy VII, the only timeless classic that can be enjoyable today is castlevania and suikoden 2 for me
No Arc the Lad 2?
Alundra for Action rpg
tears for Xenogears
I only want a FF9 Remake....
No... you know not what you ask for. There was no 3rd game in the Eve series.
You should really get that cough checked out
You must be high if you think FF8 is better than Star Ocean 2
*does a big weed*
No Legend of Legaia?
Alundra?
FFIX is the best game ever ❤❤❤❤
Chrono cross ports been fixed bro
Front mission 3
Ff9.....beautiful game
Been too long capcom. When is the next breath of fire entry? At least make some remaster of breath of fire like FF series.
WA 2 > WA 1