This is probably the first video where I actually have all the games listed! Some of them on different platforms, but still have them nonetheless. Trials of Mana was surprisingly fun, NOT too challenging, but one of the easiest games to 100%. Maybe another one to add to the list is Harvestella. I haven't actually played it YET, but from what I'm seeing and hearing from others, it's actually pretty decent. Trinity Trigger is great, too. :)
Bro how is Xenoblade and Persona Strikers underrated? Both sold millions on switch When games that actually sold meh in comparison with those 2 , games like Ni No Kuni 1 and 2, or God Eater 3 and Disgaea 7, or heck you can put Tokyo Mirage Sessions in there as well. Hope that part 2 will include more niche games that REALLY deserve some love
Underrated especially in the AAA realm. Think about it. The music on XBC games are way better and diverse than anything I’ve heard in pat years and it didn’t even get runner up at the game awards which is mind boggling.
He definitely explained underrated in sales as to where they should be by his expectations and I tend to agree. Astral Chain, Xenoblade 3 + FR, and Octopath Traveler 2 sold well below what they deserve
@@MassiveRican So let's completely ignore all outside factors? PG games have a hard time selling even 1 million, but ACh did that with ease, so not underrated.
None of these games are underrated except for the atelier series lol. Grandia HD I am setsuna Rune factory Neo the world ends with you Are some i can think of
@@isaiahnova1912 Underrated means that something has not received the merit, recognition or praise it deserves.. Again,i think all of the games listed except for atelier ryza have all been fairly rated. Monark,Caligula effect.Even games published by Square like Diofield chronicles are the ones worth mentioning
Lmao, this guy even said Trials of Mana sold well over 1 million, so how exactly is this on the list? All things considering, 1 million copies sold is a mammoth number for such a small series. Secret of Mana, a revered game is the series sold just under 2 million. This is as good as a game in this series is going to get it. It is niche for a reason, NOT everyone will be pulled in.
You guys are forgetting these games are great. They could be better in the west. They don’t get as much respect in the AAA scene. I still know people who live RPG’s and never played SMTV yet so he’s not wrong.
@@isaiahnova1912 Again, who decides what's enough? Many RPGs struggle to hit 1 million, so just because CoD pushes larger numbers doesn't mean games with lower sales are underrated.
I've played almost every game on this list (except Atelier Ryza 3 since I can't find a physical copy for Switch anywhere for some reason) and can vouch for all of them being absolutely great, especially Xenoblade 3 and Astral Chain. I'd also add MH Stories 2, Ni No Kuni 2, Ys VIII and maybe HW: Age of Calamity to the list.
Umm... Not sure these games are underated. From my knowledge they sold quite well. A lot of people talk about them. Most people will reccomand most if not all these title to players. I respect your list but definitely these games aren't underated at least to my knowledge.
Exactly. Some games in this list sure are underrated and not popular enough, like Trials Of Mana and Bravely Default but Xenoblade?! Everytime I open a jrpg/rpg, nintendo video - there's always people talking about Xenoblade. Definitely not underrated, also definitely not not popular enough.
Fair enough. I see what you are all saying. As I said, I respect PlayerEssence list it's his list. I respect yours too. For me in my experiences I hear a lot of talk about most of these games. The games on the list I rarely hear people talk about is Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 and the Atelier games are least talked about on the list. I was basing it on my own experiences among my friends, community servers, etc... Thank you all for your input and feedback.
I find it hard to believe that visions of mana will not be coming to OG switch despite being underpowered. Mana originated in nintendo and has never missed a nintendo release.
necesitas jugar Sky trilogy and cold steel 1 y 2 asi que es muy complicado de recomendar esas obras maestras creo q Ys origin, VIII and XI son mejores recomendaciones por ahora
Buyer beware re: Persona 5 Strikers. If you consider the relationships/life sim fundamental to your Persona experience, it's totally missing here. If you think Persona games are already too grindy, this is much worse because the difficulty spike between common enemies and bosses is unforgiving af. Sadly, the story was kind of engaging before I had to give up on the game because the gameplay loop was just exhausting.
I tried to play my SMT V again after the announcement of Vengeance but my file was corrupted because it couldn't find dlc!!Don't know wtf happened I just lost a 130 hours save file..
Okay for every who doesn’t know. A game can be underrated even if it sells well. It could have sold better if it had the game journalists whoring for it like The Last of Us and other games that would win at the game awards multiple times for music and other things when these games should have won or at the very least been runner ups.
@@NuiYabuko exactly. And it’s not a meaningless term. If it’s so meaningless why even waste time and respond? Goes to show the genius in PlayerEssences videos.
The original came out years ago and some people had problems with it He' saying they should give the game another chance now that it's getting a remake/RErelease
Great list!!!! Every title you mentioned is already in my collection, so I figured that deserves a sub. You’re absolutely right about Astral Chain, it’s a phenomenally underrated Platinum gem.
"More people need to pick up XB3" Then give us a better combat system. Also, OJ has been pushing Astral Chain so damn hard, and yes the characters and world are cool, but it's ... not really a fun game. The controls in that game are the worst of all time, that's why no one recommends it. Sorry dude. Most people bounced out of that thing after 5 hrs purely because of the dogshit controls.
I loveeee the games you put in this video! Bravely Default 2 is one of my fav games on the system, Octopath Traveler II is amazing, the entire Xenoblade series is a must play, and I love all the Atelier Ryza games! A couple I’d add are Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle (a super underrated card battling RPG) and Ys VIII.
BUT …… Oct. Trav. 2 would have done better if they would have put #1 on PS - They did what Bioware did by putting Mass Effect 1 on 360 only : but put #2 on 360 & PS3 - so PS people had no idea about the 1st part.
@@Capoeiraplaya22 - Indeed! I think it was because Microsoft had the publishing rights for the first game before they completely gave it to EA. At least from my understanding.
About Ryza 3, too bad, that Ryza wears safehorny burqa instead of bikini unlike 1 and 2 when she was younger. Kishida Femio(not Mel) banned bikini from Japanese console game sadly since Abe has passed away. It resulted in Tragedy that Atelier ran to gacha in order to avoid censorship of Kishida, Sony and Sweet baby(?). Using the weakness that japanese are vulnerable at gacha so that Japanese gacha never gets censored and EoS soon. While Korean gacha bans bikini too as we can see from Blue archive which lacks bikini and has rashguard only as swimsuit.
@@SuperChristianMiiworld Why didn't 4chan believe that bikini is banned from Japanese anime and console game since Abe's death? I got rangebanned cuz of this.
@@NuiYabuko Was I fool to believe right wing blogs like Sankakucomplex, nichegaming, endimyon, vara, hero hei? They claims that bikini is banned from Japanese console game since July 2022, so I was despaired and felt betrayed for I used to be Pro-Japan, Anti-Korea Right winger(Neto-uyo) and donated on Yasukuni shrine... but I regretted this after this grim news.
I've played Hyrule Warriors and Three Houses: Three Hopes. I'm playing through Persona 5 Royal now and Stikers is pretty high up on my list of games to play next. I enjoy this style of game tremendously.
You gotta try to curb your use of “absolutely,” or atleast attempt to use it a bit more properly. Not hate, and I’m not a hater. I recognize I’m likely in the minority here, and simply just being “captain literal man.” Just a constructive criticism I wanted to share that stands out to me.
I thought Ys VIII was amazing and didn't receive enough recognition. The other one is Alliance Alive.
This is probably the first video where I actually have all the games listed! Some of them on different platforms, but still have them nonetheless. Trials of Mana was surprisingly fun, NOT too challenging, but one of the easiest games to 100%. Maybe another one to add to the list is Harvestella. I haven't actually played it YET, but from what I'm seeing and hearing from others, it's actually pretty decent. Trinity Trigger is great, too. :)
Bro how is Xenoblade and Persona Strikers underrated? Both sold millions on switch
When games that actually sold meh in comparison with those 2 , games like Ni No Kuni 1 and 2, or God Eater 3 and Disgaea 7, or heck you can put Tokyo Mirage Sessions in there as well.
Hope that part 2 will include more niche games that REALLY deserve some love
Underrated especially in the AAA realm. Think about it. The music on XBC games are way better and diverse than anything I’ve heard in pat years and it didn’t even get runner up at the game awards which is mind boggling.
If it’s not recognized at the Game Awards then it’s underrated.
Also it’s his list. It’s not yours or mine.
@@JMrealgamer So anything that sells less than the most popular things is "underrated"?
He definitely explained underrated in sales as to where they should be by his expectations and I tend to agree. Astral Chain, Xenoblade 3 + FR, and Octopath Traveler 2 sold well below what they deserve
@@MassiveRican So let's completely ignore all outside factors? PG games have a hard time selling even 1 million, but ACh did that with ease, so not underrated.
None of these games are underrated except for the atelier series lol.
Grandia HD
I am setsuna
Rune factory
Neo the world ends with you
Are some i can think of
They are definitely underated. Underrated doesn't just mean not popular it also means not popular enough despite its quality
@@isaiahnova1912 Underrated means that something has not received the merit, recognition or praise it deserves.. Again,i think all of the games listed except for atelier ryza have all been fairly rated.
Monark,Caligula effect.Even games published by Square like Diofield chronicles are the ones worth mentioning
Xenoblade is known but it's underrated ... it's just not a very popular series.
@@_sparrowhawk In a world where many RPGs struggle to even hit 1 million?
I agree. Astral chain,Octopath,xenoblade,bravely default is not underrated.. I am setsuna is underrated
Lmao, this guy even said Trials of Mana sold well over 1 million, so how exactly is this on the list? All things considering, 1 million copies sold is a mammoth number for such a small series.
Secret of Mana, a revered game is the series sold just under 2 million.
This is as good as a game in this series is going to get it. It is niche for a reason, NOT everyone will be pulled in.
You guys are forgetting these games are great. They could be better in the west. They don’t get as much respect in the AAA scene. I still know people who live RPG’s and never played SMTV yet so he’s not wrong.
They are definitely underated. Underrated doesn't just mean not popular it also means not popular enough despite its quality
@@isaiahnova1912 thank you good Sir. I’m glad someone gets it.
@@isaiahnova1912 Again, who decides what's enough? Many RPGs struggle to hit 1 million, so just because CoD pushes larger numbers doesn't mean games with lower sales are underrated.
Trials of Mana is dope. It annoys me that Visions of Mana hasn't been announced for a Nintendo platform.
It probably will be when nintendo announce their new console
@@kalopzzthis
You've put Disgaea in the Intro and not in the list? Blasphemy! Disgaea 1 have my favorite bunch of characters, probably ever.
I've played almost every game on this list (except Atelier Ryza 3 since I can't find a physical copy for Switch anywhere for some reason) and can vouch for all of them being absolutely great, especially Xenoblade 3 and Astral Chain. I'd also add MH Stories 2, Ni No Kuni 2, Ys VIII and maybe HW: Age of Calamity to the list.
Umm... Not sure these games are underated. From my knowledge they sold quite well. A lot of people talk about them. Most people will reccomand most if not all these title to players. I respect your list but definitely these games aren't underated at least to my knowledge.
They are definitely underated. Underrated doesn't just mean not popular it also means not popular enough despite its quality
@@isaiahnova1912 And who decides what is enough?
Exactly. Some games in this list sure are underrated and not popular enough, like Trials Of Mana and Bravely Default but Xenoblade?! Everytime I open a jrpg/rpg, nintendo video - there's always people talking about Xenoblade. Definitely not underrated, also definitely not not popular enough.
Fair enough. I see what you are all saying. As I said, I respect PlayerEssence list it's his list. I respect yours too.
For me in my experiences I hear a lot of talk about most of these games. The games on the list I rarely hear people talk about is Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 and the Atelier games are least talked about on the list. I was basing it on my own experiences among my friends, community servers, etc...
Thank you all for your input and feedback.
Astral Chain is my fav switch game and it's the reason I bought the console
I find it hard to believe that visions of mana will not be coming to OG switch despite being underpowered. Mana originated in nintendo and has never missed a nintendo release.
Thanks for adding more to my backlog
Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure are goated
necesitas jugar Sky trilogy and cold steel 1 y 2 asi que es muy complicado de recomendar esas obras maestras creo q Ys origin, VIII and XI son mejores recomendaciones por ahora
I played Bravely Default 2. I would love a remake or remaster of the other 2 games.
Buyer beware re: Persona 5 Strikers. If you consider the relationships/life sim fundamental to your Persona experience, it's totally missing here. If you think Persona games are already too grindy, this is much worse because the difficulty spike between common enemies and bosses is unforgiving af. Sadly, the story was kind of engaging before I had to give up on the game because the gameplay loop was just exhausting.
I tried to play my SMT V again after the announcement of Vengeance but my file was corrupted because it couldn't find dlc!!Don't know wtf happened I just lost a 130 hours save file..
No cloud save?
I recommend people to check out CRYSTAR, CRYMACHINA , and Harvestella
Okay for every who doesn’t know. A game can be underrated even if it sells well. It could have sold better if it had the game journalists whoring for it like The Last of Us and other games that would win at the game awards multiple times for music and other things when these games should have won or at the very least been runner ups.
By that logic TotK would be underrated.
Just shows that it's a meaningless term.
@@NuiYabuko exactly. And it’s not a meaningless term. If it’s so meaningless why even waste time and respond? Goes to show the genius in PlayerEssences videos.
@@JMrealgamer You can't be serious.
face-palm
@@NuiYabuko it is what it is. It’s explained even in other threads here. Too bad it’s going right over your head bro. No chance to face palm.
Astral Chain is not an RPG......
THANK YOU
How SMTV vengeance deserves a second chance if it hasnt come out?
The original came out years ago and some people had problems with it He' saying they should give the game another chance now that it's getting a remake/RErelease
Great list!!!! Every title you mentioned is already in my collection, so I figured that deserves a sub. You’re absolutely right about Astral Chain, it’s a phenomenally underrated Platinum gem.
Everyone needs to play astral chain
Star ocean second story R 😤
I 100% trials of mana twice. Absolutely love that game
Excellent list. I think I’ll try and pick up the last four this year
Braverly default was underated
"More people need to pick up XB3"
Then give us a better combat system.
Also, OJ has been pushing Astral Chain so damn hard, and yes the characters and world are cool, but it's ... not really a fun game. The controls in that game are the worst of all time, that's why no one recommends it. Sorry dude. Most people bounced out of that thing after 5 hrs purely because of the dogshit controls.
The controls are definitely not the worse of all time.
Ye but OJ is bias. You cant expect him to actually talk about underrated games no one heard of.
@@kalopzz Everyone is "bias".
Nope, but he is for sure.@@NuiYabuko
I loveeee the games you put in this video! Bravely Default 2 is one of my fav games on the system, Octopath Traveler II is amazing, the entire Xenoblade series is a must play, and I love all the Atelier Ryza games! A couple I’d add are Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle (a super underrated card battling RPG) and Ys VIII.
Man how is Fire Emblem Three Houses not on this list
Hah! The first five are on my short list of wanted RPGs. Playing Octo 1 atm and it’s such a good game.
Awesome list! I still haven't played Astral Chain. I need to pick it up.
BUT …… Oct. Trav. 2 would have done better if they would have put #1 on PS - They did what Bioware did by putting Mass Effect 1 on 360 only : but put #2 on 360 & PS3 - so PS people had no idea about the 1st part.
Well, the ME Trilogy was packaged for the PS3, including the first game.
True : but that was waaayyy after the fact
@@Capoeiraplaya22 - Indeed! I think it was because Microsoft had the publishing rights for the first game before they completely gave it to EA. At least from my understanding.
You don't need to play OT to play OT2 at all, though.
True : you don’t : which is good 😎
Astral Chain is hand down the best new Action IP in recent times. It is so different, no other Actions games comes close. Not even Stella Blade.
About Ryza 3, too bad, that Ryza wears safehorny burqa instead of bikini unlike 1 and 2 when she was younger. Kishida Femio(not Mel) banned bikini from Japanese console game sadly since Abe has passed away. It resulted in Tragedy that Atelier ran to gacha in order to avoid censorship of Kishida, Sony and Sweet baby(?). Using the weakness that japanese are vulnerable at gacha so that Japanese gacha never gets censored and EoS soon. While Korean gacha bans bikini too as we can see from Blue archive which lacks bikini and has rashguard only as swimsuit.
The bikini obsession got nothing to do with Ryza being underrated. Get a girlfriend.
@@SuperChristianMiiworld Why didn't 4chan believe that bikini is banned from Japanese anime and console game since Abe's death? I got rangebanned cuz of this.
@@tomvhresvelg9286 Because you're lying.
And obsessed.
@@NuiYabuko Was I fool to believe right wing blogs like Sankakucomplex, nichegaming, endimyon, vara, hero hei? They claims that bikini is banned from Japanese console game since July 2022, so I was despaired and felt betrayed for I used to be Pro-Japan, Anti-Korea Right winger(Neto-uyo) and donated on Yasukuni shrine... but I regretted this after this grim news.
@@NuiYabuko Repeat a lie 100 times and it becomes a truth. This is the old proverb in Japan spite Californians use this proverb more ironically.
Truth about astral chain, one of my fav games on the platform and best combat. Also true about BDII and them bees. I def did not pick it up😂
I've played Hyrule Warriors and Three Houses: Three Hopes. I'm playing through Persona 5 Royal now and Stikers is pretty high up on my list of games to play next. I enjoy this style of game tremendously.
Thank you for making me go back and play Trials of Mana, I am not hooked!! 🎉
Planned on buying most of the games but inflation went way out of control haven’t bought one since totk
Thanks doc for the recommendations, I played Xenoblade 2 and loved it so I'm gonna give the first one a chance
Thank you for the Switch light giveaway on X ✊
546 days no alcohol 🥇
Neo: World Ends With You
this list is 🔥
Very wholesome video as always OJ, great list as always.
Too bad I got smt5 for full price
Chained Echoes is one the best I've played in a long time.
Everyone knows these games colega 😅
Great list ! Good job!
You gotta try to curb your use of “absolutely,” or atleast attempt to use it a bit more properly.
Not hate, and I’m not a hater.
I recognize I’m likely in the minority here, and simply just being “captain literal man.”
Just a constructive criticism I wanted to share that stands out to me.
hi OJ