This channel's a hidden game, found so much good old games i missed, great because barely anything good comes out these days, time to play lord of apocalypse since from what i found out it's improved lord of arcana.
I finished P1 on PSP recently and while the encounter rate was annoying, using the talk feature with the spell cards was a great way to end battles fast and keep on exploring.
I actually finished vagrant story. The best tip is to have many weapons for each kind of enemy made of hagane at least. Save most of your healing items. Dominate the combo system and ALWAYS USE HERAKLES AND PROSTASIA ON EACH BOSS BATTLE! (Also save the crossbow for the final boss)
I owned Crystalis as a kid and beat it several times on my NES, but it definitely isn't easy. I had to wait until I read an article in Nintendo Power about how to find an important character hidden in one of the towns that allows you to progress to be able to finish the game. I love it and think it may be the best action RPG on the NES.
So, for Brigandine, you show gameplay of Grand Edition (Miguel shows as a Knight, in Legend of Forsena they are called Cavaliers). Grand Edition did have a tutorial section you could play to better understand the game. Sadly it was never localized in NA so the only way to play it is through emulation. Legend of Forsena, which was the one we got in NA on the PS1, did not have a tutorial. I'm trying to remember if it had a good instruction booklet, but I just can't remember, it was 20 something years ago.
on grandia extreme. Get the bow chick ( can't remember names ) and the axe wielder into the party. They have a combined move that is like a complete heal and status effect heal ( can't remember if revive KO ) for whole party in battle. Combine with meditate ( sp restoring B-rank skill on guard x 2 ) and you practically have immortality in battle.
Good video but once again you gotta get past the Minotaur boss (first real boss) before the gameplay actually gets going. Thats when you learn combos etc. Game also has its tutorial in menus that explains
you talking about the frickin phenomenal vagrant story? if so I agree, Only thing that game needed was a quick weapon swap with L2 or R2. save time in menu that way. Fantastic game.
Complete agree about Pandora Tower, the game had serious issues in the game mechanics, and the motion controller never settle really to the game, but not agree about Vagrant Story, that is a master piece, truly difficult, agree on that, I believe the real problem here is that the game doesn't explain it self, not to say about if you beat the game you are beating just like the 60 percent of the map...
I have to say I was one of the people who didn't know what they were getting into with grandia xtreme. I did manage to finish it but I remember looking at my brother and saying "that's it" wondering where the storyline, that i loved on the other grandias were....
I played and finished Pandoras Tower and Vagrant Story. First off, you don't have to use the wiimote for Pandoras Tower, just use the classic controller and feeding your gf the correct meats affects the ending. The game is fairly easy actually. As for Vagrant Story, you seem to be playing that game kinda wrong. First off, you're going to want to chain attacks and reflect or absorb attacks from enemies. It shouldn't be a 'hit for hit' situation. Some of the challenge will come in by working out timing for your various combo moves, as they will have different attack animations and timings for different attacks that you can assign(and also different areas on the enemy to target to chain attack which affect the enemies attack and/or movement). You're also going to want to forge some good weapons through combinations of different hilts and blades. Just use a guide to get your feet wet for the first quarter or so and you'll be good for the rest of it. Timing with long range can be a pain though, and the samey scenery can be annoying. Still, both Pandoras Tower and Vagrant Story are easily manageable(enough) and fun once you know what you're doing. I finished my play through with the wiimote for Pandoras Tower, but that won't be everyone's cup of tea. I do strongly advise you to back to these games and try them out with my suggestions(or anyone reading this). You still might not like the games afterwards, but you'll get a better understanding of the games maybe.
Dude your videos are so damn great! I've only started watching your content for a week now and I never get bored of your videos. Keep up the awesome work!
I love Vandal Hearts 2, I played it many times, it's so much better than the first one imo, I really enjoyed the simultaneous movement, it was unique. And the story 👌
Vagrant Story... How I enjoyed that game... Back into a time where I had, well, time. The game requires tons of commitment in terms of time studying crafting, battle system, different weapons, enemy weakness, just from the top of my head. I'm glad I was able to finish it (it had a similar mechanic to new game + if I remember correctly).
Vandal Hearts 2 synchronous system complaints were always silly to me because what it really amounts is wasting the first turn to see which enemy is paired with your characters and in what order the non-paired ones will react. That's it. If anything AI's overreliance on back attacks makes the fights REAL easy because you learn how to lead enemies to slash at empty air.
@@leonard9624Can't remember if there was difficulties aside from the different ending possibilities. Then again, I also grinding till i got the hitpoints and things that the weapons and armor 'allowed' you to raise to.
From the list, i only played Vagrant Story and Persona 1. I managed to finished Vagrant Story though which imho the mechanic is easy to understand. But yeah the enemies was quite challenging, especially towards the end including the final boss. I spent an hour+ just to beat the final boss.
I've started keeping a note pad or word doc open when watch your videos because I inevitably learn about at least 1 or 2 new, interesting games every time you upload! Also, fwiw, I'm a huuuge fan of Vagrant Story, it's my favorite PS1 RPG, but I think you made some good points. Honestly wasn't until my second playthrough that I fully understood the combat, and even then it was a while longer before I got the crafting and enemy weakness systems. It's a weird one, for sure.
Vagrant Story is on my backlog and I really do look forward to trying that one out! That's super high praise as well (Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy IX would be my personal Top 2 RPGs on the system.) I'll definitely have to spend some time on VS soon!
Wow, P1 made the list? Well, at least I can feel good about myself for a few seconds, seeing as I successfully completed both the Snow Queen and SEBEC routes with the best endings. Not sure if that is what you wanted to achieve, but thanks for giving me a confidence boost! Now where did I put that hammer so I can use it on my head as I go back to playing my current game...
I wish more modern JRPGs were difficult or featured a hard mode. It feels like the genre just keeps getting easier and it makes it really hard for me to stay engaged. I understand that they want to be welcoming to beginners and people who don't want to fuss with hard games, but well balanced adjustable difficulty settings really could keep everyone happy. (From the start though please! Having to re-purchase a new edition, wait for an update, or finish the game on normal mode before you can pick it certainly isn't ideal!)
Usually in these videos I’ve never even heard of a lot of these games, but I just finished Persona 1’s second route like two days ago and I have to agree. I ended up using online map guides for some of the dungeons because with all those encounters it would’ve taken forever, especially in those timed SQQ towers
Grandia Xtreme is my favorite game in the series, i don't think the dungeons hard to navigate, they just have simple puzzle but it's indeed has boost in difficulty when you arrive at certain points on the game. Vagrant Story is indeed quite a hard game, but it's also pretty good for me.
What I did was use this website : persona1.wikidot.com/demoncontact . All you really need to use demon negotiation for is to make the demon have the "eager" status so you can get spell cards for new Personas. About halfway down the page, there's a table of what action to choose to get the demon into the "eager" status. Just match up the personality type of the demon with the chart. For example, Slime has the personality traits of "foolish" and "gloomy," so responses like Maki's "Lie" or Nanjo's "Sarcasm" may work. There is always a bit of RNG with these responses, though.
@@shelbatron9731 I'll try my luck with that because i want to try and beat persona 1 & 2 along with the psp persona 2 that way i can see all that happened since it ties into persona 3 very well
I beat the whole game with the starting demons. It’s rly easy just use a bunch of M-guards for the final fight in Sebec route. (Only played ps1 version)
I beat Warsong on the Genesis, but I had to grind using the level select cheat and it is the only RPG I used a cheat to complete. When Warsong ignores the troop strengths and weaknesses, it is because you are too far away from your commander or are fighting on terrain that is either disadvantageous for your unit type and/or advantageous to theirs. In Warsong, terrain modifies your AT/DEF, just like in Shining Force where it can give you a DEF boost.
The first time i played Brigandine I lost track of time so badly I forgot to go to sleep and almost missed the deadline to call off for my shift the next day.
And i'm sure it was worth it because the game looks amazing, i have the ps1 enhanced edition fan translated and i hope to get to it one day, it looks so unique with some total war aspects.
I remember putting down infinite undiscovery because I didn't have the time for it, not sure it was actually too hard, but I took a few attempts to get anywhere in it and put it down and never picked it back up. Does anyone think I should revisit it or just spend my time with one of the many greats I've never played?
Kinda liked the PSP port of Persona even with the hi encounter rate. What made me rage though is that halfway through the game you are asked 3 questions I believe. If you do not answer correctly you can't access the final chapter of the game... I'm not going through that game a second time...
@@poopikins At least if the game ended as soon as you missed a question, you could load. But it freakin screws you way down the path so even if you do have a save just before the questions you lose a bunch of hours...
for me it's final fantasy 12. i've tried it 3x now + can never get into how empty the game feels. i love the idea of the gambits + the dual-job system, but it just doesn't hook me. :(
Yeah it's the MMO style areas. Too large and empty for single player. The main story is also just a bit of a snooze-fest. I really enjoyed the combat and character relationships, like Balthier and Fran's
I have played around 17 different Final Fantasy's. Final Fantasy 12 took me 70+ hours to beat the main story the first time. That makes it one of the longest main stories in Final Fantasy.
@@Leo-uy1ic Final Fantasy X is my 4th favorite Final Fantasy out of the 17 I played. 13-2 is my personal favorite. Great gameplay with monster collecting mechanics. You can also customize your monsters and have a good selection of monsters to capture. The creatures join your party as your third party member. While Serah (Lightnings younger sister) and Noel (a time traveling hunter) make up the other two party members.
Damn Vagrant Story. I wanted to love that game. I tried around 4 times always believing that I was doing the things right each time, but always ended up doing 1 to 0hp of damage to Enemies, never understood why
Brigandine was one of my cousin's kid's favorite game. He actually beat it. How the hell he beat it was beyond me but he did it. He beat it with the stupid clown lord thing
@@micky4831 I may give this another chance now that I'm older and less stupid with strategy games. Which lord do you think is the best one to start out with since I don't know anything about how to even start with this one?
@@sonicwma0105 play the remaster on Switch and begin by the North Nation.... this is the most easy nation to begin with. move all your monster on all the fortress where there are ennemis near to back-up more these fortress. You have to do some battle to grind some monsters first before taken ennemis fortress. They will evolve and become more powerful. With time you have to buy more to attack and defend more fortress.
I have finished Pandora's tower, but it wasn't easy; not because of the gameplay itself but because i met a game crashing bug when i try to enter one of the towers. Had to do a lot of Google and trial and error to circumvent that
yeah, sadly, the us version had a bug on disc toward the end game, at least, i was able to finish the game, also, got the perfect ending. very rewarding since i did my utmost to save her.
One interesting TBS JRPG on the PS one was Vanguard Bandits. Kind of like Escaflowne it is a medevil setting where everyone uses mechs. That game was HARD. It got to the point where back in the day I had to use a game shark to finish it. MAYBE i was too dumb and missed some important game mechanics and made it harder for myself but YEEZUS. I recall there was an alternate path you could take at the begining and one of the first missions down that path was like a 2 v 15 battle.
I have to admit, I smiled when Vagrant Story came up, one of my all time fav PS1 games and one of the first I finished at that, sure the forest was a bit anoying but I loved the combat and magic system, and the story was amazing
Hybrid Heaven. I can't ever get through the third main area because there's no way to recover health outside of your very limited supply of items (no shops!), your power and HP increase very slowly while the enemies get stronger much faster, and you can't return to a previous area to grind once you've completed it. It also does the Final Fantasy 2 thing where the only way to get more defense on a body part is to get hit there repeatedly, and the only way to make a body part stronger offensively is to use it to attack dozens of times.
Crystalis I got about a year after its release. It was on a fantastic sale and it looked fun from the box shots. I can honestly tell you, this was the kind of game Nintendo Power and Strategy Mags were made for since the cryptic nature of this game stopped me dead in my tracks within the first hour. The game does a horrible job of explaining things when you really need help knowing what to do. I, to this day, have never ever finished this game. If and when I do, I will be seeking help...for getting through the game....and for me after because I will probably be insane.
I actually beat and won the game Crystalis on NES. The final boss was way too easy for me. The game wasn't that hard as I had a game guide to look up online.
Brigadine was so easy if you have know how to make a formation of your monster, i have finish with all the characters and all the difficulties, and i have also finish the Japanese version: the Grand Edition, basically just place your monster with Tanks in front, archers, then magician, you could defeat everyone 😁
Well done! I personally ADORE the Xenosaga trilogy (particularly Episodes I and III) but my least favorite was definitely Ep. II. The focus on Jr. was superb and the story was fantastic but the game felt like more of a grind-fest than the other two games at times. The production quality wasn't as good either. In any case, I pretty much did everything in the game during my initial playthrough and you aren't missing much to be honest. It's kind of cool to do everything but during my second playthough, I did exactly what you did. I was too excited to reach Episode III I suppose. ;)
@@redstratus97 WOW!!! You haven't played 3 yet? I am SO jealous! That game is literally in my Top 3-5 video games EVER made. It's that great IMO! The soundtrack is S-tier all the way (the game has like 10-15 amazing battle/boss tracks) and the ending is truly unforgettable. You are in for a treat my friend. A very special treat! Take your time and just enjoy the game. It looks great, the battle system is simple but fun, and the story is incredible. Truly one of the greatest games ever made. How's that for a set-up? :)
@@tigmo55 others have told me the same. I was happy to find a CIB copy many months ago. I already owned 1 and 2 and wanted all 3. 3 wasn’t cheep to get though. I traded in a couple of games to bring down the price. When I got it, I was in the middle of the first game and was loving it so I really wanted to experience the whole story. I look forward to it.
@@redstratus97 that is too cool! I was one of the lucky ones who bought the game brand new back in 2006 when it was released. My younger sister of all people was curious about the series and she encouraged me to purchase the game. Needless to say...I'm glad that she did what she did! You did the RIGHT thing too. The Xenosaga series must be played in order to fully appreciate it.
Once again, you called out so many games I own that I’ll never beat for the same reasons, except Crystalis. As hard as it was, I beat it eventually because I did enjoy certain aspects of it. But I admit, I think I used codes, lol!
You just made me feel really good about myself man. I beat Crystalis for the NES! You are absolutely right though. If you don't use a walkthrough or a guide of sort kind, it's REALLY hard to figure out. I managed to figure most of the game out but there were some sections that were crazy hard.
Persona 1 portable was probably the hardest game i ever beat. I rage quit numerous times, but I kept coming back to it over the years. So satisfying finally beating it.
Hey man you should try the wizardry games on the snes (translated), you are going to love them... just don't play with any gun around you... and actually i don't think you would love them lol. But if you feel a little masochistic, just see how much you hate them.
Too bad you'll never beat Brigandine, best game ever made. Also, the video was showing gameplay from Brigandine Grand Edition with an English patch and not Brigandine Legend of Forsena. That being said, not sure what the big deal is about the maps, even when you were complaining about it your movement range was already halfway to the enemy It's not too difficult though, all it is is about positioning your knights to defend while sending others to attack. If I can almost solo(should have, I made the mistake of not casing cure instead of heal,) a single well, sort of stacked in my favor of not very difficult battle with a single knight, it obviously means the game isn't that hard. And what's not to get, you move and attack or cast magic. Like any TRPG it's about positioning. Although in this case once you're in the middle of battle there's too much going on that positioning is more so what characters go where as there's no getting out of battle once you're in outside of withdrawing with specific characters or fleeing altogether. This is the absolute greatest game of all time. ua-cam.com/video/eBiupQt84JA/v-deo.html Vandal Hearts 2 is also too easy because of it's new gameplay mechanic. The idea behind it is move who you think they're going to attack and attack who has already moved. The story is the biggest reason to play this as the story was great, the gameplay is the worst part about it, but even then atleast solid. And Grandia Xtreme only gets really difficult on the post game 100 floor dungeon. You don't even really need to grind to beat the game.
Brigandine is not easy but its a great game, I think you just need to have patience in the battles and knowledge with monsters you will use. Vagrant story's problem for me is getting lost in the dungeons. That's my opinion on vagrant story.
I may of been able to beat Persona on the ps1/psp also and Vargrant story but Ill say some battles were go fuck yourself hard sometimes. I have friends that couldn't finish them either. So I just put it down to as I just got into a groove and was able to see it through to the end. Everyone has different games that are hard to them each their own.
Persona 1 was not hard at all tho ? Even on the hardest difficulty and not doing ANY random encounters and instead only relying on the exp from boss battles the game was STILL mind numbingly easy
He already said he didn't care if others didn't think a game was hard on his list. Hard is subjective after all. Some people might think a game YOU thought was hard was piss easy.
@@Exalted-Beleth i just know that you never played persona 1 cause what I said was a fact , you can literally beat the final boss ( whose level 99 btw ) with a party made up of level 45 members.
Back when I had the time and the patience for that, I played through Persona 1 (the PS1 one) up to the final boss, which I'm quite sure isn't even the REAL final boss anyway. When I realized I had to grind more than I had already had, I just... stopped. I couldn't care anymore. I had better games to play. I still have the save file, but I don't think I'll ever pick it up.
Bro I love some of these games but I'm there with ya. Especially lord of arcana! I bought it in highschool and tried to play it again and again in an attempt to beat it to no avail. I agree with you, f*** those bosses!
I have beaten Persona 1. I admit that this game is very high for enemy ecounters and I hate grinding to make the ultimate persona to beat the final boss.
Persona 1 was pretty grindy but the combat was engaging and unique unlike in 2 (haven't finished yet but that's what I've gathered so far). P1 only becomes borderline unbearable with the grind and encounter rates during the last dungeon of the SQQ and the subsequent final boss.
Shame they didn't port the DS remake and it's Japan only sequel instead. When I saw the trailer I literally thought they were finally bringing over the Japan only Shadow Dragon sequel, that they had translated it and were releasing it on switch.
Yeah those early persona games combat systems and encounters very rough today. Such a Shame as the second game has a pretty nifty story. One day I'll get through them lol
Sadly you need that encounter rate, even battleing every enemy i came across i was so under leveled for the boss. I could only beat it by buying 99 reflect items lol. Snow queens quest was even worse! reflect items for the win
This channel's a hidden game, found so much good old games i missed, great because barely anything good comes out these days, time to play lord of apocalypse since from what i found out it's improved lord of arcana.
I finished P1 on PSP recently and while the encounter rate was annoying, using the talk feature with the spell cards was a great way to end battles fast and keep on exploring.
I actually finished vagrant story. The best tip is to have many weapons for each kind of enemy made of hagane at least. Save most of your healing items. Dominate the combo system and ALWAYS USE HERAKLES AND PROSTASIA ON EACH BOSS BATTLE! (Also save the crossbow for the final boss)
I WISH i knew about that crossbow tip before playing
@@Yerry11172 it's never too late! Such classic deserves attention! :)
Crossbow is my weapon... I wish SE make a remake of this game
The weapon system is the reason I dropped it, actually.
Constantly switching weapons depending on the enemy type felt like a chore.
Yeah I can also live without annoyingly high encounter rates. Sorry Persona 1.
Aaaaaand, without tons of annoying dialogues. Man, Persona series is not for me.
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Have a good day to all who read this and may fortune smile on you.
I owned Crystalis as a kid and beat it several times on my NES, but it definitely isn't easy. I had to wait until I read an article in Nintendo Power about how to find an important character hidden in one of the towns that allows you to progress to be able to finish the game. I love it and think it may be the best action RPG on the NES.
Loved Crystalis too. My favorite RPG on NES.
So, for Brigandine, you show gameplay of Grand Edition (Miguel shows as a Knight, in Legend of Forsena they are called Cavaliers). Grand Edition did have a tutorial section you could play to better understand the game. Sadly it was never localized in NA so the only way to play it is through emulation. Legend of Forsena, which was the one we got in NA on the PS1, did not have a tutorial. I'm trying to remember if it had a good instruction booklet, but I just can't remember, it was 20 something years ago.
on grandia extreme. Get the bow chick ( can't remember names ) and the axe wielder into the party. They have a combined move that is like a complete heal and status effect heal ( can't remember if revive KO ) for whole party in battle. Combine with meditate ( sp restoring B-rank skill on guard x 2 ) and you practically have immortality in battle.
Good video but once again you gotta get past the Minotaur boss (first real boss) before the gameplay actually gets going. Thats when you learn combos etc. Game also has its tutorial in menus that explains
you talking about the frickin phenomenal vagrant story? if so I agree, Only thing that game needed was a quick weapon swap with L2 or R2. save time in menu that way. Fantastic game.
I thought OP was talking about SMT IV for a second LMFAO
still tedious and each battle is boring, i quit VS because the game sucks not because it was difficult
Complete agree about Pandora Tower, the game had serious issues in the game mechanics, and the motion controller never settle really to the game, but not agree about Vagrant Story, that is a master piece, truly difficult, agree on that, I believe the real problem here is that the game doesn't explain it self, not to say about if you beat the game you are beating just like the 60 percent of the map...
I have to say I was one of the people who didn't know what they were getting into with grandia xtreme. I did manage to finish it but I remember looking at my brother and saying "that's it" wondering where the storyline, that i loved on the other grandias were....
I played and finished Pandoras Tower and Vagrant Story. First off, you don't have to use the wiimote for Pandoras Tower, just use the classic controller and feeding your gf the correct meats affects the ending. The game is fairly easy actually. As for Vagrant Story, you seem to be playing that game kinda wrong. First off, you're going to want to chain attacks and reflect or absorb attacks from enemies. It shouldn't be a 'hit for hit' situation. Some of the challenge will come in by working out timing for your various combo moves, as they will have different attack animations and timings for different attacks that you can assign(and also different areas on the enemy to target to chain attack which affect the enemies attack and/or movement). You're also going to want to forge some good weapons through combinations of different hilts and blades. Just use a guide to get your feet wet for the first quarter or so and you'll be good for the rest of it. Timing with long range can be a pain though, and the samey scenery can be annoying. Still, both Pandoras Tower and Vagrant Story are easily manageable(enough) and fun once you know what you're doing.
I finished my play through with the wiimote for Pandoras Tower, but that won't be everyone's cup of tea. I do strongly advise you to back to these games and try them out with my suggestions(or anyone reading this). You still might not like the games afterwards, but you'll get a better understanding of the games maybe.
Dude your videos are so damn great! I've only started watching your content for a week now and I never get bored of your videos. Keep up the awesome work!
I love Vandal Hearts 2, I played it many times, it's so much better than the first one imo, I really enjoyed the simultaneous movement, it was unique.
And the story 👌
When someone is talking about high encounter rate it always reminds me only one game with truly high encounter rate - SMT I
Smt?... Shake My T(i)ts?... oh Shin megami tensei, sorry.
Vagrant Story... How I enjoyed that game... Back into a time where I had, well, time. The game requires tons of commitment in terms of time studying crafting, battle system, different weapons, enemy weakness, just from the top of my head. I'm glad I was able to finish it (it had a similar mechanic to new game + if I remember correctly).
Vandal Hearts 2 synchronous system complaints were always silly to me because what it really amounts is wasting the first turn to see which enemy is paired with your characters and in what order the non-paired ones will react. That's it. If anything AI's overreliance on back attacks makes the fights REAL easy because you learn how to lead enemies to slash at empty air.
I didn't complete it, but i made use of the dual-action system to get enemy spellcasters to waste their MP before engaging.
@@leonard9624Can't remember if there was difficulties aside from the different ending possibilities. Then again, I also grinding till i got the hitpoints and things that the weapons and armor 'allowed' you to raise to.
Man you are a riot!! I have been watching a bunch of your videos lately and you and you are very informative and entertaining. Keep it up man!!
Erick we need part 3
From the list, i only played Vagrant Story and Persona 1. I managed to finished Vagrant Story though which imho the mechanic is easy to understand. But yeah the enemies was quite challenging, especially towards the end including the final boss. I spent an hour+ just to beat the final boss.
I've started keeping a note pad or word doc open when watch your videos because I inevitably learn about at least 1 or 2 new, interesting games every time you upload!
Also, fwiw, I'm a huuuge fan of Vagrant Story, it's my favorite PS1 RPG, but I think you made some good points. Honestly wasn't until my second playthrough that I fully understood the combat, and even then it was a while longer before I got the crafting and enemy weakness systems. It's a weird one, for sure.
Vagrant Story is on my backlog and I really do look forward to trying that one out! That's super high praise as well (Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy IX would be my personal Top 2 RPGs on the system.) I'll definitely have to spend some time on VS soon!
I literally just won Persona 1 on PSP today. Loved it, just like all the other Persona games!
Vagrant story is really hard untill the first boss. Once you learn how to chain attacks, this game opens up. Go play it again :)
Wow, P1 made the list? Well, at least I can feel good about myself for a few seconds, seeing as I successfully completed both the Snow Queen and SEBEC routes with the best endings. Not sure if that is what you wanted to achieve, but thanks for giving me a confidence boost! Now where did I put that hammer so I can use it on my head as I go back to playing my current game...
Hey Erick. What is that game on your shelf that is under the pile of your 3DS games? Is that a big box limited edition of ragnarok tactics for PSP?
Hey what about doing top 10 easiest games??
He made a couple of these à long time ago IIRC.
1. Persona 5
2. Persona 5
3. Persona 5
4. Persona 5
5. Persona 5
6. Persona 5
7. Persona 5
8. Persona 5
9. Persona 5
10. Persona 5
Arc the lad and lunar legend should be number one BOTH!
I 100% agree about “Vagrant Story”! I just could never get into or enjoy the battle system, but loved the story, characters, and graphics.
Seme with me, luckelly I had a friend that loved it...So I just sat back and enjoyed the rideXD
Brigandine is one of the best game I've ever played, so many variations and space to explore. Its very smart, well designed in my opinion
the switch one? the ps1 is poorly design especially the balance.
@@zeosummers3984 I just like it a lot, played all kingdoms including the purple one. Can't get enough of it
@@zeosummers3984 I played and beat the first one 2-3 time. One of my favorite !
I wish more modern JRPGs were difficult or featured a hard mode. It feels like the genre just keeps getting easier and it makes it really hard for me to stay engaged.
I understand that they want to be welcoming to beginners and people who don't want to fuss with hard games, but well balanced adjustable difficulty settings really could keep everyone happy. (From the start though please! Having to re-purchase a new edition, wait for an update, or finish the game on normal mode before you can pick it certainly isn't ideal!)
Fucking love Brigandine.
Probably the best SRPG ever.
Usually in these videos I’ve never even heard of a lot of these games, but I just finished Persona 1’s second route like two days ago and I have to agree. I ended up using online map guides for some of the dungeons because with all those encounters it would’ve taken forever, especially in those timed SQQ towers
One of the best JRPG channels on YT. Highly recommend.
Grandia Xtreme is my favorite game in the series, i don't think the dungeons hard to navigate, they just have simple puzzle but it's indeed has boost in difficulty when you arrive at certain points on the game. Vagrant Story is indeed quite a hard game, but it's also pretty good for me.
Agree 100%
I had a rough time figuring out how to recruit the demons when it came to the first Persona game.
What I did was use this website : persona1.wikidot.com/demoncontact . All you really need to use demon negotiation for is to make the demon have the "eager" status so you can get spell cards for new Personas. About halfway down the page, there's a table of what action to choose to get the demon into the "eager" status. Just match up the personality type of the demon with the chart. For example, Slime has the personality traits of "foolish" and "gloomy," so responses like Maki's "Lie" or Nanjo's "Sarcasm" may work. There is always a bit of RNG with these responses, though.
This mechanics alongside the encounter rate turned me away from persona 1 and 2.
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I'll try my luck with that because i want to try and beat persona 1 & 2 along with the psp persona 2 that way i can see all that happened since it ties into persona 3 very well
I beat the whole game with the starting demons. It’s rly easy just use a bunch of M-guards for the final fight in Sebec route. (Only played ps1 version)
I beat Warsong on the Genesis, but I had to grind using the level select cheat and it is the only RPG I used a cheat to complete. When Warsong ignores the troop strengths and weaknesses, it is because you are too far away from your commander or are fighting on terrain that is either disadvantageous for your unit type and/or advantageous to theirs. In Warsong, terrain modifies your AT/DEF, just like in Shining Force where it can give you a DEF boost.
The first time i played Brigandine I lost track of time so badly I forgot to go to sleep and almost missed the deadline to call off for my shift the next day.
@Arren Daman For obvious reasons(best game eve!)
And i'm sure it was worth it because the game looks amazing, i have the ps1 enhanced edition fan translated and i hope to get to it one day, it looks so unique with some total war aspects.
HI Erick, Just saying if u want to curse use spanish to ur advantage and say curse in english and spanish. that would be more interesting
I remember putting down infinite undiscovery because I didn't have the time for it, not sure it was actually too hard, but I took a few attempts to get anywhere in it and put it down and never picked it back up. Does anyone think I should revisit it or just spend my time with one of the many greats I've never played?
have you tried the new Brigandine on Switch? I think they improved the tutorials b/c I really enjoyed it + felt I understood it lol
Too bad the art style.. leaves a lot to be desired
@@sharebear421 Aww it's too bad you don't like it. I love the new style
Old art style is better
@@jhon1406 Brigandine is one of the best strategic RPG I played in my life. :D
I bought the one on Switch but don't have the time to play it.
Kinda liked the PSP port of Persona even with the hi encounter rate. What made me rage though is that halfway through the game you are asked 3 questions I believe. If you do not answer correctly you can't access the final chapter of the game... I'm not going through that game a second time...
lol wut. Imagine if the original Pokemon ended on Cinnabar Island because you got a quiz question wrong
@@poopikins At least if the game ended as soon as you missed a question, you could load. But it freakin screws you way down the path so even if you do have a save just before the questions you lose a bunch of hours...
@@poopikins So like if you answered a quiz question wrong in Saffron City and then the game ended after Cinnabar Island with no explanation.
@@lambertar oh that's even worse
for me it's final fantasy 12. i've tried it 3x now + can never get into how empty the game feels. i love the idea of the gambits + the dual-job system, but it just doesn't hook me. :(
Yeah it's the MMO style areas. Too large and empty for single player. The main story is also just a bit of a snooze-fest.
I really enjoyed the combat and character relationships, like Balthier and Fran's
I have played around 17 different Final Fantasy's. Final Fantasy 12 took me 70+ hours to beat the main story the first time. That makes it one of the longest main stories in Final Fantasy.
It wasn't the summon battles with Ultima and Zodiark? My data corrupted when the last challenge I had was Tiamit.
True...i really lost interest in ff series after playing games released after ff X...i just cant get the same feels as older ff games
@@Leo-uy1ic Final Fantasy X is my 4th favorite Final Fantasy out of the 17 I played. 13-2 is my personal favorite. Great gameplay with monster collecting mechanics. You can also customize your monsters and have a good selection of monsters to capture. The creatures join your party as your third party member. While Serah (Lightnings younger sister) and Noel (a time traveling hunter) make up the other two party members.
Damn Vagrant Story. I wanted to love that game. I tried around 4 times always believing that I was doing the things right each time, but always ended up doing 1 to 0hp of damage to Enemies, never understood why
Where did you get that sick hat?
Just wanted to say, I love your videos :D
I hope you don't have the bugged version of Pandora's Tower. Or otherwise there is a high save destruction potential at the end.
Brigandine was one of my cousin's kid's favorite game. He actually beat it. How the hell he beat it was beyond me but he did it. He beat it with the stupid clown lord thing
I beat this game 2-3 times. My favorite strategic RPG of these times !
@@micky4831 I may give this another chance now that I'm older and less stupid with strategy games. Which lord do you think is the best one to start out with since I don't know anything about how to even start with this one?
@@sonicwma0105 play the remaster on Switch and begin by the North Nation.... this is the most easy nation to begin with. move all your monster on all the fortress where there are ennemis near to back-up more these fortress. You have to do some battle to grind some monsters first before taken ennemis fortress. They will evolve and become more powerful. With time you have to buy more to attack and defend more fortress.
Lord of Arcana: My thoughts exactly. I thought it would be good from the demo I played, but I just could not get through it.
I have finished Pandora's tower, but it wasn't easy; not because of the gameplay itself but because i met a game crashing bug when i try to enter one of the towers. Had to do a lot of Google and trial and error to circumvent that
yeah, sadly, the us version had a bug on disc toward the end game, at least, i was able to finish the game, also, got the perfect ending. very rewarding since i did my utmost to save her.
One interesting TBS JRPG on the PS one was Vanguard Bandits. Kind of like Escaflowne it is a medevil setting where everyone uses mechs. That game was HARD. It got to the point where back in the day I had to use a game shark to finish it. MAYBE i was too dumb and missed some important game mechanics and made it harder for myself but YEEZUS. I recall there was an alternate path you could take at the begining and one of the first missions down that path was like a 2 v 15 battle.
if the encounter rates are too high then use estoma. Haven't you played a megaten game before?
I have to admit, I smiled when Vagrant Story came up, one of my all time fav PS1 games and one of the first I finished at that, sure the forest was a bit anoying but I loved the combat and magic system, and the story was amazing
When a discord to talk with anyone that like JRPG ?
Hybrid Heaven. I can't ever get through the third main area because there's no way to recover health outside of your very limited supply of items (no shops!), your power and HP increase very slowly while the enemies get stronger much faster, and you can't return to a previous area to grind once you've completed it. It also does the Final Fantasy 2 thing where the only way to get more defense on a body part is to get hit there repeatedly, and the only way to make a body part stronger offensively is to use it to attack dozens of times.
This rock and roll intro is so damn good🤟🏻
Crystalis I got about a year after its release. It was on a fantastic sale and it looked fun from the box shots. I can honestly tell you, this was the kind of game Nintendo Power and Strategy Mags were made for since the cryptic nature of this game stopped me dead in my tracks within the first hour. The game does a horrible job of explaining things when you really need help knowing what to do. I, to this day, have never ever finished this game. If and when I do, I will be seeking help...for getting through the game....and for me after because I will probably be insane.
I beat Pandora’s Tower way back before. I remember repeating the stage many times a lot just only to remember the smooth way to progress the story.
Persona 1 huh 🤔 even for me who played pokémon series I didn't find it too difficult on normal at least 😅
Well, at least you can avoid encounters in Pokémon
Pokemon games are p(i)ss easy, especially the newer brain dead ones, the next one will play for you instead.
I actually beat and won the game Crystalis on NES. The final boss was way too easy for me. The game wasn't that hard as I had a game guide to look up online.
Brigadine was so easy if you have know how to make a formation of your monster, i have finish with all the characters and all the difficulties, and i have also finish the Japanese version: the Grand Edition, basically just place your monster with Tanks in front, archers, then magician, you could defeat everyone 😁
I beat Xenosaga 2! Finished the story. I have no interest in beating the optional hard bosses in the game. Really happy that this one is done.
Well done! I personally ADORE the Xenosaga trilogy (particularly Episodes I and III) but my least favorite was definitely Ep. II. The focus on Jr. was superb and the story was fantastic but the game felt like more of a grind-fest than the other two games at times. The production quality wasn't as good either. In any case, I pretty much did everything in the game during my initial playthrough and you aren't missing much to be honest. It's kind of cool to do everything but during my second playthough, I did exactly what you did. I was too excited to reach Episode III I suppose. ;)
@@tigmo55 yeah I own 3 as well. I look forward to seeing how it ends.
@@redstratus97 WOW!!! You haven't played 3 yet? I am SO jealous! That game is literally in my Top 3-5 video games EVER made. It's that great IMO! The soundtrack is S-tier all the way (the game has like 10-15 amazing battle/boss tracks) and the ending is truly unforgettable. You are in for a treat my friend. A very special treat! Take your time and just enjoy the game. It looks great, the battle system is simple but fun, and the story is incredible. Truly one of the greatest games ever made. How's that for a set-up? :)
@@tigmo55 others have told me the same. I was happy to find a CIB copy many months ago. I already owned 1 and 2 and wanted all 3. 3 wasn’t cheep to get though. I traded in a couple of games to bring down the price. When I got it, I was in the middle of the first game and was loving it so I really wanted to experience the whole story. I look forward to it.
@@redstratus97 that is too cool! I was one of the lucky ones who bought the game brand new back in 2006 when it was released. My younger sister of all people was curious about the series and she encouraged me to purchase the game. Needless to say...I'm glad that she did what she did! You did the RIGHT thing too. The Xenosaga series must be played in order to fully appreciate it.
Ah Crystalis, takes me back to my youth when I had more patience and didn't rage at video games. Good times.
I beat brigandine as a student several times (and several versions). Is't easy
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Good vid Eric. Keep it up.
Once again, you called out so many games I own that I’ll never beat for the same reasons, except Crystalis. As hard as it was, I beat it eventually because I did enjoy certain aspects of it. But I admit, I think I used codes, lol!
You just made me feel really good about myself man. I beat Crystalis for the NES! You are absolutely right though. If you don't use a walkthrough or a guide of sort kind, it's REALLY hard to figure out. I managed to figure most of the game out but there were some sections that were crazy hard.
Vagrant Story! I tried so hard to complete as a kid, couldn't do it... great list!
Persona 1 portable was probably the hardest game i ever beat. I rage quit numerous times, but I kept coming back to it over the years. So satisfying finally beating it.
Grandia xtreme was such a shame a fun battle system but that was all it had going for it
I enjoyed Grande Xtreme but man, everything aside the battle mechanics and music was meh.
wheres the thumbnail art from
Its from persona 1
@@IJES5 *really??* dam i know im not too familiar with the characters but i must have brainrot to not recognise them lmfao. thanks!!
Extremely hard hardcore MF games.
Hey man you should try the wizardry games on the snes (translated), you are going to love them... just don't play with any gun around you... and actually i don't think you would love them lol.
But if you feel a little masochistic, just see how much you hate them.
Too bad you'll never beat Brigandine, best game ever made. Also, the video was showing gameplay from Brigandine Grand Edition with an English patch and not Brigandine Legend of Forsena.
That being said, not sure what the big deal is about the maps, even when you were complaining about it your movement range was already halfway to the enemy It's not too difficult though, all it is is about positioning your knights to defend while sending others to attack.
If I can almost solo(should have, I made the mistake of not casing cure instead of heal,) a single well, sort of stacked in my favor of not very difficult battle with a single knight, it obviously means the game isn't that hard. And what's not to get, you move and attack or cast magic. Like any TRPG it's about positioning. Although in this case once you're in the middle of battle there's too much going on that positioning is more so what characters go where as there's no getting out of battle once you're in outside of withdrawing with specific characters or fleeing altogether.
This is the absolute greatest game of all time.
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Vandal Hearts 2 is also too easy because of it's new gameplay mechanic. The idea behind it is move who you think they're going to attack and attack who has already moved. The story is the biggest reason to play this as the story was great, the gameplay is the worst part about it, but even then atleast solid.
And Grandia Xtreme only gets really difficult on the post game 100 floor dungeon. You don't even really need to grind to beat the game.
Brigandine is not easy but its a great game, I think you just need to have patience in the battles and knowledge with monsters you will use. Vagrant story's problem for me is getting lost in the dungeons. That's my opinion on vagrant story.
I found Pandoras Tower surprisinlgy easy, but where is Natural Doctrine.
For me, Pandora tower is really good game. I really love in game control.
I may of been able to beat Persona on the ps1/psp also and Vargrant story but Ill say some battles were go fuck yourself hard sometimes. I have friends that couldn't finish them either. So I just put it down to as I just got into a groove and was able to see it through to the end. Everyone has different games that are hard to them each their own.
Vagrant Story isn't very hard. You just have to learn to use the crafting system and remember to buff/debuff when facing bosses and harder enemies.
I beat Warsong 1 on the Sega Genesis though it was not easy at all. That game is quite brutal.
Persona 1 was not hard at all tho ? Even on the hardest difficulty and not doing ANY random encounters and instead only relying on the exp from boss battles the game was STILL mind numbingly easy
Exactly i beat the game when i was 15 years old ,it was easy
He already said he didn't care if others didn't think a game was hard on his list. Hard is subjective after all. Some people might think a game YOU thought was hard was piss easy.
@@Exalted-Beleth but heres the thing , persona 1 is objectively not a hard game .
@@conansglasses2645 Okay? But that's an opinion and an opinion can't be a fact. :^)
@@Exalted-Beleth i just know that you never played persona 1 cause what I said was a fact , you can literally beat the final boss ( whose level 99 btw ) with a party made up of level 45 members.
I would’ve thought you put nocturne somewhere in the list. Was it in part 1 of the series?
It was number 1 on part 1
One game I played as a kid which is in the category of how do I play this. Power Monger for the Sega Genesis.
Back when I had the time and the patience for that, I played through Persona 1 (the PS1 one) up to the final boss, which I'm quite sure isn't even the REAL final boss anyway. When I realized I had to grind more than I had already had, I just... stopped. I couldn't care anymore. I had better games to play. I still have the save file, but I don't think I'll ever pick it up.
i have not played the first persona yet but it looks like the second one , way too many random encounter in maze dungeons, still i love persona 2
I love your channel. It showed me Legend of heros trails of cold steel. I love those games thanks for the awesome channel
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Damnnnnn savage!
Bro I love some of these games but I'm there with ya. Especially lord of arcana! I bought it in highschool and tried to play it again and again in an attempt to beat it to no avail. I agree with you, f*** those bosses!
Pandora tower is my nightmare.
I have beaten Persona 1. I admit that this game is very high for enemy ecounters and I hate grinding to make the ultimate persona to beat the final boss.
Drakengard,theres Pc game:Drakan -1999,not Rpg,but similar in visuals.
When you think that a Wii Gane is a problem so you ARE the problem...😎
Wow do you beat games
Persona 1 is awful. Tried 3x to play, even once on PSP, and it's just impossible to like.
Maybe if you're some kind of Persona 5 loving normie trash that's allergic to good games and difficulty.
The only thing hard about Pandora’s tower was the controls
Persona 1 was pretty grindy but the combat was engaging and unique unlike in 2 (haven't finished yet but that's what I've gathered so far). P1 only becomes borderline unbearable with the grind and encounter rates during the last dungeon of the SQQ and the subsequent final boss.
Since you love your tactical RPG's, you'll likely love the fact that Nintendo'll finally release the first ever Fire Emblem soon on the Switch.
Shame they didn't port the DS remake and it's Japan only sequel instead. When I saw the trailer I literally thought they were finally bringing over the Japan only Shadow Dragon sequel, that they had translated it and were releasing it on switch.
Never skip ads for the king💞
Yeah those early persona games combat systems and encounters very rough today. Such a Shame as the second game has a pretty nifty story. One day I'll get through them lol
Sadly you need that encounter rate, even battleing every enemy i came across i was so under leveled for the boss. I could only beat it by buying 99 reflect items lol.
Snow queens quest was even worse! reflect items for the win
Bosses in Zelda Gb games are hard too.