Xenogears was released unfinished and is still one of the top JRPGs ever made. I would love to see a finished remake but that will likely never happen.
@@Hyperion_Dark I agree, the best, even unfinished. I would be happy with a remaster, doesn't need to be a complete remake like FF7. Remastered graphics and a proper CD2 is all I would ask for.
I could never really get into Jrpgs that much, but I really enjoyed completing Chrono Cross on the ps1. Its such a unique timeless game. The music is really special too.
What I learned from watching your channel is that you and I have somewhat different ideas about what a good RPG is, but I still try my best to catch up with your videos here and there. It's nice to see someone who thinks differently for a change. However, even though I accept that our tastes differ, I was still surprised to see Vagrant Story so low on this list. If anything, this only cemented my perception that we see games very differently, and there's nothing wrong with that.
I wasn't a fan of vagrant story although I know a lot of people were, just different strokes for different folks I guess, I also am not a big fan of persona games either although the rest of the world doesn't seem to share my opinion. I've played a lot of JRPGs over the years and for me the PS1/Saturn era was the best.
Can't agree with Chrono Cross. Too much grind, too many ultimately inconsequential characters, the combat system isn't that innovative with its combo system and just feels like something added on for more button presses, and combat is insanely slow-paced in general. On the plus side, the story is good and the sound/music is incredible, as well as the artwork. Final Fantasy 6 would have taken top slot for me, with 2) Final Fantasy Tactics 3) FF9 4) Chrono Trigger.
@Rick Deckard Agreed, especially the storyline for FF6. A lot of people complain about the lack of a clear protagonist and antagonist for FF6 but I think they're missing the entire point of the plot =) The characterization for the party, nonetheless, was on point. Both FF6 and FFT are incredibly dark worlds, but with meaningful stories built on existentialism.
@@VesperAegis I can't get behind FF9 as a top title. I just played through it again and it just felt like a slog the whole way through. The battles are so slow. It's insane how slow they are. Chrono Cross suffers from the same problem, though I did like the elemental system. Agree with the grind on CC as well. The other issue is having to go back to a map over and over again, and there isn't enough change between the 2 worlds to make it interesting. FF6 tops for sure. I'd follow that up with (not in order, too hard to decide) Parasite Eve 1, FF4, Xenogears, and Vagrant Story.
The best FF IMO, in my case mi first FF was FF7, I played FF6 many years later on the GBA, by that time I was already finished FF12 and still I think it's the best FF, I just love Figaro brothers.
Secret of Mana is to me one of the best action RPGs I've ever played. I felt they dialed that game in to be fun, colorful, interesting and hard to put down. That era had some amazing experiences within. Every time I hear the Secret of Mana soundtrack it brings back great memories. A lot of this list I agree with the placement of but Secret of Mana I would have placed a lot higher. Its too bad that game's remaster was not very good.
I think Legend and Trials were the best among the titles in the Mana franchise. I grew up in the Playstation era so it just might be my biased opinion.
For me its the most overrated. I had 3 or 4 very close friends as a kid and we were all into RPGs heavily. We freaked when we heard a multiplayer rpg was coming out. But for some reason, we all just couldnt get into SOM. Not one of us. We put it down and went right back to tegular single-player RPGs
Very cool list from a great time for RPGs. I think you’d like Secret of Evermore and Mana a lot more if you learn the battle mechanics properly. I love how Square is going back to their old catalogue and bringing stuff up like Front Mission and Live Alive
Front MIssion, Final Fantasy 3 and Secret of Mana on the Snes are my favorites. The Squaresoft games on the Snes were heaven on earth. Losing Squaresoft to Playstation (Sony) was a huge fail for Nintendo.
It was probably because Squaresoft want to integrate a lot more into their games, which will increase the memory the games consume. The cartridge is the worst thing for larger games, and Playstation was willing to accomodate a lot of indie games into their console. SEGA could have contested Playstation since they were the first one to use compact disks for their games, but I am not sure if they did and failed, or they just didn't try to.
@@fralion0714 well its not an argument its straight facts every game company is greedy why do you think they compete with each other you think they do that for fun no
secret of ever more was my all time favorit. the story was awesome, the music was awesome, and the alchemy system was absolutely unique! plus it was funny, gameplay was good and the graphics were beautiful
I thought I would hate it, but it was great. It had the best atmosphere of any RPG I've played. I liked that the game really incentivized you to explore and search EVERYTHING. Combat was tougher than mana but it just forced you to learn the game better. Very under-rated game both today and at the time.
I know right. It had one of Jeremy Seoules first soundtracks. I still play Horace’s Camp from time to time. I can’t believe he scored this game lower than mystic quest 🤦🏻♂️
Secret of Mana is more nostalgic for people that got the original game when it first came out, its actually really cool and its a 1-3 player too. One of the best RPG's of its time, you'd have to play it on its release date, now when i pick it up I don't feel that amazing gameplay feeling I had when I was 12 and playing it for the first time.
Yaasss queen FF9 is my favorite with 4. I play one or both at least once every other year. I wish they returned to making games like that instead of the leather clad, dark, modern city type games. They've done soo many! Heck Strangers of Paradise is another, but no high fantasy fairytale worlds.
Great video, informative as usual and respect for giving FF8 credit where credit it due. I also loved FF8 back then, didnt understand the controversy. It was a fun system imo, one of the best ff stories. I just wish they remade it. Hey ,just 25k more subs and you'll get to 100k. I demand you achieve this before Christmas!
@@medmuscle Well he really has no idea where he is since he teleports in time to another completely different world to him. He couldnt understand anything. Even then, he didnt end that bad didnt he? He finished his job there even if the end was near and the dream over.
Yuna might be my favorite female lead character in an FF game she was handled far better than Tifa, Aerith and Rinoa. I hate it when female characters simp for the male lead so I usually gravitate to the likes of Yuffie, Selphie and Rikku who are more fun.
I had save files with well over 100 hours on FF7 and 8 200 on X unforgettable experiences. Can't wait to finally play Chrono Cross that soundtrack is special I value music far more than graphics.
Saga Frontier 2 is crazy hard, damn near impossible without a walkthrough... got the game in my highschool days I still haven't finished it and i'm now 40+
It's a mainstay on my vita... what a great premise, I'd have loved to see that series enter the modern HD era, maybe give it a "warriors" spinoff... mecha madness!!!
Fm3 is one of the initial game that start my love for strategy genre. My fav is always build my frontline with shotgun and machine gun with high skill activation to abuse rofup, and my back fighter with one with missile and the other with pilot eject skill, with that build will never let me down
Vagrant story’s combat centered around the crafting. You have to equip gear that exploits the weakness of a specific type of enemy. In that sense, it can get grindy to craft the right gear for the right parts of the dungeon. I gave up at first too, but was compelled try again and with better sucess the second time around. The other important distinction is that it takes place in Ivalice, and shares the tone and story rich style as FFT.
@@danielmales123 true. Though vagrant story came out in the same console generation. The connection to Ivalice was also less obvious in Vagrant Story. It came out long before the Ivalice Alliance was a thing.
Xenogears was my first rpg game. Chrono cross and ff8 are on top 3 imo. I would be really interested if they expound on the world of ivalice and ff8 more, but thats just wishful thinking since ff7 pays the bills.
I absolutely love saga frontier 2. It was the 1st real RPGI played on my PS1 back in the day. I still have notebooks floating around that have all the combos of equipment and elements and stuff that you can equip to different party members to get all the combo moves in battle.
My no.1 favorite Squaresoft RPG - which is also my no.1 favorite game of all time - is still Xenogears. I couldn't get enough of how incredible it is in terms of story, characters, music, and even robots. Despite all the issues on Disc 2 due to its rushed development, I still find the game as a whole to be a really well-done RPG. Below Xenogears are Chrono Trigger, Kingdom Hearts 1, Final Fantasy VI, and... well, since the original Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3) didn't officially come out in NA until the Switch release, I'll have to settle with Secret of Mana. Otherwise, Trials of Mana would be on my list.
I wish more old school style RPGs used that bubble battle system. Parasite Eve and Vagrant Story, I just always liked the feel of combat. And you're absolutely right, Vagrant Story is hard as balls. I bought it on release and still have it. I try to play it once every few years, and I can never get very far. I just suck with upgrading my gear attuning it or something cause I'll be fighting these big enemies and only be doing 1-2 pts of dmg regardless of what weapon I am using. Maybe I just suck, but I still agree that it is really hard.
Alot of classic games here 😎👌 I played most of them and grew up with them starting with finaL fantasy on nes. Always loved the stories and adventures and depth that other games seemed to lack? Thanks for reminding ding me about some of these nostalgic masterpieces(crono trigger, crono cross, parasite eve, xenogers, ff7, fft,ff8, ff9, ff2, ff3 it's hard to puck favorites cuz I love alot of squaresoft/squareenix stuff)
Vagrant Story is a VERY, VERY underrated game. Its hard, the controls are kinda weird, the story is confusing, but once you get used to how to navigate and how things work its REALLY good. Oh wow, ranking FFT BEFORE FF8? 😨 Well, preferences will be preferences I guess.
There were many things I knew I would disagree with this video on but one thing I was surprised to find myself agreeing with is that I adore Quistis. As for why we didn't get Front Mission 1 on the SNES I've always suspected a major part of it is that all too many SNES SRPG publishers conceded the field to the Genesis without a fight.
Front Mission 3 and 4 are awesome. I have played 1 and honestly i didn't think it was anywhere near as good. I am very pleased that we are finally going to get an official english version of 2.
Final Fantasy is Still The Number1 Rpg in The World, No Other Rpg Can Best it and its still The Most Popular One, its Square Enix Best Game, They Make Lots Money off Final Fantasy, its Fanbase is Huge and its My Favorite , its The Number1 Rpg Believe it or Not its The Truth, Cloud & Sephiroth in Super Smash Bros is Another Good example, and i Love Fantasy.
Vagrant story needs an HD remaster more than most games that have gotten one. The art style is beautiful, but the aliasing makes it hard to see how good the art is
FF IV's story is pretty interesting, especially in the last 1/3 of the game. However I hated the constant fake deaths. EDIT: Nice top though, FF IX is my fav in the series. And prob my fav Square game. I also prefer Cross to Trigger, but never beat either of them. Currently busy with Trails games so playing Cross with the remaster will have to wait
A true gamers favourite game of all time is not just the 1 game but all the games that make it into the list, a game is merely a flavour to choose from. I couldn't favourite Strawberry over Chocolate lol
In FFT, get the alchemist leveled up, buy Phoenix downs, then go past Sweegy woods and just wash the undead by throwing the Phoenix downs on them.easy xp.
Great video. Could you do a nintendo DS and 3DS ranking? Maybe also show your collection of both those consoles? You must be excited to see a new valkyrie profile
Parasite Eve 1 and 2 are my favourite horror games ff6 and 9 are my favourites 7 deserves a lot though and still believe personally that ffX has the best combat but each to their own just anything by square, long as it doesn't turn out to be a mess pulls out real decent games.
I'm still so surprised you don't love FF Tactics, especially with how much you enjoy strategy RPGS. While the War of the Lions remake was great, I'd love to see another one where it can fully flesh out the story. This game even inspired me to come up with a much larger and complex job system. Just need to come up with a story to go with it haha.
The fact you put Saga Frontier so low broke my heart. One of my favorites from the ps1. But I accept you say it's just not a game you enjoyed. The remaster is great. I would recommend it over the original for ease of life updates.
Weird seeing kingdom hearts under something like ff legend 2. I think this is the first time I heard someone say they never finished KH. Such a masterpiece! Of course, 2 is better imo.
Now this is one of your best videos since I was also a Squaresoft kid and grew up with all these games. I've played them all and beat them all too except the Saga games 1 and 2 on the ps1 since I gave up on them eventually. Most I played in the 90s and early 2000s when I was a kid and teen. While I agree with most of your list and I'd put Saga frontier games at the bottom, I'd also put the FF legend games at the bottom too even though I beat them all too. Even secret of evermore was better than them imo. My top favourite however in Xenogears as #1 as all time favourite Square game. CT is slightly better than CC for me even though I also played CC first when I first got a ps1. So it's a tough choice and even my username on the internet is from these games and my love for the FF franchise, so all the FF games are pretty high up there for me as well. Mario rpg was my very first jrpg in the 90s and got me into jrpgs. Kingdom hearts, yes, even the first one, I'd place higher than most of the ones you did as well.
Definitely respect your personal ranking, specifically how you admit that a lot of it is based on nostalgia, for myself top 3 is FF7, FFIV, Chrono Trigger in no specific order, because which ever one I think about, that becomes my favourite lol. In the end Squaresoft owns my heart.
Will always love my vita because that's how I played so many amazing ps one classics for the first time like final fantasy vii, xenogears, chrono trigger, grandia, etc. Still need to tackle Chrono Cross and FFIX
I actually love Secret of Evermore I would put it in the top half maybe even top 10, but I haven’t actually played every single game so maybe that would lower it. At any rate I really enjoyed that game as a kid.
Yeah it's such an underrated game. People shat on it on release because it wasn't Secret of Mana 2 and it was never really able to shake that perception.
For me, FF VIII one of the best of all too. I only get to know that many people hated it this days. Always loved to try to build the best combination so everyone could get the best stats at the end.
Playing 8 remastered right now, it’s an innovative approach and very unique in its leveling style Triple Triad, story, carding and modding items makes the game more interesting
Totally agree that Final Fantasy 8 is great, anyone thinking otherwise probably never played it to any decent length at all. It easily have some of the best moments in any RPG ever made.
The style totally feels up my ally. The characters look so cool! And that music is AMAZING!! It will be my final big final Fantasy after (almost) completing 1,4,5,6,7,9 and 10! (stopped playing 12 after 20 hours and still waiting for the story to begin! 😂)
Final Fantasy 8 is favorite RPG just after... Every other RPG I ever played. Forgettable characters, confusing story, not profound not complex... Just confusing and badly written. Stupid and boring magic System (extract few from extraction points? R u kidding me?) Music and visuals are great of course. But you just do not expect anything less from a Saga with so much money behind...
I was excited about FFVIII after beating VII and FFT multiple times. I was so hyped watching the FFVIII trailer! Then I played it and beat it. While a great game with unforgettable characters, the Draw and Junctioning system was about as fun as the random encounters in FFI. I’ve played it through a few times, but I would rank it below IX, X, Tactics, and VII, in that order.
@@dycedarg19 I believe the remaster had some things to help with the junction system. I'm really spooked about the levels of enemies going up with you. I don't know if it'll be worth even fighting random battles!
At this point I'd be disappointed if Chrono Cross was anywhere but #1 on these lists. I'm looking forward to playing it again when it's released. You sir have excellent taste in RPGs.
FFX was the very first ps2 game I bought before even buying the console lol and I had lost it for about half year and I haven't had a chance to played it yet.
Hello, my favorite console Jrpg youtuber. Can you make Nintendo DS ranking video ? I add the ranking video of psp ranking, but i need another portable console ranking video for my collection.
I'd rank emo moody lame teenager higher over HA HA HA Boi any day of the week. That being said FFX still has the best battle system of all numbered FF in my opinion.
Xenogears was released unfinished and is still one of the top JRPGs ever made. I would love to see a finished remake but that will likely never happen.
I would love to see a finished final fantasy 15.
Xenogears was by far the best, even as it is.
@@Hyperion_Dark I agree, the best, even unfinished.
I would be happy with a remaster, doesn't need to be a complete remake like FF7.
Remastered graphics and a proper CD2 is all I would ask for.
We Need Xenosaga Epidode 4 as well
no it wasnt
I could never really get into Jrpgs that much, but I really enjoyed completing Chrono Cross on the ps1. Its such a unique timeless game. The music is really special too.
Finally, playing every Squaresoft game was actually useful to me xd gonna enjoy this
What I learned from watching your channel is that you and I have somewhat different ideas about what a good RPG is, but I still try my best to catch up with your videos here and there. It's nice to see someone who thinks differently for a change. However, even though I accept that our tastes differ, I was still surprised to see Vagrant Story so low on this list. If anything, this only cemented my perception that we see games very differently, and there's nothing wrong with that.
I wasn't a fan of vagrant story although I know a lot of people were, just different strokes for different folks I guess, I also am not a big fan of persona games either although the rest of the world doesn't seem to share my opinion. I've played a lot of JRPGs over the years and for me the PS1/Saturn era was the best.
Great list Erick. The original parasite eve is still in my top 20 games but I'm still hoping that one day we'll see a parasite eve remake 🙏.
Can't agree more, Squaresoft have so much great RPGs, glad to see FF IX and Chrono Cross are on top of the list!
Can't agree with Chrono Cross. Too much grind, too many ultimately inconsequential characters, the combat system isn't that innovative with its combo system and just feels like something added on for more button presses, and combat is insanely slow-paced in general. On the plus side, the story is good and the sound/music is incredible, as well as the artwork. Final Fantasy 6 would have taken top slot for me, with 2) Final Fantasy Tactics 3) FF9 4) Chrono Trigger.
@Rick Deckard Agreed, especially the storyline for FF6. A lot of people complain about the lack of a clear protagonist and antagonist for FF6 but I think they're missing the entire point of the plot =) The characterization for the party, nonetheless, was on point. Both FF6 and FFT are incredibly dark worlds, but with meaningful stories built on existentialism.
As they should be 👍
@@VesperAegis I can't get behind FF9 as a top title. I just played through it again and it just felt like a slog the whole way through. The battles are so slow. It's insane how slow they are. Chrono Cross suffers from the same problem, though I did like the elemental system. Agree with the grind on CC as well. The other issue is having to go back to a map over and over again, and there isn't enough change between the 2 worlds to make it interesting.
FF6 tops for sure. I'd follow that up with (not in order, too hard to decide) Parasite Eve 1, FF4, Xenogears, and Vagrant Story.
@@VesperAegisplaying cc right now, it has basically zero grinding what are you talking about lol
Recently I just beat final fantasy 6 and it was such a great time.
The best FF IMO, in my case mi first FF was FF7, I played FF6 many years later on the GBA, by that time I was already finished FF12 and still I think it's the best FF, I just love Figaro brothers.
Secret of Mana is to me one of the best action RPGs I've ever played. I felt they dialed that game in to be fun, colorful, interesting and hard to put down. That era had some amazing experiences within. Every time I hear the Secret of Mana soundtrack it brings back great memories. A lot of this list I agree with the placement of but Secret of Mana I would have placed a lot higher. Its too bad that game's remaster was not very good.
At least Square Enix re-released the original too. So you can just as easily play that on the Switch as the remake.
I think Legend and Trials were the best among the titles in the Mana franchise. I grew up in the Playstation era so it just might be my biased opinion.
@@fralion0714 i grew up with Secret so yeah that makes sense. Legend and Trials are great games :-)
I just switched the music on the remaster back to the original music and had fun playing it. Some things are actually better in the new version
For me its the most overrated. I had 3 or 4 very close friends as a kid and we were all into RPGs heavily. We freaked when we heard a multiplayer rpg was coming out. But for some reason, we all just couldnt get into SOM. Not one of us. We put it down and went right back to tegular single-player RPGs
Threads of fate is an all time favorite over here it's one of the many early titles I played and I just adore.
Very cool list from a great time for RPGs. I think you’d like Secret of Evermore and Mana a lot more if you learn the battle mechanics properly. I love how Square is going back to their old catalogue and bringing stuff up like Front Mission and Live Alive
Yeah I'd love to see them go back to Secret of Evermore, but I doubt that'll ever happen.
@@StarDragonJP Evermore felt so very flat to me, compared to Mana.
Front MIssion, Final Fantasy 3 and Secret of Mana on the Snes are my favorites. The Squaresoft games on the Snes were heaven on earth. Losing Squaresoft to Playstation (Sony) was a huge fail for Nintendo.
It was probably because Squaresoft want to integrate a lot more into their games, which will increase the memory the games consume. The cartridge is the worst thing for larger games, and Playstation was willing to accomodate a lot of indie games into their console. SEGA could have contested Playstation since they were the first one to use compact disks for their games, but I am not sure if they did and failed, or they just didn't try to.
@@fralion0714 nah its because sony is greedy
@@lightning13clair29 care to elaborate? Because anyone can call any company greedy but not be able to support their argument.
@@fralion0714 well its not an argument its straight facts every game company is greedy why do you think they compete with each other you think they do that for fun no
@@lightning13clair29 okay, whatever you say. 👌
Glad to see my top 3 Square games (Xenogears, Final Fantasy IX, and Chrono Cross) also have high ranks on your list.
secret of ever more was my all time favorit. the story was awesome, the music was awesome, and the alchemy system was absolutely unique! plus it was funny, gameplay was good and the graphics were beautiful
I thought I would hate it, but it was great. It had the best atmosphere of any RPG I've played. I liked that the game really incentivized you to explore and search EVERYTHING. Combat was tougher than mana but it just forced you to learn the game better. Very under-rated game both today and at the time.
What you know bout that podunk
I know right. It had one of Jeremy Seoules first soundtracks. I still play Horace’s Camp from time to time. I can’t believe he scored this game lower than mystic quest 🤦🏻♂️
Secret of Mana is more nostalgic for people that got the original game when it first came out, its actually really cool and its a 1-3 player too. One of the best RPG's of its time, you'd have to play it on its release date, now when i pick it up I don't feel that amazing gameplay feeling I had when I was 12 and playing it for the first time.
Yaasss queen FF9 is my favorite with 4. I play one or both at least once every other year. I wish they returned to making games like that instead of the leather clad, dark, modern city type games. They've done soo many! Heck Strangers of Paradise is another, but no high fantasy fairytale worlds.
Congrat to Crono Cross being remastered, I can't wait to play it on the Switch too. I fall in love with it from the soundtrack.
I thought the cover said ‘salsa frontier’. I’d still play it. Mexican food is the best
Love seeing FF9 at number 2
Great video, informative as usual and respect for giving FF8 credit where credit it due.
I also loved FF8 back then, didnt understand the controversy. It was a fun system imo, one of the best ff stories. I just wish they remade it.
Hey ,just 25k more subs and you'll get to 100k. I demand you achieve this before Christmas!
I can't say I agree with a lot of these, but interesting list.
Then give you're top 10? If you dont agree where is yours?
I’m so hype for the chrono cross remaster. I can only imagine how excited you are lol.
ff 9 is true masterpiece
Our rankings line up pretty well. The top 10 get rearranged a bit, with Xenogears being my number 1, and FF6 being my number 2
FF6 is number 1
@@High_Priest_Jonko I won't even argue with that. There is no point debating which masterpiece is better.
both are number 1
Whaaaat Chrono Cross ? Dude ✋...oh you are on some parallel universe crap.
Vagrant Story is one of my favorite square games, would be in my top 5. Chain your attacks if you play again
I'm glad you didn't give in to the FF7 haters.
I love that Xenogears and Chrono Cross respect! Those games really blew me away as a kid.
yes parasite eve, vagrant story, ffviii and chrono cross, my fav since childhood 💗💗!
Tidus and yuna make my favorite couple in gaming,but i get why some people don,t like tidus,he is very different from most protagonists.
Yeah he is probably the most clueless protagonist in gaming, hahaha.
@@medmuscle Well he really has no idea where he is since he teleports in time to another completely different world to him. He couldnt understand anything. Even then, he didnt end that bad didnt he? He finished his job there even if the end was near and the dream over.
Yuna might be my favorite female lead character in an FF game she was handled far better than Tifa, Aerith and Rinoa. I hate it when female characters simp for the male lead so I usually gravitate to the likes of Yuffie, Selphie and Rikku who are more fun.
@@Iker5555 I know, and I love FFX. But even under the circumstances, Tidus still said some stupid crap, haha.
@@medmuscle I think he is hilarious.
Lulu : by wanting everything, you'll end up with nothing.
Tidus : But I want everything!
XD
I had save files with well over 100 hours on FF7 and 8 200 on X unforgettable experiences.
Can't wait to finally play Chrono Cross that soundtrack is special I value music far more than graphics.
Hi from France, great idea, i had fun watching this :)
Final Fantasy 9 was extremely underrated back in the day
Brave Fencer Musashi is definitely one of my all time favorite Square games
Super Mario RPG I used to have that actual game don’t know what my parents ever did to it. Sadness. Game is a legend
You can still buy it on virtual console. I have it on Wii U along with earthbound
So many great games on this list.
Saga Frontier 2 is crazy hard, damn near impossible without a walkthrough... got the game in my highschool days I still haven't finished it and i'm now 40+
Fellow Quistis enjoyer, I salute you. Also thanks for not defaulting to putting Chorno Trigger at first place like every other channel.
Not many games have the Xenogears battle mechanics too, Legend of Legaia was the only other one.
Man I thought I was up on games....wow he really knows the stuff!!
This was really fun and comforting to watch. Great work, man!
I loved Musashi so much! Such an hidden gem.
I suppose you can jumble the last few in any order...but I'd put Front Mission 3 much higher...love that game.
It's a mainstay on my vita... what a great premise, I'd have loved to see that series enter the modern HD era, maybe give it a "warriors" spinoff... mecha madness!!!
Fm3 is one of the initial game that start my love for strategy genre.
My fav is always build my frontline with shotgun and machine gun with high skill activation to abuse rofup, and my back fighter with one with missile and the other with pilot eject skill, with that build will never let me down
My personal list..
#1 FFIX
#2 FF Tactics
#3 FFVI
#4FFVII
#5 Chrono Trigger
#6 Chrono Cross
#7 Xenogears
#8 FFVIII
#9 FFX
#10 FFIV
Vagrant story’s combat centered around the crafting. You have to equip gear that exploits the weakness of a specific type of enemy. In that sense, it can get grindy to craft the right gear for the right parts of the dungeon. I gave up at first too, but was compelled try again and with better sucess the second time around. The other important distinction is that it takes place in Ivalice, and shares the tone and story rich style as FFT.
And ff 12
@@danielmales123 true. Though vagrant story came out in the same console generation. The connection to Ivalice was also less obvious in Vagrant Story. It came out long before the Ivalice Alliance was a thing.
@@von4297 yes true great game would for it to come back someday was a little to hard tough
Xenogears was my first rpg game. Chrono cross and ff8 are on top 3 imo. I would be really interested if they expound on the world of ivalice and ff8 more, but thats just wishful thinking since ff7 pays the bills.
Front Mission 3 is underrated imo. It's like Metal Gear Solid the strategy rpg. What's not to like?
Man this is cool this reminds me of old TH-cam alright you got me to sub
Front Mission: gun hazard is SUCH a good game. It’s an mech action rpg on the SNES
I absolutely love saga frontier 2. It was the 1st real RPGI played on my PS1 back in the day. I still have notebooks floating around that have all the combos of equipment and elements and stuff that you can equip to different party members to get all the combo moves in battle.
My no.1 favorite Squaresoft RPG - which is also my no.1 favorite game of all time - is still Xenogears. I couldn't get enough of how incredible it is in terms of story, characters, music, and even robots. Despite all the issues on Disc 2 due to its rushed development, I still find the game as a whole to be a really well-done RPG.
Below Xenogears are Chrono Trigger, Kingdom Hearts 1, Final Fantasy VI, and... well, since the original Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3) didn't officially come out in NA until the Switch release, I'll have to settle with Secret of Mana. Otherwise, Trials of Mana would be on my list.
If you liked xeno gears i really recommend playing trails of cold steel ir trails series in general
I wish more old school style RPGs used that bubble battle system. Parasite Eve and Vagrant Story, I just always liked the feel of combat. And you're absolutely right, Vagrant Story is hard as balls. I bought it on release and still have it. I try to play it once every few years, and I can never get very far. I just suck with upgrading my gear attuning it or something cause I'll be fighting these big enemies and only be doing 1-2 pts of dmg regardless of what weapon I am using. Maybe I just suck, but I still agree that it is really hard.
My nigga!! first video I've seen of you and your number 1 is my favorite game of all time, you earned a sub right there!
Out of all these game's you reviewed I have 28 of them.
Alot of classic games here 😎👌 I played most of them and grew up with them starting with finaL fantasy on nes. Always loved the stories and adventures and depth that other games seemed to lack? Thanks for reminding ding me about some of these nostalgic masterpieces(crono trigger, crono cross, parasite eve, xenogers, ff7, fft,ff8, ff9, ff2, ff3 it's hard to puck favorites cuz I love alot of squaresoft/squareenix stuff)
Vagrant Story is a VERY, VERY underrated game. Its hard, the controls are kinda weird, the story is confusing, but once you get used to how to navigate and how things work its REALLY good.
Oh wow, ranking FFT BEFORE FF8? 😨 Well, preferences will be preferences I guess.
Vagrant story is one of my best ps1 games
I like the games thanks for the video in joy your night and day
There were many things I knew I would disagree with this video on but one thing I was surprised to find myself agreeing with is that I adore Quistis.
As for why we didn't get Front Mission 1 on the SNES I've always suspected a major part of it is that all too many SNES SRPG publishers conceded the field to the Genesis without a fight.
Every time i see Quistis VanHalen's song hot for teacher playes in my head.
Chrono Cross and FF9 were my 2 favorite as well.
Front Mission 3 and 4 are awesome. I have played 1 and honestly i didn't think it was anywhere near as good. I am very pleased that we are finally going to get an official english version of 2.
My top 3 will always be Chrono Trigger, FF IX, and Legend of Mana. I miss the old JRPGs.
I'm glad that Chrono Cross is rank 1. Unfortunately, Saga Frontier is one of my fav games ....
Same about Saga Frontier 1. SF fans like us were instantly turned off by seeing it at the bottom lol.
Ah squaresoft, en su época dorada donde todo lo que hacía era oro...muy difícil realizar está lista
en especial si eres fan de ellos o para juzgar los primeros que jugaste
Final Fantasy is Still The Number1 Rpg in The World, No Other Rpg Can Best it and its still The Most Popular One, its Square Enix Best Game, They Make Lots Money off Final Fantasy, its Fanbase is Huge and its My Favorite , its The Number1 Rpg Believe it or Not its The Truth, Cloud & Sephiroth in Super Smash Bros is Another Good example, and i Love Fantasy.
Chrono Cross is your #1? Wow none of us saw that coming!
Vagrant story needs an HD remaster more than most games that have gotten one. The art style is beautiful, but the aliasing makes it hard to see how good the art is
It still has untapped potential, which could warrant a remake. And if they did remake it, hopefully they won't change the combat mechanics.
Seen gameplay looks like a hard game
@@robmalcolm8042 I think Vagrant Story an easy game. I don't understand him thats difficult to play it.
My ff8 favorite is Rinoa. She can give aegis amulets, hungry cookpots
( rarest) items
Great list. I wouldn't put Chrono Cross that high but everything else I can agree with.
shots fired... triggered lol
Blasphemy! lol
FF IV's story is pretty interesting, especially in the last 1/3 of the game. However I hated the constant fake deaths.
EDIT: Nice top though, FF IX is my fav in the series. And prob my fav Square game. I also prefer Cross to Trigger, but never beat either of them. Currently busy with Trails games so playing Cross with the remaster will have to wait
A true gamers favourite game of all time is not just the 1 game but all the games that make it into the list, a game is merely a flavour to choose from. I couldn't favourite Strawberry over Chocolate lol
This is by far the best idea yet Eric. My 12 year old self thanks you
YEAH BOI !!! 😍 Giving Quistis some love!
Now do a ranking of every Squaresoft, Enix, and Square Enix game.
In FFT, get the alchemist leveled up, buy Phoenix downs, then go past Sweegy woods and just wash the undead by throwing the Phoenix downs on them.easy xp.
Great video. Could you do a nintendo DS and 3DS ranking? Maybe also show your collection of both those consoles? You must be excited to see a new valkyrie profile
Parasite Eve 1 and 2 are my favourite horror games ff6 and 9 are my favourites 7 deserves a lot though and still believe personally that ffX has the best combat but each to their own just anything by square, long as it doesn't turn out to be a mess pulls out real decent games.
I'm still so surprised you don't love FF Tactics, especially with how much you enjoy strategy RPGS. While the War of the Lions remake was great, I'd love to see another one where it can fully flesh out the story.
This game even inspired me to come up with a much larger and complex job system. Just need to come up with a story to go with it haha.
When i think squaresoft i think of the opening screen of FF7 with the original soundtrack only. Nothing else made an impression like that one on me
also i heard square staff maybe worked on ARC THE LAD 1 on ps1 in 1995
I was sure about the first position. I hope we will have a physical version. Meanwhile I think Xenogears remastered will come for Switch and PS4 too
As long as it's a straight remaster and not a godawful Square-Enix "remake."
Vagrant Story is the best 😍😍... I wish they made a remake 🙏
The fact you put Saga Frontier so low broke my heart. One of my favorites from the ps1. But I accept you say it's just not a game you enjoyed. The remaster is great. I would recommend it over the original for ease of life updates.
Weird seeing kingdom hearts under something like ff legend 2. I think this is the first time I heard someone say they never finished KH. Such a masterpiece! Of course, 2 is better imo.
Same take for me exactly.
Now this is one of your best videos since I was also a Squaresoft kid and grew up with all these games. I've played them all and beat them all too except the Saga games 1 and 2 on the ps1 since I gave up on them eventually.
Most I played in the 90s and early 2000s when I was a kid and teen.
While I agree with most of your list and I'd put Saga frontier games at the bottom, I'd also put the FF legend games at the bottom too even though I beat them all too. Even secret of evermore was better than them imo.
My top favourite however in Xenogears as #1 as all time favourite Square game. CT is slightly better than CC for me even though I also played CC first when I first got a ps1. So it's a tough choice and even my username on the internet is from these games and my love for the FF franchise, so all the FF games are pretty high up there for me as well.
Mario rpg was my very first jrpg in the 90s and got me into jrpgs. Kingdom hearts, yes, even the first one, I'd place higher than most of the ones you did as well.
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My top 5:
1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Vagrant Story
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Final Fantasy VI
5. Xenogears
Definitely respect your personal ranking, specifically how you admit that a lot of it is based on nostalgia, for myself top 3 is FF7, FFIV, Chrono Trigger in no specific order, because which ever one I think about, that becomes my favourite lol. In the end Squaresoft owns my heart.
I didn't know you were mexican, thought Canadian XD you are Awesome man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am mexican too and never noticed it
Will always love my vita because that's how I played so many amazing ps one classics for the first time like final fantasy vii, xenogears, chrono trigger, grandia, etc.
Still need to tackle Chrono Cross and FFIX
I love that you have a Nine Inch Nails shirt.
Chrono Cross and Panzer Dragoon saga were the most atmospheric JRPGs of the 90s IMHO
I actually love Secret of Evermore I would put it in the top half maybe even top 10, but I haven’t actually played every single game so maybe that would lower it. At any rate I really enjoyed that game as a kid.
Yeah it's such an underrated game. People shat on it on release because it wasn't Secret of Mana 2 and it was never really able to shake that perception.
For me, FF VIII one of the best of all too. I only get to know that many people hated it this days. Always loved to try to build the best combination so everyone could get the best stats at the end.
People hate it because it's so popular.
I put it wrong. I was talking about VIII instead of VII.
Playing 8 remastered right now, it’s an innovative approach and very unique in its leveling style
Triple Triad, story, carding and modding items makes the game more interesting
Totally agree that Final Fantasy 8 is great, anyone thinking otherwise probably never played it to any decent length at all.
It easily have some of the best moments in any RPG ever made.
The style totally feels up my ally. The characters look so cool! And that music is AMAZING!!
It will be my final big final Fantasy after (almost) completing 1,4,5,6,7,9 and 10!
(stopped playing 12 after 20 hours and still waiting for the story to begin! 😂)
Final Fantasy 8 is favorite RPG just after... Every other RPG I ever played.
Forgettable characters, confusing story, not profound not complex... Just confusing and badly written.
Stupid and boring magic System (extract few from extraction points? R u kidding me?)
Music and visuals are great of course. But you just do not expect anything less from a Saga with so much money behind...
I think otherwise
I was excited about FFVIII after beating VII and FFT multiple times. I was so hyped watching the FFVIII trailer! Then I played it and beat it. While a great game with unforgettable characters, the Draw and Junctioning system was about as fun as the random encounters in FFI. I’ve played it through a few times, but I would rank it below IX, X, Tactics, and VII, in that order.
@@dycedarg19 I believe the remaster had some things to help with the junction system. I'm really spooked about the levels of enemies going up with you. I don't know if it'll be worth even fighting random battles!
At this point I'd be disappointed if Chrono Cross was anywhere but #1 on these lists. I'm looking forward to playing it again when it's released.
You sir have excellent taste in RPGs.
We should be able to play it in exactly two weeks! =D
FFX was the very first ps2 game I bought before even buying the console lol and I had lost it for about half year and I haven't had a chance to played it yet.
Hello, my favorite console Jrpg youtuber. Can you make Nintendo DS ranking video ? I add the ranking video of psp ranking, but i need another portable console ranking video for my collection.
Bartz and Galuf are also fans of Faris
I don’t agree with your rankings but I do agree with your T-shirt. 💪
Ff8 ranked higher than ffx, blasphemy
I'd rank emo moody lame teenager higher over HA HA HA Boi any day of the week.
That being said FFX still has the best battle system of all numbered FF in my opinion.
Kupo
Chrono Cross is a musical haven.
except for the awful normal battle theme, the one track you'll listen to the most...