12DevasSonGoku84 that's in the rule book of how to be a JRPG villain Always an transformation max 3 Always have a plan but than pretty much abandon it because of a certain thing so just destroy the world And have silver hair
Ff9 has a triple battle consisting of the deathguise, Some wierd creature. Kuja, The main baddy. And nekron. Some end of all life god of gods thats never mentioned till your fighting it. Not 3 forms but 3 battles. Pretty close to the same thing i guess.
Yeah...wth, I've moved across 2 states thinking that when I was done I'd be able to catch up....then....nothin!! What gives @rob_pearson & @playstationaccess
I like how so many JRPG's just let you and your fellow armed people just go into whatever house and take whatever's in a treasure chest. Oh, was that your kid's college fund? Too bad, daddy needs a few extra coins towards that sword he's been eyeballing.
Lost Folklorist I get* what you're trying to say but remember that the "J" in JRPG stands for "japanese" and that means made in japan so skyrim, yes it is a RPG, but not a JRPG
You forgot one very crucial ingredient - the side boss that is at least 3 times as difficult as the main boss... Golden Sun, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey...
seriously 99% of the time, all the protagonists don't have any living parents or just one. And later their missin parent/s turns out to be the bad guy or a hero of the past.
Mmm. True. Not all the time. But sometimes. Cloud does have 1 parent but his dad just absent the entire time. Lot of the Fire Emblem games this doesn't apply but sometimes does I guess.
that annoying treasure chest that you cant open now but have to come back for later when you have obtained a certain item, which you totally forget about.
7 things laterally you'll find in a JRPG 1 turn base 2 anime esthetics 3 fetch quests 4 visual novel convo 5 boobies 6 weapons heavier than the character 7 expositions galore
yeah, i was wondering what rob was thinking. Other than the p5 protag (except the protag is OP, esp. if you spend hours min maxing your personas through sacrifices), Morgana was the best overall healer and status remover. Makoto may have Mediarahan too but an inferior status removal skill, and i think i tended to replace it with nuclear damage buffs in my later playthroughs. and yeah, Morgana's crit skill with low damage and his spoon equip that buffed his crit chance was pretty good for setting up for either negotiating or quicker all out attacks to say nothing of the fact that Morgana was also the wind specialist
Look let me tell you how it is this is persona 5 an atlus developed game meaning that the only things that are really important are buffs and debuffs and if you play the two harder difficulties you see that of course he isn't worthless but he does not get the buffs and debuffs a support class needs for an atlus game and it makes him outclassed like try beating the twins with him on your team at level 70 on hard or 60 on normal
I played through the game on hard mode my first time through, morgana pulled through each time, since i had other characters on buffs and debuffs. It's more about team-set up then leaving one character to do one thing.
I'm still salty about calling Morgana useless. I mean, okay, if you don't like his character, that's fine. But if you're really going to play the whole game without using his miracle punch... I have some concerns.
JRPGs are best genre ever. Got the Platinum Trophy in Dragon Quest 11 and I am now working on Valkyria Chronicles 4 even though its more a Tactic RPG than a classic JRPG.
@Bill Bill Well first off, you a homophobe? You got a problem dude? You need to see a doctor about that. Also what's your problem with platinum trophies?
meh, Xehanort only needs 12 people to control, and there are a lot more JRPG villains than that. More likely that they are all Sephiroth clones, which explains the inexplicable coincidence that they all just happen to want the destruction of everything, almost like the Jenova cells that cause the silver hair are also controlled by a certain silver haired mamma's boy who wants to travel the universe destroying everything.
In japan, characters with white or silver hair tend to be inhuman, demonic or evil in some way. (Dante and Vergil in DMC for example are Demons) Good joke tho :3
Heck you could even make just 7 bosses in every jrpg! 1) the boss you are supposed to/allowed to lose. 2) the other "that boss". The one that's not nearly as hard as the one mentioned in the video, but it's early enough in the game it might as well be. You don't know what you're doing yet but the game has been forgiving of that so far and all of a sudden BOOM! A Gatusso - I mean some boss comes along and you realize you actually need to grind or get good at the game. 3) the boss with a 10 minute unskippable cutscene before it that may vary in difficult from game to game but that you will almost never beat in your first 3 tries which is enough to cause controller throwing. 4) the boss that is actually your ally who turned on you. 5) the boss with three and exactly three phases. 6) the boss that is moderately difficult unless you find the one thing that drastically weakens/instakills it (for final fantasy, read: the undead boss). 7) the sideboss or even normal monster that you can encounter WAYYYY before you are adequately geared/leveled for it so it wipes your party very quickly.
Morgana wasn't useless at all. Good heals, wind spells and miracle punch for those with no elemental weakness. The character I used the least was Haru, strangely though, because both of them are pretty similar.
I love your videos guys! Friday feature is something I always look forward to to help me get through the week! Keep up the hard work, it's greatly appreciated!!
WHAT!? Whoa ... sorry about that. I almost had a kneejerk reaction to this and then remembered where I was. This is the internet, a place for love and understanding ... Just kidding! You're wrong and all of your ideas are bad!!! =P On a side note, Cait Sith's limit break was a great cure for "that one boss" so I wouldn't say he was completely useless ... but after you accidentally used his limit break during trash mobs and lost 2 hours of play since your last save did leave a bad taste, I'd agree ...
What about the most basic thing in a rpg? Leveling Up! Or the mysterious character who joins your party later on? The original bad guy you have been pursuing for the last 1/2 of the game is just being manipulated by an even more evil villian? The horrible grind for that one item drop that you need to build the ultimate weapon or equipment? You even left out the lack of save points (oh the days before autsave was even an idea). You also touched upon but didn't include sections where you have to use certain characters (OP or not). Random encounters also needs a place on the list. There you go feel free to use this list for a second video.
The original bad guy thing, he addresses when he talks about the bad guy. And everyone knows about the grind so that's the frosting on the cake. Also not everyone needs/wants the ultima weapon. Random encounters are also not needed to be explained because they start out the games like that.
4:30 - And Part 2 of this point: The seemingly useless character eventually coming into their true power and becoming one of the best characters in the game.
Omg I forgot your Friday feature would be posted today! I'm here though! Thank you TH-cam notifications! Also I love the cooking theme of this episode Rob, great idea!
Party members who - after 2 random battles - declare some deep, emotional bond with your character, and you're just thinking "So *this* tool is gonna be my 'best friend' for the next 250 hours!?" Even worse if it's the love interest....you're thinking "I do like that feisty cleric" but game says "Hey look, a shy girl who constantly apologizes and otherwise demonstrates zero personality traits. Love of your life, eh?" NO, DAMMIT!
For me "that one level" was crossing the desert in Breath of Fire 3 on PS1. It's similar to the field in 4 but at one point you are told to go east after so many days, which would be right on the compass, but no! You actually have to turn left and go west! Not to mention you always end up following the false north star and not the true north start because your character is turned around after sleeping
Ti Malice - I feel it. The desert was the worst. Not to mention that the second best weapon in the game can only be found in that desert, so the amount of times I had to restart was awful
@@michaelminnick-chavez I agree completely. I love BoF 3 and 4. So much so that my heart jumped when I saw BoF 3 on psn only to immediately cry when I saw it was for ps vita only.
Ti Malice - they did a remake for the PSP. I honestly suggest it. It’s cheaper than a vita, and it’s pretty much the same port. This is the one game series that I wish we’d get a remake of.
@@michaelminnick-chavez Thank you for telling me. I'll have to look into it. I wish they'd remake it too. I really liked the Dragon gene system. I also loved Rei and Garr
What about stupidly hard to kill enemies, such as metal slimes in dragon quest, that give you a ton of exp should rng favour you? Also some morbid part of me wants to try the cake, sephiroth figure and all.
Hi Rob, another great video, another possible entry you mentioned a little towards the end, the final boss who isn't really the final boss, ohh and I know it's not a jrpg but I can't help but think of Gwent from The Witcher 3 whenever anyone mentions minigames nowadays.
Ingredient 8: "That Other Boss" The optional boss that you must fight to get 100% and for some reason is much harder than the final boss or any of the plot bosses, such as Omega/Ruby Weapons or Ozma. Or Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2
1 missing ingredient is the loveable, endearing and often cute character that most often joins your team. My examples are Vivi from FF9, Rikku from FF10, Nina from Breath of Fire (I’m not going to number it just pick your favourite version) but I do believe there are a few more
Only one I still need is the one for the Bonus Boss, which seems to be the only one that's a real challenge (Compendium ones are more time consuming than actually difficult). There's a certain exploit that makes beating the Reaper like ridiculously easy late game, so even that one was easy XD
@@SmashingSnow Well, the top trophy I've earned thus far is Power That Connects, and the last trophy I've earned is Skilled Gunman. I'm currently at 61%. So I still have a ways to go.
I cant start the weekend without a friday feature.. I just cant.. Got 2 jobbs one at weekdays and one in the weekend.. So when i take lunch i watch it.. Great times.. Been doing it the last few years infact.. Belive i have seen them all.. Love it.. Just love it.. The last few weeks havent been the same without.. Keep it up 👍
You had forgotten the 8th ingredient some kind of jailbreak most often in the beginning of the game but not exclusive and does not require to be a jail but some prison of some sort
@@kaingates You are thinking about his second incarnation in den Via Purifico. He has the zombie status there. The first battle against him is quite hard. Not the hardest in the game though imho.
That one boss for me used to be Neclord in Suikoden 2. Not because he's hard, but because I didn't want to kill him since I wanted to listen to his battle theme. The boss that does it for me today is the one I work for making me spend precious gaming hours at work!
Arc the Lad: Twilight of The Spirits is great. Love how the ychanged the standard grid based battle system for a circle based one. Also it has a pretty good story and characters.
KH 358/2 Days (that one counts as a JRPG right? I'm not exactly an expert on the genre) has the Leechgrave as my "that one boss". I hate that thing. So much. Especially on Proud Mode. (Well I suppose TECHNICALLY the real "that one boss" is the Dustflier but the Dustflier is a bonus boss like Sephiroth in KH2 while the Leechgrave is a required boss so I don't think it counts)
Me at the beginning on the video: "Oh wow, I wonder if Rob is actually going to have made a cake by the end?" Me at the middle of the video: "NOPE, NO HE ISNT" Me at the end: "I'm so confused....."
My favorite one, to the point that JRPGs just feel empty without them, are the quirky miniboss squad: the elite group of henchman that you fight throughout the game. Whether they be Grand Cardinals, Four Fiends, Admirals, God Generals, Judges, it doesn't matter. It helps the narrative so much when the bosses throughout the game aren't just a random monster in the way.
Oh I've gotta @ you on Morgana...Morgana is very useful in battle and stayed in the whole game...I found more useful in battle than Ryuji ..I love my boy but he was the odd out in battles usually. Joker, Ann, makoto, Morgana was my 90% of the time group
wow someone else who uses the very same team i did :D but yea morgana was beast with salvation and the full revive........... ann and makoto were pretty nasty too for me
And now, my attempts to find exceptions to this list because I'm just that petty. "The tragic protagonist": Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean, Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Zestiria, literally every Pokémon game. "A beautiful world map you can fly over": The World Ends With You, Star Ocean 3-5, every Tales game since Graces, every Kingdom Hearts, and every Persona game (I know he said "fat" JRPGs, but if he didn't want me to include Persona he shouldn't have brought up Morgana. Speaking of...). "A big party with at least one useless member": now this is a challenge, but I'll say Dragon Quest XI and Chrono Trigger. "Addictive minigames": Pokémon Sun and Moon, Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends With You (no I don't count Tin Pin Slammer, he said "addictive"). "That one boss": Oh in that case... "Or that one dungeon" -_- sure, change up the criteria on me. Ni No Kuni 2, Tales of Zestiria, Pokémon X and Y. "An ice area that's difficult": If difficulty is the requirement I'd say Tales of Graces, Star Ocean 2, Star Ocean 4, Dragon Quest XI, and every Pokémon game. If it's just an ice area at all: every Kingdom Hearts game prior to KH3, The World Ends With You, every Persona game. "A villain who just wants to destroy everything": Tales of Xillia, Tales of Berseria, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and every Pokémon generation besides 4 and 6. Well that was fun.
@@digiing1992 um, yeah about that...I was trying to be fair and only list games I've finished, and the only Final Fantasy I've played all the way through is FFVI, which did have most if not all of these.
@@QuickSilverKitsune Oh I use Erik frequently. If you focus on building up his boomerang skills he's excellent for grinding because he can hit everything, and his spells are great for boss battles since they periodically deal damage. As for the late game addition to the party, I get where you're coming from since his weapon skills just make him an inferior version of the main character. However, he has the best defense of the group, so I primarily use him to eat damage and buff my party's defenses which is great against stronger bosses (he was crucial in my fight against Mordegon).
Honestly I found Persona 5 is a great example of not having any useless partymembers. While I have 2 go to partymembers (Ann and Morgana) I use the entire team and everybody has there shining moments. Thanks to EXP fore backup partymembers and the abillty to swap out partymembers mid fight its very easy to implement the whole team. I know Joker can hit every weak spot but I found it cooler to use his turns to swap in a partymember with the right element.
In my first playthrough of Final Fantasy IX, I kept Amarant in my party as soon as I got him and beat the game with him. He's one of the most useful party members in the game in my opinion. Know anyone else that can get auto-life and regen on the entire party? (when tranced, of course) Also don't forget his ability that can restore MANA POINTS and on the entire party when tranced. Is this an "Unpopular Opinion"? Fite me m8
I think the same! Chakra is one of the best skills ever.... every time I have Amarant in the party, I just keep spamming powerful magics with Vivi, or summons with Eiko or Garnet without a second thought, XD having someone to heals MP it's far from useless
Red Imp I wouldn't say Amarant is bad per se, just that pretty much every other character is better or does the same thing he does but also something else. Quina is by far the best character. Then I'd say Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, and Eiko follow (though not in that order necessarily). After that I'd say Freya is third last, then Amarant, and lastly Dagger (though, she's only last because Eiko does everything she does, but better, if Eiko wasn't there then Dagger would be better than Amarant).
"That one boss" for me was that undead boss in FFVII. The one you can beat by rezzing it. I didn't know this, and must have died on it at least a dozen times before I finally beat it. Later on, I came across a strat guide that said you could just rez it and got a bit ticked off that I'd done it the hard way.
How did you not mention velius from Final Fantasy Tactics. He's the most infamous ''that one boss'' there is. Like everyone who's play get knows bout that fight and losing their save file to him.
I only got through the Wiegraf duel by having a Monk Ramza with Move-HP Up, a strong Chakra and Wave Fist, and exploiting the game's AI (how it always moved away from you if it attacks first, and moves towards you otherwise). I honestly thought of Stealing or Breaking his gear to make it easier at the time, but I hated relying on anything that had less than a 75% chance of success (especially against a high-Evade character like Wiegraf), and even though my Move-HP UP and Chakra ensured I refilled my HP to max after each "skirmish" with him, deviating from that pattern even a little generally ended in (my) tears. Against Velius, it was having the aforementioned Monk Ramza (I can't remember his secondary skillset, but pretty sure it was one of the main magic sets - probably Time or White) and a Ninja with Throw Item and Fly (yes, the Dancer movement ability) that carried me through the fight. Two Dragoons (one of each gender, Secondaries in Thief) and a pure caster (I think a White/Time or Black/Time during my first run) filled out the rest of the party, but the Dragoons pretty much tanked during the fight with their Dragon Spirit while the mage focused on keeping people Hasted while hitting the demons with Don't Move/Don't Act. The Ninja provided essential Phoenix Downs/Hi-Potions and the occasional two sword stab, but as she was somehow the squishiest in the party (even moreso than the caster) AND my primary healer (items don't fail to work) , I only moved her in for guaranteed kills, preferring to keep her far outside the fight. My first meeting with Wiegraf (and then Velius) saw me woefully unprepared and forced me back a save file. While I already preferred Ramza as a Monk (to make him self-sufficient), my party overall wasn't capable of killing even one Ultima Demon without severe casualties due to being underleveled. So yeah... screw Wiegraf.
i use squire with 2-hand ninja abi so i can equip 2 strongest sword i have while teleporting all over the place stacking atk buff so i can one shoot him lol
1. Pretty sure I already commented on your full benched party members video, but if you really want an example, MOMO from Xenosaga I. 2. Going with Xenosaga, That One Boss from Xenosaga III, the ES Levi, actually ended up being my favorite boss after the fact. I mean, he was basically a Dark Souls Boss in a JRPG: a powerful but fair challenge that was super satisfying...after the 20+ deaths.
Not once have Rob mentioned Xenogears in any of his Friday Features. Rob must've never played it back then. He loves Vagrant Story though, so he redeemed himself. XD
I am surprised he didn't put up any of the Tales of games in the snow level. I have played at least three of them that have snow levels. They are Tales of Graces F and both Tales of Xillia
There's always a hand-to-hand specialist/monk as well. My "that one boss" in FF7 was Gi Nattak, until I discovered the Phoenix Down trick. Then it was Carry Armor; it was very fond of grabbing Cloud and Barret in quick succession then nuking the remaining party member.
tbh feel like amaurat/morgana are good/decent team members. monk boy can basically help constantly sustain mp, iirc, which is awesome. and morgana with a sp regen badge and some decent speed can presumably keep you healed up when you're pretty much just busting out multihit physical moves, hell i typically use him, ann, and makoto for this reason.
My 'That One Boss' was Gale from Rogue Galaxy. Back when there were brick'n'mortar video rental places in the States, I picked up this gem for PS2, and was astounded by the visuals, the gameplay, and the characters; it felt like a spiritual successor to Skies of Arcadia! But then, on the fourth planet (the mining one, I forget the name), 1 of your 3 party slots is stuck with Deego, a bipedal bodybuilder anthropomorphic Boxer, with a machine gun hand and greataxe, who isn't as highly leveled as your other party members, and grinding out his abilities is REALLY tedious on the planet you get him; then comes HIS archnemesis as the level boss, a Magnums-akimbo dark elf (not making it up!) who has a second stage where he pilots a miner robot. I couldn't beat him the first dozen times, returned the disc when the time limit came, then rented it again months later, PLAYED THROUGH THE PREVIOUS 3 PLANETS ON A NEW SAVE, and THEN!...then I beat that punk. And then returned the disc without completing the game bc Gale was just THAT much of a wanker that he ruined the rest of the game for me.
Geoff Baumgartner Yeah, I think he went for the FFs and those alone took all the time little Robert had haha...And to be fair, I just played 2 FFs much later, so i'm on the opposite side of the spectrum
I love FF too though, even 13 and 15.. but Chrono Cross and Trigger are up there with the best of the older ones. And better than a lot of the less popular ones he mentions imo. For sure..
Geoff Baumgartner Cross is the reason I started playing jrpgs, and I love it way more than FF as well. Before the original playstation I didn't have that much access to this genre, maybe because it wasn't that common on sega genesis. And now jrpgs kinda lost the spotlight to the western ones. I'm playing Witcher 3 now but I plan to get to FF XV eventualy. Hope it's good.
@@DoverDaniel It's kinda love it or hate it with XV, but at $40 max for the Royal Ed and as many hours as Witcher 3, it's def worth it. (not as many substantive side quests as though). Witcher 3 is a tough game to live up to though.
1:50 - Or in the cast of the game I'm making, the main character knows about his past the whole time, but didn't say anything because the topic didn't come up until way later in the story.
loved the video rob! when ever i watch your videos and you do a final fantasy 8 reference, I mentaly have dave do a strike in my head, this time i was in for a treat! Thanks everyone.
He forgot to mention to cook the jrpg cake for about 100+ hours in the oven
Heheh, i loled:)
Then you gotta do those post-cooking dungeons too.
@@thepokemonpoacher9719 you just gotta take a slice of a dungeon you have and give it different seasoning
The old school jrpg's were only 40+ hours.
realy it usualy takes more than that to grind to true ending or something.
The healer/priestess girl, who is discovered to be the vessel for all godly goodness powers, and 90% of the time is the protagonists love interest.
Yuna from FFX.
Estelle from tales of vesperia is another good example
pretty much
Agnes from Bravely Default XD
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony lol
I would also that add that the villain has to transform atleast once to be a proper JRPG villain.
Oh, no, they can never have the one! Single forms are for losers! As is not wishing to destroy stuff cuz it's there!
12DevasSonGoku84 that's in the rule book of how to be a JRPG villain
Always an transformation max 3
Always have a plan but than pretty much abandon it because of a certain thing so just destroy the world
And have silver hair
Then nothing can beat Wild Arms 3. The final boss has 12 freaking forms!
The last boss in Golden Sun: The Lost Age has 3 forms, each new form so much stronger the previous one... :/
Recalling Persona 2: Eternal Punishment which had a villain with like 9+ different forms...
You know what they say: it's not a jrpg unless it ends with teens using the power of friendship to kill a god. lol
I can name a JRPG without that plot detail
I thought that was Shonen anime?
Shadowpod That too. lol
I don't think that's an accurate portrayal of several final fantasy games.
*THE ARCANA IS THE MEANS BY WHICH ALL IS REVEALED*
Oh you forgot , the final boss always have other forms (at least 3)
But there's a whole Friday feature about bosses final forms 🙄🙄😦😦
Ff9 has a triple battle consisting of the deathguise, Some wierd creature. Kuja, The main baddy. And nekron. Some end of all life god of gods thats never mentioned till your fighting it. Not 3 forms but 3 battles. Pretty close to the same thing i guess.
all final bosses in Final Fantasy have multiple forms. am I wrong?
I have tears in my eyes.
Two weeks, two weeks without Friday features.
I knew it! Something was missing and I finally know what.
ryavix It’s funny that I just start watching him 3 days ago, and you bring him up.
Yes, at the end card, I said to myself “‘every Friday,’ huh?”
my fridays were empty without them...
Yeah...wth, I've moved across 2 states thinking that when I was done I'd be able to catch up....then....nothin!! What gives @rob_pearson & @playstationaccess
No. 8 - Rob talking about it on PlayStation Access (almost every week)
The CVR123
*ALMOST*
I like how so many JRPG's just let you and your fellow armed people just go into whatever house and take whatever's in a treasure chest. Oh, was that your kid's college fund? Too bad, daddy needs a few extra coins towards that sword he's been eyeballing.
Skyrim says hi.
😂😂
Lost Folklorist
skyrim is not a JRPG...
@@emasonickun they are all just rpg tbh
Lost Folklorist
I get* what you're trying to say but remember that the "J" in JRPG stands for "japanese" and that means made in japan so skyrim, yes it is a RPG, but not a JRPG
Why do people keep calling Final Fantasy Xv a jrpg? I clearly recall it was a Fishing Simulator
Final Flounder: Badbass edition
It is not a fishing simulator, it is a ragequit main
@Concise HB atleast
With fighting minigames
it's a road trip simulator with an in-game mp3 player simulator
You forgot one very crucial ingredient - the side boss that is at least 3 times as difficult as the main boss... Golden Sun, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey...
Ruby weapon
Sigrun GOW
That would be that one boss ingredient
seriously 99% of the time, all the protagonists don't have any living parents or just one. And later their missin parent/s turns out to be the bad guy or a hero of the past.
lol,I guess Alex from Lunar is that 1% guy,oh wait,his father used to fight along side of Dyne...
Rain e rypsi Think that was the case for Legend of Dragoon.
And 80% of the time, the protagonist's main love interest is also the main healer.
Hello Cold Steel
Mmm. True. Not all the time. But sometimes. Cloud does have 1 parent but his dad just absent the entire time. Lot of the Fire Emblem games this doesn't apply but sometimes does I guess.
that annoying treasure chest that you cant open now but have to come back for later when you have obtained a certain item, which you totally forget about.
Beautiful male protagonist prettier than girls.
Hell, Dragon Quest XI even brings that up with basically everyone being jelly of the hero's hair.
Ni no Kuni 2! I thought he was a she when I first saw the cover.
7 things laterally you'll find in a JRPG
1 turn base
2 anime esthetics
3 fetch quests
4 visual novel convo
5 boobies
6 weapons heavier than the character
7 expositions galore
@@NormanReaddis true except yakuza
@@SmashingSnow
Yakuza is not a jrpg tho it's an adventure beat em up
But yeah yakuza is good dead souls is the only one i dont have XD
*For a bit of flair, throw in multiple romance options.
Chef's warning: The results may vary from half-baked to well-done.
"Leave behind the useless party members."
*Sora looks behind shoulder and glares at Donald*
Wait....so does this mean that I’ll have a silver haired bad guy come for my Secret Sword Of Wobbly Woo??? Thanks for the heads up Rob!!
Which means while you're watching for that, it will actually be Jane from Outside Xbox. She's scarier.
@@coyoteartist Haha.. yeah she is xD
Rob and JRPGs are like espresso and a bagel.
A combination perfect in the morning.
I like redbull and a brunette myself...
This was great! Love how you’ve *sunglasses* mixed up the format for this one!
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I love how sephiroth's arm is coming out the cake.
"None of this DIET world map nonsense you get nowadays"! XD
so based, right?
Morgana's Miracle Punch and Salvation are the most clutch moves in Persona 5.
Not to mention he's also the main healer.
yeah, i was wondering what rob was thinking. Other than the p5 protag (except the protag is OP, esp. if you spend hours min maxing your personas through sacrifices), Morgana was the best overall healer and status remover. Makoto may have Mediarahan too but an inferior status removal skill, and i think i tended to replace it with nuclear damage buffs in my later playthroughs.
and yeah, Morgana's crit skill with low damage and his spoon equip that buffed his crit chance was pretty good for setting up for either negotiating or quicker all out attacks
to say nothing of the fact that Morgana was also the wind specialist
Look let me tell you how it is this is persona 5 an atlus developed game meaning that the only things that are really important are buffs and debuffs and if you play the two harder difficulties you see that of course he isn't worthless but he does not get the buffs and debuffs a support class needs for an atlus game and it makes him outclassed like try beating the twins with him on your team at level 70 on hard or 60 on normal
I played through the game on hard mode my first time through, morgana pulled through each time, since i had other characters on buffs and debuffs. It's more about team-set up then leaving one character to do one thing.
I love Morgana he’s my video game character
Don't forget Amnesia RPG Characters!
Watching Rob chuck his Sephiroth into a cake mix has to be the second most painful experience of my life!
Lol
I'm still salty about calling Morgana useless. I mean, okay, if you don't like his character, that's fine. But if you're really going to play the whole game without using his miracle punch... I have some concerns.
If you combine the scam collier (Luck +8) and the Tyche Charm (Luck +10) than Miracle punch becomes pretty ridiculous.
screw morgana, literally the embodiment of the annoying entitled kids
JRPGs are best genre ever. Got the Platinum Trophy in Dragon Quest 11 and I am now working on Valkyria Chronicles 4 even though its more a Tactic RPG than a classic JRPG.
That's not a jrpg you noob
@Bill Bill Well first off, you a homophobe? You got a problem dude? You need to see a doctor about that. Also what's your problem with platinum trophies?
Every JRPG villain has silver hair because he is controled by Xehanort, duh.
Ok i believe you
sounds plausible. :)
meh, Xehanort only needs 12 people to control, and there are a lot more JRPG villains than that. More likely that they are all Sephiroth clones, which explains the inexplicable coincidence that they all just happen to want the destruction of everything, almost like the Jenova cells that cause the silver hair are also controlled by a certain silver haired mamma's boy who wants to travel the universe destroying everything.
AQUA GOT NORTED!
In japan, characters with white or silver hair tend to be inhuman, demonic or evil in some way. (Dante and Vergil in DMC for example are Demons)
Good joke tho :3
Welcome back Rob!! Oh how we missed you ^^
1: Short skirt on under age characters. Lol
All about that jail bait
That's not true. sometimes they have shorts.
Makes it easier to get around? (Take that anyway you want)
The mystery is part of the fun.
Thanks guys. Just great and fun comments on here. Also im new to final Fantasy but going to try 12. Because...well you guys know why.
Heck you could even make just 7 bosses in every jrpg!
1) the boss you are supposed to/allowed to lose.
2) the other "that boss". The one that's not nearly as hard as the one mentioned in the video, but it's early enough in the game it might as well be. You don't know what you're doing yet but the game has been forgiving of that so far and all of a sudden BOOM! A Gatusso - I mean some boss comes along and you realize you actually need to grind or get good at the game.
3) the boss with a 10 minute unskippable cutscene before it that may vary in difficult from game to game but that you will almost never beat in your first 3 tries which is enough to cause controller throwing.
4) the boss that is actually your ally who turned on you.
5) the boss with three and exactly three phases.
6) the boss that is moderately difficult unless you find the one thing that drastically weakens/instakills it (for final fantasy, read: the undead boss).
7) the sideboss or even normal monster that you can encounter WAYYYY before you are adequately geared/leveled for it so it wipes your party very quickly.
I'll pay that.... Nice comment... (It's ALWAYS 3 though, isn't it LOL)
"These Chocobo races aren't going to win themselves"
Literally me in FFXV
The glory of flying then immediately crashing the Regalia in FFXV because--SURPRISE! We dumped a flight simulator into your popcorn power fantasy.
Morgana is the best damn healer in the game
RIGHT?! I was like I use morgana all the time tbh. You think anybody else got me through the final boss? Morgana. MVP.
I use Makoto for heals
@@bigdb4755 Understandable. She was good at it too.
BIG DB thats a fair choise too
Morgana wasn't useless at all. Good heals, wind spells and miracle punch for those with no elemental weakness. The character I used the least was Haru, strangely though, because both of them are pretty similar.
I dread the Bevelle cloister of trials every time
The Al Bhed Primers took over soooo much of my life!!!
Two words: Via Infinito, are enough to send shivers down my spine
Blitzball tournament...
@@omegacadenza10 am I the only one who actually enjoyed blitzball? 😅
...don't answer that.
@@xstarsystemsx I freaking love Blitzball...as long as I'm competing for Wakka's Slots or something else worthwhile.
I have another ingredient for you. Every, and I mean EVERY, JRPG I've played has had a plot twist. It's actually my fav thing about JRPGs too.
The twists usually relate to the tragic hero aspect or the villain suddenly deciding he wants to end all life. He sort of covered that.
That ending was hilarious. "Tada! A traditional Japanese Role Playing Cake - Game." *Zooms in on the cake with Sephiroth's arm sticking out :P
Beautiful male characters who literally have the greatest hair in the known universe.
Been missing the Friday features. Glad this one is about jrpgs my favorite genre of games
"Welcome to 1000 ways to cook a JRPG!"
Xenogears
1 - Fei
2 - Yggdrasil
3 - Chu-Chu
4 - Battling Arena / Speed card game
5 - Calamity / Tower of Babel
6 - Crashed Shevat
7 - Grahf
"The protaganist always has something that makes them special"
I mean hello welcome to the plot of every single fantasy story ever told
Every shonen ever too
I love your videos guys! Friday feature is something I always look forward to to help me get through the week! Keep up the hard work, it's greatly appreciated!!
Anybody else yelled No Rob! When he put the Sephiroth figure in the cake mix 😂😂
Look at the finish product!
Poor sephy 😭
Was that even a cake mix? Those ingredients looked very random to me :P
That's the very definition of a jrpg XD
How dare he do that to sephiroth!
I was like "He isn't really gonna do it". Then he dropped it in and just stared at it for a second and I was like "I can't believe you did this."
Useless characters?
Enter Cait Sith lol.
AGREED
WHAT!?
Whoa ... sorry about that. I almost had a kneejerk reaction to this and then remembered where I was. This is the internet, a place for love and understanding ...
Just kidding! You're wrong and all of your ideas are bad!!! =P
On a side note, Cait Sith's limit break was a great cure for "that one boss" so I wouldn't say he was completely useless ... but after you accidentally used his limit break during trash mobs and lost 2 hours of play since your last save did leave a bad taste, I'd agree ...
Disappointing that someone with such an awesome name is apparently useless.
@@GrassPokeKing considering that cait sith is actually pronounced "ket shee" not so awesome
I’ll see your Cait Sith and raise you a Kimahri from FFX lol
What about the most basic thing in a rpg? Leveling Up! Or the mysterious character who joins your party later on? The original bad guy you have been pursuing for the last 1/2 of the game is just being manipulated by an even more evil villian? The horrible grind for that one item drop that you need to build the ultimate weapon or equipment? You even left out the lack of save points (oh the days before autsave was even an idea). You also touched upon but didn't include sections where you have to use certain characters (OP or not). Random encounters also needs a place on the list. There you go feel free to use this list for a second video.
The original bad guy thing, he addresses when he talks about the bad guy. And everyone knows about the grind so that's the frosting on the cake. Also not everyone needs/wants the ultima weapon. Random encounters are also not needed to be explained because they start out the games like that.
4:30 - And Part 2 of this point: The seemingly useless character eventually coming into their true power and becoming one of the best characters in the game.
Omg I forgot your Friday feature would be posted today! I'm here though! Thank you TH-cam notifications! Also I love the cooking theme of this episode Rob, great idea!
Oliver Bath yah same
Party members who - after 2 random battles - declare some deep, emotional bond with your character, and you're just thinking "So *this* tool is gonna be my 'best friend' for the next 250 hours!?" Even worse if it's the love interest....you're thinking "I do like that feisty cleric" but game says "Hey look, a shy girl who constantly apologizes and otherwise demonstrates zero personality traits. Love of your life, eh?" NO, DAMMIT!
Which game are you talking about with the Feisty Cleric, but actual love interest is the shy girl?
For me "that one level" was crossing the desert in Breath of Fire 3 on PS1. It's similar to the field in 4 but at one point you are told to go east after so many days, which would be right on the compass, but no! You actually have to turn left and go west! Not to mention you always end up following the false north star and not the true north start because your character is turned around after sleeping
Ti Malice - I feel it. The desert was the worst. Not to mention that the second best weapon in the game can only be found in that desert, so the amount of times I had to restart was awful
Ti Malice - also, it’s about time the series is shown some sort of love
@@michaelminnick-chavez I agree completely. I love BoF 3 and 4. So much so that my heart jumped when I saw BoF 3 on psn only to immediately cry when I saw it was for ps vita only.
Ti Malice - they did a remake for the PSP. I honestly suggest it. It’s cheaper than a vita, and it’s pretty much the same port. This is the one game series that I wish we’d get a remake of.
@@michaelminnick-chavez Thank you for telling me. I'll have to look into it. I wish they'd remake it too. I really liked the Dragon gene system. I also loved Rei and Garr
What about stupidly hard to kill enemies, such as metal slimes in dragon quest, that give you a ton of exp should rng favour you?
Also some morbid part of me wants to try the cake, sephiroth figure and all.
Do you want Geostigma?! Cuz that's how you get Geostigma!
You included Vagrant Story AND The Legend of Dragoon... I love you, good sir.
2 of my favourites
Hi Rob, another great video, another possible entry you mentioned a little towards the end, the final boss who isn't really the final boss, ohh and I know it's not a jrpg but I can't help but think of Gwent from The Witcher 3 whenever anyone mentions minigames nowadays.
He already did that on the 12th of may 2017, if you want to see it
KlaasJanssen Ok thanks
Ffxv doesn't only have a specific snow *level*, but a snow DLC
those treasure boxes that are everywhere, where it is never revealed as to who put them there.
Ingredient 8: "That Other Boss"
The optional boss that you must fight to get 100% and for some reason is much harder than the final boss or any of the plot bosses, such as Omega/Ruby Weapons or Ozma. Or Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2
1 missing ingredient is the loveable, endearing and often cute character that most often joins your team. My examples are Vivi from FF9, Rikku from FF10, Nina from Breath of Fire (I’m not going to number it just pick your favourite version) but I do believe there are a few more
That one boss for me: Barthandelus from FF13(Any of his fights)[I always use Snow and bench Hope]
Silly Rob, always calling Snow useless..
Thanks, Rob! Right now I'm on a mission to obtain the Platinum for Persona 5.
Wish me luck!
What's the hardest trophy that you have to get?
Only one I still need is the one for the Bonus Boss, which seems to be the only one that's a real challenge (Compendium ones are more time consuming than actually difficult). There's a certain exploit that makes beating the Reaper like ridiculously easy late game, so even that one was easy XD
@@bloodybutterflygaming1242 ah caroline and justine my two favorite twins
@@SmashingSnow Well, the top trophy I've earned thus far is Power That Connects, and the last trophy I've earned is Skilled Gunman.
I'm currently at 61%. So I still have a ways to go.
@@Offroader210 I wish you the best I loved that game and I am happy I bought it.
Yes. Great to see you back.
That one boss--- Wiegraf from Final Fantasy Tactics
Wiegraf at Riovanes almost made me cry when i was younger..
Seymour on Mt. Gagazet.
Matador in Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
@@robertrosas5007 thats as far as i got lol
The Ten Wise Men From Star Ocean. They too OPed for main bosses
I cant start the weekend without a friday feature.. I just cant.. Got 2 jobbs one at weekdays and one in the weekend.. So when i take lunch i watch it.. Great times.. Been doing it the last few years infact.. Belive i have seen them all.. Love it.. Just love it.. The last few weeks havent been the same without.. Keep it up 👍
You had forgotten the 8th ingredient some kind of jailbreak most often in the beginning of the game but not exclusive and does not require to be a jail but some prison of some sort
Evrae the sky dragon in FFX was always the toughest battle for me. This aoe status effect attack was such a hindrance and could mess your party up.
Took me a literal 2 weeks to beat him!! I've never played again because I dred that battle!!
d h wasn’t that the one you could just use heal on and he died?
@@kaingates You are thinking about his second incarnation in den Via Purifico. He has the zombie status there. The first battle against him is quite hard. Not the hardest in the game though imho.
DUDE, I HAD FORGOTTEN HIM.
d h flashbacks from 2SBFP having to go through this boss twice cause they died from fodder characters after the Wedding crash scene
Finally! I've been waiting so long for another Friday Feature!!!
Rob and Friday features is a better combo than Coffee, a rainy day, a comfy blanket, and a peaceful night of well deserved Gaming
That one boss for me used to be Neclord in Suikoden 2. Not because he's hard, but because I didn't want to kill him since I wanted to listen to his battle theme. The boss that does it for me today is the one I work for making me spend precious gaming hours at work!
My first jrpg is "Arc the Lad".
Anybody remember it.
Me got the anime as well
Ya i know.Already saw it.
Arc the Lad: Twilight of The Spirits is great. Love how the ychanged the standard grid based battle system for a circle based one. Also it has a pretty good story and characters.
my first was actually Legend of Dragoon, then FF7, and then ATL:Twilight but it is a great JRPG
Yes. I my friend introduced me to this game back in high school. The puzzles were so hard af!!!
What happen to Delson have I missed out something ?
I think they kicked him out at some point and now he's plotting his revenge.
Dustin Vance, he was last seen being trained by a sensei to make a comeback. That was 3-4 months ago I think.
KH 358/2 Days (that one counts as a JRPG right? I'm not exactly an expert on the genre) has the Leechgrave as my "that one boss". I hate that thing. So much. Especially on Proud Mode.
(Well I suppose TECHNICALLY the real "that one boss" is the Dustflier but the Dustflier is a bonus boss like Sephiroth in KH2 while the Leechgrave is a required boss so I don't think it counts)
Me at the beginning on the video: "Oh wow, I wonder if Rob is actually going to have made a cake by the end?"
Me at the middle of the video: "NOPE, NO HE ISNT"
Me at the end: "I'm so confused....."
My favorite one, to the point that JRPGs just feel empty without them, are the quirky miniboss squad: the elite group of henchman that you fight throughout the game. Whether they be Grand Cardinals, Four Fiends, Admirals, God Generals, Judges, it doesn't matter. It helps the narrative so much when the bosses throughout the game aren't just a random monster in the way.
"Ive put all this in now....so im sticking with it." Killed me lololol
Oh I've gotta @ you on Morgana...Morgana is very useful in battle and stayed in the whole game...I found more useful in battle than Ryuji ..I love my boy but he was the odd out in battles usually. Joker, Ann, makoto, Morgana was my 90% of the time group
wow someone else who uses the very same team i did :D but yea morgana was beast with salvation and the full revive........... ann and makoto were pretty nasty too for me
And now, my attempts to find exceptions to this list because I'm just that petty.
"The tragic protagonist": Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean, Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Zestiria, literally every Pokémon game.
"A beautiful world map you can fly over": The World Ends With You, Star Ocean 3-5, every Tales game since Graces, every Kingdom Hearts, and every Persona game (I know he said "fat" JRPGs, but if he didn't want me to include Persona he shouldn't have brought up Morgana. Speaking of...).
"A big party with at least one useless member": now this is a challenge, but I'll say Dragon Quest XI and Chrono Trigger.
"Addictive minigames": Pokémon Sun and Moon, Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends With You (no I don't count Tin Pin Slammer, he said "addictive").
"That one boss":
Oh in that case...
"Or that one dungeon"
-_- sure, change up the criteria on me. Ni No Kuni 2, Tales of Zestiria, Pokémon X and Y.
"An ice area that's difficult": If difficulty is the requirement I'd say Tales of Graces, Star Ocean 2, Star Ocean 4, Dragon Quest XI, and every Pokémon game. If it's just an ice area at all: every Kingdom Hearts game prior to KH3, The World Ends With You, every Persona game.
"A villain who just wants to destroy everything": Tales of Xillia, Tales of Berseria, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and every Pokémon generation besides 4 and 6.
Well that was fun.
You pretty much left every FF out of this. I mean sure, Rob always talks about at least one FF in the Friday feature, but still.
@@digiing1992 um, yeah about that...I was trying to be fair and only list games I've finished, and the only Final Fantasy I've played all the way through is FFVI, which did have most if not all of these.
If it's about credibility, then yeah. But I haven't played as much JRPG as you and still believe that you have a point.
@@QuickSilverKitsune Oh I use Erik frequently. If you focus on building up his boomerang skills he's excellent for grinding because he can hit everything, and his spells are great for boss battles since they periodically deal damage.
As for the late game addition to the party, I get where you're coming from since his weapon skills just make him an inferior version of the main character. However, he has the best defense of the group, so I primarily use him to eat damage and buff my party's defenses which is great against stronger bosses (he was crucial in my fight against Mordegon).
Honestly I found Persona 5 is a great example of not having any useless partymembers.
While I have 2 go to partymembers (Ann and Morgana) I use the entire team and everybody has there shining moments. Thanks to EXP fore backup partymembers and the abillty to swap out partymembers mid fight its very easy to implement the whole team. I know Joker can hit every weak spot but I found it cooler to use his turns to swap in a partymember with the right element.
Big thumbs up for "that one boss" it was the same for me with FF7 and every playthrough since I put effort into levelling the whole team.
Fun trick with Diabolos. If you double cast Demi, he counters by healing you.
"This isn't really working now, is it?" xD
It's nice to finally see another Friday Feature!
It's a Friday Eature, we haven't gotten another Friday Feature in ages!
Skreeves Good point! Come on, Rob. Bring back the Friday Features... with Delsin!
In my first playthrough of Final Fantasy IX, I kept Amarant in my party as soon as I got him and beat the game with him. He's one of the most useful party members in the game in my opinion. Know anyone else that can get auto-life and regen on the entire party? (when tranced, of course) Also don't forget his ability that can restore MANA POINTS and on the entire party when tranced. Is this an "Unpopular Opinion"? Fite me m8
I think the same! Chakra is one of the best skills ever.... every time I have Amarant in the party, I just keep spamming powerful magics with Vivi, or summons with Eiko or Garnet without a second thought, XD
having someone to heals MP it's far from useless
Chakra can also heal HP to party members inflicted with zombie. Unless they patched that in the recent re-release. No mercy is pretty good damage too
literally my party almost always had Zidane, Amarant, and Vivi.
The problem was that ( if I remember properly ) Vivi had a 0 cost mana skill
Red Imp
I wouldn't say Amarant is bad per se, just that pretty much every other character is better or does the same thing he does but also something else. Quina is by far the best character. Then I'd say Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, and Eiko follow (though not in that order necessarily). After that I'd say Freya is third last, then Amarant, and lastly Dagger (though, she's only last because Eiko does everything she does, but better, if Eiko wasn't there then Dagger would be better than Amarant).
Is Rob mixing his real life chores (baking a Cake for his family/co-workers) with his friday features? I love it. Too OP.
"That one boss" for me was that undead boss in FFVII. The one you can beat by rezzing it. I didn't know this, and must have died on it at least a dozen times before I finally beat it. Later on, I came across a strat guide that said you could just rez it and got a bit ticked off that I'd done it the hard way.
11:26 Yay finally someone mentions DragonQuest :D love dq 👌🏻
nice thumbnail too
How did you not mention velius from Final Fantasy Tactics. He's the most infamous ''that one boss'' there is. Like everyone who's play get knows bout that fight and losing their save file to him.
Yep. How was i supposed to know Ramza would fight a boss by himself? Unless he knows Tailwind and Auto-Potion, you're pretty much screwed.
I only got through the Wiegraf duel by having a Monk Ramza with Move-HP Up, a strong Chakra and Wave Fist, and exploiting the game's AI (how it always moved away from you if it attacks first, and moves towards you otherwise). I honestly thought of Stealing or Breaking his gear to make it easier at the time, but I hated relying on anything that had less than a 75% chance of success (especially against a high-Evade character like Wiegraf), and even though my Move-HP UP and Chakra ensured I refilled my HP to max after each "skirmish" with him, deviating from that pattern even a little generally ended in (my) tears.
Against Velius, it was having the aforementioned Monk Ramza (I can't remember his secondary skillset, but pretty sure it was one of the main magic sets - probably Time or White) and a Ninja with Throw Item and Fly (yes, the Dancer movement ability) that carried me through the fight. Two Dragoons (one of each gender, Secondaries in Thief) and a pure caster (I think a White/Time or Black/Time during my first run) filled out the rest of the party, but the Dragoons pretty much tanked during the fight with their Dragon Spirit while the mage focused on keeping people Hasted while hitting the demons with Don't Move/Don't Act. The Ninja provided essential Phoenix Downs/Hi-Potions and the occasional two sword stab, but as she was somehow the squishiest in the party (even moreso than the caster) AND my primary healer (items don't fail to work) , I only moved her in for guaranteed kills, preferring to keep her far outside the fight.
My first meeting with Wiegraf (and then Velius) saw me woefully unprepared and forced me back a save file. While I already preferred Ramza as a Monk (to make him self-sufficient), my party overall wasn't capable of killing even one Ultima Demon without severe casualties due to being underleveled.
So yeah... screw Wiegraf.
i use squire with 2-hand ninja abi so i can equip 2 strongest sword i have while teleporting all over the place stacking atk buff so i can one shoot him lol
Actually I do have a question.
Why do every JRPG game has a final boss that just wants to destroy the world for the sake of saving it?
Pretty late, but it’s probably something like “the world is so broken that the only way to fix it is destroy it and start over”.
Sounds about right
1. Pretty sure I already commented on your full benched party members video, but if you really want an example, MOMO from Xenosaga I.
2. Going with Xenosaga, That One Boss from Xenosaga III, the ES Levi, actually ended up being my favorite boss after the fact. I mean, he was basically a Dark Souls Boss in a JRPG: a powerful but fair challenge that was super satisfying...after the 20+ deaths.
FINALLY ANOTHER FRIDAY FEATURE!!!! I'VE WANTED THIS FOR SO SO LONG. I'VE MISSED YOUR GLORIOUS FACE, YOUR GLORIOUS BALD HEAD, EVERYTHING
You forgot a couple of ingredients:
8: Love triangles
9: The protagonist is always a Mary Sue/Gary Stu.
No Xenogears footage in this list is a crime
Not once have Rob mentioned Xenogears in any of his Friday Features.
Rob must've never played it back then. He loves Vagrant Story though, so he redeemed himself. XD
I am surprised he didn't put up any of the Tales of games in the snow level. I have played at least three of them that have snow levels. They are Tales of Graces F and both Tales of Xillia
@@singmeastory6634 Tales of Symphonia has a snow level, too.
That's because Xenogears wasn't released in Europe.
@musiclover01ization um, I have only played Symphonia once so I don't remember it to well.
BLITZ BALL!!! FF10!!! SO GOOD!!! I played a blitzball tournament instead of saving the world... Worth it.
There's always a hand-to-hand specialist/monk as well.
My "that one boss" in FF7 was Gi Nattak, until I discovered the Phoenix Down trick. Then it was Carry Armor; it was very fond of grabbing Cloud and Barret in quick succession then nuking the remaining party member.
tbh feel like amaurat/morgana are good/decent team members.
monk boy can basically help constantly sustain mp, iirc, which is awesome.
and morgana with a sp regen badge and some decent speed can presumably keep you healed up when you're pretty much just busting out multihit physical moves, hell i typically use him, ann, and makoto for this reason.
How you caught me watching another Friday Feature ?
Well it's about bloody time! =p
FFVIII 's card game was my favorite too.
That One Boss... in FF Tactics, it was the Wiegraf/Velius combo 😊 in KH2, it was Sephiroth ❤️
My 'That One Boss' was Gale from Rogue Galaxy.
Back when there were brick'n'mortar video rental places in the States, I picked up this gem for PS2, and was astounded by the visuals, the gameplay, and the characters; it felt like a spiritual successor to Skies of Arcadia! But then, on the fourth planet (the mining one, I forget the name), 1 of your 3 party slots is stuck with Deego, a bipedal bodybuilder anthropomorphic Boxer, with a machine gun hand and greataxe, who isn't as highly leveled as your other party members, and grinding out his abilities is REALLY tedious on the planet you get him; then comes HIS archnemesis as the level boss, a Magnums-akimbo dark elf (not making it up!) who has a second stage where he pilots a miner robot. I couldn't beat him the first dozen times, returned the disc when the time limit came, then rented it again months later, PLAYED THROUGH THE PREVIOUS 3 PLANETS ON A NEW SAVE, and THEN!...then I beat that punk. And then returned the disc without completing the game bc Gale was just THAT much of a wanker that he ruined the rest of the game for me.
Every JRPG also needs a best girl like Makoto Niijima.
A Rock That's a weird way rto spell Futaba don't you think ?
@@punishedmeat4979 that's an even weirder way of spelling Kawakami
Grant Ann, and I will fight you on that.
@@davidtimmer596 excuse me guys your not spelling hifumi correctly
Seconded best girl Makoto.
The lack of Chrono Trigger/Cross on these lists always gets me
They do leave that out a lot, don't they? Rob is the main jrpg guy. He must've skipped it or something.
Geoff Baumgartner Yeah, I think he went for the FFs and those alone took all the time little Robert had haha...And to be fair, I just played 2 FFs much later, so i'm on the opposite side of the spectrum
I love FF too though, even 13 and 15.. but Chrono Cross and Trigger are up there with the best of the older ones. And better than a lot of the less popular ones he mentions imo. For sure..
Geoff Baumgartner Cross is the reason I started playing jrpgs, and I love it way more than FF as well. Before the original playstation I didn't have that much access to this genre, maybe because it wasn't that common on sega genesis. And now jrpgs kinda lost the spotlight to the western ones. I'm playing Witcher 3 now but I plan to get to FF XV eventualy. Hope it's good.
@@DoverDaniel
It's kinda love it or hate it with XV, but at $40 max for the Royal Ed and as many hours as Witcher 3, it's def worth it. (not as many substantive side quests as though). Witcher 3 is a tough game to live up to though.
This is how I know it’s friday
Chart oonzy The last two weeks went Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
How did you know
1:50 - Or in the cast of the game I'm making, the main character knows about his past the whole time, but didn't say anything because the topic didn't come up until way later in the story.
loved the video rob! when ever i watch your videos and you do a final fantasy 8 reference, I mentaly have dave do a strike in my head, this time i was in for a treat! Thanks everyone.