I know this isn't the kind of content most of you guys look for with my channel, but I appreciate you guys giving it a watch. Have a good day yall!!!!!
You know, these riots aren't easy to plan. You gotta find where a person is. You gotta get the pitch forks. The torches. You gotta find an angry mob. You gotta trudge all the way out. It's exhausting.
One day I'll pay for what I put you guys through. To be fair though, what would you even do with your day in a theoretical universe where I did put out that review??
Im currently playing Wild Arms 5 for the first time and wow this game is awesome! So many mechanics that feel super modern and innovative. Also story-wise it’s going into directions I totally didn’t expect.
Unfortunately Grandia 1 hd remaster has so many issues with graphics being worse than on saturn as it used inferior PS1 copy of the game, i encountered a bug of game randomly crashing when entering/exiting towns as that is when game changes resolution between town map and world map which can cause a crash as PC games do not like resolution changes in that manner. I still managed to 100% the game with all them issues but I really wished they had not overpromised and under delivered with the HD remaster.
I'm so happy you included Growlanser in this. I've been telling my friends about Wayfarer of Time for years and I've never met anyone personally who's played it.
I have played Growlanser 2, and I also don't know anyone irl who has played it. These games are so unknown, it's almost painful, given how awesome they are...
i have wayfarer of time on my phone. i haven't gotten into in yet because i have so many hundreds of games on my phone for snes, genesis, gba, ds, psp, ps1, n64, and more. too many games for my own good, many great ones i will likely never get around to playing.
It'd be nice to see you do a Kouldelka+Shadow Hearts series. I know you've talked about these games 10 years ago, but your content nowadays is much more refined.
There is a recent PSP Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Tok fan translation patch 2012 last in the Suikoden series. Wish Level 5 would buy the rights for Suikoden and remake them all (minus 4 and Tactics) but add construction elements when expanding HQs like woodwork brick laying and so on fixing up the HQ in 3, plastering painting ect
Oh man, Growlanser Generations. I just picked that up pretty recently but I was too preoccupied with another Working Designs localization job at the time, Vanguard Bandits. Honestly there could be an entire video on just games they localized because there is some pretty good stuff. Though some of their games are ridiculously expensive these days. *cough* Magic Knight Rayearth *cough*
Having broken a controller on the fifteenth occasion a boss steamrolled me by spamming the same move three times in a row after spending 6 hours grinding on mobs that barely give any xp, I beg to differ. Bury it. I don't care if it has dragons in it. Bury it in a deep dark cave and forget it exists.
I'm about a 1/4 way through the vid and thinking to myself wonder if he's going to touch Legend of Dragoon or Blue Dragon (or even lost Odyssey) looking forward to the review of L of Dragoon now....
Great stuff, Jared. This video brings back some great memories. I’m 37 and a huge rpg fan. I grew up with a lot of these titles. I found your channel through your RE retrospective, but I’ve been loving all of your content. Keep up the awesome work, brother 👍
I'd love a sequel to this! You actually managed to surprise me with several games; and I'm pretty informed on JRPGs. Also, why did you skip over Suikoden III?
Yeah, it's weird to skip III but includes Tactics. For some reason I kind of expecting Tierkries to come up or the PSP one that just got translated lol
Suikoden III wasn't exactly a "hidden gem". It received decent marketing and wasn't that difficult to find at game stores. So if you were a jrpg fan in the early 2000s, chances are pretty high you either picked up or at the very least heard of Suikoden III. Especially with how beautiful the box art was.
@@TechNMusic remember, most here are fresh eyes on old tech. Not granpas like us lol. We forgot more jrpgs than they ever played 😆 i alyways have to remind myself of this. Pt3 was definitely readily available everywhere, at least here in NJ. I remember it was in every magazine too, all with top scores.
Well hey, I found your channel through this video, so I would absolutely love more obscure JRPG videos. I always love hearing about more than the usual Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest stuff.
I love shining soul 2 ! One of my favorite hidden gem action RPGs on the game boy advance, I especially loved using the link cable and playing multiplayer
Watching this was very pleasant, and just reminded me of several other rare games I enjoyed, like Legend of Legaia, Thousand Arms, Lunar SSS, and more famous games like Xenogears. I also imagine Parasite Even scratches both your horror/intrigue itch while also having a good RPG system in similiar veins to star ocean 2's, well the first one at least. The PS1 and 2 were truly a great time to enjoy rpgs.
You are my favourite new find in TH-cam. Funny how you started explaining how you popped in either survival horror or RPGs when you were young. That is 100% me and i know some other channels who are 100% split between these two genres since childhood. (y)
I really like your videos about Survival Horror because it it's a passion of mine no one of my friend shares and now RPGs? Holy cow I love your channel. Glad I found you at 3 am with weird video searches.
Great video, I keep hoping for a Growlancer collection on the Switch as it's spiritual predecessor Langrisser got a shiny new coat of paint a couple years ago but no dice so far.
More of this type of content please. I'd say the cross over between Jrpgs and survival horror fans it pretty large, after al the ps1 era was when both of them was arguably at their peak.
Love the videos man, I grew up starting with RE2 on the N64- and going from there, The Suffering being a title I played way to much for how young I was. I must say I was shocked to Legend of Legaia didn't sneak it's way on here-! I got a Ambernic RG280v for PSX/GBA emulation- and I will for sure be playing Shining Soul on it! I was so busy playing Golden Sun, Breath of Fire 2, Pokemon Gold, and Advanced Wars over and over- I could never remember what freaking game my cousin always played on his GBA- and it hit me like a truck when this video started with Shining Soul!
Excited to grab some grub, sit down and watch this! What I will say, in regards to your introduction statement from my personal viewpoint: Even though you've never really talked much about JRPGs since I've been watching, I actually noticed your fondness for the scene with a lot of the "pseudo-references" to popular ones (or at least ones I know of) through fonts, intro inspirations etc. Enough so in fact, to actually check your channel from BEFORE I started watching, to see if you'd ever covered any JRPG type stuff previously, before the Resident Evil and Silent Hill retrospectives! Needless to say, regardless of all of that, to ME at least, as an absolute fan of your content, I could definitely tell you were a JRPG fan, even if it went unspoken on the Survival Horror stuff a lot, so I see this video here is an absolute *WIN*. Again, super excited to grab some monch and watch through all of this tonight! And I wouldn't mind seeing more content on different genres of games you love in the future! Your commentary on any game you cover that I've played/haven't have always been interesting and insightful to me, and even inspired me to go back to older games I used to practically worship as a kid, and pop 'em in for my own "retrospective" take on them, like the entire 3D Legend of Zelda line-up in release order and the Metroid Prime Trilogy! (As well as any of the 2D games I could readily get my hands on!!!) Thanks for the stellar content as always Jared; keep on rocking, - Gen
Great Video! It's nice to see a lot of these gems getting some recognition. A few other titles I'd suggest are; Faxanadu -- An NES Action RPG which is part of the Dragon Slayer/Legend of Heroes series Legend of Legaia -- PSX JRPG with a fantastic combat system and a killer soundtrack Valkyrie Profile; Silmeria -- PS2 Hybrid Action Strategy RPG with an interesting battle system, fantastic aesthetic and great world building
I have known NO ONE who knew about Resonance of Fate. I got stuck way late game because the battles became so difficult and grinding for gun parts and money was really torture.
Recently found your channel and have been "sleep watching" them. I've been digging the passion and depth of analysis you bring to your videos. If I had to offer my underrated RPG series, it'd be Ys for the obvious reasons. Just about every tune is a banger.
I really dig your compilation style videos, it's like getting samples in a candy store. Love horror but I hope the success of this video means you'll be less shy about branching out, your RPG takes are really entertaining as well. P.S. Currently playing LoD. Can't tell you how relieved I felt to see you missing the timing of the 5th level Dragoon attack. I made it 80% of the way through the game without even knowing you could get beyond 4 ticks.
This is great video. I am a huge RPG fan. I only recently got into gaming at the age of 47. I love content like this because it exposes me to games I would never know about without your hard work. Thank you! I love your channel and respect the amount to work you do to bring us the content you do.
@@AvalancheReviews I love your videos. I, about four weeks ago, watched your video on STALKER. I was so intrigued by your presentation that I just had to try gaming. My PC isn't great. However, it runs STALKER. I bought the games on GOG during a sale and I was hooked. I was blown away. I kept saying to myself: "Wow, this Avalanche fella is spot on! This game is freaking super awesome. I immediately bought the other two in the series and everyday after work I play them. I am going through a divorce and moved to a small town for work. Needless to say, STALKER has become somewhat of a salvation from a tough time in my life. I can't thank you enough. I saw your video today, took some notes and when I am done STALKER, I will probably look into these RPGs. I am also very interested in the Silent Hill series. Well... certainly Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3. I think you do great work! You have great taste in video games and you have a great presentation and style. I am new to all this video game stuff. I am having fun, I am out of my own head and at the end of the day, it's hours of entertainment for a very small price. I know that you work very hard to put together your videos. I want you to know that, to this 47 year old man going through a tough patch, your videos have made a difference. Thank you! AND STALKER! FREAKING BRILLIANT GAME!
@@davidroddie7600 Good read. Sorry for what you're going through, but I guess the silver lining is that you've stumbled into a whole new world of interactive storytelling and experiences. Games, like any other art form, can take on special meanings for people based on what they're going through at the time. I'm sure you'll look back on these initial games you've been getting into with bittersweet feelings for the rest of your life. I wish you all the best.
@@BabyArms Thank you so much! I appreciate your comments and well wishes. I am doing well. I work too much, but who doesn't. Gaming is an art form I never really considered. I mean; I certainly understood that they were art, but I never appreciated the story telling and depth of the media. Having played STALKER and slowly working my way through Knights of the Old Republic, I have a whole new respect for gaming and video game development.
I love the Xenogears music you used in here. (You should check out the Xenogears 20th anniversary concert if you haven't already. It's stunning.) JRPGs were my thing as a teen.
I own several of these and you're making me want to replay or play them so much now, only played one of the Growlanser games of those we got in the west and really thinking of popping one of them to start soon.
I am currently playing Suikoden 1 and 2 through discord for a buddy of mine who loves RPGS and has never heard of them, we just got done playing Thousand Arms as well. Played Xenogears for him also, which is one of my favorite RPG's that almost nobody I know, knows about
I really enjoyed this list and am going to try out a lot of these. An obscure one i recommend people try out is Phantom Brave. It's a strategy rpg that uses a radius system rather than a grid system and has unique physics stuff (bouncing, sliding, the ability to knock enemies off the map as an alternative to killing them). Also a lot of unit customization and what not. It's probably my favorite srpg. Also, I'm curious what the game is in the intro from 0:22-0:28? The character sprites there caught my interest.
@30:00 look up the program "z-translate". It can hook into Retroarch (and standalone emulators and basically everything else) and will automatically machine-translate any on-screen foreign language text on the fly by superimposing the translated text over top of the original text in the actual game such that you don't need to constantly be flipping back and forth between applications or have another monitor.
I'd like to see more of these videos in the future. And love the Xenogears music during the intro. It's one of my personal favorite JRPG's that, after playing it on an emulator, made me snatch the copy before the prices went up in an excessive pace. I do like Resonance of Fate. Weird but quite experimental combat system and it's one of the funnier JRPG's I've played.
Xenogears has the best story in any game I've ever played, and the music is Yasunori Mitsuda pretty much at his best (though Chrono Cross's OST was incredible too). Check out the Xenogears 20th Anniversary Concert if you haven't. It's just mesmerizing.
Still have it. The deluxe edition that came with 2 games, the watch , the cards, the ring, the soundtrack the whole shabang.. i loved its take on the Phantasy Star 3 thing where you have heirs that continue the fight. That's always been a cool mechanic to me
Hey I dunno if you've heard of the game or if I missed it in your videos but you may like Skies of Arcadia. The original game was for the Dreamcast and it was remastered onto the GameCube. I also feel that it's SUPER underrated and was one of my favorite RPGs of that era, just a suggestion if you wanna check it out if you haven't already
Always nice to see Grandia get some recognition, great series. One SNES game I never see get mentioned in these is Arcana on SNES, which I played a ton as a kid. Bahamut Lagoon is another great one, hard to find people who played it due to the localization, but there's a good fan released translation ROM and later Wii and Wii U re-releases. Also, Tactics Ogre and the Shadow Hearts series.
I also happened upon Growlanser Generations, and it is still in my top 10 all time JRPGs. Growlanser 2 my be short, but it has several possible endings (one of which takes the story down an entirely different arc) which gives a ton of replayability. I think I played through it at least 5 times. Resonance of Fate is all kinds of fun... at first. But the combat never evolves. It's exactly the same in the first battle as it is 30 hours in. That made the otherwise awesome and unique combat get stale really fast, so I never could finish it. With how much you like Strategy RPGs, if you haven't played it, you should definitely check out Brigandine on the PS1. It got totally overshadowed because it released at about the same time as FF7, but it's my all time favorite game. It's pretty lacking on story, but MORE than make up for it on the strategy side. Easiest way I can explain it is [Insert Franchise] Tactics meets Pokemon meets Risk. It has near endless replayability.
I really hoped to see Legend of Legaia in this video... loved that game so much back then, but nobody ever seems to know about it. maybe it's just my rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, but I think it's a really underrated gem.
Surprised you didn't do Koudelka, since it blends JRPG and Horror quite well. I remember you did a review on it way back in like 2010 or something? But it would be right at home not just in this video but somewhere on your channel as a more in depth rereview :P Oh yeah also Shadow Hearts.
I saw a thumbnail of Growlanser and I had to click the vid. Well done, sir. Legend of Legaia on PS1 was the first rpg I played. It's definitely one of my favorites
Avalanche, you introduced me to STALKER. I own all three games and I absolutely love them. Thank you so much! STALKER was actually the game that got me into gaming in the first place. I guess you could say, you and STALKER got me into gaming. I have finished the first STALKER game and, if I can get the weekend off work, I will be starting the second game in the series. Again, thank you so much! You have provided me with tons of entertainment.
I will always remember Grandia 3 for the most arbitrary, random thing: It introduced me to "the log pillow." Y'know. Those pillows that are just long cylinders. I watched my aunt's boyfriend play the game while I was still in elementary school, and that was my entire takeaway from the game. Log pillow.
Can we please stop calling Legend of Dragoon underrated, underappreciated, unknown, or forgotten? I have never had a conversation with a new person about JRPGs without Legend of Dragoon coming up. EVERYBODY knows it. It was a Greatest hits title and the highest selling non-SquEnix RPG on the system.
I haven't played Wachenroder yet, but I did mod my Sega Saturn with Terraonion's MODE disc emulator. Plenty of english translations do exist, such as the ones for Shining Force 3, scenarion 1, 2 and 3 (those games are an absolute blast to play), Policenauts, etc. But Wachenroder has indeed been translated into english on january this year, just after seeing you talk about that game I've decided I'm gonna give the translated version a chance. The prices of Saturn games have gone through the roof and it's cheaper to mod it nowadays, also it's great playing translated games on legitimate hardware.
What a fun change of pace!! Although…. I’m pretty sure I saw Phantasy Star Online in the intro and was sad it wasn’t covered at all in the video. PSO and PSO2 are definitely unsung heroes that are still accessible and a blast to play!
It's such a bummer that so many cool looking Sega Saturn RPGs never came out here. I've always wanted to play SMT Devil Summoner and Terra Phantastica. Sakura Wars looks kinda fun too.
Pretty disappointed that you only focused on JRPGs. The title of the video lead me to believe that this would cover RPGs in general, not just one niche subgenre. Should have named it "Obscure Forgotten and Underrated JRPGs" instead. I guess the intent was to be non-specific to drag as many people in as possible. I'dve never clicked on this video if I knew that you were only discussing JRPGs.
I was super into JRPG's as a kid and owned all of these except ring of red. You forgot a few though. Lunar, Raphsody, Ogre battle, Azure dreams to name a few.
First time watching your channel and I must say: if the Quality of your work hadn't made me click Subscribe already, the small clips from Phantasy Star Online here and there would definitely have. I miss that game SO MUCH.
33:17 I played Legend of Dragoon as a child growing up on my PS2 my mother had printed out the entire guide for me, so it was this HUGE folder when it was all done. Man, that game was so amazing to me and a great challenge in the way combat was done with input ques for the combos then put in Dragoon forms with their own move sets and combos. I had a thing for Rose not gonna lie either LMAO
Hell yes, son! My two favorite genres are Survival Horror and RPGs. Really appreciate the quality content. I know its not a traditional RPG but would love to hear your take on Vagrant’s Story for the PSX. That game deserves more recognition. And a sequel too!
Woo RPG time! :) I love me some survival horror, but my RPG obsession can’t be topped, haha. And I’m always happy to learn about some more games that I’ve missed. Shining Soul looks like a simple, fun game. I can imagine multiplayer for this being a blast. I could see myself losing a lot of hours in this. :P The intro screen for character selection reminds me a lot of the SaGa Frontier intro screen. Not that that’s important, just had a similar look to me. Suikoden games are so good! Definitely a series I think any RPG fan should give a shot. I remember my introduction to the series was a friend of my brother bringing the first game over and letting me borrow it. I remember keeping the game for probably much longer than he expected. :P But still, so glad that he did let me borrow it. Looking forward to Eiyuden Chronicles! :) Emerald Dragon looks like an interesting game. The fighting system looks like a distant cousin to Lunar or Grandia with its movement based combat. AI companions in battles can be a pain to deal with, but I understand it helping to keep battle going quickly. Gotta appreciate fan translators bringing these games to us over here! :) Speaking of Grandia. :D Much love for the games, even though I missed out on this series for so long. I had my first playthrough blind for my TH-cam channel and so glad I did play it! I do still need to play Extreme and 3. I’ll have to get to that soon! Wachenroder looks like an interesting game! Shame it didn’t come out over here. I also missed out on the Saturn, and technically, am still missing out. :P I need to pick up a console sometime. I did get a good deal on a copy of Albert Odyssey and really need to get a way to play it. Legend of Dragoon, such a good game! Have to give it to FF7, it opening the RPG floodgates gave us some excellent titles for the PS1 era, even if everyone felt like they had to deem themselves an “FF7 killer”. :P I do still get a kick out of the attack names being shouted after succeeding the times button presses. I was lucky enough to stumble on Growlanser Generations on the PS2 and pick up the copy when it first came out. I haven’t gone any farther with the series though. I need to fix that! I haven’t played Resonance of Fate. I know I’ve seen it on store shelves before but hadn’t looked into it. A comparison to Cowboy Bebop? You’ve got my attention! Ring of Red looks like one I need to pick up. I love alternate history type stories. I’ll have to pick up both of these games. Excellent video as usual, man! I hope you share more underrated RPG goodness on the channel soon! ;)
also, on topic of Obscure JRPGs, I think Wild ARMs and Front Mission series need more love Wild ARMs is one of the closest things we can get to a Wild West JRPG. It's a world where certain individuals get to use an ARM, which is a superpowered gun, but people are scared of them since they were used in war by demons so ARM wielders often catch a lot of shit even when they are being objectively heroic and you play as one of them. The game itself plays like a JRPG but each playable character has a unique gimmick assigned to them: Rudy the ARM wielder can shoot custom bullets that do various things, Cecilia can do magic and summon various things to aid you in asskicking and then there's Jack, the cynical Samurai Cowboy who is not powered by any ARM or magic and is simply *really* good with a sword, to a point he can often outdamage Rudy. Front Mission series can be compared to Ring of Red since both deal with mechs, political intrigue and *a lot* of war crimes. Its main gimmick is that you can shoot off and disable particular limbs of the enemy mech, preventing them from doing stuff, say you destroy their legs, well now they move only 1 tile at a time and cannot dodge your attacks, or you can try to kill it outright by aiming for the body if you feel like they pose too much of a danger and need them dead, but you get rewarded with more EXP if you destroy the mech entirely. In FM3, with some skills you can even kill the pilot and get the mech for yourself or shoot off everything but the body which makes the enemy pilot decide "do I continue fighting and die or run away and leave everything behind for the enemy to use?", though you get to "insist" on surrender if during their decision period you attack them with literally any weapon, which makes your point clear and they run. The first and second games also got a remake announced recently.
Loved the video. This is my first video I've seen of yours and this is just fantastic content. You even showed me a RPG I've never heard of. Ring of Red. It's now on my list to hunt for when I'm at Con's or hunting in used video game stores. Ring of Red really reminded me of a cross of Front Mission and Valkyrie Chronicles. Which is an absolute win for me! Question though. I see you hit almost all of the Suikoden series but the 3rd one. Had you not played that one yet?
People go one about sephiroth as being a big bad, but luca blight is one boss that's truly evil and takes multiple consecutive encounters to kill... Fucker needed to be ambushed, shot repeatedly, beaten by squads of hero's, betrayed, shot again, and then dueled one on one... he was a real one man army, if he was not betrayed I am certain he would have just cut his way out and been the end game boss, and he goes out the same way he lived, madly laughing.
one thing I appreciate about Suikoden 1 and 2 at least is that it's not a end of history story. Most JRPGs have you killing god or trying to prevent the destruction of the very planet, which make it hard to see the upside from the antagonist perspective. Suikodens just feels like one countries story or legend in a much longer history. Like if Jory had won he would of formed some Roman empire like state but there would of been of world it just would of been more violent and oppressive than Rious. and probably had alot more Pilikas.
I think it's cool that you like to play both RPGs and JRPGs Avalanche, you are defiantly into many of the classics I have played in my life, like the Grow lancer series, Suikoden, Shinning Force, and Resonance Of Fate, they are all very cool games and I'm glad you like them, you did an amazing job on the Obscure Forgotten and underated RPGs out there Avalanche, I do appreciate it and I hope you can do more cool videos like this one, you did a really good job here Avalanche well done buddy ✌️
Would've been nice to see the Atelier series (specifically the ps2 games), Rogue Galaxy (even with the digital rerelease, I still haven't met anyone that knows anything about that game), or even Magna Carta (especially this Korean hidden gem). Still, pretty great list of stuff I haven't heard of in a long time. Good job!
You know what is a great underrated JRPG that NEVER gets talks about, Radiant Historia. Even amongst others I don’t see it on any list, even though it sold well. It’s like the Prince of Egypt of JRPGs. Hell even Prince of Egypt gets more mentions than this
Hi Avalanche, you may have explained and I just didn't understand but I was wondering how you scale up your GBA games to 1080p. Do you just use the Retrotink's scaling or is it something else? I'm using a similar setup I think, Game Boy Player (just with the official disk) with component cables into the Retrotink 5x but I've never been able to get that good of a picture. Is it something specific to the GBI?
Hey concerning Resonance of Fate you mention the PS3 release but the game did get a PS4 remaster a few years back. Don't know much about it quality wise but definitely way more accesible than it may seem at first!
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I know this isn't the kind of content most of you guys look for with my channel, but I appreciate you guys giving it a watch. Have a good day yall!!!!!
I disagree.
We'll see anything gaming that you wanna gush about
We love you mane. Anything you post is all good
Hell yeah this is exactly what we want I beat legend of dragoon on ps1 and ps3 roflmao might download it on my laptop and do it again
Honestly, I was missing the JRPG videos.
I’m a JRPG slut. You could keep on this going forward and I’ll still shower you with cash.
You know, these riots aren't easy to plan. You gotta find where a person is. You gotta get the pitch forks. The torches. You gotta find an angry mob. You gotta trudge all the way out. It's exhausting.
One day I'll pay for what I put you guys through. To be fair though, what would you even do with your day in a theoretical universe where I did put out that review??
lol I feel like a complete dunce, but what is that from?? is that like a copy pasta or an FF7 quote haha 😅😅
Don't forget the ice cream once the angry mob chase is done.
Wild Arms, Alundra, Azure Dreams are somewhat obscure games that I can think of right now. Also theres HD Remasters of Grandia 1 and 2 on Steam
Damn Id play the hell out of some Azure Dreams right now. That games was the monster breeding game I never knew I needed
Im currently playing Wild Arms 5 for the first time and wow this game is awesome! So many mechanics that feel super modern and innovative. Also story-wise it’s going into directions I totally didn’t expect.
Just came to comment about Wild Arms.
Unfortunately Grandia 1 hd remaster has so many issues with graphics being worse than on saturn as it used inferior PS1 copy of the game, i encountered a bug of game randomly crashing when entering/exiting towns as that is when game changes resolution between town map and world map which can cause a crash as PC games do not like resolution changes in that manner. I still managed to 100% the game with all them issues but I really wished they had not overpromised and under delivered with the HD remaster.
Koudelka, Thousand Arms, Skies of Arcadia, Vagrant Story, Shadow Hearts.
I'm so happy you included Growlanser in this. I've been telling my friends about Wayfarer of Time for years and I've never met anyone personally who's played it.
Im here. I really hate it. I am stuck in this one-shotting hellhole of a dungeon and Im absolutely pissed.
I have played Growlanser 2, and I also don't know anyone irl who has played it. These games are so unknown, it's almost painful, given how awesome they are...
i have wayfarer of time on my phone. i haven't gotten into in yet because i have so many hundreds of games on my phone for snes, genesis, gba, ds, psp, ps1, n64, and more.
too many games for my own good, many great ones i will likely never get around to playing.
It'd be nice to see you do a Kouldelka+Shadow Hearts series. I know you've talked about these games 10 years ago, but your content nowadays is much more refined.
Glad to see any Suikoden love, played them all the time as a kid. Absolute favorite RPG series
There is a recent PSP Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Tok fan translation patch 2012 last in the Suikoden series. Wish Level 5 would buy the rights for Suikoden and remake them all (minus 4 and Tactics) but add construction elements when expanding HQs like woodwork brick laying and so on fixing up the HQ in 3, plastering painting ect
Oh man, Growlanser Generations. I just picked that up pretty recently but I was too preoccupied with another Working Designs localization job at the time, Vanguard Bandits. Honestly there could be an entire video on just games they localized because there is some pretty good stuff. Though some of their games are ridiculously expensive these days. *cough* Magic Knight Rayearth *cough*
Which sucks, because like you said the localized some amazing titles!
I bought it for a mere $20 @ Toyrus back when Saturn was at the end. It's an ok RPG. Not the best.
I still have my discs despite having nothing to play it on for like a decade.
It’s good seeing legend of dragoon being talked about more and more
Having broken a controller on the fifteenth occasion a boss steamrolled me by spamming the same move three times in a row after spending 6 hours grinding on mobs that barely give any xp, I beg to differ. Bury it. I don't care if it has dragons in it. Bury it in a deep dark cave and forget it exists.
I'm about a 1/4 way through the vid and thinking to myself wonder if he's going to touch Legend of Dragoon or Blue Dragon (or even lost Odyssey) looking forward to the review of L of Dragoon now....
Why?
There so much more obscure and a lot better JRPGs on the ps1 alone.
@@Ristyo1992 The Legend of Dragoon is a top 3 RPG on the PS1 bruh.
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It's the definition of a mediocre RPG, brah...
Great stuff, Jared. This video brings back some great memories. I’m 37 and a huge rpg fan. I grew up with a lot of these titles. I found your channel through your RE retrospective, but I’ve been loving all of your content. Keep up the awesome work, brother 👍
the first grandia will always be in my heart, it was the first ever jrpg i pick up back in the day, and man what a journey it was
I'd love a sequel to this! You actually managed to surprise me with several games; and I'm pretty informed on JRPGs. Also, why did you skip over Suikoden III?
Being honest Suikoden isn't really good, but it was the first 3d one so it was understandable.
@@caaltaes732 being honest, this is like a terrible opinion.
Yeah, it's weird to skip III but includes Tactics. For some reason I kind of expecting Tierkries to come up or the PSP one that just got translated lol
Suikoden III wasn't exactly a "hidden gem". It received decent marketing and wasn't that difficult to find at game stores. So if you were a jrpg fan in the early 2000s, chances are pretty high you either picked up or at the very least heard of Suikoden III. Especially with how beautiful the box art was.
@@TechNMusic remember, most here are fresh eyes on old tech. Not granpas like us lol. We forgot more jrpgs than they ever played 😆 i alyways have to remind myself of this.
Pt3 was definitely readily available everywhere, at least here in NJ. I remember it was in every magazine too, all with top scores.
Well hey, I found your channel through this video, so I would absolutely love more obscure JRPG videos. I always love hearing about more than the usual Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest stuff.
Even if you did some other more renown games I’d love to hear your take! Great vid as always 👍
Word! I have another video planned. Maybe I'll put some more well know games in it.
I definitely love the obscure & overlooked games Avalanche Reviews since they made for some amazingly great times in my life.
excellent video Jared! So many gems on this list. I hope you make more rpg stuff!
I loved this. I'd like to see more of these less known and/or underrated games, especially RPGs!
I love shining soul 2 ! One of my favorite hidden gem action RPGs on the game boy advance, I especially loved using the link cable and playing multiplayer
Thank you for covering the Growlaser series!!!
Watching this was very pleasant, and just reminded me of several other rare games I enjoyed, like Legend of Legaia, Thousand Arms, Lunar SSS, and more famous games like Xenogears. I also imagine Parasite Even scratches both your horror/intrigue itch while also having a good RPG system in similiar veins to star ocean 2's, well the first one at least. The PS1 and 2 were truly a great time to enjoy rpgs.
You are my favourite new find in TH-cam. Funny how you started explaining how you popped in either survival horror or RPGs when you were young. That is 100% me and i know some other channels who are 100% split between these two genres since childhood. (y)
A RPG video??! Average viewers are going to hate this but you sure got my heart. Thank you!!
They sure will, but I'll be damned if that's gonna keep me from covering dope ass rpgs.
@@danieldalton You are taking my words much too literal.
@@asleepghoulshow I am, I deleted my comment, sorry :)
Thanks for giving a shout out to Emerald Dragon! It's a neat little game that more people should give a try.
more people talking about Suikoden,Grandia and Legend Of The Dragoon is always good
those series should not be forgotten.
great video as usual sir
LoD remake/sequel is on its way. congrats
I really like your videos about Survival Horror because it it's a passion of mine no one of my friend shares and now RPGs? Holy cow I love your channel. Glad I found you at 3 am with weird video searches.
I really like that intro animation, it’s a shame we don’t get to see it more often.
Great video, I keep hoping for a Growlancer collection on the Switch as it's spiritual predecessor Langrisser got a shiny new coat of paint a couple years ago but no dice so far.
More of this type of content please. I'd say the cross over between Jrpgs and survival horror fans it pretty large, after al the ps1 era was when both of them was arguably at their peak.
OMG you talked about one of my favorite RPG games Ring of Red! It's such a unique game and glad it's finally getting coverage!
Love the videos man, I grew up starting with RE2 on the N64- and going from there, The Suffering being a title I played way to much for how young I was. I must say I was shocked to Legend of Legaia didn't sneak it's way on here-! I got a Ambernic RG280v for PSX/GBA emulation- and I will for sure be playing Shining Soul on it! I was so busy playing Golden Sun, Breath of Fire 2, Pokemon Gold, and Advanced Wars over and over- I could never remember what freaking game my cousin always played on his GBA- and it hit me like a truck when this video started with Shining Soul!
Excited to grab some grub, sit down and watch this!
What I will say, in regards to your introduction statement from my personal viewpoint:
Even though you've never really talked much about JRPGs since I've been watching, I actually noticed your fondness for the scene with a lot of the "pseudo-references" to popular ones (or at least ones I know of) through fonts, intro inspirations etc. Enough so in fact, to actually check your channel from BEFORE I started watching, to see if you'd ever covered any JRPG type stuff previously, before the Resident Evil and Silent Hill retrospectives!
Needless to say, regardless of all of that, to ME at least, as an absolute fan of your content, I could definitely tell you were a JRPG fan, even if it went unspoken on the Survival Horror stuff a lot, so I see this video here is an absolute *WIN*.
Again, super excited to grab some monch and watch through all of this tonight!
And I wouldn't mind seeing more content on different genres of games you love in the future! Your commentary on any game you cover that I've played/haven't have always been interesting and insightful to me, and even inspired me to go back to older games I used to practically worship as a kid, and pop 'em in for my own "retrospective" take on them, like the entire 3D Legend of Zelda line-up in release order and the Metroid Prime Trilogy! (As well as any of the 2D games I could readily get my hands on!!!)
Thanks for the stellar content as always Jared; keep on rocking,
- Gen
I glad to hear something about Legend of Dragoon, it's one of my favorite games. Even if with all of it's problems.
You forgot about Skies of Arcadia.
More of this please! I had a blast with this video!
Great Video! It's nice to see a lot of these gems getting some recognition. A few other titles I'd suggest are;
Faxanadu -- An NES Action RPG which is part of the Dragon Slayer/Legend of Heroes series
Legend of Legaia -- PSX JRPG with a fantastic combat system and a killer soundtrack
Valkyrie Profile; Silmeria -- PS2 Hybrid Action Strategy RPG with an interesting battle system, fantastic aesthetic and great world building
I wish more JRPGs had Urushihara Satoshi as their artist like Growlanser did. He does all the rule 34 illustrations himself!!
It's the most efficient way to do things!! In-house rule 34!
I have known NO ONE who knew about Resonance of Fate. I got stuck way late game because the battles became so difficult and grinding for gun parts and money was really torture.
I played ROF and got the platinum. Fantastic fun but the arena was some kind
of torture.
Recently found your channel and have been "sleep watching" them. I've been digging the passion and depth of analysis you bring to your videos.
If I had to offer my underrated RPG series, it'd be Ys for the obvious reasons. Just about every tune is a banger.
Hello from a fellow sleep watcher. It’s why I subscribed to premium lmao
I really dig your compilation style videos, it's like getting samples in a candy store. Love horror but I hope the success of this video means you'll be less shy about branching out, your RPG takes are really entertaining as well.
P.S. Currently playing LoD. Can't tell you how relieved I felt to see you missing the timing of the 5th level Dragoon attack. I made it 80% of the way through the game without even knowing you could get beyond 4 ticks.
So glad to see that y’all made it Japan safely! Great video Jared!
Safe and sound! Thanks man!
Loved this one. I am always happy to be reminded of Suikoden and to see some roleplaying games I did not know before. :)
This is great video. I am a huge RPG fan. I only recently got into gaming at the age of 47. I love content like this because it exposes me to games I would never know about without your hard work. Thank you! I love your channel and respect the amount to work you do to bring us the content you do.
I'm more than happy to introduce you to some new games!! Glad you like the video so much!
@@AvalancheReviews I love your videos. I, about four weeks ago, watched your video on STALKER. I was so intrigued by your presentation that I just had to try gaming. My PC isn't great. However, it runs STALKER. I bought the games on GOG during a sale and I was hooked. I was blown away. I kept saying to myself: "Wow, this Avalanche fella is spot on! This game is freaking super awesome. I immediately bought the other two in the series and everyday after work I play them. I am going through a divorce and moved to a small town for work. Needless to say, STALKER has become somewhat of a salvation from a tough time in my life. I can't thank you enough. I saw your video today, took some notes and when I am done STALKER, I will probably look into these RPGs. I am also very interested in the Silent Hill series. Well... certainly Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3.
I think you do great work! You have great taste in video games and you have a great presentation and style. I am new to all this video game stuff. I am having fun, I am out of my own head and at the end of the day, it's hours of entertainment for a very small price.
I know that you work very hard to put together your videos. I want you to know that, to this 47 year old man going through a tough patch, your videos have made a difference.
Thank you! AND STALKER! FREAKING BRILLIANT GAME!
@@davidroddie7600 Good read. Sorry for what you're going through, but I guess the silver lining is that you've stumbled into a whole new world of interactive storytelling and experiences. Games, like any other art form, can take on special meanings for people based on what they're going through at the time. I'm sure you'll look back on these initial games you've been getting into with bittersweet feelings for the rest of your life. I wish you all the best.
@@BabyArms Thank you so much! I appreciate your comments and well wishes. I am doing well. I work too much, but who doesn't. Gaming is an art form I never really considered. I mean; I certainly understood that they were art, but I never appreciated the story telling and depth of the media. Having played STALKER and slowly working my way through Knights of the Old Republic, I have a whole new respect for gaming and video game development.
I love the growlanser series. Thanks for bringing more attention to it!
I love the Xenogears music you used in here. (You should check out the Xenogears 20th anniversary concert if you haven't already. It's stunning.) JRPGs were my thing as a teen.
OOOOOOO! Never knew that existed! Hell yeah I'll check it out!
I'm so glad to see Legend of Dragoon here. I absolutely love that game!
I own several of these and you're making me want to replay or play them so much now, only played one of the Growlanser games of those we got in the west and really thinking of popping one of them to start soon.
Absolutely loved this one. Would be very keen to see more!
I am currently playing Suikoden 1 and 2 through discord for a buddy of mine who loves RPGS and has never heard of them, we just got done playing Thousand Arms as well. Played Xenogears for him also, which is one of my favorite RPG's that almost nobody I know, knows about
I really enjoyed this list and am going to try out a lot of these. An obscure one i recommend people try out is Phantom Brave. It's a strategy rpg that uses a radius system rather than a grid system and has unique physics stuff (bouncing, sliding, the ability to knock enemies off the map as an alternative to killing them). Also a lot of unit customization and what not. It's probably my favorite srpg.
Also, I'm curious what the game is in the intro from 0:22-0:28? The character sprites there caught my interest.
Even if they are games/jrpgs that have been covered a lot, I'd watch them. I enjoy your deep dives on games.
Going to write up a list of the games you mention here, I love rpgs, I just wish they made the older ones more accessible.
@30:00 look up the program "z-translate". It can hook into Retroarch (and standalone emulators and basically everything else) and will automatically machine-translate any on-screen foreign language text on the fly by superimposing the translated text over top of the original text in the actual game such that you don't need to constantly be flipping back and forth between applications or have another monitor.
I'd like to see more of these videos in the future. And love the Xenogears music during the intro. It's one of my personal favorite JRPG's that, after playing it on an emulator, made me snatch the copy before the prices went up in an excessive pace. I do like Resonance of Fate. Weird but quite experimental combat system and it's one of the funnier JRPG's I've played.
Xenogears has the best story in any game I've ever played, and the music is Yasunori Mitsuda pretty much at his best (though Chrono Cross's OST was incredible too). Check out the Xenogears 20th Anniversary Concert if you haven't. It's just mesmerizing.
Still have it. The deluxe edition that came with 2 games, the watch , the cards, the ring, the soundtrack the whole shabang.. i loved its take on the Phantasy Star 3 thing where you have heirs that continue the fight. That's always been a cool mechanic to me
Great video!! I love JRPGs and I didn't know some of the titles mentioned here!
Hey I dunno if you've heard of the game or if I missed it in your videos but you may like Skies of Arcadia. The original game was for the Dreamcast and it was remastered onto the GameCube. I also feel that it's SUPER underrated and was one of my favorite RPGs of that era, just a suggestion if you wanna check it out if you haven't already
Always nice to see Grandia get some recognition, great series.
One SNES game I never see get mentioned in these is Arcana on SNES, which I played a ton as a kid. Bahamut Lagoon is another great one, hard to find people who played it due to the localization, but there's a good fan released translation ROM and later Wii and Wii U re-releases.
Also, Tactics Ogre and the Shadow Hearts series.
I also happened upon Growlanser Generations, and it is still in my top 10 all time JRPGs. Growlanser 2 my be short, but it has several possible endings (one of which takes the story down an entirely different arc) which gives a ton of replayability. I think I played through it at least 5 times.
Resonance of Fate is all kinds of fun... at first. But the combat never evolves. It's exactly the same in the first battle as it is 30 hours in. That made the otherwise awesome and unique combat get stale really fast, so I never could finish it.
With how much you like Strategy RPGs, if you haven't played it, you should definitely check out Brigandine on the PS1. It got totally overshadowed because it released at about the same time as FF7, but it's my all time favorite game. It's pretty lacking on story, but MORE than make up for it on the strategy side. Easiest way I can explain it is [Insert Franchise] Tactics meets Pokemon meets Risk. It has near endless replayability.
I love Growlanser 2 and 3. Still wished I got all the endings for 3. Wished 1 was properly translated.
Always good to see jrpg content, you and casp should do a video or stream together.
I really hoped to see Legend of Legaia in this video... loved that game so much back then, but nobody ever seems to know about it. maybe it's just my rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, but I think it's a really underrated gem.
Surprised you didn't do Koudelka, since it blends JRPG and Horror quite well. I remember you did a review on it way back in like 2010 or something? But it would be right at home not just in this video but somewhere on your channel as a more in depth rereview :P Oh yeah also Shadow Hearts.
Resonance of Fate is out on PC now (Steam). Great video dude. Subscribed because of this.
Glad ya liked it!!
Resonance Of Fate is one of my favorite games ever. You should also check out Threads Of Fate and Wild Arms 3.
I saw a thumbnail of Growlanser and I had to click the vid. Well done, sir.
Legend of Legaia on PS1 was the first rpg I played. It's definitely one of my favorites
There's a good reason for that. It's an awesome game!
Avalanche, you introduced me to STALKER. I own all three games and I absolutely love them. Thank you so much! STALKER was actually the game that got me into gaming in the first place. I guess you could say, you and STALKER got me into gaming. I have finished the first STALKER game and, if I can get the weekend off work, I will be starting the second game in the series. Again, thank you so much! You have provided me with tons of entertainment.
Hearing that warms my heart to hear that man!!!! That's literally every content creator's dream. Cheers and happy hunting Stalker!
A wholesome story 🥺
Man.... man wtf, every video is better than the last, keep the awesome ideas, love the vid 🤠🤠
I will definitely try. Thanks so much!
I will always remember Grandia 3 for the most arbitrary, random thing: It introduced me to "the log pillow."
Y'know. Those pillows that are just long cylinders. I watched my aunt's boyfriend play the game while I was still in elementary school, and that was my entire takeaway from the game. Log pillow.
Great video! I learned of a few games I need to try out.
Can we please stop calling Legend of Dragoon underrated, underappreciated, unknown, or forgotten? I have never had a conversation with a new person about JRPGs without Legend of Dragoon coming up. EVERYBODY knows it. It was a Greatest hits title and the highest selling non-SquEnix RPG on the system.
I haven't played Wachenroder yet, but I did mod my Sega Saturn with Terraonion's MODE disc emulator.
Plenty of english translations do exist, such as the ones for Shining Force 3, scenarion 1, 2 and 3 (those games are an absolute blast to play), Policenauts, etc.
But Wachenroder has indeed been translated into english on january this year, just after seeing you talk about that game I've decided I'm gonna give the translated version a chance.
The prices of Saturn games have gone through the roof and it's cheaper to mod it nowadays, also it's great playing translated games on legitimate hardware.
Never thought I'd find another soul interested in both Growlanser and Ring of Red. Hats off to you sir 👍
What a fun change of pace!!
Although…. I’m pretty sure I saw Phantasy Star Online in the intro and was sad it wasn’t covered at all in the video. PSO and PSO2 are definitely unsung heroes that are still accessible and a blast to play!
love the growlanser series. I was very thrilled to see it on this list.
It's such a bummer that so many cool looking Sega Saturn RPGs never came out here. I've always wanted to play SMT Devil Summoner and Terra Phantastica. Sakura Wars looks kinda fun too.
It’s always interesting to see how guns are depicted and utilised in JRPGs when they’re included
Pretty disappointed that you only focused on JRPGs. The title of the video lead me to believe that this would cover RPGs in general, not just one niche subgenre.
Should have named it "Obscure Forgotten and Underrated JRPGs" instead.
I guess the intent was to be non-specific to drag as many people in as possible. I'dve never clicked on this video if I knew that you were only discussing JRPGs.
I was super into JRPG's as a kid and owned all of these except ring of red. You forgot a few though. Lunar, Raphsody, Ogre battle, Azure dreams to name a few.
Still haven't gotten to the end of the video, but before I forget I hope you mention the game at 1:03 because it looks really cool!
Not in this video, but that's FEDA on the sfc.
Waiting on the wachenrodder translation to get fixed. Currently has a bug that causes crashes on real hardware and on emulation.
I'm always looking for nostalgia content. I love this stuff. Liked and subbed :
First time watching your channel and I must say: if the Quality of your work hadn't made me click Subscribe already, the small clips from Phantasy Star Online here and there would definitely have. I miss that game SO MUCH.
Legend of Dragoon and Vandal Hearts II: Heaven's Gate. Used to finish em repeatedly back in college
Someday someone will talk about Ephemeral Fantasia. One day.
Great video btw and I will definitely be checking out Emerald Dragon!
very good video, please, volume 2 :D
33:17 I played Legend of Dragoon as a child growing up on my PS2 my mother had printed out the entire guide for me, so it was this HUGE folder when it was all done. Man, that game was so amazing to me and a great challenge in the way combat was done with input ques for the combos then put in Dragoon forms with their own move sets and combos. I had a thing for Rose not gonna lie either LMAO
Hell yes, son! My two favorite genres are Survival Horror and RPGs. Really appreciate the quality content.
I know its not a traditional RPG but would love to hear your take on Vagrant’s Story for the PSX. That game deserves more recognition. And a sequel too!
I live Vagrant Story!!! It's basically PE with deeper weapon customization!
@@AvalancheReviews damn! I never noticed that before 😦
Woo RPG time! :) I love me some survival horror, but my RPG obsession can’t be topped, haha. And I’m always happy to learn about some more games that I’ve missed.
Shining Soul looks like a simple, fun game. I can imagine multiplayer for this being a blast. I could see myself losing a lot of hours in this. :P The intro screen for character selection reminds me a lot of the SaGa Frontier intro screen. Not that that’s important, just had a similar look to me.
Suikoden games are so good! Definitely a series I think any RPG fan should give a shot. I remember my introduction to the series was a friend of my brother bringing the first game over and letting me borrow it. I remember keeping the game for probably much longer than he expected. :P But still, so glad that he did let me borrow it. Looking forward to Eiyuden Chronicles! :)
Emerald Dragon looks like an interesting game. The fighting system looks like a distant cousin to Lunar or Grandia with its movement based combat. AI companions in battles can be a pain to deal with, but I understand it helping to keep battle going quickly. Gotta appreciate fan translators bringing these games to us over here! :)
Speaking of Grandia. :D Much love for the games, even though I missed out on this series for so long. I had my first playthrough blind for my TH-cam channel and so glad I did play it! I do still need to play Extreme and 3. I’ll have to get to that soon!
Wachenroder looks like an interesting game! Shame it didn’t come out over here. I also missed out on the Saturn, and technically, am still missing out. :P I need to pick up a console sometime. I did get a good deal on a copy of Albert Odyssey and really need to get a way to play it.
Legend of Dragoon, such a good game! Have to give it to FF7, it opening the RPG floodgates gave us some excellent titles for the PS1 era, even if everyone felt like they had to deem themselves an “FF7 killer”. :P I do still get a kick out of the attack names being shouted after succeeding the times button presses.
I was lucky enough to stumble on Growlanser Generations on the PS2 and pick up the copy when it first came out. I haven’t gone any farther with the series though. I need to fix that!
I haven’t played Resonance of Fate. I know I’ve seen it on store shelves before but hadn’t looked into it. A comparison to Cowboy Bebop? You’ve got my attention! Ring of Red looks like one I need to pick up. I love alternate history type stories. I’ll have to pick up both of these games.
Excellent video as usual, man! I hope you share more underrated RPG goodness on the channel soon! ;)
also, on topic of Obscure JRPGs, I think Wild ARMs and Front Mission series need more love
Wild ARMs is one of the closest things we can get to a Wild West JRPG. It's a world where certain individuals get to use an ARM, which is a superpowered gun, but people are scared of them since they were used in war by demons so ARM wielders often catch a lot of shit even when they are being objectively heroic and you play as one of them. The game itself plays like a JRPG but each playable character has a unique gimmick assigned to them: Rudy the ARM wielder can shoot custom bullets that do various things, Cecilia can do magic and summon various things to aid you in asskicking and then there's Jack, the cynical Samurai Cowboy who is not powered by any ARM or magic and is simply *really* good with a sword, to a point he can often outdamage Rudy.
Front Mission series can be compared to Ring of Red since both deal with mechs, political intrigue and *a lot* of war crimes. Its main gimmick is that you can shoot off and disable particular limbs of the enemy mech, preventing them from doing stuff, say you destroy their legs, well now they move only 1 tile at a time and cannot dodge your attacks, or you can try to kill it outright by aiming for the body if you feel like they pose too much of a danger and need them dead, but you get rewarded with more EXP if you destroy the mech entirely. In FM3, with some skills you can even kill the pilot and get the mech for yourself or shoot off everything but the body which makes the enemy pilot decide "do I continue fighting and die or run away and leave everything behind for the enemy to use?", though you get to "insist" on surrender if during their decision period you attack them with literally any weapon, which makes your point clear and they run. The first and second games also got a remake announced recently.
Loved the video. This is my first video I've seen of yours and this is just fantastic content. You even showed me a RPG I've never heard of. Ring of Red. It's now on my list to hunt for when I'm at Con's or hunting in used video game stores. Ring of Red really reminded me of a cross of Front Mission and Valkyrie Chronicles. Which is an absolute win for me!
Question though. I see you hit almost all of the Suikoden series but the 3rd one. Had you not played that one yet?
Seeing Growlanser in the thumbnail instantly got my attention.
People go one about sephiroth as being a big bad, but luca blight is one boss that's truly evil and takes multiple consecutive encounters to kill...
Fucker needed to be ambushed, shot repeatedly, beaten by squads of hero's, betrayed, shot again, and then dueled one on one... he was a real one man army, if he was not betrayed I am certain he would have just cut his way out and been the end game boss, and he goes out the same way he lived, madly laughing.
one thing I appreciate about Suikoden 1 and 2 at least is that it's not a end of history story. Most JRPGs have you killing god or trying to prevent the destruction of the very planet, which make it hard to see the upside from the antagonist perspective. Suikodens just feels like one countries story or legend in a much longer history. Like if Jory had won he would of formed some Roman empire like state but there would of been of world it just would of been more violent and oppressive than Rious. and probably had alot more Pilikas.
I think it's cool that you like to play both RPGs and JRPGs Avalanche, you are defiantly into many of the classics I have played in my life, like the Grow lancer series, Suikoden, Shinning Force, and Resonance Of Fate, they are all very cool games and I'm glad you like them, you did an amazing job on the Obscure Forgotten and underated RPGs out there Avalanche, I do appreciate it and I hope you can do more cool videos like this one, you did a really good job here Avalanche well done buddy ✌️
I think jade cacoon is an underrated rpg, came out around time as pokemon with a very unique merg mechanic
Nice video, legend of legia is another good pick for sure
Would've been nice to see the Atelier series (specifically the ps2 games), Rogue Galaxy (even with the digital rerelease, I still haven't met anyone that knows anything about that game), or even Magna Carta (especially this Korean hidden gem).
Still, pretty great list of stuff I haven't heard of in a long time. Good job!
You know what is a great underrated JRPG that NEVER gets talks about, Radiant Historia. Even amongst others I don’t see it on any list, even though it sold well. It’s like the Prince of Egypt of JRPGs. Hell even Prince of Egypt gets more mentions than this
Hi Avalanche, you may have explained and I just didn't understand but I was wondering how you scale up your GBA games to 1080p. Do you just use the Retrotink's scaling or is it something else? I'm using a similar setup I think, Game Boy Player (just with the official disk) with component cables into the Retrotink 5x but I've never been able to get that good of a picture. Is it something specific to the GBI?
Definitely going to re-recommend trying out eternal eyes on the ps1 after seeing your review on wachenroder
Hey concerning Resonance of Fate you mention the PS3 release but the game did get a PS4 remaster a few years back. Don't know much about it quality wise but definitely way more accesible than it may seem at first!
I love the Suikoden series. Been a fan since the 90s.
39:08 Ah yes, the beautiful artwork of the master urushihara satoshi, truly cultural.