The SNES and PS1 generations were the golden age of gaming for me. So many JRPG masterpieces (and plenty of incredible games of other genres) condensed in a 10 year period.
As someone who went crazy on Translated ROMs between 1998 and 2004, I loveeee seeing you and others mention some of the JP only games that were translated.
I actually fell off of fan translations back in the late 90s. Zophar's Domain was the place I went to for all my news back in the day and I am surprised it is still around, I am going to have to check out some of the translations I missed.
@@Crenust Literally named after the bad guy from the JRPG that defined them since it's release. Lunar has had a MASSIVE impact on the entire genre and industry ever since it dropped and it's the main reason I actually cried when we got Dragon Song.
The summer of 2002 before freshman year of high school was when I discovered emulation. So many games I’d never heard of, or only seen in old magazines.
The difference between the NES and SNES is just monumental. I been playing alot of NES games lately well they are charming and probably one of my favorite games of all time being Cystalis, it actually lacked the memory to actually tell stories so for the SNES to actually tell a full epic plot with deep characterization and even allow text strings to be larger in the code so you can have full words as opposed to abreviations, is a testament to just how much of an evolutionary leap the SNES was from the previous hardware. I mean if you think about it, games like FF VI and Chrono Trigger hold uptoday for some of the most ground breaking and inventive rpg stories and they were only on that 16-bit hardware.
To be true, Lagrange Point, Jubei Quest or Madara were some nes games which tried pretty hard to tell a more or less convoluted story (they obviously didn't manage to reach the level of depth of some snes rpgs, but the effort was laudable).
@@akualung Yep, I have Jubei quest on my channel, havn't gotten to Lagrange point yet but I have played some of it. Though that game was late in the NES life cycle so they had the added capability of a graphics chip to enhance the graphics. Even though, when you compare NES to SNES. The Super Famicom was really your first foray into representing rpgs as a visual story telling medium almost in a cinamatic way, even before we had cinamatics, the ability to express writing and to tell an epic akin to like films and regular tv through the use of 16-bit pixels was just amazing and took alot of imagination and creativity. These things were just not possible on the NES and when you think about the history of gaming, that is quite the significant leap. I used to think that the PS1 was the Peak of story telling and scale in jrpgs, well that maybe true to some extent, the NES to the next generation was by far the largest innovation of story telling in video games.
@@deatho0ne587 In the nes era you really had to kind of conceptualize a story through a summary and ending and a few little excerpts of writing in between to get get the gist of the plot as you go on this sprawling adventure, well that is interesting and does give you an idea about the theme and plot of the game, it wasn't until the SNES gen where we could actually expand upon it, use exposition and tell a narative by using certain set pieces and scenes in a game which of course felt far more expressive and cinematic in a way. Don't get me wrong though, I am in no way criticizing the nes, it has its achievements along the evolution of gaming. Probably more notable for introducing actual worlds to the gaming tapestry, before that, everything derived from arcade cabinets so the NES is equally as important to ushering in gamers to playing through gorgeous life like worlds and levels, but specifically of the RPG genre, the SNES really evolved the genre far beyond anything anyone could imagine and that is probably why it’s one of the most groundbreaking console generations in alot of rpg fans eyes.
I think Breath of Fire should be on this list,i love that game,i can remember my 1st playthrough and by the time i figured out i had to change to the fox to go through the wood's i was so overpowered lol it's really a masterpiece imo.
@@jaydeebow6431 hahaha yeah. There were a few parts in that game that I remember being like welp, guess that’s that. Such good rpgs, illusion of Gaia another one left off the list, albeit a bit less traditional.
Same for me! Knew something was preventing my progress and when I switched to Bo I was so relived to see he could walk through forests. Makes me wonder if this ability was mentioned in the manual... which, of course, were ALWAYS lost when you rented them! So if it was... you pretty much only found out by random chance and desperation. Surprised that not a single NPC or even BO HIMSELF hint at this ability lol.
I think I love Chrono trigger so much for its pacing. JRPGs somethings can get too convoluted. Simple story with a few twist but always pushed you into more details
FF4 forever and always. It's my favorite game of all-time. Excellent combat, great cast of characters, epic story, perfect music. Plus you go to the freakin' moon!
I especially love the PSP version, it took a decent game and made it even better with how much extra polish was added. If anyone's gonna play FF4, play the PSP version, it's the definitive experience. Even has all the extra content and sequels in one package, so you can experience everything the FF4 saga had to offer in one playthrough. The SNES one isn't the best one to play anymore, since it cut features that were restored in later versions (starting from the PS1 version), like Cecil's Darkness ability and more.
1. Dragon Quest V 2. Final Fantasy VI 3. Earthbound 4. Chrono Trigger 5. The Magical Land of Woz 6. Far East of Eden Zero 7. Treasure of the Rudras 8. Lufia 2 9. Super Mario RPG 10. G.O.D.
Give the pc-engine games a look, they're really good, particularly the second one, Manjimaru (the largest and more expensive rpg made at the time of its release, a real AAA of its time) and Fuun Kabuki Den, which has a lot of humour and the combat reminds me a little of the Lunar series. And the Saturn installment, The Fourth Apocalypse, is one of the most bizarre and unhinged rpgs ever made. Sadly, none of them are translated yet.
One underrated SNES rpg I would consider a 10/10 is SMT 2, I think it really is the culmination of the early megaten games and takes everything that made the first game great and expands and refines it.
I kind of go back and forth on this. I think this and others like it (Star Ocean namely) are more or less still turn based, just an evolution of the active time system. You're still time limited in the amount of actions you can take. What's more is there is not a lot of room for technical skill to improve your play imo. In essence, it's an effective trick to take typically JRPG battles and remove the "stops" so to speak, but you're still taking turns.
@@reasonablebeef5885 There are some games like Tales of Phantasia on the system that aren't fully turn based that are cool as heck like Emerald Dragon or Star Ocean, the snes is a powerhouse of the genre.
Solid list! Final Fantasy V has slowly become my favorite SNES turn-based RPG. The replay value is so high due to the job system and I like the silliness of the story. Great video! Off-topic- are you still teaching?
Personally I'd put breath of fire 2 on here but i understand that some people dont think its that good. One of the biggest problems was the translation for two games that had a few reason's why that was. I know you said traditional turn based but i have to bring but ogre battle 5 march if the black queen as a 10/10 game. For sll the remakes they made for tactics ogre they need to remake the ogre battle games.
I think FF Tactics is up next for a remake.. It would def make sense because then we’ll have the SE holy grail trinity of SRPGs on modern platforms.. I never played the other Ogre titles but I’d think a compilation of them would be nice so those uninitiated can dip our feet into them.. As far as Breath of Fire I’m a little torn in which of the first four to focus on first.. Should I start from the beginning or go in reverse? I’m on vacation now and i have a little more spare time to try out stuff I’m not as familiar with hahaha
Are there any hidden gems on the Genesis that I should be aware of? The only JRPGs I remember playing on the Genesis were the Phantasy Star series and any game released by Working Designs for the Sega CD; Lunar, Vay, and Popful Mail.
@4:10 while chrono trigger took out random battles and enemies are on the field it is by no means the first to do it. They took all this inspiration from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest which came out a good 2 years earlier.
On ps3 eshop, there are so many ps1 and ps2 classics not available elsewhere. I'm just saying, haha. I personally just play my switch to play older jrpgs. I'm glad for the ports. I'm glad there is a new release of grandia and Chrono Cross, but if you want the og experience, ps3 eshop is where it's at.
Chrono trigger still needs a PS4 PS5 Switch port the LAST Console version the DS remake of it is still a little over 20 years old and still didn't get ported over to the PS4 Switch PS5.
Out of my top 5 RPGs, the top 4 are for the SNES; this console was an absolute BEAST for the genre. My list in no particular order would be: Earthbound Final Fantasy 4 Final Fantasy 5 Final Fantasy 6 Lennus 2 Live-A-Live Lufia 2 Mystic Ark (even wrote a walkthrough for this) Rudra no Hihou Shin Megami Tensei 2 Super Mario RPG Also, if anyone's willing to help me out, I'd love to know what I'm missing with Wozz, because I really wanted to like it, but the very first area ends with a boss that has an insane amount of HP, and the only way to do significant damage was to have Chun use Telekinesis and just hope it comes out as Rock Toss, leaving the other party members useless, and even he's a roll of the dice. I don't remember how far I got, but it seemed like most boss fights were like that. Is there some obvious trick or strategy that I missed?
This is a perfect list. I think Breath of Fire 2 MIGHT have made the cut if it had gotten a legible translation...I was always more intrigued by that game than I was actively ENGAGED, if that makes sense. But you've put a couple of games on my radar with this, so thank you!
Dragon warrior 3 is the best one. I’m still trying to figure out what the final fantasy series brought to the genre that the dragon warrior series didn’t do a year before them
This list is perfect. 100% agree. I haven’t actually played G.O.D. yet. And yes, Lufia 2 is the best sequel to a game I didn’t really like. I still don’t get when people say Lufia is better xD
We missed a lot of other hidden gems like Bahamut Lagoon, Dragon Quest, Live A Live, Romancing Saga 1 thru 3, Seiken Densetsu III, Star Ocean, Tactics Ogre, and Tales of Phantasia just to name a few.
It’s always the videos like this that make me sad that we were a Sega household growing up lol. I have half of this list in my backlog now but it’s always good to see that 10/10 - I know I’m in for a treat!! 😊
Tresure of Rudra was such an amazing experience. Also maybe not a 10/10 but more of a 9/10 is Romancing Saga 3 for me. An 'open world' turned based Jrpg with a lot of content. Also i would like to hear your opinion on best action rpg on the snes
I had a blast with Romancing Saga 3. Bought the snes 8bitdo controller for it and was blown away that it's a SNES game. Sadly I couldn't beat the end boss aha..IL have to play it again
The more I watch channels like this, the more I realize I’ve barely scratched the surface of JRPGs. A lot of these games I’ve never heard of but sound awesome.
I think if we would have received the super famicon version of FFIV it would be 10/10. Sadly, we got the “easy” poor translation version. I still love it, but those are the things that hold it back from being a 10/10.
Well I agree Famicom was better, so that doesn’t hold it back from 10/10 then.. because a LOT of games on this list are FanTranslated too bc they were 🇯🇵 JP only. Using Weapons as items though even made Rydia a powerhouse early on w/ Rod 🪄 while saving MP.. It still deserves its TEN imho bc of its Music 🎶- plus we wouldn’t have FFV/FFVI to grow upon without same team
(Even original FF2/FF3 eventually got ROM translations) However despite the FFIV famicom Difficulty increase, some of the Abilities made it much Easier as well (Pray / Salve / Darkness) & by time we get to end levels.. Only Pray 🙏 is a viable ability to conserve Mp (even tho it fails at times too)
1:50 I’m the total opposite. I loved FF6 the first time I played it and wasn’t overly impressed with FF4. When I found out the USA SNES version was dumbed down and I bought a PSP just so I could play FF4 complete, the game grew on me. I even enjoyed The After Years. Conversely, FF6 to me is just so depressing now that I never feel like going back to it. The system where each character has some weird way to play them (like type in button combos) seems interesting, but in practice it is frustrating and not fun at all. The game is full of bugs and stuff that doesn’t work right too, which I rarely ever see mentioned anywhere. I personally can’t say it’s a 10/10 game.
I am a FFIV sick fan, so the first time I tried FFVI, I just hate it. I keep trying like 30 times until I realize I had to keep playing until Sabin shows up, I love that dude. And now FFVI is one of my favourite games of all time. By the way, I've never saw a story like the DQV one, is the living example of how the Story of a Hero must be. Love it.
Fight you? OK! Peach and Mallow are actually involved in the weakest party setups because items exist :P You get the most bang for your buck with Mario, Geno, and Bowser :P (Actually Super Mario RPG has one of the best party make ups of all time, the only sad thing being you can't take Mario out of the party at all. Everyone's actually fantastic because the game has great balance with regards to party member pros/cons). As for my own top 10 or RPGs on the SNES that deserve 10/10? Well... Mystic Ark Breath of Fire II Final Fantasy VI Lufia 2 Dragon Quest V Fire Emblem: Genealogy of The Holy War Ogre Battle: March of The Black Queen Super Mario RPG Final Fantasy IV Chrono Trigger
Not for nothing, Mallow IS the best party member for some grinding. His lightning hits all enemies and eventually gets pretty strong. You can clear a monster party of 4-5 with one attack. He was my go-to for level building 😊
Wow. I've played almost all turn based rpg's, NEVER heard of Wozz. Going to be playing it now. It's wild I've never heard of or seen ANYTHING related to this game and I'm almost 37.... Haven't heard of 6 or 7 either... Might not play 6 because only 2 of TWELVE were translated, but 7 I'll likely play. Wild. AND 10. lol btw when I was searching, the part of the video is labeled as The Magical Land of Laws. Also Treasure of the Ruras.
Most of those games never released in the states would be wonderful additions to the switch snes library. I mean the fans have done most of the work by translating them.
Thanks for this list! I've been playing SNES game and fan translations for the last 20+years, and i can't believe there was THREE game from your list i never tried or heard before. - Magical Land of Wozz - Far East of Eden Zero - G.O.D. I definitely need to try theses games now! Glad to see Treasure of the Rudras here too. Not my favorite RPG but... what a GREAT game! I loved the sountrack where each characters has their own music theme which is rearranged for battles/boss fight/overworld. Loved the magic creation system too, sad i know no other game that use a similar mechanics. Thanks for your video!!
I actually preferred the original Lufia to the overly laborious sequel. Could be I just didn't play it at the right time, though. I haven't played any of the JP-only games in here, although they all interest me. I need official releases these days, can't be bothered with torrents and modding. I just recently modded TitS SC with the EVO upgrades, and ugh, what a pain. Took a couple hours of research and hunting and still isn't working 100%. "Ain't nobody got time for that."
I've only played DQV, and that was on the DS, amazing game. You've got me interested in The Magical Land Of Wozz now, I'll have to watch your video about it
Happy Sunday David! I played TONS of rpgs on SNES back in the day. I didn't get into the DQ series until DQ8, but I would love to go back and play the older ones on the SNES/PS1. (I have no idea why/how DQ eluded me for so long. Maybe I was too deep into FF.) Anyway, thanks for another banger David, and have a blessed day everyone.
Honestly, if you're going to go back and play older DQ games, I have to humbly recommend adding DQIV to your list (even though all versions of it have their own... issues... it remains a phenomenal game, and for it's time, was leaps and bounds ahead of the curve).
Chrono Trigger is my favorite on the snes, coming close in second place is FF6 and Tales of Phantasia. Sure, ToP got a ps1 remake, but I just think it looks too anime/cartoony to my taste, SPECIALLY with battle backgrounds and music (snes version even had surround sound, but the ps1 didn't). FF5 is awesome as is FF4, but I'd avice playing the remakes of the later. Seiken Densetsu 3 is a favorite of mine, probably the best looking 16bit RPG ever (it also has surround sound!). Mario RPG, awesome. Lufia 2 I also love, not only because of the puzzles, but because of the SOUNDTRACK, omg, I cannot stress enough how good the OST is in this game, easily the best of the snes. Every single piece of music writen for this game is a banger!
Great list, so many great games that aged well. Chrono Trigger stands apart in excellence. P.S. : I really liked Lufia II, and liked Lufia 1 too, but the Prequel is such an improvement in every way.
Seiken Densetsu 3 is easily one of the best games for SNES. It has the MOST REPLAY value of just about any non-roguelike game. There are 6 charters to start as and 2 other side characters to have join you. The story will even chance even if you choose the same 3 characters depending on which is the main character. Then there are 4 different classes each character can be. So to do the math 6 main characters time 10 possible combinations times 4 classes for 3 chosen characters. Or (6X10)X(4^3) = (60) X (64) = 3,480 different ways to play the game. All that in 32mb.
I have personally found that the best jrpg's are from the late 80s to the early 2000's. With spiritual successors to the genera coming 10 or so years later, like Octopath Traveler and Sea of Stars.
Really need to try Earthbound since I have gotten older. I hated it back then since I thought it was so cringe and even 10 years ago I thought it was cringe. I think I would give - FFIV - Due to when it came out. - DQVI (jp) - I actually like it better than V and not taking anything away from V though - Bahamut Lagoon (jp only) - Almost looked like 2dhd back then without the chip - Orge Battle - Multiple endings and a different form of Tactics RPG which is quite rare and good - Tactics Orge (jp) - The one that should get all the fame for the best Tactics game of all time, since FFT (still loved it, but ...) is just a slightly watered-down version
I don't know if FF6 and Chrono Trigger belong on this, because you said "turn-based". They're not really turn-based as the battles play out in real time whether you take your turn or not. A nitpick, I know, but still. Don't get me wrong, they are among my favorites. Now, we could take them out and replace them with two of my favorites: Lufia 1 and 7th Saga, two games that ARE actually turn-based. Well..... Lufia 1 skirts the edge of "turn-based". It uses what is essentially an ATB system, only you don't see the gauges, and the battle pauses while it waits for your input.
I thought for sure I would know exactly what was going to be on this list. Then you come and show me 3 games I'd never heard of! Wozz, eden, rudra.... I MUST FIND AND PLAY THESE! Awesome video my man. Thanks for bringing these gems to light.
There are tons of amazing snes rpgs: Mystic Ark, Tenshi no Uta, Glory of Heracles 3 and 4, Lennus 2, Dual Orb 2, Silva saga 2, Villgust, Burning Heroes.....
I know it's an remake from the NES game. But I think Dragon Quest 3 deserves to be part of this list. Not only is it an big improvement from the original, but I would put it up there with Dragon Quest 5, Final Fantasy 4-6 & Chrono Trigger as some of the best RPG games on SNES. And if u do best RPG'S for Game Boy or Game Boy Color and mobile versions, than it should be up there too.
You left out DQ6 which was much better on Super Famicom (SNES) than its DS remake. Also the first remake of DQ3 had better quality than even the recent remakes, like on Switch. I truly hope that the announced HD2D version brings back the extra stuffs from the SNES and the GBC version.
I love the SNES but I think the early Playstations were better RPG platforms. Especially if you count re-releases, or even just games released in the US for the first time on the PS1. Factor in the PS2 backwards compatibility and I don't think its beatable.. Of my five favorite Final Fantasy games one was created for the SNES but two were created for the PS1 and both the pre-PS1 games in the top five were released for the PS1, with one of them not coming to the US until the PS1 release. And the last of the five was created for the PS2 meaning I could, and did play all five on the PS2. (I never actually owned a PS1 jumping from my SNES to the PS2 but I got tons of PS1 games for it) Ogre Battle, aka my favorite console SRPG, was an SNES game but it and its sequel/spinoff Tactics Ogre were also on the PS1 ,and the latter didn't come to the US until the PS1. In fact as much as I love Ogre Battle the SRPG selection for the North American SNES was horrible with both the PS1 and PS2 crushing it with ease IMO. And Suikoden one of my favorite Turn based RPG series started on the PS1 with all five main series games playable on the PS2
Final Fantasy 4 and 7 might have the better stories and/or transgressions but as far as ingenuity FF6 set the bar. Also I feel like the advertisement for Earthbound was so unfair because it turned me off from wanting to play the game at the time which I regret.
As far as classic systems it may be a tie between SNES & PSX.. You can find so many quality titles.. Just today I played Vagrant Story for the first time.. I know there’s a lot of forgotten gems on PSX so I can imagine how many there’s also for snes.. I’m only sorry the extent of my rpg knowledge way back when only went as far as Zelda.. I know nowadays it’s not regarded in that family by various sources but not back then from what I recall.. As far as the Mana series I guess the one called Secret of Mana is the most highly regarded arpg I know of.. I never owned the SNES Chrono sadly.. That said I knew i would have loved it if I discovered it sooner before getting it on ps1.. I assumed via the name it was a bullet hell shooter when coming across it in mags.. Never judge a game by its name I suppose lol They really should bring back FF VI in Hd 2d next because it would be a great ode to the fans
If SNES is the golden age of jrpgs then PS1 is definitely the platinum age. I love Chrono trigger and Mario rpg for sure, but it was the likes of ff7, star ocean tss, lunar sssc (yeah I know it was originally a Sega Saturn game but who the f had one of those 😂), legend of mana, suikoden, ff9 that really brought the genre to it's peak.
You skipped over Final Fantasy II for the SNES?! It's not only one of the greatest RPGs of all-time, but it's also one of the greatest video games of all-time, period. For shame
_Chrono Trigger_ got me through a very dark time in my life, _Earthbound_ is just plain fun, and even though _FF6_ looks like a whole lot of gameplay that would be right down my alley, I _still_ haven't mamaged to get past that darned opera sequence...!!
I tend to think negatively about this sort of game today, but I'm not being fair. Games like these carried me through middle school and part of high school. In college, I discovered some gems that weren't translated to English. Who would I be if I'd never played the Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger, and all the rest?
I'd never heard of Far East of Eden Zero until now. Thank you SOOOO much for recommending it!!! I had a bit of trouble patching it, but it was worth the time. It's so much fun, and I can't wait to take my time playing it! :)
Cant wait to see people asking "where' s Live a Live?" That' s gonna be fun :v Anyway aside from Chrono Trigger, super mario rpg and FF VI I that I already played (sort of... I have the steam version of chrono trigger and my save file got corrupted, so I' ll have to start it all over again since I did not finished it) I have downloaded all of the other games on my Snes emulator...Treasure of the rudras is the one the that interest me the most, it looks pretty good, I might start it after I finish some games :v
Final Fantasy VI is, IMHO, the BEST main line game of the franchise. Even the much lauded FF7 doesn't hold a candle to it. Only Final Fantasy Tactics beats it as the best game in the entire franchise.
Though you called it the best rpg sequel to the worst rpg, i have nostalgia bias to Lufia 1 since its the 3rd rpg i ever played just behind FF4 and FFMQ (yes mystic quest was my first rpg lol). Encounter rate was stupidly high, saves were few and far in between, scripted boss battles were sudden and unforgiven as hell... that said, it introduced me to a lot of things that i didnt see if the previous games i played. I did end up beating it as a kid and it did get me curious about maxim and his crew since the story of it takes place after Lufia II. Sadly i only got to play Lufia II much later on. I was able to rent it out from a store but it just didn't work, my dad who did game repairs at the time opened it and the board was scratched all to hell like someone had taken a knife to it.
You gotta try ff6 romhack, the one that change so much things! The best thing is to buy your magic spells with the points instead of learning it by having the esper equipped. And this one, what is the most fun, nobody can wear every esper. So everyone has only some magic available so it really change the gameplay and the team you will need to do later. Also everything is more balance, shielding % has been rework etc. A lot of things but i really enjoy to do ff6 this way. Ff6 brave new world!
I was really disappointed by G.O.D.. I just felt like the story really fell flat. The only moment I actually appreciated was when you meet all the loved ones mourning the bosses you've killed. That was a great moment, but I don't feel like anything else in the story really hit home.
Man FFVI would be my favorite, Super Mario Rpg: Legend of the Seven Stars is hands down the best super marior rpg. Ive replayed both so so many times. Greatest games of all time. Definitely the goats of the genre and in my top ten rpgs of all time.
I really need to play the non-Square japanese only games. Hearing you talk about Woz so often makes me want to play it everytime. Just need to remember to "find" the game somewhere.
Nah man, you were correct about final fantasy iv over vi ☝️🧐 that story is amazing! It hits harder if you have an older brother, when Golbez redeems himself at the end!
4:32 ..first time hearing of this rpg..it does look fantastic, i'm quite intirgue..there really are tons of hidden gems on the snes..will check my fave romsite..tnx for the reco 🎮
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Robo trek beats all this list 😂😂😂 hands down
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The SNES and PS1 generations were the golden age of gaming for me. So many JRPG masterpieces (and plenty of incredible games of other genres) condensed in a 10 year period.
Did you ever play Kardia world of fate for psx?
Gaming is in a golden age right now
It’s a fact. That was the golden age of gaming.
@@Smithylfc9999lmao no it’s not
@@bigguccitrent603 when has it ever been better
As someone who went crazy on Translated ROMs between 1998 and 2004, I loveeee seeing you and others mention some of the JP only games that were translated.
I actually fell off of fan translations back in the late 90s. Zophar's Domain was the place I went to for all my news back in the day and I am surprised it is still around, I am going to have to check out some of the translations I missed.
Good old Zophars
One of the best jrp that never went 100 translated is the Arabian nights
@@Crenust Literally named after the bad guy from the JRPG that defined them since it's release. Lunar has had a MASSIVE impact on the entire genre and industry ever since it dropped and it's the main reason I actually cried when we got Dragon Song.
The summer of 2002 before freshman year of high school was when I discovered emulation. So many games I’d never heard of, or only seen in old magazines.
Bless the fan translation scene! Though I would love to see some of these get the Live A Live treatment for modern platforms
PC gaming can't stop winning
The difference between the NES and SNES is just monumental. I been playing alot of NES games lately well they are charming and probably one of my favorite games of all time being Cystalis, it actually lacked the memory to actually tell stories so for the SNES to actually tell a full epic plot with deep characterization and even allow text strings to be larger in the code so you can have full words as opposed to abreviations, is a testament to just how much of an evolutionary leap the SNES was from the previous hardware. I mean if you think about it, games like FF VI and Chrono Trigger hold uptoday for some of the most ground breaking and inventive rpg stories and they were only on that 16-bit hardware.
Well said 👏
To be true, Lagrange Point, Jubei Quest or Madara were some nes games which tried pretty hard to tell a more or less convoluted story (they obviously didn't manage to reach the level of depth of some snes rpgs, but the effort was laudable).
I would argue that DQ 3 and 4 had some decent stories.
@@akualung Yep, I have Jubei quest on my channel, havn't gotten to Lagrange point yet but I have played some of it. Though that game was late in the NES life cycle so they had the added capability of a graphics chip to enhance the graphics. Even though, when you compare NES to SNES. The Super Famicom was really your first foray into representing rpgs as a visual story telling medium almost in a cinamatic way, even before we had cinamatics, the ability to express writing and to tell an epic akin to like films and regular tv through the use of 16-bit pixels was just amazing and took alot of imagination and creativity. These things were just not possible on the NES and when you think about the history of gaming, that is quite the significant leap. I used to think that the PS1 was the Peak of story telling and scale in jrpgs, well that maybe true to some extent, the NES to the next generation was by far the largest innovation of story telling in video games.
@@deatho0ne587 In the nes era you really had to kind of conceptualize a story through a summary and ending and a few little excerpts of writing in between to get get the gist of the plot as you go on this sprawling adventure, well that is interesting and does give you an idea about the theme and plot of the game, it wasn't until the SNES gen where we could actually expand upon it, use exposition and tell a narative by using certain set pieces and scenes in a game which of course felt far more expressive and cinematic in a way. Don't get me wrong though, I am in no way criticizing the nes, it has its achievements along the evolution of gaming. Probably more notable for introducing actual worlds to the gaming tapestry, before that, everything derived from arcade cabinets so the NES is equally as important to ushering in gamers to playing through gorgeous life like worlds and levels, but specifically of the RPG genre, the SNES really evolved the genre far beyond anything anyone could imagine and that is probably why it’s one of the most groundbreaking console generations in alot of rpg fans eyes.
I think Breath of Fire should be on this list,i love that game,i can remember my 1st playthrough and by the time i figured out i had to change to the fox to go through the wood's i was so overpowered lol it's really a masterpiece imo.
Lmaooo. In your defense that game doesn’t hold your hand much at all
@@phillicus yea and remember back in those day's we had no google or TH-cam lol
@@jaydeebow6431 hahaha yeah. There were a few parts in that game that I remember being like welp, guess that’s that. Such good rpgs, illusion of Gaia another one left off the list, albeit a bit less traditional.
Same for me! Knew something was preventing my progress and when I switched to Bo I was so relived to see he could walk through forests. Makes me wonder if this ability was mentioned in the manual... which, of course, were ALWAYS lost when you rented them! So if it was... you pretty much only found out by random chance and desperation. Surprised that not a single NPC or even BO HIMSELF hint at this ability lol.
I think I love Chrono trigger so much for its pacing. JRPGs somethings can get too convoluted. Simple story with a few twist but always pushed you into more details
FF4 forever and always. It's my favorite game of all-time. Excellent combat, great cast of characters, epic story, perfect music. Plus you go to the freakin' moon!
FF4 is my fave game of all time
This. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Best soundtrack in the whole series. It’s the game I think of the most when someone says Final Fantasy❤
I especially love the PSP version, it took a decent game and made it even better with how much extra polish was added. If anyone's gonna play FF4, play the PSP version, it's the definitive experience. Even has all the extra content and sequels in one package, so you can experience everything the FF4 saga had to offer in one playthrough. The SNES one isn't the best one to play anymore, since it cut features that were restored in later versions (starting from the PS1 version), like Cecil's Darkness ability and more.
Couldn't agree more . . . except it's not FF4. It's FF2.
1. Dragon Quest V
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Earthbound
4. Chrono Trigger
5. The Magical Land of Woz
6. Far East of Eden Zero
7. Treasure of the Rudras
8. Lufia 2
9. Super Mario RPG
10. G.O.D.
Far East of Eden Zero looks so good!! Crazy I never heard of it until now, thank you spreading the word
Give the pc-engine games a look, they're really good, particularly the second one, Manjimaru (the largest and more expensive rpg made at the time of its release, a real AAA of its time) and Fuun Kabuki Den, which has a lot of humour and the combat reminds me a little of the Lunar series.
And the Saturn installment, The Fourth Apocalypse, is one of the most bizarre and unhinged rpgs ever made.
Sadly, none of them are translated yet.
Thank you for giving Lufia 2 some love, such a wonderful title.
One underrated SNES rpg I would consider a 10/10 is SMT 2, I think it really is the culmination of the early megaten games and takes everything that made the first game great and expands and refines it.
I went to the comments to say this lol.
Smt is mid
Agree 110%. I actually own a physical cartridge of SMT2.
Is the GBA version worth playing? As I got the ROM for it
Based SMT enjoyer.
Also LMFAO @ butthurt baddie unironically using the term "mid". Zoomers don't like being challenged, what a shocking revelation!
How is a rpg man so physically fit?? It's trippy
Ha! Thank you :)
@@davidvinccheers! 🍻
10:10 That game probably would have made the news back then for all of the wrong reasons.
Tales of Phantasia was a fantastic one too, but wasn't technically turn-based.
I kind of go back and forth on this. I think this and others like it (Star Ocean namely) are more or less still turn based, just an evolution of the active time system.
You're still time limited in the amount of actions you can take. What's more is there is not a lot of room for technical skill to improve your play imo.
In essence, it's an effective trick to take typically JRPG battles and remove the "stops" so to speak, but you're still taking turns.
@@reasonablebeef5885 There are some games like Tales of Phantasia on the system that aren't fully turn based that are cool as heck like Emerald Dragon or Star Ocean, the snes is a powerhouse of the genre.
Solid list! Final Fantasy V has slowly become my favorite SNES turn-based RPG. The replay value is so high due to the job system and I like the silliness of the story. Great video! Off-topic- are you still teaching?
Personally I'd put breath of fire 2 on here but i understand that some people dont think its that good. One of the biggest problems was the translation for two games that had a few reason's why that was. I know you said traditional turn based but i have to bring but ogre battle 5 march if the black queen as a 10/10 game. For sll the remakes they made for tactics ogre they need to remake the ogre battle games.
I think FF Tactics is up next for a remake.. It would def make sense because then we’ll have the SE holy grail trinity of SRPGs on modern platforms.. I never played the other Ogre titles but I’d think a compilation of them would be nice so those uninitiated can dip our feet into them..
As far as Breath of Fire I’m a little torn in which of the first four to focus on first.. Should I start from the beginning or go in reverse? I’m on vacation now and i have a little more spare time to try out stuff I’m not as familiar with hahaha
Chrono Trigger will forever be my favorite RPG. It came out around the same time I went from middle school to high school just like you David.
Are there any hidden gems on the Genesis that I should be aware of? The only JRPGs I remember playing on the Genesis were the Phantasy Star series and any game released by Working Designs for the Sega CD; Lunar, Vay, and Popful Mail.
@4:10 while chrono trigger took out random battles and enemies are on the field it is by no means the first to do it. They took all this inspiration from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest which came out a good 2 years earlier.
On ps3 eshop, there are so many ps1 and ps2 classics not available elsewhere. I'm just saying, haha. I personally just play my switch to play older jrpgs. I'm glad for the ports.
I'm glad there is a new release of grandia and Chrono Cross, but if you want the og experience, ps3 eshop is where it's at.
Hmm Breath of fire 1 and 2 seem to have been omitted...
Chrono trigger still needs a PS4 PS5 Switch port the LAST Console version the DS remake of it is still a little over 20 years old and still didn't get ported over to the PS4 Switch PS5.
Out of my top 5 RPGs, the top 4 are for the SNES; this console was an absolute BEAST for the genre. My list in no particular order would be:
Earthbound
Final Fantasy 4
Final Fantasy 5
Final Fantasy 6
Lennus 2
Live-A-Live
Lufia 2
Mystic Ark (even wrote a walkthrough for this)
Rudra no Hihou
Shin Megami Tensei 2
Super Mario RPG
Also, if anyone's willing to help me out, I'd love to know what I'm missing with Wozz, because I really wanted to like it, but the very first area ends with a boss that has an insane amount of HP, and the only way to do significant damage was to have Chun use Telekinesis and just hope it comes out as Rock Toss, leaving the other party members useless, and even he's a roll of the dice. I don't remember how far I got, but it seemed like most boss fights were like that. Is there some obvious trick or strategy that I missed?
Dragon Quest V is SO good!! Also my favorite in the series. Absolutely love the SNES and PS1 eras, so many amazing JRPGs.
I’m surprised to find games I haven’t heard of. When you think you’ve seen all of the snes, glad there is still something to look forward to there
same! I had never heard of G.O.D. or Magical land of WOZZ
This is a perfect list. I think Breath of Fire 2 MIGHT have made the cut if it had gotten a legible translation...I was always more intrigued by that game than I was actively ENGAGED, if that makes sense. But you've put a couple of games on my radar with this, so thank you!
Breath of Fire 2 has a nice REtranslation patch that makes the game shine as the gem is really is, truly one of the best rpgs ever.
@@feiwong3634 I downloaded that! I'm eager to try it out
Dragon warrior 3 is the best one. I’m still trying to figure out what the final fantasy series brought to the genre that the dragon warrior series didn’t do a year before them
No love for FFIV or BoF2?! 😱
Bof2 is horrible.
This list is perfect. 100% agree. I haven’t actually played G.O.D. yet.
And yes, Lufia 2 is the best sequel to a game I didn’t really like. I still don’t get when people say Lufia is better xD
whoa whoa whoa.... let's get one thing straight here... Final Fantasy 2(4) is absolutely a 10 out of 10... even in it's original form
Absolutely...that's the game he should've started the list with. One of the greatest video games of all-time in all genres.
We missed a lot of other hidden gems like Bahamut Lagoon, Dragon Quest, Live A Live, Romancing Saga 1 thru 3, Seiken Densetsu III, Star Ocean, Tactics Ogre, and Tales of Phantasia just to name a few.
Great list, these should never be forgotten for sure.
It’s always the videos like this that make me sad that we were a Sega household growing up lol. I have half of this list in my backlog now but it’s always good to see that 10/10 - I know I’m in for a treat!! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Tresure of Rudra was such an amazing experience.
Also maybe not a 10/10 but more of a 9/10 is Romancing Saga 3 for me. An 'open world' turned based Jrpg with a lot of content.
Also i would like to hear your opinion on best action rpg on the snes
I had a blast with Romancing Saga 3. Bought the snes 8bitdo controller for it and was blown away that it's a SNES game. Sadly I couldn't beat the end boss aha..IL have to play it again
Wow David in a t-shirt the world has gone mad 😂😂😂😂
Starting off with dq5 definitely a great start to the vid 👌 ☺️
I would add Seiken Densetsu 3 and Tales of Phantasia to the list.
Awesome list! Very happy to see Earthbound and Super Mario RPG on there. Masterpieces!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Only other RPGs I can think of weren't really turn-based. And even among them Tales of Phantasia was the only 10 I can think of.
The more I watch channels like this, the more I realize I’ve barely scratched the surface of JRPGs. A lot of these games I’ve never heard of but sound awesome.
There's even more Squaresoft SNES RPGs that have been fan translated that aren't mentioned.
I think if we would have received the super famicon version of FFIV it would be 10/10. Sadly, we got the “easy” poor translation version. I still love it, but those are the things that hold it back from being a 10/10.
Well I agree Famicom was better, so that doesn’t hold it back from 10/10 then.. because a LOT of games on this list are FanTranslated too bc they were 🇯🇵 JP only.
Using Weapons as items though even made Rydia a powerhouse early on w/ Rod 🪄 while saving MP..
It still deserves its TEN imho bc of its Music 🎶- plus we wouldn’t have FFV/FFVI to grow upon without same team
(Even original FF2/FF3 eventually got ROM translations)
However despite the FFIV famicom Difficulty increase, some of the Abilities made it much Easier as well (Pray / Salve / Darkness) & by time we get to end levels.. Only Pray 🙏 is a viable ability to conserve Mp (even tho it fails at times too)
1:50 I’m the total opposite. I loved FF6 the first time I played it and wasn’t overly impressed with FF4. When I found out the USA SNES version was dumbed down and I bought a PSP just so I could play FF4 complete, the game grew on me. I even enjoyed The After Years.
Conversely, FF6 to me is just so depressing now that I never feel like going back to it. The system where each character has some weird way to play them (like type in button combos) seems interesting, but in practice it is frustrating and not fun at all. The game is full of bugs and stuff that doesn’t work right too, which I rarely ever see mentioned anywhere. I personally can’t say it’s a 10/10 game.
I am a FFIV sick fan, so the first time I tried FFVI, I just hate it. I keep trying like 30 times until I realize I had to keep playing until Sabin shows up, I love that dude. And now FFVI is one of my favourite games of all time.
By the way, I've never saw a story like the DQV one, is the living example of how the Story of a Hero must be. Love it.
Fight you? OK! Peach and Mallow are actually involved in the weakest party setups because items exist :P You get the most bang for your buck with Mario, Geno, and Bowser :P (Actually Super Mario RPG has one of the best party make ups of all time, the only sad thing being you can't take Mario out of the party at all. Everyone's actually fantastic because the game has great balance with regards to party member pros/cons).
As for my own top 10 or RPGs on the SNES that deserve 10/10? Well...
Mystic Ark
Breath of Fire II
Final Fantasy VI
Lufia 2
Dragon Quest V
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of The Holy War
Ogre Battle: March of The Black Queen
Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy IV
Chrono Trigger
Not for nothing, Mallow IS the best party member for some grinding. His lightning hits all enemies and eventually gets pretty strong. You can clear a monster party of 4-5 with one attack. He was my go-to for level building 😊
Wow. I've played almost all turn based rpg's, NEVER heard of Wozz. Going to be playing it now. It's wild I've never heard of or seen ANYTHING related to this game and I'm almost 37.... Haven't heard of 6 or 7 either... Might not play 6 because only 2 of TWELVE were translated, but 7 I'll likely play. Wild. AND 10. lol btw when I was searching, the part of the video is labeled as The Magical Land of Laws. Also Treasure of the Ruras.
Most of those games never released in the states would be wonderful additions to the switch snes library. I mean the fans have done most of the work by translating them.
Thanks for this list! I've been playing SNES game and fan translations for the last 20+years, and i can't believe there was THREE game from your list i never tried or heard before.
- Magical Land of Wozz
- Far East of Eden Zero
- G.O.D.
I definitely need to try theses games now! Glad to see Treasure of the Rudras here too. Not my favorite RPG but... what a GREAT game! I loved the sountrack where each characters has their own music theme which is rearranged for battles/boss fight/overworld. Loved the magic creation system too, sad i know no other game that use a similar mechanics.
Thanks for your video!!
I actually preferred the original Lufia to the overly laborious sequel. Could be I just didn't play it at the right time, though.
I haven't played any of the JP-only games in here, although they all interest me. I need official releases these days, can't be bothered with torrents and modding. I just recently modded TitS SC with the EVO upgrades, and ugh, what a pain. Took a couple hours of research and hunting and still isn't working 100%. "Ain't nobody got time for that."
I've only played DQV, and that was on the DS, amazing game. You've got me interested in The Magical Land Of Wozz now, I'll have to watch your video about it
Happy Sunday David! I played TONS of rpgs on SNES back in the day. I didn't get into the DQ series until DQ8, but I would love to go back and play the older ones on the SNES/PS1.
(I have no idea why/how DQ eluded me for so long. Maybe I was too deep into FF.) Anyway, thanks for another banger David, and have a blessed day everyone.
Honestly, if you're going to go back and play older DQ games, I have to humbly recommend adding DQIV to your list (even though all versions of it have their own... issues... it remains a phenomenal game, and for it's time, was leaps and bounds ahead of the curve).
Really glad to see lufia 2 on the list! such underated gem imo.
Chrono Trigger is my favorite on the snes, coming close in second place is FF6 and Tales of Phantasia.
Sure, ToP got a ps1 remake, but I just think it looks too anime/cartoony to my taste, SPECIALLY with battle backgrounds and music (snes version even had surround sound, but the ps1 didn't).
FF5 is awesome as is FF4, but I'd avice playing the remakes of the later.
Seiken Densetsu 3 is a favorite of mine, probably the best looking 16bit RPG ever (it also has surround sound!).
Mario RPG, awesome.
Lufia 2 I also love, not only because of the puzzles, but because of the SOUNDTRACK, omg, I cannot stress enough how good the OST is in this game, easily the best of the snes. Every single piece of music writen for this game is a banger!
Great list, so many great games that aged well. Chrono Trigger stands apart in excellence.
P.S. : I really liked Lufia II, and liked Lufia 1 too, but the Prequel is such an improvement in every way.
Seiken Densetsu 3 is easily one of the best games for SNES. It has the MOST REPLAY value of just about any non-roguelike game. There are 6 charters to start as and 2 other side characters to have join you. The story will even chance even if you choose the same 3 characters depending on which is the main character. Then there are 4 different classes each character can be. So to do the math 6 main characters time 10 possible combinations times 4 classes for 3 chosen characters. Or (6X10)X(4^3) = (60) X (64) = 3,480 different ways to play the game. All that in 32mb.
Breath of fire
I have personally found that the best jrpg's are from the late 80s to the early 2000's. With spiritual successors to the genera coming 10 or so years later, like Octopath Traveler and Sea of Stars.
Your channel is the best I've ever accidently stumbled upon. Never knew I needed so much jrpg info all the time.
Really need to try Earthbound since I have gotten older. I hated it back then since I thought it was so cringe and even 10 years ago I thought it was cringe.
I think I would give
- FFIV - Due to when it came out.
- DQVI (jp) - I actually like it better than V and not taking anything away from V though
- Bahamut Lagoon (jp only) - Almost looked like 2dhd back then without the chip
- Orge Battle - Multiple endings and a different form of Tactics RPG which is quite rare and good
- Tactics Orge (jp) - The one that should get all the fame for the best Tactics game of all time, since FFT (still loved it, but ...) is just a slightly watered-down version
I don't know if FF6 and Chrono Trigger belong on this, because you said "turn-based". They're not really turn-based as the battles play out in real time whether you take your turn or not. A nitpick, I know, but still. Don't get me wrong, they are among my favorites. Now, we could take them out and replace them with two of my favorites: Lufia 1 and 7th Saga, two games that ARE actually turn-based. Well..... Lufia 1 skirts the edge of "turn-based". It uses what is essentially an ATB system, only you don't see the gauges, and the battle pauses while it waits for your input.
I thought for sure I would know exactly what was going to be on this list. Then you come and show me 3 games I'd never heard of!
Wozz, eden, rudra.... I MUST FIND AND PLAY THESE!
Awesome video my man. Thanks for bringing these gems to light.
Glad I could help!
There are tons of amazing snes rpgs: Mystic Ark, Tenshi no Uta, Glory of Heracles 3 and 4, Lennus 2, Dual Orb 2, Silva saga 2, Villgust, Burning Heroes.....
@@feiwong3634 appreciate the recommendations. Thanks dude
I know it's an remake from the NES game. But I think Dragon Quest 3 deserves to be part of this list. Not only is it an big improvement from the original, but I would put it up there with Dragon Quest 5, Final Fantasy 4-6 & Chrono Trigger as some of the best RPG games on SNES. And if u do best RPG'S for Game Boy or Game Boy Color and mobile versions, than it should be up there too.
You left out DQ6 which was much better on Super Famicom (SNES) than its DS remake. Also the first remake of DQ3 had better quality than even the recent remakes, like on Switch. I truly hope that the announced HD2D version brings back the extra stuffs from the SNES and the GBC version.
I love the SNES but I think the early Playstations were better RPG platforms. Especially if you count re-releases, or even just games released in the US for the first time on the PS1. Factor in the PS2 backwards compatibility and I don't think its beatable..
Of my five favorite Final Fantasy games one was created for the SNES but two were created for the PS1 and both the pre-PS1 games in the top five were released for the PS1, with one of them not coming to the US until the PS1 release. And the last of the five was created for the PS2 meaning I could, and did play all five on the PS2. (I never actually owned a PS1 jumping from my SNES to the PS2 but I got tons of PS1 games for it)
Ogre Battle, aka my favorite console SRPG, was an SNES game but it and its sequel/spinoff Tactics Ogre were also on the PS1 ,and the latter didn't come to the US until the PS1. In fact as much as I love Ogre Battle the SRPG selection for the North American SNES was horrible with both the PS1 and PS2 crushing it with ease IMO.
And Suikoden one of my favorite Turn based RPG series started on the PS1 with all five main series games playable on the PS2
Final Fantasy 4 and 7 might have the better stories and/or transgressions but as far as ingenuity FF6 set the bar. Also I feel like the advertisement for Earthbound was so unfair because it turned me off from wanting to play the game at the time which I regret.
Gotta disagree sir...THERE IS NO PROBABLY 😂 Kefka is the best FF villain, every other wanted to reshape the world as we knew it, he actually did
As far as classic systems it may be a tie between SNES & PSX.. You can find so many quality titles.. Just today I played Vagrant Story for the first time.. I know there’s a lot of forgotten gems on PSX so I can imagine how many there’s also for snes.. I’m only sorry the extent of my rpg knowledge way back when only went as far as Zelda.. I know nowadays it’s not regarded in that family by various sources but not back then from what I recall..
As far as the Mana series I guess the one called Secret of Mana is the most highly regarded arpg I know of.. I never owned the SNES Chrono sadly.. That said I knew i would have loved it if I discovered it sooner before getting it on ps1.. I assumed via the name it was a bullet hell shooter when coming across it in mags.. Never judge a game by its name I suppose lol
They really should bring back FF VI in Hd 2d next because it would be a great ode to the fans
Great list! It's also a good reminder of the games I still need to play.
FF4 is still the best!!
Lol a lot of people in the comment section don't know the definition of a turn based rpg. 😅
Yeah I was thinking what about secret of mana? But that's not a term based rpg LOL.
Lol, I saw that too!
If SNES is the golden age of jrpgs then PS1 is definitely the platinum age. I love Chrono trigger and Mario rpg for sure, but it was the likes of ff7, star ocean tss, lunar sssc (yeah I know it was originally a Sega Saturn game but who the f had one of those 😂), legend of mana, suikoden, ff9 that really brought the genre to it's peak.
You skipped over Final Fantasy II for the SNES?! It's not only one of the greatest RPGs of all-time, but it's also one of the greatest video games of all-time, period. For shame
_Chrono Trigger_ got me through a very dark time in my life, _Earthbound_ is just plain fun, and even though _FF6_ looks like a whole lot of gameplay that would be right down my alley, I _still_ haven't mamaged to get past that darned opera sequence...!!
I tend to think negatively about this sort of game today, but I'm not being fair. Games like these carried me through middle school and part of high school. In college, I discovered some gems that weren't translated to English.
Who would I be if I'd never played the Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger, and all the rest?
just the content i was looking for. would u recommend the ps2 remake of dq5?
I would!! It was the first game I ever LPed on the channel :)
I'd never heard of Far East of Eden Zero until now. Thank you SOOOO much for recommending it!!! I had a bit of trouble patching it, but it was worth the time. It's so much fun, and I can't wait to take my time playing it! :)
I can never get enough EarthBound! Such a solid choice on this list, David ❤️
Chrono Trigger and FF VI are not turn based, they use an ATB battle system. Turn based is Dragon Quest
Cant wait to see people asking "where' s Live a Live?" That' s gonna be fun :v
Anyway aside from Chrono Trigger, super mario rpg and FF VI I that I already played (sort of... I have the steam version of chrono trigger and my save file got corrupted, so I' ll have to start it all over again since I did not finished it) I have downloaded all of the other games on my Snes emulator...Treasure of the rudras is the one the that interest me the most, it looks pretty good, I might start it after I finish some games :v
Final Fantasy VI is, IMHO, the BEST main line game of the franchise. Even the much lauded FF7 doesn't hold a candle to it. Only Final Fantasy Tactics beats it as the best game in the entire franchise.
@DavidvincRPGs
Not a bad list. You did miss one though. Final Fantasy V. Still, great list!
Though you called it the best rpg sequel to the worst rpg, i have nostalgia bias to Lufia 1 since its the 3rd rpg i ever played just behind FF4 and FFMQ (yes mystic quest was my first rpg lol). Encounter rate was stupidly high, saves were few and far in between, scripted boss battles were sudden and unforgiven as hell... that said, it introduced me to a lot of things that i didnt see if the previous games i played. I did end up beating it as a kid and it did get me curious about maxim and his crew since the story of it takes place after Lufia II.
Sadly i only got to play Lufia II much later on. I was able to rent it out from a store but it just didn't work, my dad who did game repairs at the time opened it and the board was scratched all to hell like someone had taken a knife to it.
You gotta try ff6 romhack, the one that change so much things! The best thing is to buy your magic spells with the points instead of learning it by having the esper equipped. And this one, what is the most fun, nobody can wear every esper. So everyone has only some magic available so it really change the gameplay and the team you will need to do later. Also everything is more balance, shielding % has been rework etc. A lot of things but i really enjoy to do ff6 this way. Ff6 brave new world!
There's a good chunk of these I haven't played. But, no FFIV? 10/10 in my opinion. I don't fault it for the after years 😅
I was really disappointed by G.O.D.. I just felt like the story really fell flat. The only moment I actually appreciated was when you meet all the loved ones mourning the bosses you've killed. That was a great moment, but I don't feel like anything else in the story really hit home.
Just started watching your channel. Great video. I have never heard of GOD. I will definitely check it out. Sounds great.
Man FFVI would be my favorite, Super Mario Rpg: Legend of the Seven Stars is hands down the best super marior rpg. Ive replayed both so so many times. Greatest games of all time. Definitely the goats of the genre and in my top ten rpgs of all time.
I would put DQ6 at 9/10 even though it's panned. Best OST, monster designs and mysterious energy.
I will always love and remember my Gold Fox "Ninetales" in Lufia II.
Did you reupload this video? Just curious what went wrong, and thanks for introducing me to The Magical Land of Wozz
Hello, I'm from Brazil and here it's hard buy everything about games, that so, where do you buy that Vivi of the final fantasy ix?
pet peeve... it's ff3, not ff6... i just feel like people want to sound smart when they say 6... it's 3 here.. let's call it that :) good vid, cheers
North America should have got all of these SNES games! And then they wonder why Sega almost won the 16-bit console war...
I really need to play the non-Square japanese only games. Hearing you talk about Woz so often makes me want to play it everytime. Just need to remember to "find" the game somewhere.
Nah man, you were correct about final fantasy iv over vi ☝️🧐 that story is amazing! It hits harder if you have an older brother, when Golbez redeems himself at the end!
David100K!
Now I'm curious about the editing error in the original vid |-)
Me: Originally miffed that Final Fantasy IV wasn’t on this list.
Sees the rest of the list: Oh, okay - fair play I guess.
4:32 ..first time hearing of this rpg..it does look fantastic, i'm quite intirgue..there really are tons of hidden gems on the snes..will check my fave romsite..tnx for the reco 🎮
Well I'm glad you mentioned the magical land of wozz again. I missed it somehow even though I've been watching this channel for years 😅
The only console that can possibly compete with the SNES for turn based RPGs is the PS1.