Oh, also, I swear, the graphics of this game have aged *so well* . It's chunky, in an early-2000s way, but it's an aesthetically-pleasing chunkiness that still looks *really good* .
That OST still holds up too! I worked at SEGA in 2001, and learned about this game from my co-workers as they had just released it, and a lot of my coworkers knew my love for the Steampunk aesthetic. So I picked up a copy from the SEGA yard sale, for like $5 on Dreamcast and it quickly became my favorite JRPG ever!
I don't think I can get tired of watching more retrospectives of this game, ha ha. Honestly I'm glad to have found them. Makes me appreciate the time I've spent with this game long ago. Wouldn't it be nice if SEGA could do us (and more potential fans) a solid and grant us a remake or something? I suppose we all can dream~
Skies of Arcadia desperately NEEDS a modern remaster. It sucks that the game is so expensive nowadays. Luckily I found a copy of Legends a few years back for a good price.
I wish. Did you manage to get it for less than $100? I've never played the Dreamcast version and I think my someday goal is to go through that one so I can play Pintas Quest
@@WesDoesGames I think I got it around $60. It had the box, but is missing the manual, but I was just happy to find it for such a good price on Facebook, of all places. Someday I hope to replace the manual, lol. But yeah, I couldn't believe it when I looked it up and saw that it's now one of the most expensive Gamecube games, period. I wouldn't part with it for anything.
Currently replaying the gamecube version after many years and it's still a blast. Found myself just sitting there listening to the entire opening music because it's so good.
If you want to listen to the authentic music experience, then play the Dreamcast version instead. The audio is way better in that version. You're missing a lot of audio details on the GameCube version.
My favorite RPG of all time. Played through the Dreamcast and Gamecube version multiple times and never gotten tired of it. The music and gameplay is incredible. I was probably one of the few that could not get into FF7, and preferred this. Would love to see a remake if not a sequel to this.
One thing to consider that shows the effort in the world made in this game is that besides 2 or 3 stores sellers in two places, every other character that's not a "soldier" is its own character
This game is THE LITERAL BEST! Last month i beat it for the first time, having been playing it on a Gamecube emulator on my phone off-and-on starting in the summer, and I absolutely loved it. Easily tbe best game I've ever completed .
when i was a kid this game gave me such a sense of adventure and discovery i used to play it for hours i would even bring my game cube on vacation just to keep playing it. Games like this are the reason i love video games.
It's still the number one game of all time for me. When any other games try to take that position from me, I am always reminded of how iconic the soundtrack, the setting, the characters, and the solid storytelling of this game. It was a whole great experience. When I finished it for the first time as an adult, something felt empty inside me because of how joyful the journey was. Because I will never feel the same journey ever again.
Had this on Dreamcast. Since it came ourt come back and play it ever couple years and always feel the same joy playing. Rumors of a remaster popped up last year but no new developments.. it needs one or a remake so badly
Still my favorite game of all time. Fell in love with the Dreamcast version and the Gamecube version was much better. It was nice using the items that reduced random battles by 50%/100%. Made exploring to find the discoverys much easier.
@@WesDoesGames i hope so. They could provide this game with Super Mario RPG type of threatment to come out with a remake in order to evaluate potential customers for a sequel.
@@jairosimahan4986 I wouldn't count on a sequel considering the main creative lead has passed away. I think a ground up remake (like ff7 remake) is the best we can hope for
@@WesDoesGames it is a shame. But well, in the meantime we can still have a good time with Vise, Aika and Fina in Valkyria Chronicles. I want to harbor some hope in the bottom of my heart and live long enough to behold how this Sega team bring some new aventures for our favorite pirates someday.
Absolutely my favorite game of all time, I'm currently doing a replay of it as well. I was extremely pleased with your review but hands down the baby battle scene in the outtro wins it all!
Skies is my favorite game of all time and I watch/absorb new reviews and video whenever I can. This was a good one! It's a masterpiece and it's adventure and character will stick with me forever.
its okay, this is probably also my favorite game of all time, id be happy with a port to modern consoles, maybe with the dreamcast audio while using the gamecube version
"Pirate Island" is a bit basic and on the nose, but it's worth noting that it's a reference to Space Pirate Captain Harlock, who had a base called Pirate Island in the original manga. Harlock's battleship is also called Arcadia.
I only found this game recently but I’m having a blast! I might even try and go for 100% just to experience more of this game it’s just so… audacious! Like the Blue Rogue Creed :D There’s just so much heart put into this game it’s feels closer to art than game and that’s a great thing to have and give because it inspires and creates. Keeps on giving
One of my favorite games ever would love to see this game get remade or a sequel. The delphinus is still one of my favorite ship designs would love to try and make it in starfield 😊
This game desperately needs a remake with a graphic update. They could add some new content. I think we should get a little more background on Vyse and Aika. Also they should add new playable characters and the two that instantly makes the most sense is Vyse's dad Dyne and Guilder's stalker girlfriend Claire. There are other characters that would be a good addition. They could expand the world a bit more with new dungeons and monsters and maybe some more secret locations to be found.
Loved this game. In Valkyria Chronicles, you can recruit an eye patched man named Vyse, and a female named Aika? They are from a distant land and seek adventure, a nod to Skies of Arcadia.
I've got two rooms installed on Dolphin. Skies of Arcadia and Freedom Fighters. Two of my absolute favourites from that era that have never been re-released, remastered or had sequels. I'd love to play through them again one day but just don't have the time any more. However, I just can't bring myself to delete them. It's like holding onto a past memory I don't want to forget. I know that sounds weird.
I found this video after I was about to sell my copy to GameStop with the intent of buying it back again later (sad times). I was confused why they were about offer so much compared to say Wind Waker (I know I’m a criminal 😢)(ima get it back someday) and some other titles I thought were more popular. I decided to keep it, (this was a week ago) and I saw people are buying used copies for $100+ which is crazy to me. I loved this game in my youth and you’re right, there’s nothing quite like it. Can’t wait until I can get a GameCube again and replay it. And to conclude that lengthy diatribe, thank you for making content about this wonderful game, we share a similar experience with it. If enough people make noise about it, I don’t think it’s unfathomable to think they will remaster it. Keep up the good work! P.S. if you were wondering GameStop was only going to offer $25 for it 😅
The GameCube version is my favorite, also the game has one heck of a soundtrack. The “kingdom of Ixa’taka” region in the game has my favorite song in the game. the Percussion and Flute are so nice. Nasad is a close second.
I suggest the Maeson romhack for any trying to breath life into a new playthrough of the game. Its an absolutely wonderful rebalance of the game, makes magic useful (magic buffed/reworked, items nerfed), and makes the game more challenging without being obnoxious.
I absolutely love this game it has a feeling of excitement and joy in discovering the unknown I actually have 4 favourite parts when you first get past the tornado section and find the green moon continent and when you first step into the said moons ancient civilization and see the ruined buildings as the mist dispersed the other two are when you first go into the black rift with all the freaky deep sea themed monster's as its such a tense exciting moment and the when you finally leave because your discovering a whole new region and escaping the horrors of the deep sea themed region though the delphinus laser beaming the fortress/gate of valua was amazing too
I think he wants to get down… to Skies Of Arcadia’s soundtrack that is… P.S. I just bought this game. I’m a fan of games like Chrono Cross, Star Ocean, Chained Echos, Legend Of Mana etc So happy to add this to my collection. :) aye aye captain.
If you love Skies of Arcadia and are interested in a new spiritual successor go check out Horizons of Achaea. They've announced several characters already so its worth keeping up with and following along as they announce new plans.
Bought this for GameCube when it first came out. I still have it to this day. The fighting did get repetitive to me and the love triangle was weird and awkward towards the end of the game. Those two things bothered me. Great game but xenogears is way better. My favorite of all time
Knowing now that they took liberties with the script is kind of a turn off to me, i like being as faithful as possible to the original...but i'll still give it a chance anyway.
True story. The entire story and dialog was erased and made up from scratch by the american localization team. It is funny hearing people talk about this game being entirely oblivious of the actual correct script of the game.
I go over this in my Skies Easter eggs video. I want to learn Japanese someday and compare the scripts, I've always been curious how the original dialogue sounds
I just started playing it first time yesterday, saw from others that this game is best played with a walkthrough. Is this true? Am I gonna get stuck often if I don’t ?
what are your thoughts about One Piece and Skies of Arcadia Connection, i would love if the outcome is that both story writer were somekind of childhood friends and this really both started to exist at same time or was Skies of Arcadia first since developing started earlier its so hard to say how both have parallels is impossible to unseen i mean we even get the answer in skies of arcadia what the one piece is
I feel absolutely INSANE now knowing that Ramirez was queer-coded this whole time, only for it to be wiped in the localization?! Sure enough, I just looked up the Japanese version of the scene before the first final fight with him. He says Galcian was "everything to him." He's always been my favorite but now I'm pacing the house reevaluating the last 20-some odd years of my life. Thanks for this video.
I had read somewhere that the English localization just sort of got a feel for each scene and wrote dialogue accordingly, rather than trying to do a word for word translation. The Japanese audience got a totally different story!
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Skies of Arcadia is a masterpiece and easily a all-time top ten for me
Oh, also, I swear, the graphics of this game have aged *so well* . It's chunky, in an early-2000s way, but it's an aesthetically-pleasing chunkiness that still looks *really good* .
It's a great chunk
That OST still holds up too! I worked at SEGA in 2001, and learned about this game from my co-workers as they had just released it, and a lot of my coworkers knew my love for the Steampunk aesthetic. So I picked up a copy from the SEGA yard sale, for like $5 on Dreamcast and it quickly became my favorite JRPG ever!
Get ur ass back at SEGA and make a sequel
I don't think I can get tired of watching more retrospectives of this game, ha ha. Honestly I'm glad to have found them. Makes me appreciate the time I've spent with this game long ago. Wouldn't it be nice if SEGA could do us (and more potential fans) a solid and grant us a remake or something? I suppose we all can dream~
Every few months I check to see if there’s any new videos about this game
@@Xagittarius_vods glad im not the only one
Skies of Arcadia desperately NEEDS a modern remaster.
It sucks that the game is so expensive nowadays. Luckily I found a copy of Legends a few years back for a good price.
I wish. Did you manage to get it for less than $100? I've never played the Dreamcast version and I think my someday goal is to go through that one so I can play Pintas Quest
@@WesDoesGames I think I got it around $60.
It had the box, but is missing the manual, but I was just happy to find it for such a good price on Facebook, of all places.
Someday I hope to replace the manual, lol. But yeah, I couldn't believe it when I looked it up and saw that it's now one of the most expensive Gamecube games, period. I wouldn't part with it for anything.
at this point I’ll take a straight port. This needs to be available for more people to play
I loved how the dreamcast made a loud loading noise right before a battle
Literally a core memory of my late childhood lol
Currently replaying the gamecube version after many years and it's still a blast. Found myself just sitting there listening to the entire opening music because it's so good.
It's aged so well! And the music is still amazing
If you want to listen to the authentic music experience, then play the Dreamcast version instead. The audio is way better in that version. You're missing a lot of audio details on the GameCube version.
@@n_coreactually there is a Skies of Arcadia record set. That’s where the real audiophiles get their Skies fix
My favorite RPG of all time. Played through the Dreamcast and Gamecube version multiple times and never gotten tired of it. The music and gameplay is incredible. I was probably one of the few that could not get into FF7, and preferred this. Would love to see a remake if not a sequel to this.
My favorite RPG ever too! A shame the GameCube had so few RPGs, but that just made this one stand out more
Would love a modern take on this world
This is a big one that I've not played yet. Every time I see anything on Skies of Arcadia though it just keeps moving up and up my list to play.
Dude you gotta play it
it's like one of the best games of all time.
I remember this from my childhood. To this day is my fav game.
Mine too ❤️
One thing to consider that shows the effort in the world made in this game is that besides 2 or 3 stores sellers in two places, every other character that's not a "soldier" is its own character
This game is THE LITERAL BEST!
Last month i beat it for the first time, having been playing it on a Gamecube emulator on my phone off-and-on starting in the summer, and I absolutely loved it. Easily tbe best game I've ever completed .
So glad to hear people are discovering this gem for the first time!
when i was a kid this game gave me such a sense of adventure and discovery i used to play it for hours i would even bring my game cube on vacation just to keep playing it. Games like this are the reason i love video games.
My first "open world" game. Such an amazing time
Kudos from adding the song 'Little Jack' at the end of the video. Of the best games I have played in my life.
It's still the number one game of all time for me. When any other games try to take that position from me, I am always reminded of how iconic the soundtrack, the setting, the characters, and the solid storytelling of this game. It was a whole great experience. When I finished it for the first time as an adult, something felt empty inside me because of how joyful the journey was. Because I will never feel the same journey ever again.
I know exactly how you feel
Oh what I would do for a sequel!
A man can dream
This desperately needs to be available on modern consoles/PC. Remaster or even a straight port.
Had this on Dreamcast. Since it came ourt come back and play it ever couple years and always feel the same joy playing.
Rumors of a remaster popped up last year but no new developments.. it needs one or a remake so badly
Still my favorite game of all time. Fell in love with the Dreamcast version and the Gamecube version was much better.
It was nice using the items that reduced random battles by 50%/100%. Made exploring to find the discoverys much easier.
Yeah honestly besides the encounter rate, pretty much a perfect game ❤️
I would pay big fat money for a remake. One of my favorite games ever!!!
Hopefully Sega can get around to an HD remaster at very least someday
@@WesDoesGames i hope so. They could provide this game with Super Mario RPG type of threatment to come out with a remake in order to evaluate potential customers for a sequel.
@@jairosimahan4986 I wouldn't count on a sequel considering the main creative lead has passed away. I think a ground up remake (like ff7 remake) is the best we can hope for
@@WesDoesGames it is a shame. But well, in the meantime we can still have a good time with Vise, Aika and Fina in Valkyria Chronicles. I want to harbor some hope in the bottom of my heart and live long enough to behold how this Sega team bring some new aventures for our favorite pirates someday.
@@jairosimahan4986 valkyria chronicles is great. May do a retrospective on that one someday
Absolutely my favorite game of all time, I'm currently doing a replay of it as well. I was extremely pleased with your review but hands down the baby battle scene in the outtro wins it all!
Skies is my favorite game of all time and I watch/absorb new reviews and video whenever I can. This was a good one! It's a masterpiece and it's adventure and character will stick with me forever.
Love the hat! Also, I really hope this game gets remastered or remade EVENTUALLY!
its okay, this is probably also my favorite game of all time, id be happy with a port to modern consoles, maybe with the dreamcast audio while using the gamecube version
That'd be amazing
"Pirate Island" is a bit basic and on the nose, but it's worth noting that it's a reference to Space Pirate Captain Harlock, who had a base called Pirate Island in the original manga. Harlock's battleship is also called Arcadia.
I only found this game recently but I’m having a blast! I might even try and go for 100% just to experience more of this game it’s just so… audacious! Like the Blue Rogue Creed :D
There’s just so much heart put into this game it’s feels closer to art than game and that’s a great thing to have and give because it inspires and creates. Keeps on giving
Awesome to see people still discovering this gem :)
RIP Rieko Kodama. Really wanted her to make another sequel...
She was a visionary. I think an HD port is the best we'll get if we ever get anything at all
Here to say this is my favorite game of all time, and you did a real good review of it. Hell yes.
Thanks friend
One of my favorite games ever would love to see this game get remade or a sequel. The delphinus is still one of my favorite ship designs would love to try and make it in starfield 😊
I'd love to see it if you do
This game desperately needs a remake with a graphic update. They could add some new content.
I think we should get a little more background on Vyse and Aika. Also they should add new playable characters and the two that instantly makes the most sense is Vyse's dad Dyne and Guilder's stalker girlfriend Claire. There are other characters that would be a good addition.
They could expand the world a bit more with new dungeons and monsters and maybe some more secret locations to be found.
I know the Joss Whedon thing is rough, but at least it was early 2000s Whedon. He hadn't become a meme yet.
That's true, and in fairness his writing is pretty good around that time period
Loved this game. In Valkyria Chronicles, you can recruit an eye patched man named Vyse, and a female named Aika? They are from a distant land and seek adventure, a nod to
Skies of Arcadia.
He's in the Valkyria anime too!
I've got two rooms installed on Dolphin. Skies of Arcadia and Freedom Fighters. Two of my absolute favourites from that era that have never been re-released, remastered or had sequels. I'd love to play through them again one day but just don't have the time any more. However, I just can't bring myself to delete them. It's like holding onto a past memory I don't want to forget. I know that sounds weird.
Nothing weird about that at all
I found this video after I was about to sell my copy to GameStop with the intent of buying it back again later (sad times). I was confused why they were about offer so much compared to say Wind Waker (I know I’m a criminal 😢)(ima get it back someday) and some other titles I thought were more popular. I decided to keep it, (this was a week ago) and I saw people are buying used copies for $100+ which is crazy to me. I loved this game in my youth and you’re right, there’s nothing quite like it. Can’t wait until I can get a GameCube again and replay it.
And to conclude that lengthy diatribe, thank you for making content about this wonderful game, we share a similar experience with it. If enough people make noise about it, I don’t think it’s unfathomable to think they will remaster it. Keep up the good work!
P.S. if you were wondering GameStop was only going to offer $25 for it 😅
Omg I'm glad you avoided a horrible mistake. Never trust gamestop! Keep that copy forever!
I played Skies on my dreamcast in 2001 I think.
Anyways it's my favorite JRPG of all time
Mine too :)
criminally underappreciated game
The best rpg
There is an anime called Elemental Gelade that I thought was going to be like this game. The main character looks like a Kingdom Hearts Character.
The GameCube version is my favorite,
also the game has one heck of a soundtrack.
The “kingdom of Ixa’taka” region in the game has my favorite song in the game.
the Percussion and Flute are so nice.
Nasad is a close second.
Ixa'taka is great. Skies definitely has my favorite boss battle themes too
@@WesDoesGames nice.
I suggest the Maeson romhack for any trying to breath life into a new playthrough of the game. Its an absolutely wonderful rebalance of the game, makes magic useful (magic buffed/reworked, items nerfed), and makes the game more challenging without being obnoxious.
I'll check it out 😊
My favorite character is of course Vyse.
Always a good choice
Great review of onee of my favorite games of all time. Subbed 👍
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for your support!
I absolutely love this game it has a feeling of excitement and joy in discovering the unknown I actually have 4 favourite parts when you first get past the tornado section and find the green moon continent and when you first step into the said moons ancient civilization and see the ruined buildings as the mist dispersed the other two are when you first go into the black rift with all the freaky deep sea themed monster's as its such a tense exciting moment and the when you finally leave because your discovering a whole new region and escaping the horrors of the deep sea themed region though the delphinus laser beaming the fortress/gate of valua was amazing too
These are all great moments, and I think you captured the feel of the game perfectly
Question for the audience: Who is your favorite Skies of Arcadia character, and why?
Definitely gilder. The dude is fun to have in the crew.
@@Usernamehear Gilder is my favorite too
Out of the side three, it's a tie between Drachma and Gilder.
But outside that, Tikatika is my man. His torpedoes don't miss
Probably Gilder for me too
I'm gonna say Vyse, mainly for just how refreshingly competent he is as a protagonist.
Are you kidding?? I loved this game!! 😮😮❤
Easily favorite game of all time!
Mine too!
best game ever! there are rumors about a remake from sega after 2023
I sure hope so
I think he wants to get down… to Skies Of Arcadia’s soundtrack that is…
P.S. I just bought this game. I’m a fan of games like Chrono Cross, Star Ocean, Chained Echos, Legend Of Mana etc So happy to add this to my collection. :) aye aye captain.
You're gonna love this one
I wish they would make a remastered version at least. I'm not a fan of a sequel, but I wouldn't say no to a prequel about the famous Daccat.
I would even just take a Skies inspired game
The dreamcast original is a far superior version, the music was destroyed in the gamecube version.
I know, so compressed. I didn't know what I was missing when I played it on GameCube originally!
If you love Skies of Arcadia and are interested in a new spiritual successor go check out Horizons of Achaea. They've announced several characters already so its worth keeping up with and following along as they announce new plans.
That's awesome that this game is still inspiring indie devs all these years later. I'll definitely keep an eye out for when that demo releases
Bought this for GameCube when it first came out. I still have it to this day. The fighting did get repetitive to me and the love triangle was weird and awkward towards the end of the game. Those two things bothered me. Great game but xenogears is way better. My favorite of all time
Never played xenogears but it's definitely on my bucket list
Knowing now that they took liberties with the script is kind of a turn off to me, i like being as faithful as possible to the original...but i'll still give it a chance anyway.
I mean all I know is the English version I grew up with and it's still amazing. I'd love to see a word for word Japanese translation someday though
6:35 what is the song ? I have a huge blank ahah.
It's the song for when Vyse gets deserted on Crescent Isle
I always wanted to play this game because I love Castle in the Sky but the game is so expensive on gamecube.
True story. The entire story and dialog was erased and made up from scratch by the american localization team. It is funny hearing people talk about this game being entirely oblivious of the actual correct script of the game.
I go over this in my Skies Easter eggs video. I want to learn Japanese someday and compare the scripts, I've always been curious how the original dialogue sounds
I just started playing it first time yesterday, saw from others that this game is best played with a walkthrough. Is this true? Am I gonna get stuck often if I don’t ?
I don't think so. I mean I figured it out when I was 12 and I was not a particularly bright 12 year old lol
what are your thoughts about One Piece and Skies of Arcadia Connection, i would love if the outcome is that both story writer were somekind of childhood friends and this really both started to exist at same time or was Skies of Arcadia first since developing started earlier its so hard to say how both have parallels is impossible to unseen i mean we even get the answer in skies of arcadia what the one piece is
I've never seen One Piece! I've wanted to jump in, but the 1000+ episode count is a little intimidating
I feel absolutely INSANE now knowing that Ramirez was queer-coded this whole time, only for it to be wiped in the localization?! Sure enough, I just looked up the Japanese version of the scene before the first final fight with him. He says Galcian was "everything to him." He's always been my favorite but now I'm pacing the house reevaluating the last 20-some odd years of my life. Thanks for this video.
I had read somewhere that the English localization just sort of got a feel for each scene and wrote dialogue accordingly, rather than trying to do a word for word translation. The Japanese audience got a totally different story!
Your kid is so cute! 🥰
the only game similar enough to Skies of Arcadia is Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader
the gamecube udio either sounds the exact same or sounds better
No it does not sound better LMAO what