I remember playing Folklore and thinking "boy if this is what the new generation of games will be, we're in for a golden era" Such disgusting optimism.
Good news, Folklore is owned by Sony so it's not off the table. Bad news: The studio that made it shut down after the game released, in like 2012. And we know Sony's direction these days. Disgusting optimism indeed.
@@Caspicum gameplay wise it’s one of the best...though it starts of pretty limited (fooking item throwing is a skill you have to learn). The characters carry the story cuz the plot is kinda meh Graces F is also stuck on the PS3, kinda hard but the battle system is also one of the best, if you can get past the learning curve.
@@theologamer basically. Though if possible PC ports would be most preferable for mods and long term access (I’d love console ports but having 5 year lifespans suck and will eventually repeat the cycle unless ported again)
Thanks a lot for the list, man. Your channel and your style really invokes pre-2015/2016 youtube feeling in it, a rarity these days. It invokes some nostalgia in me.
After the Nier remake Drakengard 3 deserves a remake more than any game I can think. Some optimization and a modernization of the combat could put it up there as Yoko Taro's best game. All of his games are incredibly thought-provoking stories but something about Drakengard 3 just elevates it, whether it's the characters the setting or just the relationship between Zero and Mikhail the game tells a more profound story than any game I've ever played and deserves the same love the Nier games have gotten recently.
ty ty. you'd be surprised how little work that is :^) fr though, after all this time, I'm just chuffed people watch my videos at all, so it's me who should be appreciative. and I very much am. thank you!
It does my head in when I hear something I know, but nobody lists what they use, and I'm left for days trying to guess what that bloody song was. I could never do that to someone else.
Seeing 3D Dot Game Heroes as the first thing on the list filled me with so much joy. This game was so amazing to me and brought me so much entertainment.
(Also holy heck I was one of those 7 people, I had the video playing in the background whilst I was focused on a game, and I literally turned to look at my phone when you mentioned Champions of Norrath 😂)
Time and Eternity has always been a fascinating game to me just cause of the style. I wish there was another JRPG that used that style and was actually good and interesting and not the usual anime filler, and improved on the style with more animations and less awkwardness. But eh, that'll probably never happen cause nowadays people would just pull an Arc System Works. Not that it's bad but eh, it lacks the charm of genuinely animated sprites.
A game about practically anything else would've gone a long way. Imagine having a unique style and concept and throwing it all away, pissing it into the "anime children getting married" bin.
I bought the collector's edition for this game for some reason, came with a plush of their baby dragon buddy and a soundtrack cd, still got the cd somewhere.
I'm sorry to hear about your ailment, but I hope I've made it slightly more tolerable. Make sure you get your sunlight and exercise, and I hope you find a cure. Godspeed.
Damn, great seeing White Knight chronicles get some attention. I played it through PS Now with atrocious lag, but thankfully it’s a game that can be played with lag. Playing it and the sequel back to back was a blast!
Super Robot Taisen is a great series and is probably a major inspiration for other Bamco crossover titles such as NamcoXCapcom and ProjectXZone. It's basically Mecha Fire Emblem with a massive crossover cast from 15-30 mecha shows. The one you showed is part of the OG series, which includes no licensed IPs. The recent SRT V,X and T provide a modern experience using the classic formula and would serve as a good entry point, as they require no prior knowledge and include many familiar faces such as Gundam(V+X+T), Evangelion(V) and Code Geass(X). The anniversary game SRT30 is the most recent release and shakes up the formula a bit. Most of the newer releases are available in English on multiple platforms.
I originally bought a PS3 solely for the blu ray drive. It was cheaper than any other player on the market. The fact that it would play my favorite PS game of all time, Final Fantasy VII.
Drackengard 3 has a pretty awesome story. It's like a tragedy wrapped in another tragedy and then coated with a comedy so you don't realize how tragic it actually is until you take a full on bite and get hit upside the head.
I remember the "Magus Meme" when it came out. Very fun times and a comfy memory. As I recall it was originally developed as an iOS game but pushed on to the PS3 in order to cash in on the Dark Souls craze. It was released 1 week before DS2. Alls I have to got is good job boys.
Straight up, I had to stop at the super duper number mode because I couldn't justify the time sink, but I much prefer it to 4 and 5 onward dropped the ball bigly. I remember it came with a Laharl prinny plushie, and it had posable tendril things. That was so sick.
@@Caspicum don't get me wrong 4&5 storys are a mix back at worse and above average jrpg plots at best but you cant deny how amazing the gameplay evolved for the better
@@pauliepizzo8633dude is trying way too hard to hate the modern titles, disgaea 5 has an amazing Gameplay full of many systems and quality of life features,we are talking about someone that hates the tales of series so you should not take seriously what he says
I love the thick atmosphere of Folklore. There are a handful of games that have managed this tone and it gets ahold of my imagination. Unique experience and hopefully not hard to get hold of these days.
If you're in the US, it's relatively uncommon to see in retro video game stores, but it's also very cheap. I got mine for $15 USD, loose. I can't imagine it's more than $30 (but I've been wrong before 😂)
I get you don't like Tales games, but Tales of Xillia 2 is one of the few games that got me crying and that is not easy, shit's got one of the bittersweetest endings I've seen in a videogame.
Actually Xillia & Xillia 2 are one of the better tales games, that rank up there with Vesperia, Symphonia, & Beseria. This youtuber is really tripping. Not saying he has to like it, but why rant about "anime cutouts" when that is basically what jrpgs are comprised of!?!? Why even play them if you don't like them???
@@projectmessiah he didnt said it outright but he said it through video again and again and agan indirectly. Its pretty obvious he dont like anime or any anime games.🤷♂️
@@waifuhunter9709 I think you just take his jokes too seriously, he literally has a channel nearly dedicated to jrpgs which I literally can't think of any jrpg on the top if my head that isn't anime style and he did multiple videos on the bleach ds games where he stated his fondness for the series which last time I checked was anime.
Super happy you started with 3D Dot Game Heroes!!! One of my all time favorite games that never went anywhere! Lol. Such a good damned game with an amazing soundtrack. Love to see it! 🧡🧡🧡
@@Caspicum I personally thank you for bringing light to this game. Criminally underrated games from Atlus that should have been ported to ANY other platform by now. For reals.
@@Caspicum Yessssss! I am hoping this happens because old school games are back in vogue now. If Shadow's of the Colossus can get like 5 releases, then this game should be on the list, too.
Your ps3 slim should not sound like that, either the cooler and fan are full of dust or the thermal paste is degraded, both of those are really easy to fix if you can hold a screw driver, you'll need a special security driver to remove one screw though, they are a few bucks on ebay so no big deal I guess.
The thermal paste was a common problem with the PS3 slims. Mine kept freezing, pulled it apart and replaced the dried out thermal paste and never had a problem with it again.
@@Budzy485 Yeah, there was a batch of them that used mineral oil based paste that dries out, most of them have have silicone oil based paste that's much better, mine still works fine, but I have repaired a few of that had tim turned to dust.
This,i had a PS3 Slim for 2 years and even without cleaning it i never heard any noise. The PS4 though is very noisy by design because even after cleaning and changing it's paste the noise remained
@@Caspicum It's a damn shame Sony put a bullet in Japan Studio's head. We could've seen a port at some point... And possibly a revival of the online on PC. Like, I think it is on PlayStation Now, but good luck trying to access that here in Australia.
Are the 'Tales' games just supernaturally popular in Japan, or something? It feels as if Namco have released about 5,000 entries, most of which do not look like they were cheap or quick to make, over the last 15 years. A bit like Gust and the 'Atelier' series.
It's gotta be that, right? They don't seem too big in Western markets. I'm not mad though, it's comforting to see a series that's been around since the good old days still chugging along.
They're pretty cheap to make, at least up until the most recent few games. Same with Atelier, production values have only gotten decent in the last few years.
Back in the day White Knight Chronicles 2 was a fucking great game, when online was working you could create your own mech farming parts to create incredible awesome and strong mechs and go online with other people who could also transform so at one point you could have like 3 giant player mechs going against giant monsters. If the same idea was implemented with todays technology it would be a great success.
I finally finished Folklore after playing the demo in 2008 and buying it for a pretty penny in 2019. I really enjoyed it at first and think it looks absolutely stunning, but I definitely got bored by the end. I think I'd prefer a spiritual successor than a remaster, because I'm still fascinated by its whole vibe.
Which reminds me, I'd like FromSoftware (the famous demonsouls creators) to go make a spiritual sucessor to their Lost Kingdoms I and II games (gamecube). The gameplay is similar to folklore and I think is a bit more smooth. But for a while there, Folklore scratched the itch I had after beating lost kingdoms.
I've only ever played the demo of Folklore, but I'm so glad it's on this list. It always fascinated me even though I never owned it. It's pretty pricey these days, and this game never had trophies, but I plan on one day finally through the full game.
@@erosennin4444 note mashing? Mate it's a rhythm game, you have to imitate the rhythm of the rings of light as to not die, don't focus on the visuals, even if the camera moving like crazy is funny and confusing, concentrate on the music and sound effects.
I'll never understood how annoyed at achievements/trophies some people get. The argument is always "they don't matter", an no they don't, but neither does any other goal in a videogame. It's as if a goal is in the form of an achievement it's completely pointless, but if it's a goal within the game it somehow more worthwhile.
I defo think they're a waste of time, but I used to do them too. I think I got to about 20 platinums before I got bored and stopped. They are addictive and validating for some people. For me now, I just don't have time and I see them as artificial inflation of game time, but if people want to hunt for them, more power to you.
It was a toss up as to whether or not Graces F made it onto the list. The Wii version seems *very* similar to the PS3 version, and I couldn't really consider it 'trapped' if it's on the Wii. Also, I played through WKC1 twice, once for both versions, about half of WKC2, and then mostly of Trinity as well. idk what it is about PS3 RPGs but they're extremely addictive.
Cross Edge isn't that bad if you get the hang of the combat. It feels really rewarding lining up combos perfectly. The game only really suffers if you go for 100%.
After playing stuff like Namco X Capcom and Project X Zone and... god, what's that DS Robot Taisen one with the same combat? Anyway, after playing those, I hate that I can't juggle in real time. I guess that's more a 'me' issue than a fault of the game though.
For real but only the PS2 games. Honestly, that company took a weird turn when they got to the PS3. The Atelier Iris, Mana Khemia and Ar Tonelico series on the ps2 were master pieces and achieved perfection for turn based combat but the later Ar and Atelier games were either trash or okay games at best.
Man I remember going for that true ending route in Cross Edge years back. I've played about 90% of these on the ps3 back then so this video takes me back....
For Super Robot Wars, 30 is the most readily available and generally most accesssible, but if you want an earlier one or one without the crossover element, get the fan translation of OG on the PS2, basically remasters two GBA games
The games have become way more accessible, now that the series just has an English translation even though it's not sold over seas. I've got all the entries of PS4, and each has an official English language option. Some are better than others, but it's still a nice touch.
You're exactly right. SRW30 is the most accessible. I enjoyed playing through it. I liked the ability to grind. It's only downside was the animation in combat was not as amazing or dramatic of older games liked T.
Guided Fate Paradox and Awakened Fate Ultimatum feels like a shoe-in for one of those port Double-Pack things NIS have been doing for Switch and PC, but I really don't like the idea of having to re-buy Ultimatum to get a boxed copy of Paradox on something that isn't going to set my house on fire one day.
I hope they don't stop at the PS1/PS2 games, even though there's not much beyond that worth buying from them. I'd love some Guided Fate on my big boy computer.
@@Caspicum I feel like the PS1/2/P stuff is a lot less work to actually port over because the PS3's system architecture is infamously bad and all, so it might well be a factor in why NIS have kept so much of their PS3 lineup on the one platform exclusively.
That was, without a doubt, the best review of Qoga I've seen... and not just because it's the only one. So much good stuff here. Thanks for this walk down marginal RPG memory lane. Edit: I should probably put some substance here. There are reasons for non degenerates to play Qoga... Notably some great music. The setting is also pretty interesting. You have to put up with way too much awkward dating sim/arpg hybrid to experience either, though. For a laugh have a look at the dlc they released for it.
@@Caspicum 'twas the darkest of times. Nascent HD pushed a lot of beloved series to handhelds where most of them died off or just outright killed them. And gave birth to mutants like many on the list too. I guess people are still a bit traumatized :)
It's always great to find fellow fans of Ar Tonelico out in the wild. The lack of recognition and appreciation for the world that was built for these games is sad.
I always felt Folklore was under appreciated. Thought it was a great concept and finally a unique use of the SIXAXIS controls. After about 15 hours I stumbled upon the book that details how you level up each id. Once I saw that, I spent another 10 hours running all over the world doing specific task to max out all my id's. I had so much fun.
For as mediocre as Tales of Xillia is I still have a soft spot for it, it's a weirdly nostalgic game that I also have no interest in replaying. Even though I don't care for the Tales series outside of Phantasia I really wish Namco Bandai would port more of them outside of just Symphonia.
ty ty. I wasn't sure if that was gonna make the cut, generally I cut the super edgy shit but it made me laugh whenever I read it back, it'd be a crime to cut it.
@@Caspicum I'm surprised there weren't a lot of people that realized that or just didn't acknowledge it. Well let me be the first to acknowledge it, good thing you left it in cause it's hilarious, props to your writing sir!
Super Robot Wars is hard to get into cuz in a franchise of like 70+ games only like 10 are translated into English officially or otherwise. And since the main draw of these games is seeing your favorite mecha anime crossover and try to piece together a plot out of 10 different anime, you probably won’t find much in it outside the at best pretty alright srpg gameplay. That being said, the best games to jump in with are probably T cuz it’s fairly new, well liked and in english, and Alpha Gaiden because it’s in english and is generally considered one of the best. However if you’d rather a story of non anime mechs then you should play Masou Kishin: The Lord Elemental for the SNES as it has great visuals, a decent yet charming story (translated into english), and is pretty much wholly contained within its own characters and world. You could also play OGs for the PS2, as it has also been fan translated into english and is a remake of OG1 and OG2 on GBA, featuring a cast made up of original characters from the last few games all in one plotline. Masou Kishin in particular has a ton of weird mechanics but OGs is fairly well liked, especially compared to other OG games
I believe you. I was surprised at how choppy RPCS3 still was, I thought we were a lot further along. All I really use it for is Demon's Souls, and that runs *mostly* fine. I tried to play a few games for extra footage without dragging out the old hot box, but nothing ran quite as well as I needed it to.
I'm glad my favorite RPGs of the time can no longer be considered abandoned. We got a new Kingdoms of Amalur, without the Rhode Island bankruptcy this time, and there's a new Dragon's Dogma around the corner
I think I could take him, but he's got that name lineage, it'd be a close one. also bro i didn't know you could super chat when not streaming. i am blessed. :pray: how do you do emojis in a comment
2:12 The only, ONLY thing I got from this game was the music which was made by Akiko Shikata: one of my favorite Japanese artists. Even finding the main theme on TH-cam, people in the comments there keep stating how bland the game itself was, while admiring the song.
For me, I think it was because my PC was shit and no games got ported, so I wanted stuff like Assassin's Creed II and Disgaea 3. 3D Dot Game Heroes was one of the first games I bought though, and still the best. Almost justified the entire purchase on its own.
I find it funny you mention Tales of Xillia. I just began revisiting that game 5 days before you uploaded this video. The last time I played the game before was over 8 years ago lol
I have not sold my xbox 360 and PS3 games yet. I still hold on to it and White Knight Chronicles was my fav game as a teenager. I basically waited years to buy the second game.
I game i actually ended up enjoying at certain times. Bc it took me a while to learn the fighting mechanic was Resonance of Fate. when I finally beat it I had this feeling of "what do I do know?". I somehow felt rather accomplished when I finished it
Super Robot Wars is actually REALLY easy to get in to like yeah it's a long running series but you really don't need to play the previous games except the OG series and even then the OG only have like 3 titles so far I Think like the first 2 SRW OG in the GBA were combined into a remake on the PS2 Super Robot Wars Original Generations(which got a Fan English Translation btw), theres also OG Gaiden which is a standalone expansion to the remake, OG 2nd on the PS3 and OG The Moon Dwellers. The Mainline Super Robot Wars titles are completely standalone except ones who got a sequel like the Alpha and Z series and if you're worried by the Animes you don't know in the rosters don't worry you really don't need to watch their Anime to understand their role in the story as it's mostly original and retreads of their Anime story with just some extra dudes from other Animes mixed in. And I think this is the only crossover series that acknowledge other characters outside their source material and events will not playout exactly like their Animes because of the existence of other Anime characters. Like Shinji in Evangelion will not be a bitch and actually grew some balls because there are other people he can relate with and be a positive role models with or this character will die in the Anime but there's an option to save them because the situation is now different and stuff like that.
Time and Eternity looked so crazy lol like you're playing a cartoon minus the framedip White Knight Chronicles was fkn insane as well. I actually own it. The amount of stuff you could do in it is crazy
@@Caspicum lol good luck! My advice is to play on Conponent cables NOT hdmi becausr the input latency makes it impossible on HDMI! To unlock the final boss you need to own every weapon in game! Have fun!
Tales of Xillia 2 is the best Tales game and easily one of the best games of 7th gen. The reason the 3rd axis of movement was only available when holding a button was so that the rest of the time (99.9% of the time) you can use the entire controller for arte inputs without it janking your character all over the place at the same time. The fact that they did away with arte binding after this game is the primary flaw of the Tales series and the reason they still haven't made another one worth playing. They've literally traded away full control over your characters' attacks for not having to hold down L2 for a second if you want to free run, which you may need to do 3 times in a given playthru.
White Knight Chronicles 1 was so disappointing, not only was the narrative not that great, the player character felt so tacked on. Demon Souls on the other hand I think is best out of the Souls series and has the best ending out of any Souls game despite being so simple. You actually save the world like you set out to do instead of only delaying the inevitable or becoming a minion of (insert character here). I really appreciate the look back on all of these, even if I come from the opposite perspective for JRPGs, being more into the plot and characters instead of being focused on the gameplay.
White Knight Chronicles 2 is my favorite JRPG of all time, it's fucking fantastic and nothing in any other has gotten me as hype as getting to build my own giant Knight like a Gundam and summoning it into battle whenever i want to smash my pathetic enemies with a massive fuck off hammer. Also if you take the time to unlock the custom Knight the final boss has a great change where he freaks out that your player character has one and you get to whoop his ass way easier than normal, it's awesome.
I watched this whole video just because I wanted to hear you talk about Disgaea and specifically Trinity Universe. The idea of Disgaea characters in 3D is just a cool idea. But I guess now we have Disgaea 6.
Tears to Tiara 2 is perhaps the BEST game on this list, along with Ar No Surge and Tonelico games. Tears to Tiara 2 is based on a series that originally started on the Japanese PC games aimed for an Adult audience and the series itself is more of a Fire Emblem type of Strategy JRPG without the Permanent Deaths. Beautiful Music and a loveable cast of characters, the ending theme will move you to tears as well.
@@m.m.2341 Best thing to do is the Sail the Seven Seas for the Personal Computer version of Tears to Tiara. If not the second game then certainly get the first game and sail for the English Eye-Patch if you want to understand the text.
Before I even clicked this, I knew that White Knight Chronicles would be on this list. Tragic, I remember sinking thousands of hours into it and the online community was wonderful; I remember the hacker civil war, Reyna's raging on the message boards, and the pain of grinding Big Red / Only Game In Town... Good times...
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I remember playing Folklore and thinking "boy if this is what the new generation of games will be, we're in for a golden era"
Such disgusting optimism.
I'm sorry life betrayed you.
Good news, Folklore is owned by Sony so it's not off the table.
Bad news: The studio that made it shut down after the game released, in like 2012. And we know Sony's direction these days. Disgusting optimism indeed.
You hate to see a game like folklore fizzle out without getting the recognition it deserves
Folklore was not an rpg
@@seph--- I never said it was
@@codyfelts9531 title of the video "rpgs"
@@seph--- OK, casp made the video. Not me.
@@seph--- You hate to see a not-rpg game like folklore fizzle out without getting the recognition it deserves
I will never not be upset at bamco not preserving Tales of games other than Symphonia
They sure do love Vesperia, which I've heard is one of the best.
@@Caspicum gameplay wise it’s one of the best...though it starts of pretty limited (fooking item throwing is a skill you have to learn). The characters carry the story cuz the plot is kinda meh
Graces F is also stuck on the PS3, kinda hard but the battle system is also one of the best, if you can get past the learning curve.
@@makotoyuki345 I was tossing up whether to include Graces F, but it is on the Wii as well, and seems like a pretty good port, so I decided not to.
By "preserving" do you mean, re-selling?
@@theologamer basically. Though if possible PC ports would be most preferable for mods and long term access (I’d love console ports but having 5 year lifespans suck and will eventually repeat the cycle unless ported again)
Thanks a lot for the list, man. Your channel and your style really invokes pre-2015/2016 youtube feeling in it, a rarity these days. It invokes some nostalgia in me.
That's honestly some of the highest praise I've ever been given. ty ty
I get what you mean. I miss pre-2015/15 youtube.
3D Dot Heores is really a hidden gem. It would be nice to see a Remaster or remake on modern systems.
I had completely forgotten about that game! Now I wanna play it.
After the Nier remake Drakengard 3 deserves a remake more than any game I can think. Some optimization and a modernization of the combat could put it up there as Yoko Taro's best game. All of his games are incredibly thought-provoking stories but something about Drakengard 3 just elevates it, whether it's the characters the setting or just the relationship between Zero and Mikhail the game tells a more profound story than any game I've ever played and deserves the same love the Nier games have gotten recently.
Don't worry I noticed and I appreciate the work you put in your vids mate keep up the good work
ty ty. you'd be surprised how little work that is :^)
fr though, after all this time, I'm just chuffed people watch my videos at all, so it's me who should be appreciative. and I very much am. thank you!
I notice that you put the music in the description, I just wish more TH-camrs did that so I don't have to ask about a cool song
It does my head in when I hear something I know, but nobody lists what they use, and I'm left for days trying to guess what that bloody song was. I could never do that to someone else.
@@Caspicum And I thank you for it and the large scale video. Did you manage to finish most of the games? Cos' it kinda seems insane if you had done.
I miss WKC so much I was heartbroken when they took the servers offline.
Same here. It had all the makings of a good, fun game, but it just never came to be, courtesy of lazy devs and keeping DLC in Japan.
Seeing 3D Dot Game Heroes as the first thing on the list filled me with so much joy. This game was so amazing to me and brought me so much entertainment.
I used to love downloading the weird characters and failing a tbuilding my own too. Absolute cracker of a game
(Also holy heck I was one of those 7 people, I had the video playing in the background whilst I was focused on a game, and I literally turned to look at my phone when you mentioned Champions of Norrath 😂)
GOTTEEEEEE
@@Caspicum Well played
Time and Eternity has always been a fascinating game to me just cause of the style. I wish there was another JRPG that used that style and was actually good and interesting and not the usual anime filler, and improved on the style with more animations and less awkwardness. But eh, that'll probably never happen cause nowadays people would just pull an Arc System Works. Not that it's bad but eh, it lacks the charm of genuinely animated sprites.
A game about practically anything else would've gone a long way. Imagine having a unique style and concept and throwing it all away, pissing it into the "anime children getting married" bin.
I bought the collector's edition for this game for some reason, came with a plush of their baby dragon buddy and a soundtrack cd, still got the cd somewhere.
Game is and still is trash. Would have been better if it had a better budget. Has like 4 enemies in the entire game.
hey my insomnia proves useful for once, love catching videos early
I'm sorry to hear about your ailment, but I hope I've made it slightly more tolerable. Make sure you get your sunlight and exercise, and I hope you find a cure. Godspeed.
From that "Mist of Chaos" intro, I looked up the opening song for it.
How had I not heard such beautiful piece of music sooner? It was amazing.
I am strangely fascinated by Mist of Chaos.
It's so soothing, I'm so glad I didn't get flagged for any of this music, it's all lovely. Even the edgier stuff for the NIS games :^)
Damn, great seeing White Knight chronicles get some attention. I played it through PS Now with atrocious lag, but thankfully it’s a game that can be played with lag. Playing it and the sequel back to back was a blast!
Super Robot Taisen is a great series and is probably a major inspiration for other Bamco crossover titles such as NamcoXCapcom and ProjectXZone. It's basically Mecha Fire Emblem with a massive crossover cast from 15-30 mecha shows. The one you showed is part of the OG series, which includes no licensed IPs. The recent SRT V,X and T provide a modern experience using the classic formula and would serve as a good entry point, as they require no prior knowledge and include many familiar faces such as Gundam(V+X+T), Evangelion(V) and Code Geass(X). The anniversary game SRT30 is the most recent release and shakes up the formula a bit. Most of the newer releases are available in English on multiple platforms.
Which would you recommend as a purchase now on switch /pc?
@@Khunal1
Any of them. You can’t go wrong.
@@Khunal1 T (Switch) V,X and 30 (PC+Switch) are all new and available in English so try those. Just pick the one with your favorite series
I originally bought a PS3 solely for the blu ray drive. It was cheaper than any other player on the market. The fact that it would play my favorite PS game of all time, Final Fantasy VII.
Drackengard 3 has a pretty awesome story. It's like a tragedy wrapped in another tragedy and then coated with a comedy so you don't realize how tragic it actually is until you take a full on bite and get hit upside the head.
I remember the "Magus Meme" when it came out. Very fun times and a comfy memory. As I recall it was originally developed as an iOS game but pushed on to the PS3 in order to cash in on the Dark Souls craze. It was released 1 week before DS2. Alls I have to got is good job boys.
I hope that disgaea d2 gets a release on modern consoles in my opinion its one of the best storys in the series and the gameplay is just that good
Straight up, I had to stop at the super duper number mode because I couldn't justify the time sink, but I much prefer it to 4 and 5 onward dropped the ball bigly. I remember it came with a Laharl prinny plushie, and it had posable tendril things. That was so sick.
@@Caspicum don't get me wrong 4&5 storys are a mix back at worse and above average jrpg plots at best but you cant deny how amazing the gameplay evolved for the better
Yeah. Disgaea d2 is a great disgaea. I would happily buy it again. Starting to worry about myself given how many of these they HAVE re-released.
@@pauliepizzo8633dude is trying way too hard to hate the modern titles, disgaea 5 has an amazing Gameplay full of many systems and quality of life features,we are talking about someone that hates the tales of series so you should not take seriously what he says
@@isidorodaviddoro1920 amen to that even if the plot is like a 5 out of 10 at best
This is an interesting topic for a video, thank you 👍
Thank YOU!
I love the thick atmosphere of Folklore. There are a handful of games that have managed this tone and it gets ahold of my imagination. Unique experience and hopefully not hard to get hold of these days.
If you're in the US, it's relatively uncommon to see in retro video game stores, but it's also very cheap. I got mine for $15 USD, loose. I can't imagine it's more than $30 (but I've been wrong before 😂)
I've been holding on to my old copy since I bought it, but my ps3 disc drive is broken.
I remember a flash game where you could eventually build a sword that covered the entire screen when swung. I wish I could remember the name.
Loved your rereview of white knight chronicles, I really needed the laughs today. I 100% agree with everything you said. 👍
Precious memories of a heavily flawed, but enjoyable game
I get you don't like Tales games, but Tales of Xillia 2 is one of the few games that got me crying and that is not easy, shit's got one of the bittersweetest endings I've seen in a videogame.
Actually Xillia & Xillia 2 are one of the better tales games, that rank up there with Vesperia, Symphonia, & Beseria. This youtuber is really tripping. Not saying he has to like it, but why rant about "anime cutouts" when that is basically what jrpgs are comprised of!?!? Why even play them if you don't like them???
@@lionobjs He never said he hated anime cutouts, he just got bored seeing do many while making the video
@@projectmessiah he didnt said it outright but he said it through video again and again and agan indirectly. Its pretty obvious he dont like anime or any anime games.🤷♂️
@@waifuhunter9709 I think you just take his jokes too seriously, he literally has a channel nearly dedicated to jrpgs which I literally can't think of any jrpg on the top if my head that isn't anime style and he did multiple videos on the bleach ds games where he stated his fondness for the series which last time I checked was anime.
@@waifuhunter9709 Yes, the guy who's entire channel is dedicated to JRPGs....hates JRPGs.
Super happy you started with 3D Dot Game Heroes!!! One of my all time favorite games that never went anywhere! Lol. Such a good damned game with an amazing soundtrack. Love to see it! 🧡🧡🧡
I just went alphabetically, but if i were ranking them, it'd be at the top anyway :^)
@@Caspicum I personally thank you for bringing light to this game. Criminally underrated games from Atlus that should have been ported to ANY other platform by now. For reals.
@@wills.2648 Too right, I'd kill for 1080p and 60fps. It'd be a treat.
@@Caspicum Yessssss! I am hoping this happens because old school games are back in vogue now. If Shadow's of the Colossus can get like 5 releases, then this game should be on the list, too.
Your ps3 slim should not sound like that, either the cooler and fan are full of dust or the thermal paste is degraded, both of those are really easy to fix if you can hold a screw driver, you'll need a special security driver to remove one screw though, they are a few bucks on ebay so no big deal I guess.
The thermal paste was a common problem with the PS3 slims. Mine kept freezing, pulled it apart and replaced the dried out thermal paste and never had a problem with it again.
@@Budzy485 Yeah, there was a batch of them that used mineral oil based paste that dries out, most of them have have silicone oil based paste that's much better, mine still works fine, but I have repaired a few of that had tim turned to dust.
This,i had a PS3 Slim for 2 years and even without cleaning it i never heard any noise.
The PS4 though is very noisy by design because even after cleaning and changing it's paste the noise remained
I'm just happy for Ar Tonelico got mentioned
"Oh a ps3 JRPG video. Well at least he doesnt have to suffer with
*cross edge intro plays*
The poor bastard...."
I fondly remember WKC. Weird how you are literally the only person I've seen talk about it when talking about PS3 RPG's
I have great memories with it too, it's a damn shame the online is busted, even though it never worked properly anyway.
@@Caspicum It's a damn shame Sony put a bullet in Japan Studio's head. We could've seen a port at some point... And possibly a revival of the online on PC.
Like, I think it is on PlayStation Now, but good luck trying to access that here in Australia.
@@Sivrn-Val I don't even know what PS Now is, which certainly backs up your statement.
Are the 'Tales' games just supernaturally popular in Japan, or something? It feels as if Namco have released about 5,000 entries, most of which do not look like they were cheap or quick to make, over the last 15 years. A bit like Gust and the 'Atelier' series.
It's gotta be that, right? They don't seem too big in Western markets. I'm not mad though, it's comforting to see a series that's been around since the good old days still chugging along.
If I’m remembering correctly Tales was the 3rd or 4th biggest rpg in Japan behind Final fantasy and Dragon quest. That’s probably why
They're pretty cheap to make, at least up until the most recent few games.
Same with Atelier, production values have only gotten decent in the last few years.
@@allanw By recent, do you mean Arise, Berseria and Zestiria?
@@zero123alpha6 I think he means just Arise.
Back in the day White Knight Chronicles 2 was a fucking great game, when online was working you could create your own mech farming parts to create incredible awesome and strong mechs and go online with other people who could also transform so at one point you could have like 3 giant player mechs going against giant monsters. If the same idea was implemented with todays technology it would be a great success.
I finally finished Folklore after playing the demo in 2008 and buying it for a pretty penny in 2019. I really enjoyed it at first and think it looks absolutely stunning, but I definitely got bored by the end. I think I'd prefer a spiritual successor than a remaster, because I'm still fascinated by its whole vibe.
Which reminds me, I'd like FromSoftware (the famous demonsouls creators) to go make a spiritual sucessor to their Lost Kingdoms I and II games (gamecube). The gameplay is similar to folklore and I think is a bit more smooth. But for a while there, Folklore scratched the itch I had after beating lost kingdoms.
I've only ever played the demo of Folklore, but I'm so glad it's on this list. It always fascinated me even though I never owned it. It's pretty pricey these days, and this game never had trophies, but I plan on one day finally through the full game.
The first Ar Tonelico was so damn good. Beautiful 8bit art with amazingly drawn backgrounds
The more I look at the first two, the more I want to play them.
@@Caspicum It's good, better than what you showed here. I can't believe they move to a clunky, buggy 3D graphics.
3DDGH friggin rules. Also, someone's clearly running an original fat model PS3, man that thing was like an air conditioner in reverse
The best part of drakengard 3 was the banter and the jokes. The story was complex which made it even cooler
I need to know. Did you manage to beat the game?? I couldn't do the note mashing part at the end and gave up on it.
@@erosennin4444 note mashing? Mate it's a rhythm game, you have to imitate the rhythm of the rings of light as to not die, don't focus on the visuals, even if the camera moving like crazy is funny and confusing, concentrate on the music and sound effects.
I'll never understood how annoyed at achievements/trophies some people get. The argument is always "they don't matter", an no they don't, but neither does any other goal in a videogame. It's as if a goal is in the form of an achievement it's completely pointless, but if it's a goal within the game it somehow more worthwhile.
I defo think they're a waste of time, but I used to do them too. I think I got to about 20 platinums before I got bored and stopped. They are addictive and validating for some people. For me now, I just don't have time and I see them as artificial inflation of game time, but if people want to hunt for them, more power to you.
I really enjoyed WKC1 and 2, and Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll. Missing Tales of Graces f, the best 3D Tales imo
It was a toss up as to whether or not Graces F made it onto the list. The Wii version seems *very* similar to the PS3 version, and I couldn't really consider it 'trapped' if it's on the Wii.
Also, I played through WKC1 twice, once for both versions, about half of WKC2, and then mostly of Trinity as well. idk what it is about PS3 RPGs but they're extremely addictive.
@@Caspicum WKC1 and 2 were extremelly addictive for me too. They give me FFXII vibes and I'm a big fan of that. Trinity's combat is really fun too
Cross Edge isn't that bad if you get the hang of the combat. It feels really rewarding lining up combos perfectly. The game only really suffers if you go for 100%.
After playing stuff like Namco X Capcom and Project X Zone and... god, what's that DS Robot Taisen one with the same combat? Anyway, after playing those, I hate that I can't juggle in real time. I guess that's more a 'me' issue than a fault of the game though.
Thought I was the only one who remembered Folklore. Nice. And speaking of FromSoft titles, can we get Armored Core 4 and above on PC already?
I've heard Armored Core is legit, so I give you my full support!
Started trying to pick up ps3 games i missed, starting with White Knight Chronicles, so this video is very helpful
Oh damn, good luck!
the ar tonelico series is so underrated... even if qoga is the worst game in the series, it has still great story and lore behind it. underrated gem
For real but only the PS2 games. Honestly, that company took a weird turn when they got to the PS3. The Atelier Iris, Mana Khemia and Ar Tonelico series on the ps2 were master pieces and achieved perfection for turn based combat but the later Ar and Atelier games were either trash or okay games at best.
Man I remember going for that true ending route in Cross Edge years back. I've played about 90% of these on the ps3 back then so this video takes me back....
For Super Robot Wars, 30 is the most readily available and generally most accesssible, but if you want an earlier one or one without the crossover element, get the fan translation of OG on the PS2, basically remasters two GBA games
The games have become way more accessible, now that the series just has an English translation even though it's not sold over seas.
I've got all the entries of PS4, and each has an official English language option. Some are better than others, but it's still a nice touch.
You're exactly right. SRW30 is the most accessible. I enjoyed playing through it. I liked the ability to grind. It's only downside was the animation in combat was not as amazing or dramatic of older games liked T.
Thanks for listing all the stuff in the description.
any time. wish i could source the music from the game title intros as well
The PS3 was the beginning of me not caring for a jrpg art styles as they seem to be more uniform and bland
I'm definitely in a similar camp, but it had a few surprise hitters.
This man used Dark Cloud 2 for his background music. Hes a gamer
Guided Fate Paradox and Awakened Fate Ultimatum feels like a shoe-in for one of those port Double-Pack things NIS have been doing for Switch and PC, but I really don't like the idea of having to re-buy Ultimatum to get a boxed copy of Paradox on something that isn't going to set my house on fire one day.
I hope they don't stop at the PS1/PS2 games, even though there's not much beyond that worth buying from them. I'd love some Guided Fate on my big boy computer.
@@Caspicum I feel like the PS1/2/P stuff is a lot less work to actually port over because the PS3's system architecture is infamously bad and all, so it might well be a factor in why NIS have kept so much of their PS3 lineup on the one platform exclusively.
I hope Tales of Xillia 1 and 2 get ported to the Switch one of these days.
That was, without a doubt, the best review of Qoga I've seen... and not just because it's the only one.
So much good stuff here. Thanks for this walk down marginal RPG memory lane.
Edit: I should probably put some substance here. There are reasons for non degenerates to play Qoga... Notably some great music. The setting is also pretty interesting. You have to put up with way too much awkward dating sim/arpg hybrid to experience either, though. For a laugh have a look at the dlc they released for it.
I don't know why the PS3 RPGs are rarely discussed. Well, I *do* know why, but it's still baffling.
@@Caspicum 'twas the darkest of times. Nascent HD pushed a lot of beloved series to handhelds where most of them died off or just outright killed them. And gave birth to mutants like many on the list too. I guess people are still a bit traumatized :)
The music is the one saving grace of Qoga for me. It has some of the best songs of the series.
Thankfully the first two games in the Ar Tonelico series are much more fun to play.
Also easier to play since they're on the PS2.
It's always great to find fellow fans of Ar Tonelico out in the wild. The lack of recognition and appreciation for the world that was built for these games is sad.
I always felt Folklore was under appreciated. Thought it was a great concept and finally a unique use of the SIXAXIS controls. After about 15 hours I stumbled upon the book that details how you level up each id. Once I saw that, I spent another 10 hours running all over the world doing specific task to max out all my id's. I had so much fun.
For as mediocre as Tales of Xillia is I still have a soft spot for it, it's a weirdly nostalgic game that I also have no interest in replaying.
Even though I don't care for the Tales series outside of Phantasia I really wish Namco Bandai would port more of them outside of just Symphonia.
I loved the idea of paying off the anime bank, but it seemed to take a backseat to generic anime business, which is unfortunate.
At 6:45 , that one gave me a chuckle holyshit. Well played sir, that deserves a sub
ty ty. I wasn't sure if that was gonna make the cut, generally I cut the super edgy shit but it made me laugh whenever I read it back, it'd be a crime to cut it.
@@Caspicum I'm surprised there weren't a lot of people that realized that or just didn't acknowledge it. Well let me be the first to acknowledge it, good thing you left it in cause it's hilarious, props to your writing sir!
Super Robot Wars is hard to get into cuz in a franchise of like 70+ games only like 10 are translated into English officially or otherwise. And since the main draw of these games is seeing your favorite mecha anime crossover and try to piece together a plot out of 10 different anime, you probably won’t find much in it outside the at best pretty alright srpg gameplay.
That being said, the best games to jump in with are probably T cuz it’s fairly new, well liked and in english, and Alpha Gaiden because it’s in english and is generally considered one of the best.
However if you’d rather a story of non anime mechs then you should play Masou Kishin: The Lord Elemental for the SNES as it has great visuals, a decent yet charming story (translated into english), and is pretty much wholly contained within its own characters and world. You could also play OGs for the PS2, as it has also been fan translated into english and is a remake of OG1 and OG2 on GBA, featuring a cast made up of original characters from the last few games all in one plotline. Masou Kishin in particular has a ton of weird mechanics but OGs is fairly well liked, especially compared to other OG games
6:44 - You just earned yourself a sub
I knew being unapologetically edgy would pay off one day.
drakengard 3 runs better on rpcs3 than the actual console
I believe you. I was surprised at how choppy RPCS3 still was, I thought we were a lot further along. All I really use it for is Demon's Souls, and that runs *mostly* fine. I tried to play a few games for extra footage without dragging out the old hot box, but nothing ran quite as well as I needed it to.
I'm glad my favorite RPGs of the time can no longer be considered abandoned. We got a new Kingdoms of Amalur, without the Rhode Island bankruptcy this time, and there's a new Dragon's Dogma around the corner
6:43 made me laugh out loud. Great video!
For real! Stopped me dead and had to go back and make sure I heard right. Killer line.
I and many others have said it before, but the PS3 has such a diverse library of games.
I keep discovering new games.
Ah yes, Magus
Your comment is like three stages of accelerating grief.
@Casp Not quite, more like I added on to my comment, that's
why
I
made those spaces.😉
There's a 14 year old streamer with your name on YT. I've got 100 more bucks for you if you fight him.
I think I could take him, but he's got that name lineage, it'd be a close one.
also bro i didn't know you could super chat when not streaming. i am blessed. :pray: how do you do emojis in a comment
Incelebrity deathmatch casp edition grownman-chan vs lil c with the big d
Oh shit wasnt expecting Avalanche here!
Another banger from Casp. Keep up the great work, sir. Love ya!
2:12 The only, ONLY thing I got from this game was the music which was made by Akiko Shikata: one of my favorite Japanese artists. Even finding the main theme on TH-cam, people in the comments there keep stating how bland the game itself was, while admiring the song.
Legit, I got lost listening to the music and it delayed the video for an entire day. It really is that good.
@@Caspicuma little detail qoca on hymnoss (or language used in the songs) means final, the previous ar tonelico games where way better IMO
So glad to see Folklore being mentioned.
Me too, tbh. There's a lot of love for it as well.
Folklore would be great on the switch, it feels perfect for the pick up and put down style of gameplay
I see this said about a lot of games, but Folklore would legitimately sit well on Switch, and needs to be a priority.
Its pretty much a dark pokemon in a sort of way so i guess that would be why
Once RPCS3 finally gets gud, these titles won’t be so lost after all.
NO. KEEP THEM AWAY.
If someone hates and despises anime so much, why then play jrpgs? That's just like saying you hate fast food but all you eat is McDonald's! 🙄
NOO WAAAY!!! I've been looking for Folklore since the late 2000s ever since I saw the trailer on one of them preview DVDs from a PlayStation magazine.
why make a video on jrpg if you seem to hate it so much?
3D Dot Game Heroes was the reason why I got a PS3 back then.
For me, I think it was because my PC was shit and no games got ported, so I wanted stuff like Assassin's Creed II and Disgaea 3. 3D Dot Game Heroes was one of the first games I bought though, and still the best. Almost justified the entire purchase on its own.
I find it funny you mention Tales of Xillia. I just began revisiting that game 5 days before you uploaded this video. The last time I played the game before was over 8 years ago lol
*THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES, YOU WERE FATED TO BE HERE*
@@Caspicum true lol
Time and Eternity looks like the type of game I'd lie to my friends about and call a hidden gem.
I loved playing white knight chronicles I was upset that they didn't release the final DLC in the second game
I have not sold my xbox 360 and PS3 games yet. I still hold on to it and White Knight Chronicles was my fav game as a teenager. I basically waited years to buy the second game.
Someone should make a JRPG/RPG just called "Numbers Go Up." I'd buy it.
Just rename Disgaea and it'd fit so well
I game i actually ended up enjoying at certain times. Bc it took me a while to learn the fighting mechanic was Resonance of Fate. when I finally beat it I had this feeling of "what do I do know?". I somehow felt rather accomplished when I finished it
bro back in the day i got the platinum trophy in Resonance of Fate. I got so absorbed by it, it holds a very special place in my heart.
Super Robot Wars is actually REALLY easy to get in to like yeah it's a long running series but you really don't need to play the previous games except the OG series and even then the OG only have like 3 titles so far I Think like the first 2 SRW OG in the GBA were combined into a remake on the PS2 Super Robot Wars Original Generations(which got a Fan English Translation btw), theres also OG Gaiden which is a standalone expansion to the remake, OG 2nd on the PS3 and OG The Moon Dwellers.
The Mainline Super Robot Wars titles are completely standalone except ones who got a sequel like the Alpha and Z series and if you're worried by the Animes you don't know in the rosters don't worry you really don't need to watch their Anime to understand their role in the story as it's mostly original and retreads of their Anime story with just some extra dudes from other Animes mixed in. And I think this is the only crossover series that acknowledge other characters outside their source material and events will not playout exactly like their Animes because of the existence of other Anime characters. Like Shinji in Evangelion will not be a bitch and actually grew some balls because there are other people he can relate with and be a positive role models with or this character will die in the Anime but there's an option to save them because the situation is now different and stuff like that.
The quality of the content is matched only by how stale the jokes are
What an interesting combination
why everyone hate my jokes :(
Hearing the dark cloud 2 / dark chronicle music put a smile on my face
Glad I could weaponize your nostalgia against you!
Love the subtle humor had to sub
ty ty!
Time and Eternity looked so crazy lol like you're playing a cartoon minus the framedip
White Knight Chronicles was fkn insane as well. I actually own it. The amount of stuff you could do in it is crazy
I still have my copy as well. Absolutely loved that game. It's a shame it seems to have been up and forgotten.
7:57 you can tell he didnt beat it because he didnt have anything to say about the final boss.
im proud of him
That sounds like a challenge.
@@Caspicum lol good luck! My advice is to play on Conponent cables NOT hdmi becausr the input latency makes it impossible on HDMI!
To unlock the final boss you need to own every weapon in game! Have fun!
Tales of Xillia 2 is the best Tales game and easily one of the best games of 7th gen. The reason the 3rd axis of movement was only available when holding a button was so that the rest of the time (99.9% of the time) you can use the entire controller for arte inputs without it janking your character all over the place at the same time.
The fact that they did away with arte binding after this game is the primary flaw of the Tales series and the reason they still haven't made another one worth playing. They've literally traded away full control over your characters' attacks for not having to hold down L2 for a second if you want to free run, which you may need to do 3 times in a given playthru.
Unlosing Ranger was Legit fun as hell to play had a ton of fun maxing out my gear and tryin to grab the dark death evilman set.
White Knight Chronicles 1 was so disappointing, not only was the narrative not that great, the player character felt so tacked on. Demon Souls on the other hand I think is best out of the Souls series and has the best ending out of any Souls game despite being so simple. You actually save the world like you set out to do instead of only delaying the inevitable or becoming a minion of (insert character here).
I really appreciate the look back on all of these, even if I come from the opposite perspective for JRPGs, being more into the plot and characters instead of being focused on the gameplay.
"Current year" joke in.... Current year.......
Just makes the video not *as* dated. I use current year as a metric, not a meme.
White Knight Chronicles 2 is my favorite JRPG of all time, it's fucking fantastic and nothing in any other has gotten me as hype as getting to build my own giant Knight like a Gundam and summoning it into battle whenever i want to smash my pathetic enemies with a massive fuck off hammer.
Also if you take the time to unlock the custom Knight the final boss has a great change where he freaks out that your player character has one and you get to whoop his ass way easier than normal, it's awesome.
Thank you!
I have over 300 ps3 games and still love and play it. Best gaming years of my life
I watched this whole video just because I wanted to hear you talk about Disgaea and specifically Trinity Universe.
The idea of Disgaea characters in 3D is just a cool idea. But I guess now we have Disgaea 6.
Tears to Tiara 2 is perhaps the BEST game on this list, along with Ar No Surge and Tonelico games.
Tears to Tiara 2 is based on a series that originally started on the Japanese PC games aimed for an Adult audience and the series itself is more of a Fire Emblem type of Strategy JRPG without the Permanent Deaths.
Beautiful Music and a loveable cast of characters, the ending theme will move you to tears as well.
It's stuck on my broken PS3 :(
@@m.m.2341 Was the game stuck on your PS3 because your disk eject wasn't working?
Or is it only a Digital Download and your PS3 doesn't play anymore?
@@TBoneTony the second 😅
@@m.m.2341 Best thing to do is the Sail the Seven Seas for the Personal Computer version of Tears to Tiara.
If not the second game then certainly get the first game and sail for the English Eye-Patch if you want to understand the text.
8:10 patiently waiting for this on to hit the new ps plus subscription list and when it does I'll play it like there's no tomorrow
Before I even clicked this, I knew that White Knight Chronicles would be on this list. Tragic, I remember sinking thousands of hours into it and the online community was wonderful; I remember the hacker civil war, Reyna's raging on the message boards, and the pain of grinding Big Red / Only Game In Town... Good times...
I never went that deep, mostly because the servers wouldn't let me being in Australia, but there sounds like some crazy stories behind it.
thanks for documenting magus. used to watch some guys on here who would always pronounce it ‘ma goose’ and talk shit. good times
I think it's supposed to be mage-us. Like a hard J sound but I ain't about that.
@@Caspicum oh yeah obviously but it’s funny to call it magoose
I wondered how many of these games I played...and it was most.
i own some of these games and your overviews are 100% accurate
I'm just glad I didn't misrepresent them.
Tales of Graces F and Eternal Sonata probably stuck to PS3 as well.
Graces F is on Wii, and Eternal Sonata is on 360!
Thoroughly enjoyable video
Thank you! I slaved on it for a while, so I'm glad people are digging it.
Pretty good compilation! There's some obscure yet interesting stuff. Such disrespect for Tales though😞
Thanks for playing these games so I never have to