The Legend of Dragoon Review | its basically a playable 90s anime
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- The Legend of Dragoon is a beloved RPG classic among a small but dedicated group of fans. It isn't obvious why the game was denied mainstream success, but I hope you enjoy this review/analysis of the game where I do my best to find out.
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00:00 - Introduction
3:00 - Chapter 1
33:00 - Chapter 2
47:00 - Chapter 3
1:03:00 - Chapter 4
1:17:50 - Ending/Conclusion
I am physically unable to keep up with all the comments at this point, so hopefully a pinned reply will do. THANKS FOR WATCHING! Absolutely nuts to me that we will soon surpass 100k views, and as put aptly by some commenters, a clear indicator that there's still a lot of interest in a remake/sequel. Completely vindicated my statement about the passion levels for this game never being higher!
I hope you enjoyed the video! My gratitude is immeasurable and my day is made.
Idk if you watched Hunter x Hunter (1999) but at 35:55 I have a soft spot for that ost because it sounds like the main theme the old version of the show had. Weird to comment but it was very much a popular sound design type back then
do breath of fire 3 next bru
If you like the addition system, I highly recommend playing at least the first two Shadow Hearts games on PS2. They're pretty charmingly unique games in their own right, too.
Do keep in mind i'm on my third rewatch, i've been feeling like playing it again and finding such a great review helped me sooth my nostalgia quite a lot, awesome work you absolutely nailed it if i may say so myself.
Got a new subscriber. Wildarms is a great one to cover! I wish you good fortune broski.
"If sony ever tries to do a remake or a sequel, AND I GUARANTEE THEY WON'T" I laughed pretty hard, then I cried.
Never forget that Bluepoint Games made a Halloween tweet a few years ago where they basically hinted that they were remaking five games or six or twelve games. One of those was true (Demon's Souls, but they also name drop Wander from Shadow of the Colossus which was already out), but it also mentioned Dart and the Black Monster:
"So calm this spooky night. A symphony of rumors - not one, but two - return from shadow. A resistance to dart home as black monsters escape twisted hills to wander lands and syphon souls. Filter your candy collections, soft from solid, and be eco-friendly. Have a metal Halloween."
It's a pipe dream at this point, but I also know that one of the head honchos over at Bluepoint really likes LoD, and that's why the rumor took off the first place. Keep hope alive. It took ten years to announce FFVII Remake after all. And now that Sony owns Bluepoint, maybe someone at the studio has Sony's ear about it.
I felt this in my soul.
Me Toooooo! 🤣
it's such a missed opportunity really, the whole story behind the Dragoons x Wingly war is so interesting. They could totally do a prequel with it, I'd also love a sequel. Really anything in this game's universe would be awesome, but Sony has to be Sony and just abandon a perfectly good IP. Like they did Tomba.
They did
Nothing quite like finding a niche channel with a long-winded, wholesome ramble about a game I completely and utterly fangirl over
same, except im a boy
I'm a dude and I fan girl over this game BIG TIME
Same!!!
It is a great game. It was this game and skies of Arcadia that got me into Rpg's . Great times
I loved this game at first sight and still do. It still holds up too
Grew up playing this game with my dad, who was never that good at RPGs because he refused to search areas for items or grind when needed. We had so many good times staying up trying to beat whatever boss we were stuck on at the time. He’s gone now, but I’ll always have those memories when I think of this game.
That's really cool that your dad played video games with you. My dad played mortal Kombat with me an my brother as a kid but that was the only other game besides pac man that he liked. I could only imagine trying to play a dog with my dad 😆
Then we are two, this gave me the feels.
It's funny my dad let me play and I lost and I felt so bad cuz it started him over I was so young and I played it again to that part and I remember going to him like I got you back there
My son plays games that way then makes me do the parts he can't because he won't search ever and gets frustrated lol
Thank you for sharing! I'm sorry for your loss.
“He’s to busy fist bumping lavitz to reciprocate his own feelings”so true 🤣
"He's too busy fist bumping Lavitz to reciprocate her feelings"
Man, you might have been late to the party, but sure did understand this game. Your opinions have been validated by this sentence alone.
I teared up when Dart went to Lavitz's room in the credits to share the drink he promised
20 years later and i still can’t think about that scene without tearing up 🥹
Lavitz is best bro. I literally cried when he died. I was also like 10 and had a crush on him. He was my first video game heartbreak. 💔
@@spiwolf6998 for me it was Shana 😍
Gotta think about it too, he had to speak with Lavitz's mother again as well. And that to me is a difficult, heavy thing to do. Especially after the whole adventure. Good chance he tells her about her son's role at the end of the story, too.
@@kaitoudark1 yes, that has to be rough. I’m sure he told her that he was a hero and died nobly
This game is one of my greatest inspirations. I used to draw my own dragoons in middle school, still listen to the opening theme to this day, and my obsession with Shana led me to pursue my tribe's archery lessons and I discovered marksmanship was a hidden talent. I owe a lot to this derpy cheesy beautiful "magical girls but for boys" game.
"magical girls but for boys", i'm fairly sure that we just call that Super Sentai.
I love this
I never thought of "magical girls but for boys" would perfectly match this game and I love it.
"80's radical magical girl/boy adventure game with DRAGOONS "....Oh aaand war haha.
I drew my Dragoon in middle school too. hahaha...
WoOoooh Go man!😊
Getting hours from a wholesome obscure TH-cam channel hits different. Thank you for everything.
“Finally a strong female character to help Shana make sandwiches” had me rolling
Who translated this, it smells like America? I know their shit, I live here. Games like Mario and Zelda games back when there were manual books. There were no translation errors from Japanese translations to English. But with American companies named Canada Dubbing or something like that, that screwed up Inuyasha but that was the style back then or something. (Kagome speaking to Inuyasha not to chase after that demon bird in season 1) "No!, Don't, you'll hurt those boy!" and Yu Yu Hakasho "You're idiot!" (Kuwabara referring to Yusuke as that underwater in spirit form while Yusuke is in the middle of fighting Hate Fish and Rando.) Uploader did say the translation is walking all over the game and story and stuff, that might be the reason. Disgruntled employees slightly racist or lashing out workplace hostility led to Rockstar making GTA 5 and having some very questionable design and development choices. I say that, but it's more like a fucking warzone over there, man.
@@BlackMoonHowls You must be fun at parties. Do yourself a favor, take a few deep breaths. Seek therapy.
It's such a good line!
Tifa?
@@BlackMoonHowls ...What? There have ALWAYS been translation errors.
Mario and Zelda and game manuals barely have text in them so they are easy as fuck to translate. America is just that incompetent/puritan.
LoD is such a charming, imperfect gem that I can’t help but want Sony to take another stab at the universe. Either a remake or prequel, but a second chance to polish this title would be welcome.
Hard agree from me! If this game got a prequel that showed the horror of the dragon campaign I would buy that in a heartbeat
Remake first. We need to bring this game back, then we can have a prequel to explore the horrors of the Dragon Campaign.
They could use Drakengard mechanics to bring the game into the zeitgeist of ActionRpgs. In Drakengard each weapon has its own combos, which reminds me of the combat system of Dragoon.
As someone who hasn't played the game I think I'd be onboard for a remake as long as it keeps the spirit and the gameplay of the original alive (I found the FFVII remake rather bland and souless)
Only thing this need is a remake...the same exact way..this isn't a game that needs to be brought back and ruined...
An important note about the transition from Lavitz to Albert is it's stated in a piece of dialogue from Lavitz that Albert trained him to fight, so not only is he a superior fighter, but his additions are way faster, trickier and less clunky.
There was also a fun feature in disc 2 where you could go back to Serdio and visit Seles with Shana in your party. Doing so would make your controller's vibrations stronger whilst visiting without her made them weaker. If I recall correctly, you could go back to Bale and have Albert interact with Lavitz's mom too
Also the Melbu Frahma music is unparalleled. I will die on that hill
Lavitz taught Albert.
Another thing that I don't believe was talked about was that after several of the major events if you go back into earlier parts of the game NPC's will have changed dialog to reflect what is happening.
Also visiting lavitz mother over the game you get to view her picking back up her life after her son.
Oh God I could only handle going back to see her once after Lavitz died, I felt so bad for her
Man this game taught me as a kid that good guys CAN die, unceremoniously too. 2 decades later and I'm still not over what happened with Lavitz
Pretty bold story choice they made - that scene at the end of the game with his ghost is redemption on a legendary scale.
Aye
i understand what you mean
Don't forget Haschel's whole arc with his daughter. That was rough to see a case where an argument was truly the last time a person would ever interact with a loved one.
Lavitz was my Aeris moment. Loved this game and he was my favorite character.
Not gonna lie this is THE game that OFFICIALLY made me a gamer.. I was about 11 and my friend left the game at my house, I started that night, I skipped school for a day and beat the game.. Or so I thought until I realized there was more disk, I remember searching everywhere in my neighborhood and beyond to find them I traded off like 100 pokemon cards for disk 2 with some kid at school, went outside my city via bus cause I seen a ad selling disk 3 and litterally fought a kid because we played cards for games and he wasn't tryna give me the forth though he lost lol man I fucking love this game.. It's one of the best I ever played and till this day I play games to find a feeling THAT game gave me.. If they made a remake I haven't played a PS regularly since a PS3 but I'd play daily off just this game alone 💯...
bro we must be twins lmao
@@frandavis1990 Hey they say everyone got a twin, you never know 🤷🏾, either way.. What's good brother man lol..
I was about to comment how the hell did u beat this game in a day..then i read the rest of ur comment first 😂😂
You done quested to finish the game itself lol
Respect!
@@originals4614 fakx never thought I'd be happy playing a real life Ubisoft fetch quest sim 😂..
I didn't appreciate the smaller details of how well done Lavitz's death was done until I looked back on it years later. I like how you point out how expressive each of the character's reactions to it is despite being done with the in-game engine and lack of voice acting. Dart crying out, and Shana flinching away and grasping at Rose who doesn't even flinch after all the death she's seen. It's probably the most impactful scene while working within limitations of in-game visuals and sound design.
30:45 one thing to note is that Albert's additions are slightly different in execution than Lavitz which gives them a different "feel" when being accomplished. It's a pretty nice touch.
I couldn't use Albert worth shit. Really pissed me off they stole Lavitz and made me use Albert. I was badass with Lavitz
LoL slightly he says. It goes from 0 to 100 . His are all the hardest Imo at every point in the game
@@Demortixx idk man once you figure out the timing on Gust of Wind Dance it just feels so good to hit it on Albert
Rose being 11 thousand years old, and going through such terrible things, finally dying with her loved one, + the final scene being the black and the red dragoon lying down together... The game is really called "The Legend of Dragoon" after her.
P.S. Still remember a moment when she said "i used to be shy just like her" whilst thinking about Shanna. Cranks me up every time.
I love this game probably more than it deserves. It has a lot of rough edges but it's got so much charm and well realized art and storytelling. Very good video, thanks for taking the time to share your experience with it!
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks for bringing attention to this old gem. The Legend Of Dragoon was a childhood joy I got to better appreciate and understand as I grew up. The subtle changes in Rose's behavior with the group over the game are so endearing. Ruff.
This game is a GEM. The menu music is an unforgettable banger. The addition system made combat feel so special and unique compared to others of its time. 9/10. Absolutely love it.
You've already stated how good Shana is at magic. So I'll just point out that having her in the party is a good excuse to clear junk magic items from your inventory. Helped motivate me to use consumables in general.
This. I basically use her for healing and chucking any magic items at bosses. Almost makes the game a joke in places.
This is one of those games where I dreamed of owning and playing as a kid. I remember playing through the demo hundreds of times. Back then you could go to the store and buy a gaming magazine and at the back there was a ps1 disk that had tons of demos and trailers. Sigh oh the nostalgia...
This is going on my best content on TH-cam playlist. The aside about Albert being an absentee king and the "just kidding, she's a bitch and everyone hates her" made me die laughing. I've loved this game my whole life and you did it justice, mad props.
41:18 The reason why there was no teleport option at this point was because you could go back to the flower city first to attend Lynn's wedding. The game only hints at the possibility but if you follow Lynn all the way back there first you see the event and get a key item. But only if you go there at this point otherwise you miss that event. This was something i found out about in my 2nd playthrough of the game and it has 2 different outcomes as well. I'll let you discover that on your own. Besides that easily missable content I absolutely enjoyed your review and look forward to watching more in the future.
There's actually 3 possible results to that prompt I think. The outcome where you don't react in time has two possible results. I'm not sure if it's random or some background process determines which happen, but I'm 99% sure there's two possible outcomes. It could be 6 total results now that I think about it, and I have only seen 3. I'm also trying not to spoil, so hopefully you get what I'm saying.
I missed the bouquet 😥💐
Oh my goodness you are absolutely hilarious. I found you through my weekly youtube search for "Legend of Dragoon" and you're at the top of the results! So glad I found you cause this was not only a great video about my all time favorite game, but also you were insanely entertaining. Keep up the great work!!
Weekly search, love it. YOU are the devoted fan I'm referring to in the video 😁
@@Majuular Well, I gotta say, we really can't argue about the fucking VOICE ACTING AND TRANSLATION. LMAO
I remember showing any friends I've ever grown up with "OH IT CAN NOT BE" and we'd laugh our asses off every time. Good days!
@@Majuular It's been a month but I can finally put a pin on your energy.
You have Nakey Jakey vibes.
That means you've truly ascended. Keep it up.
Woke up in the middle of the night and finally getting around to watching this. My running commentary while watching:
- Wow I forgot how hard that menu music slapped.
- So amused that Masamune has become your first channel meme.
- The bro vs bro joke was great.
- Really like your approach to explaining the combat system, agree with your comments that it keeps battles more engaging and fun. 100% agree that if other JRPGs took nothing from LoD they should have at least stolen the addition system. Also agree that it would have been nice to see the addition system extended to defence as well, though as a counterpoint, it does give you a moment to breathe after a series of tough additions.
- You really hit me with the double whammy there of reminding me that this game is (over) 20 years old at this point AND that Sony apparently irrationally hates the game and wont remake it 😢
- Personally I always found the "hammer X" system of magic disappointing.
- HARD agree that the on rails aspect of the world was a major weakness. Even if a game is essentially on rails, just the appearance of an open world goes a long way to making a better game world in my view (FF9 vs FFX). I remember some towns being fun to explore in that there was some little puzzle elements, that was good game design, nice that you shouted this out.
- I'll allow your insult of Chronopolis but you're on thin ice sir.
- "Hook you with that relatable struggle like eco-terrorism [...]" gave me a good laugh.
- Oh man. I hate to do this to you. It's Duh-walt, not dew-alt😆
- Kongol was such an underwhelming boss fight for the Dragoon reveal.
- Regarding the difficulty, it might have been worthwhile pointing out that if you can't get a handle on the addition system, the game is significantly more difficult.
- Your fanboying over Lavitz is both 100% accurate, and 100% depressing because of his poor copy.
- If you and I are wrong about how to pronounce Haschel, I don't want to be right.
- Not certain if you were joking or not, personally I (usually) hate the trope of royalty grabbing a weapon and going on an adventure. Go rule your kingdom Albert you dweeb.
- As much as I love grimdank, have to agree with you (and appreciate that you pointed it out) games from that era had a lot more optimism that is refreshing to go back to.
- The gameplay loop(?) of get new character, fight evil dragoon, new character gets dragoon powers was...yeah. Getting rid of the "stones" and just having it been an innate awakening would have been a lot more clean I think.
- Liked and agree with your review of the soundtrack. Certainly a unique one. Feel like you really nailed this section.
- Hah! You made the same point I did earlier about Albert.
- You came dangerously close to having criticism of OoT there and my nostalgia won't stand for that sir.
- That Lenus fight was SUCH a wall for me.
- I appreciate your criticism of the translation, young Silvar didn't even realize how bad it was.
- DYING at the 11,000 year old dragon joke. Nice.
- The winter city comfy scale needs to stay.
- Agree about the strength of the consistent world and story/lore...why you gotta do my boy Chrono Cross dirty like this :(
- Miranda is just, ugh. It's frustrating to get new party members this late. I just never cared about her.
- The dragoon item drawback was absolutely absurd, feel like you placed your criticism of the dragoons well in the video.
- HARD agree with your critique of the power creep in games (especially JRPGs) I'm struggling to think of a game that handled this well (besides Chrono Cross 😉) It feels like the only really good way to handle it is to have incremental increases in power and incremental increases in stakes, something that doesn't always mesh well with the big save the world games. I think dragons aside, at least in the civil war part of LoD they did a good job.
- FUCK Rian Johnson.
- Would be down to watch a video from you about Morrowind.
- LEAVE CHRONO CROSS ALONE 😭
- I hate when items are not reflected on the character model (at least give us weapons)
- RIP again Lavitz 💔
You final explanation of why it is and deserves to be a cult game is a wonderful conclusion. I think LoD fans will appreciate how open you were to giving the game a shot, and how fair you were with it. I think the fans in general would agree that if a remake were to ever happen that they would need to fix the serious weaknesses (which you correctly identified) of the original
Great review/retrospective, feel like my small nitpicks from the CC video were totally overcome already. Continually impressed at how you have found and continue to develop your "style" and voice so quickly in your TH-cam career.
Awesome job man, keep up the good work. So cool to see how much this video popped off.
Man, I totally missed this comment when it was posted. I really appreciate your thoughts & commentary on my thoughts & commentary! What I will say is that:
- I got away with my Dewalt mispronunciation because the venn diagram of gamers and power tool offianados is surprisingly small
- I love Ocarina of Time dearly and hope to stream it
- as much as I rag on Chronopolis, it is still the most interesting part of Chrono Cross
Thank you for the support! 😃
Um does that mean that IVE been pronouncing masamune wrong too after all these years
@@bort_hill if you pronounce it the way he does in his Chrono Cross video...sadly yes :P
@@silvarian bruh, consider my timbers shivered 😭😭
@@silvarian mind throwing a link and timeframe? I just wanna see what the fuss is about, lol
Definitely an underrated channel. This is a great video
When it comes to the OST, I think the virage theme freaking slaps. It's one of these old-style boss themes that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of "Oh shit."
Yep im totally in that list of people who does a replay every couple years. This is the first game i remember completely losing myself in when i was a kid/teen. i really wish we would get a remake with the same story but with a better translation and some gameplays changes. The addition system was awesome and i wish more games did something similar.
I believe there's more charm to keeping the prerendered backgrounds, if ever updated.
I found the dragoon mode attacks almost impossible to nail perfect.
After watching your Xenogears retrospective, I’m now in the process of making my way through your entire catalogue of videos, and this is probably my favorite so far. I’m one of the rare people who actually played this game to completion when it was relatively new, and getting to see your take on it was absolutely delightful. With every video I watch I’m becoming more and more a fan of you and your content. On to the next one!
I've been enjoying his catalogue as well except xenogears was my favorite one so far
I too played this straight through when it was new! One of my favorite games of all time!!!
My buddy finally played this with me right before I moved away for a few years. I let him play Lavitz, knowing full well what happens. It's the one time in my life I have ever even heard of him shedding tears, manly or otherwise.
1:12:30 There are some birds that only take one damage at certain spots. They drop massive gold compared to the rest of the games fights. You need the sachet reuseable item to actually win the fights though as they run. Props to you for doing that grind.
I mean, you dont NEED sachets but they make it a cakewalk.
Farming those was the only time I put Shana/Miranda in my party over other characters, since she had 100% accuracy despite their incredibly high evasion.
This game and its OST gives me a feeling a can’t explain and nothing else has ever really come close. I love it so much.
Another of my favorites of the time I’d love to see you talk about is Legend of Legaia.
Yes, I miss the old days when video games were just good and weren’t stuffed with scummy ways to take more money from the fans.
imagine if this game got the final fantasy 7 treatment
Thank you for this trip down memory lane. I think about this game all the time, it is still probably in my top 10 JRPG's of all time. Great video, the nostalgia is real and it is amazing that so many other people feel as I do with this classic!
If you liked how the additions worked in this game ive got a feeling you would love the system Shadow Hearts:Covenant uses.
I'm currently playing this game for the 3rd time. I nearly finished it way back in the day, from memory I couldn't figure out where to go at some point. Great review mate, thumbs up.
3rd play through? Are you being forced to by someone? What kind of masochist would willingly put themselves through this BS 3 times over?
I hope it gets a remake! been hoping for years!
that was one of the glaring flaws in games back then. They really wanted you to buy that strategy guide lol
I just gave you your *69th* like!!! Yeah!!! 69!!!🤜🤛💪
Bro, this video is way too high quality to only have like 7,000 views. I wish i had friends who gave a shit about ps1 games to show them the absolute greatness and labor of love you clearly put in to this video.
Regardless, i hope you know that i genuinely think that you are one of the coolest content creators i've seen in recent memories. I am so glad this popped up in my recommended because I genuinely can't wait to see what other awesome videos you put out.
Super appreciate that my dude 🙏All of the positive feedback & comments like yours have given me a lot of energy, lots of fun ideas for the future.
Over 140,000 views now
300k by the end of the week. it's in recommended
440k as I watch. I’m glad this video got its flowers. Great review and great game
This story is remarkable in showing the perspective of having to live for 11,000 years. Even when 3 of my team were in *Dragoon* mode while in battle, I still had access to healing magic, so seems your refusal to use *Shanna's* or *Miranda's* healing magic made some of the Boss battles harder on you than was otherwise nessasary. Kudos to you for taking the hard {melee only} path while in combat. *Meru* and *Rose* could also heal partly members while in *Dragoon* form 🦹 🧜♀️ 🧚♀️ 🤺 🦹♀️
I hoarded healing items and Angel's Prayer like you wouldn't believe. My biggest gripe as a kid was how much their damage sucked and how they didn't use Additions like the rest of the party. LoD was my first RPG so I never saw Shana's or Miranda's utility as Healers. It did bother me though that LoD didn't have spells or at least the traditional ones.
What an amazing review, throroughly enjoyable, well written and edited and pretty funny humor. The footage and upscaled emulation looks gorgeous! I hope they port/remake/prequel/sequel this game eventually
I want to thank you persoanly for bringing this Hiden gem to light, this was my childhood. and a game that needed a HD remake or heck a brand new remaster like the treatment ff7remake got. this is by fa rmy favorite rpg back in the day so thank you for showing this new generation this game
I love how you can get Kongol's dragoon stone somewhat early in part 2 or at the point of no return in the endgame.
I feel like they forgot to give it to him and remembered about it so late that this was all they could do.
you can actually get it anytime during Disc 4 by going back to Lohan.
@@GribbleGob And sitting through like four disc changes.
@@gaminggoddess85 absolutely worth it.
@GribbleGob you can actually get it as early as disc 2 as soon as Kongol joins your party.
To this day the main theme "If You Still Believe" still holds up as one of the best themes for a JRPG, there's something so otherwordly about it.
I'm so glad I found this channel because of three key-reasons:
1. I feel the need to have something vaguely informational playing in the background while doing any regular activity.
2. Reason 3.
And also... I never got around to beating Dragoon either as a kid. But I've currently been streaming it and gotten to a point I've never played before! I'm so freaking excited to finally beat this game. Getting to see new aspects of the game was surreal after so many years of barley getting past the first disc. xD
How do you stream it?!
@@vantilsley8633 Like what programs do I use? I have a PS1 emulator on my computer and I stream with OBS. :)
Everything gets better and comes to a head on disc 4.
@@RageBoxMan Nvm thought you meant something else entirely
I must confess that I never finished this game along with Xenogears, I don't know how many times I have played both since I was a kid, many times almost reaching the ending just to drop 'em for reasons I don't even remember or understand. But you have inspired me with this review to finally finish it once and for all.
Weird how that sometimes works with JRPGs, but I relate so much. Take a "short" break, come back 3 years later, realize you don't remember what's happened in the story, restart, repeat.
That 3rd disc final boss is an ass whooper
I have played this so many times back in the day. Have it on my ps vita too for some LOD on the go.
You never finished this game because it sucks.
@@ILootBodies you must be trash at timing the battle system with that input lag, get g00d
This game I watched my brother play countless times when I was very young and it's honestly one of our favorites. We love every inch of this game and I was so happy that years later I was able to play it myself when we got it digitally on the PS3 as our PS1 disks weren't working cause, well, we played them so much we kinda scratched them to oblivion XD;;; I may be an emotional person, but when I finished the game with my brother beside me all those years later I cried. There are many reasons why I appreciate this game, but mainly it's because it was an escape for me and my brothers when we needed it most.
It was an adventure we needed when life got us down, and one day I hope it gets a remaster at the least
I loved this game as a young kid, unable to solve even the simplest of puzzles and dungeons. It provided many hours of fun, and I was captivated by the story (again, being a clueless kid). Thanks for making such an amazing video and the great nostalgia hit.
God, those LOD magazine ads were beautiful.
Some of the others I found in my research took up like 4 pages of real estate. They were serious about advertising this game!
@@Majuular That Sony advertising budget is infinite.
I played this on a UK demo disk back in the day and I had such a crazy memory of it. I was so happy when I remembered this games name 2 years ago and played through it on an emulator.
This game seriously needs a remake.
I played the crap out of the game, loved it a lot! Never beat the game though sadly, and it got stolen a few years later..
you sold me on your channel when you talked about the menu theme, subbed and stoked for more fo your takes on other games absolutely stoked to see more of your work over the coming days!
This was one of my first JRPGs and I loved it so much. Never got passed Zenebatos, but it was awesome to see the ending. Fantastic video!
I Loved this game back in the day!Still do honestly,just glad to see ruminations on it.
My father bought LoD on release but I never really played past the intro until 2018, and 4 years later I'm just starting disc 4 lol. But it has always been ingrained as one of my favorites, even if my attention strays from it. This is definitely the most enjoyable review I've ever seen on the game, never thought Sneak King and LoD would be mentioned in the same sentence but here we are. Thanks for the hard work you put into this 👍
I played this game like CRAZY when it first came out, but at the age of 10 I couldn't figure out to law puzzle at Zabatanos, so I eventually stopped playing. A coworker of mine got me a copy of the game recently and I just beat it literally minutes ago. The ending scene where you see everyone living happily, dart pouring one out with the portrait of Lavitz that you receive early in the game, and Rose's bittersweet happy ending with Zieg, made finally finishing this game worth it. Well done with the review!
LoD kinda killed a lot of JRPGs for me. It was my first JRPG and set the bar. I enjoyed their mechanics, there are mix of resource management and additions (which were fun and cool), Dragoon mod > every limit break mechanic at the time, so gameplay wise I didn’t enjoyed a lot of other JRPGs as I should have if I didn’t play LoD first. I still loved FFs and other classics like Chrono Trigger, Persona, earthbound etc. but LoD forever will be on some kinda pedestal because… well you’re never forget your first lol. Nice video, there are a lot of nostalgia here for me
P.S. and yeah Menu theme is a banger
That's actually what FF7 did for me. After I played it I knew nothing would ever be as good. I played FF8 next and i was right it wasnt as good. Then I saw FF9 in the store and it looked goofy like a bunch of little kids and i didnt touch it. It was nearly 16 years I didn't even touch an RPG until I realized that even though nothing will ever compare to FF7, it doesnt mean i shouldnt play them.
Have you played Panzer Dragoon? Asking cuz its an experience i found very different from other jrpgs in its tone, storytelling and gameplay. Primarily because it feels so distant and somewhat haunting, going for a completely different vibe. Main villain Craymen is especially unusual in a jrpg because while main character hates him and wants revenge on him, he genuinely wants them to be friends.
@@KOTEBANAROT no, I have not played this game. I guess its just never hit any video game stores in my country, cause I don’t even remember something like that. Looks interesting though. I doubt that I would find a time to play it, but hey maybe I will. Thanks for the tip.
@@slammydunk9787 just in case you ever find yourself wanting to check it out, the game is also really short by jrpg standards, like 14 hours
Always good to see someone review this amazing hidden gem. And I appreciate you giving this a fair shake and give an honest opinion. But this is definitely one of my favourite games of all time (given the fact my name is a reference from the game lmao) plus the flaws for me of this game gives the game its charm. Ofc not all can appreciate it, but I do. Anyways love you for making this review. You just earned a sub from me on this.
This video is fantastic. Was super funny and honestly cool to see so many other people loved this game as much as I did. A truly hidden gem in the RPG world
Your seamless candor in your story telling has convinced me to watch your other videos and subscribe.
"Dart is all about the black monster and coming up with secret handshakes with Lavitz... And he's all outta Lavitz".
Lol.... That and the "Blow Dart" comment were my favorites.
The bromance jokes had me bursting out laughing. In the kind of way that you know only you find funny because you know the story but your wife is looking at you from the other side of the room wondering if it's too late for a divorce.
I know that feel. I know that look.
Not only did this game have the balls to kill someone as likable as Lavitz, his death is never forgotten. He keeps being brought up, and even comes back in spirit to help you win. This was completely unheard of during this time. Man, I love Legend of Dragoon, shaky translation script or not.
"Unheard of during this time"?
Dude, Nei dies in Phantasy Star 2. Alys in Phantasy Star 4. Aerith in FF7 just to name a few, but for most jrpg fans of that time, Suikoden 2 was released a bit earlier and Nanami's death was something. Yeah, you can "save" her in the 108 stars ending, same as Gremio in the first game, but keep in mind that you probably won't during your first playthrough.
A party member dying and having a huge impact on the party is closer to a trope than "unhead of".
I wouldn't say "unheard of" either. Likeable characters also died in FF5 and Suikoden 1. Hell (sorry about spoilers), at one point in Chrono Trigger, the MAIN character dies.
this was a really great video. it's always nice to see old, niche games getting some light shined on them.
i'm looking forward to more of your game reviews.
I still remember the some of the music. Quite frankly the normal battle music for this game was pretty damn good. Its still stuck in my head to this day.
OH HELL YEAH! I just found your channel last week with the Chrono Cross review. Noticed you used a LotD clip in the combat section and I thought "I hope he does a review like this for Legend of the Dragoon."
And here we are.
Found this channel the same way and it's quickly becoming one of my faves. I never played this game but the synopsis is really well paced and entertaining and makes me feel like I didn't miss out on anything
Like Schala & Serge, I heard your desires through space & time and got crackin on an LoD review. Enjoy!
Found your channel a week ago and absolutely like your content! Witty, very funny, charming and very comprehensive. Great reviews, keep up the good work! :)
I recently found your videos and greatly enjoy your passion and depth. Will be watching all your vids for sure!
As a kid I got stuck in the marshland for a year because for some reason I couldn’t see the path you’re supposed to go down. I ended up retracing my steps thinking I missed some important item or event. Then I just decided to replay from the beginning and got stuck at the same spot again. Eventually I found the path by accident just running around and felt like an idiot.
playing ff 8, i got stuck for weeks or months at the place where you have to pick up a sniper rifle from the floor, did the same pretty much.
OMG, I thought I was the only one who did that lol. I also couldnt tell you were supposed to climb that tree branch to progress.
Props to you my guy, for not knowing any money making strats but still grinding out two Legend Casques. That's a feat given how little gold you get from some encounters.
There are a few repeatable battle items that stun and otherwise prevent foes from running. With the use of these, you can go back to various locations in the world map and fight different rare (kinda, spawn rates are pretty good, you've probably fought a few) enemies that have high defense and usually run away before killed. If you manage to beat the right ones some drop crazy amounts of gold. Only ones I remember are 00parts outside of the black city/ Lohan area who drops 300 gold when defeated and the Rainbow Bird who's outside Rouge(I think).
There are easy-ish ways but honestly you probably saved yourself a little hassle just grinding it out. I missed out on one of the repeatable items and fighting the rare monsters was incredibly difficult sometimes.
Either way you nailed every aspect of this game in your review! Sad that Shanna getting ignored while Lavitz and Dart fist bump is legitimately a scene in the game xD
So I found your channel from your video on Xenogears and that video was great and so was this one, can't wait to see more from your channel! Although when I clicked on this video I thought it was going to be about the sega saturn Panzer Dragoon RPG because I got the titles mixed up in my head, but I guess that video could come another time
I've been looking for reviews like this for a while. About to binge your channel.
This was such a great game, and this video really took me down memory lane. I feel you on the shit translation thing--I was so happy when they ported FF Tactics to the PSP with a better translation that I'm always hoping Dragoon would get a similar treatment at some point for the new generation of consoles, along with some gameplay updates. The addition system was so unique for the time though--I really remember the sense of accomplishment I felt the first time I nailed Rose's final combo during a critical boss fight. It's the kind of thing that really sticks with you.
I will never not cry man tears for Lavitz.
Fist bump amigo
No u cried child tear
A pretty golden channel this - great quality and somehow I can watch the entire thing (your Tales of Symphonia video was also excellent).
This was such a phenomenal review. I think you said it perfectly at the end: it trips and stumbles along the way but it’s full of heart and passion.
Love this game. I wish we do get a remake. New sub amigo. To put a smile on your face. Lavitz is the best friend you could ask for.
*SPOILERS*
It hurt me more than Aerith's death when he died. 😭
Your ideas for expanding the addition system are good ones. Make already engaging combat even better.
You sold me out to this game. What a great find for me. Thanks!
Love the game. ALL the music was perfect for me,
love the additions, the large scrolling pre rendered environments. The linear nature was fine as I was hooked anyway. But again, the music and sounds have me gushing about it. The beautiful nostalgic, ambient and melancholic sections, bleak and apocalyptic and Super calm and comforting at others
A fair few breakbeat style tunes that get you pumped for battle. The music is genuinely emotional for me.
What a fantastic accompaniment to beautifully realised environments, and a decent storyline. I even don't mind dodgy voice acting.
"Double punch!!"
Just subscribed, Great content, thank you
I never watch youtube videos over maybe thirty minutes, but this, this was worth it. I deeply appreciate the detail and love you gave to your narrative about the story as well as the gameplay. I watched the entire video about this game I so enjoyed as a teenager, thank you for taking the time to make and share it with us.
Great review! Looking forward to the 12 hour sneak king video!
Great Video! Keep those 90s JRPG reviews coming!
The best Super Sentai/Power Ranger like JRPG that no one talk about!
I really enjoy your videos. I work at home all day on my computer and so I watch a lot of these more long-form videos about random topics, but usually about media. I often found myself laughing and rewinding or sort of putting my work on pause to listen to whatever thought you were fleshing out. I also enjoy that you seem to be reviewing obscure JRPG classics and giving them a fair shakedown, instead of just saying how everything is dated and bad. In short, I hope you don't change!
A new hour+ video on Legend of Dragoon? You sir know how to get my attention.
Hell of a review. Didn't feel like I spent an hour and 20 minutes listening to someone speak about a game I truly love. Great job and thank you
Great stuff. Loved the background
I really appreciate the balance of story summary, review, and comedy in this video - fantastic work and it definitely makes me want to check out more of the channel. Thanks for the content!
As for LoD, It's just way too good to have gone unsupported this long by Sony compared to other lesser games that have had ports, remasters, and sequels over the same timeframe. A prequel set during the Dragon Campaign that sets up more of divine history that could lead into a remake/remaster and then a sequel would be so fantastic for this generation, especially given how the addition system could be modernized when mixed with how FF7R innovated and showed what an action RPG battle system could be. Maybe one day...
A Remaster for this game would be the same as splitting FF7R, at least 4 parts. Square-Enix took a huge risk that paid off, and while LoD is a masterpiece a remaster of this caliber isnt a guaranteed success. And honestly FF7R did an excellent choice of both telling the old story with new twists, thus making it almost like a sequel. And did a good job of not invalidating the original story-wise, dubsequently there are many new players playing Original FF7 after FF7R.
Hahahaha... you had me with the menu music.... so true... one of the best original creative concept, gameplay. Awesome game.
Thank you for reviewing this. One of my all-time favorites. Even seeing the short clips of the ending and the drink poured for Lavitz stir up feelings of nostalgia in me so much that I'm almost brought to tears lol. Such a simpler time and place. I know the game has its flaws (as I'm having my gf play it now and she doesn't hold back punches when it comes to talking about its mishaps lol) but I love it. Thanks again for your review
THIS GAME IS ENGRAVED IN MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES FOR LIFE...I STILL CANT. BELIEVE HOW GRAPHICS WERE THIS GAME HAD A STORY THAT NOBODY WILL FORGET HAD ME RUNNING TO MY COUSINS HOUSE TO WATCH HIM PLAY ALL DAY SAT AND SUN
I cry every single day a remake or even remaster of this doesn't exist.
There's a fan made remaster in the works... called the 4K upscale project. I became a part of the project a while ago, can't wait until it goes public.
That was worth watching. Seeing/hearing how you experienced the game reminded me of my brother and me playing this game together so many years ago when we were kids. It is without a doubt of my fondest memories and it warms my heart seeing how you enjoyed it.
I loved this game.
I played it in elementary school and had a few friends at school that had it.
We used to compare notes on where to find the hidden items around the world.
It was fantastic
I remember really enjoying this game way back in elementary school. It'd be crazy if they actually decide to do a remake
This was my first time coming across one of your videos. The nostalgia element was great. Liked your humor, and the intimidating hour and a half length was actually thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks!
Found this a little late, but loved your review. There is kind of a way to farm money, but its still a pain in the butt. There are Unique Monsters that appear in certain areas of the overworld map, have very odd fight mechanics and will reward items, xp or gold. That is the fastest way I know to get money for the expensive items in Lohan like the Legendary Casque. They are very hard early game, but not impossible, and become much easier to farm late game before the optional superboss, assuming you have speed and accuracy items as well as having not gotten rid of the special items such as the signet stone. (There is one outside Lohan towards Kazas called 00PARTS that has 4 hp, takes 1 hp damage per hit, but is very fast and can instantly kill a character and run away, but gives 600 gold if you kill it before it runs away) Great breakdown, thanks for the video!
Ill never forget this game. I never heard of it till the day in high school when a friend wanted my copy of Twisted Metal. He offered Legend of Dragoon. I ended up trading my copy of Twisted Metal for it. I feel like I got the better deal overall. This game is a gem
Great content, as always! I appreciate the quality of your videos, you clearly put effort on these!
The only game I've seen do something similar to additions is xenogears with its fighting game inputs for turn based attacks. Real shame since both styles are super interesting and help keep the combat fresh.
Legend of legaia did that too, and the first game is amazing. Second is meh but still fun to play
Xenogears and this game are perhaps the two finest RPG stories I have ever played.