Yeah, the first 25-30 hours are fantastic, if that were the whole game, it'd be an easy 9/10 experience. Music's great too, one of the best OSTs on the PS1, hands down.
speaking of that i did a cover of Niedel from the Arc the lad 2 game ^_^ check it out and let me know what you think :) th-cam.com/video/WmZ5Wt95ocI/w-d-xo.html
You missed the best part about Deikbeck. In the instruction manual, the game titles the page dedicated to his mechanics as "Sucking Deik" and it's... Working Designs is something else.
Before finding your channel, I had never even heard of the AtL series. Over the course of the handful of years I’ve been watching, I’ve only seen you talk about them a few times, but the videos are always fascinating. Kinda like your non-JRPG videos. They don’t show up too often, but they’re always a fun watch. Anyways, thanks for another solid watch. I love ya, Caspy baby.
I'm glad you took a look at this one, Sidequests were by far the best part after the first half of the game comes to a screeching halt and the focus allot more on them in arc 3 which is my favorite of the series.
i recently played through arc 1 and gave up a few hours into number 2 even though it seemed better in every way.. came here from one of your other videos and im enjoying the channel, good to see a fellow aussie doing jrpg vids!
Yeah, 2 is a long, long game and I don't think it improves quite enough to justify the time. I do not blame you at all, hey. I appreciate you sticking around as well, nowhere near enough Aussies doing jrpgs, it's kinda sad. Thanks for the comment!
The more you describe the plot of this and the first game, the more it sounds like another PS1 RPG just following the Final Fantasy 7 tropes, but looked up the games releases and both came out before. Also, you seem to really like that Legend of Dragoon music, a future review perhaps?
@Fresh Burrito My original comment was too generic, it should be among 2D JRPGs. I think newer AAA 3D JRPGs must have had more deep quests than it, no?
If you end up liking atl 3 i'll eat my hat see you enjoyed the story of the guild quests you might like how the overhaul in that regard with the sequel. dungeons too guns.
A friend's older brother loaned me this game because I liked Lunar 1/2. Your opinions pretty closely mirror my own, though I was much more fond of it in my childhood.
just because wd localized both does not mean lunar and arc the ald are gonna be the same game. if anything stuff like arc the lad shows why i can't get into srpgs. they are just more padded then a normal jrpgs as battles take much longer.
I think you should try this one tactical RPG known as Treasure Hunter G. It’s one of many role playing titles for the SNES that unfortunately never left Japan, though there is a decent fan translation that’s been around for almost 20 years now. The story is also a bit of a clusterfuck, even by typical JRPG standards, but I think you’ll get a kick out of the combat and overall presentation.
similarly to da game da 1st half of this is fueld by machinegun wit that hits every minute or so its truly brilliant but da later half devolves n2 an uncharitable slog that rly tests the viewrs patience and resolve to make it to the next less than stellar punchline that while not angry jo level pales in comparison to the 1st half.. makes u wonder if this was intentional but then u rembr its a casp video
I thought Golden Sun was the first game to combine parties from both games. Turns out I WAS A BIG FUCKING IDIOT. Interesting that the new main character is called Elk, which is Japanese for Arc.
The gear upgrade system can be abused so hard depending on what it is. Some gear seemingly has an absurd limit if you're willing to savescum enough for it. You thought that machine gun for Shu that paralyzes but only has a paltry 8 attack was a bad weapon? Ohhhhhhohohoho its maximum potential is so high it can carry you through a very large chunk of the game. And it still paralyzes, which on top of the upgraded attack is totally busted.
Oh damn. Makes sense that the climax of the best half of the story was lifted from somewhere else. Reminds me a lot of the Yang scene from FF4 as well.
Yes the latter half has problems but if youre like me and have rose-tinted glasses and actually enjoy grinding and have a high tolerance for busywork the game is a 9/10
The fact that people watch keeps me going, but mostly I like doing something close to a thorough job. You never know when the final moments of a game will surprise you!
Think I can tell myself to finally stop thinking about to finish the last hours of Arc 2 after this vid, plus I don't want to grind. The enemies having a low hp animation without indicating their direction can be compared to Treasure Hunter G, an older snes tactics RPG where it does have the same problem but on the enemy menu will show a pointing arrow to indicate it.
Another outlier here, but I think the beginning of this game was a huge slog. I almost gave up, but pushed on and I think things pick up a lot once you get to White House and keep going from there. I actually love the section of the game where it has you follow all the different characters as they pursue their own plans, before all coming together again, I'm a sucker for simultaneous story arcs, and criss-crossing plots an stuff like that. Definitely agree with a lot of the criticisms here, the game was too long, had too many characters to balance out, the battles got boring REAL fast, and the final dungeon and boss sucked (didn't take that long to beat though. Choko's vanish was doing 600+ damage for me against the boss, and I had Sania use transfer on Choko every turn so she got two turns per round). But I pretty much hated almost ALL the side quests. I thought they were largely tedious and boring, and not very interesting in their plots. Arc 3 was way better with its jobs, IMO, and nothing is worse than those five cursed jobs involving the Volcano dungeon. my soul died a little every time I had to go back in there
I saw a reply notification from you, but I can’t read the whole thing :( When I tap on it, it also shows no replies on my end. Anyway, keep in mind my comment was still genuine but go back and look at the first letter of each sentence. :)
@@Caspicum wanted to leave something more genuine this time because the Arc videos are some of my faves, but I also didn’t wanna shoehorn in something at the end and ruin it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
11:30 "how the fuck did i talk about a jrpg story for 11 minutes" real question is how did you ONLY talk about it for 11 mins. I have a real love hate relationship with your videos. I like you humor and games you cover and really enjoy your videos as im watching them but when they are over i hate how short they are, they always leave me annoyed irritated and unfulfilled. If i was a guy i would imagine it much like blue balls would be, every time i watch one of your videos i have to go find someone else that talks about the same game but for 1 to 3 hrs. I mean i get shorter videos do better so i get it, but yeah i enjoy your stuff so dont think i dont im just more into long form videos is all
I don't understand you're use of an ableist slur. it makes you sound really immature and bigoted and undermines all the work you put into your videos. I've watched several of them so far and the first time you said i figured i would ignore it but twice is a pattern and it's just unnecessary. I'm sure considering you use the word you're not going to care that it turned me or any other viewer off from watching you. You can say what you want of course, I just don't want to have to hear a slur while watching a decent video game video.
He's alive!
@@Caspicum I'm starting to regret my statement
It's been 84 years... Then again that's how it goes for every Casp video. Glad to see you back man!
The plot to this game is just really refreshing in the jrpg genre. The music is also really groovy.
Yeah, the first 25-30 hours are fantastic, if that were the whole game, it'd be an easy 9/10 experience. Music's great too, one of the best OSTs on the PS1, hands down.
@@Caspicum Only beaten by both saga frontiers, obviously
speaking of that i did a cover of Niedel from the Arc the lad 2 game ^_^ check it out and let me know what you think :) th-cam.com/video/WmZ5Wt95ocI/w-d-xo.html
i appreciate that mentally when you mentioned arcs dad i said "at least he got a new version of his theme"
and then you played it
Always happy to see your videos pop up in my feed
That makes it all worth it. I appreciate it!
@@Caspicum def worth the wait :)
Just found your channel. I dig your style, got me laughing and enjoying the reviews all the way through. Thanks for getting these out there!
Thanks! Comments like these make it all worth it!
Loved the Collection on ps1 back in the day. I'm 37 now.
Best part of this video is Casp finally admits being dumb.
I think I do that every video
Ah yes, Arc the Lad II's storyline was definitely the blueprint for Twilight of the Spirits, sans the Fantasy Anime racism.
You missed the best part about Deikbeck. In the instruction manual, the game titles the page dedicated to his mechanics as "Sucking Deik" and it's... Working Designs is something else.
I looked it up, cant believe its real
Hot damn, how did I not see this? That's amazing, I gotta check that out.
Hahahaha “makes you real happy… forever”
Man's at the top of his game.
These videos have definitely made me interested in this series which is nice because I don't think I would have ever given a shit about it otherwise.
Before finding your channel, I had never even heard of the AtL series. Over the course of the handful of years I’ve been watching, I’ve only seen you talk about them a few times, but the videos are always fascinating. Kinda like your non-JRPG videos. They don’t show up too often, but they’re always a fun watch. Anyways, thanks for another solid watch. I love ya, Caspy baby.
I'm glad you took a look at this one, Sidequests were by far the best part after the first half of the game comes to a screeching halt and the focus allot more on them in arc 3 which is my favorite of the series.
i recently played through arc 1 and gave up a few hours into number 2 even though it seemed better in every way.. came here from one of your other videos and im enjoying the channel, good to see a fellow aussie doing jrpg vids!
Yeah, 2 is a long, long game and I don't think it improves quite enough to justify the time. I do not blame you at all, hey. I appreciate you sticking around as well, nowhere near enough Aussies doing jrpgs, it's kinda sad. Thanks for the comment!
Genocide and people being burned to death? Shit dawg count me in!
Great way to start any game...
...or finish it.
The more you describe the plot of this and the first game, the more it sounds like another PS1 RPG just following the Final Fantasy 7 tropes, but looked up the games releases and both came out before.
Also, you seem to really like that Legend of Dragoon music, a future review perhaps?
Glad to still hear Legend of Dragoon music in some of your videos. A great soundtrack.
I couldn't stop using Dragoon music if I tried, hey. Some of the best audio work on the PS1
Your channel is incredibly underrated. great stuff man.
ty ty ty. you're far too kind.
I think this game has the best sidequest system among other anime JRPGs
true
@Fresh Burrito My original comment was too generic, it should be among 2D JRPGs.
I think newer AAA 3D JRPGs must have had more deep quests than it, no?
The facility Elc was at as a child is the same Jean was at before the events of Lunar 2.
I've never played Lunar, but I should fix that at some point.
If you end up liking atl 3 i'll eat my hat
see you enjoyed the story of the guild quests you might like how the overhaul in that regard with the sequel. dungeons too
guns.
I've already finished Arc 3 and am writing it as we speak, so it won't take 6 months to get out... probably. Let me just say, your hat is safe.
A friend's older brother loaned me this game because I liked Lunar 1/2. Your opinions pretty closely mirror my own, though I was much more fond of it in my childhood.
lunar and grandia are clearly the better games
@@attackofthecopyrightbots they are made by the same dev team.
just because wd localized both does not mean lunar and arc the ald are gonna be the same game. if anything stuff like arc the lad shows why i can't get into srpgs. they are just more padded then a normal jrpgs as battles take much longer.
oh god you're going to do the wonderswan game that has a fanbase for some reason
Casp The Lad 2
Now it's time for Casp the Lad 3. Finally.
@@Caspicum The kickstarter we deserve
I like the idea of you listening to the legend of dragoon soundtrack without playing the game
I think you should try this one tactical RPG known as Treasure Hunter G. It’s one of many role playing titles for the SNES that unfortunately never left Japan, though there is a decent fan translation that’s been around for almost 20 years now. The story is also a bit of a clusterfuck, even by typical JRPG standards, but I think you’ll get a kick out of the combat and overall presentation.
oh shit its by the dudes who did Baroque and those weird GBA games nobody liked then everybody liked overnight. I'll have to look into it.
nice review mate
tytyty
Great video Casp. Good job.
Casp the Lad
I preferred Casp the Lad on PS2 but I was okay on PS1.
Happy to see you back
HAPPY TO BE BACK!
the fuck is the point of the bell if it doesn't notify me of the video coming out, goddamn.
similarly to da game da 1st half of this is fueld by machinegun wit that hits every minute or so its truly brilliant but da later half devolves n2 an uncharitable slog that rly tests the viewrs patience and resolve to make it to the next less than stellar punchline that while not angry jo level pales in comparison to the 1st half.. makes u wonder if this was intentional but then u rembr its a casp video
If you want the same premise done terribly go play tales of symphonia 2
I thought Golden Sun was the first game to combine parties from both games. Turns out I WAS A BIG FUCKING IDIOT.
Interesting that the new main character is called Elk, which is Japanese for Arc.
REEEEEEEEEEE
You said you wanted generic RPG 2 right?
アークザラッド大好き!
I have a theory as to the answer to the latter half.
7:02 With the happy merchant gone, there's less happiness in the game.
arc arc arc arc arc arc ark arc arc arc
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you and me are just a couple of drifting seagulls
The gear upgrade system can be abused so hard depending on what it is.
Some gear seemingly has an absurd limit if you're willing to savescum enough for it.
You thought that machine gun for Shu that paralyzes but only has a paltry 8 attack was a bad weapon? Ohhhhhhohohoho its maximum potential is so high it can carry you through a very large chunk of the game. And it still paralyzes, which on top of the upgraded attack is totally busted.
5:56 The girl exploding is a reference to this scene in Zambot 3.
th-cam.com/video/9xz1bKFEpXI/w-d-xo.html
Oh damn. Makes sense that the climax of the best half of the story was lifted from somewhere else. Reminds me a lot of the Yang scene from FF4 as well.
i wonder if the pacing would have been less an issue had this not been an sprg and a more traditional jrpg.
can we get a version with only explosions over and over?
I could probably make a 5~ minute video just of exploding towers. It's excessive.
@@Caspicum game of the decade
@@JimPanzeeEsq thats one of the most memorable parts of the first two games where the main characters are fire users.
spamming explode many times
The Legend of Dragoon＆Arc the Lad series SIE Bluepoint Games PS5 Remake
Yes the latter half has problems but if youre like me and have rose-tinted glasses and actually enjoy grinding and have a high tolerance for busywork the game is a 9/10
I don't know how you summon the patience for half of these games
The fact that people watch keeps me going, but mostly I like doing something close to a thorough job. You never know when the final moments of a game will surprise you!
Think I can tell myself to finally stop thinking about to finish the last hours of Arc 2 after this vid, plus I don't want to grind. The enemies having a low hp animation without indicating their direction can be compared to Treasure Hunter G, an older snes tactics RPG where it does have the same problem but on the enemy menu will show a pointing arrow to indicate it.
tbf noone also has taken earthbound as an example of not having to fight weaker enemies every random encounter when backtracking
Never heard of that game... If it was 2006 I'd give it a try but doesn't look like I'll try it in 2021 😂
This made me want to play this game so bad.. But I don't know if this was your intention?
do it
this comment is just for the algorithm
tyty
Ill play devil’s advocate and challenge you what makes a great story to you?
Knowing when to stop is very important
Another outlier here, but I think the beginning of this game was a huge slog. I almost gave up, but pushed on and I think things pick up a lot once you get to White House and keep going from there. I actually love the section of the game where it has you follow all the different characters as they pursue their own plans, before all coming together again, I'm a sucker for simultaneous story arcs, and criss-crossing plots an stuff like that. Definitely agree with a lot of the criticisms here, the game was too long, had too many characters to balance out, the battles got boring REAL fast, and the final dungeon and boss sucked (didn't take that long to beat though. Choko's vanish was doing 600+ damage for me against the boss, and I had Sania use transfer on Choko every turn so she got two turns per round). But I pretty much hated almost ALL the side quests. I thought they were largely tedious and boring, and not very interesting in their plots. Arc 3 was way better with its jobs, IMO, and nothing is worse than those five cursed jobs involving the Volcano dungeon. my soul died a little every time I had to go back in there
This.. sounds quite a bit like Trails the way you narrate it...
Anyone Else who watched the Anime?
Yeah and I'm not happy about it. Video incoming :^)
Arc did nothing wrong
o/
Kikeee lmao
I saw a reply notification from you, but I can’t read the whole thing :( When I tap on it, it also shows no replies on my end.
Anyway, keep in mind my comment was still genuine but go back and look at the first letter of each sentence. :)
TH-cam sucks but based trickery and consistency. Ya love to see it.
@@Caspicum wanted to leave something more genuine this time because the Arc videos are some of my faves, but I also didn’t wanna shoehorn in something at the end and ruin it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
hope you end up at least playing the first hour of the mobile phone game
pretty good so far. its not bof 6
:^)
11:30 "how the fuck did i talk about a jrpg story for 11 minutes" real question is how did you ONLY talk about it for 11 mins. I have a real love hate relationship with your videos. I like you humor and games you cover and really enjoy your videos as im watching them but when they are over i hate how short they are, they always leave me annoyed irritated and unfulfilled. If i was a guy i would imagine it much like blue balls would be, every time i watch one of your videos i have to go find someone else that talks about the same game but for 1 to 3 hrs. I mean i get shorter videos do better so i get it, but yeah i enjoy your stuff so dont think i dont im just more into long form videos is all
A shame you're already doing the wonderswan game since its getting traslated
Hunter x Hunter has some things in common with Arc the Lad 2. Elc's design looks like a mix of Ging's and Gon's even.
Hot damn I just looked it up and you're right, Ging is basically Elk.
Interesting game. Shame it was consumed by its own bloat.
ExCUSE ME? I sexually identify as a lad and my pronoun happens to be Arc, how dare you!
ugh honestly your vulgar language during the plot summation was really off putting
bro i don't even know what i said but vulgar is probably an over-dramatization
I don't understand you're use of an ableist slur. it makes you sound really immature and bigoted and undermines all the work you put into your videos. I've watched several of them so far and the first time you said i figured i would ignore it but twice is a pattern and it's just unnecessary. I'm sure considering you use the word you're not going to care that it turned me or any other viewer off from watching you. You can say what you want of course, I just don't want to have to hear a slur while watching a decent video game video.
what's ableist