Shadow hearts mention!!! omg y played the Sh2 and i never seen anything talked about that game, and i love it
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to give it a shot!
@infernofoxgaming103 ай бұрын
GREAT video!! I love the idea that you're showing the jRPGs that you know you need to play/get into, and you got some awesome picks here. I too need to play Lufia 2, though I also need to get into Wild Arms and Grandia.
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Wild Arms and Grandia are some of my faves
@Gameoholicshow3 ай бұрын
Legend of lagaia now this brings me back!!! Such an amazing game, it is fairly slower than most but fun as all hell!
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
I love the battle system of it. It’s a lot of fun!
@drewtheunspoken39883 ай бұрын
It's too bad the second one wasn't as charming or narratively rich as the first one.
@TheMadBelmont3 ай бұрын
Awesome video bro!! So glad to see Shadow Hearts appear on this list, I think you're really gonna enjoy that game
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Been in my to play list for years honestly
@TheMadBelmont3 ай бұрын
@@Shinky I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it when you play it!
@Kentantino-OG3 ай бұрын
Legend of legaia!!!! Sadly the second one is meh but the firts one bruhhhhhhhh I play the hell out of it.
@kansuke333 ай бұрын
It's so good right? 2 just does not hit the same.
@kevinphelps58073 ай бұрын
all The Shadow Hearts series are excellent and wish they'd make a new entry. Dark Cloud is decent but DC2 is amazing.
@CRedd98302 ай бұрын
If you want new Shadow Hearts, Penny Blood (spiritual successor) kickstarter got funded but needs more attention. They haven't found a publisher and they can't work on it unfortunately cause JRPGs aren't cheap to make.
@Shinky2 ай бұрын
Yeah I backed that alongside Armed Fantasia. I really hope Pennyblood can find a publisher
@RwnEsper3 ай бұрын
We've all got holes in our experience. Like you said, it is impossible to keep up with all of the games, especially RPGs! 😂 Lufia 2 is one I've heard SO much about; a buddy of mine was really into it, but I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet. Shadow Hearts is pretty fantastic. Mechanically the series gets better as it goes, but SH1 is my favorite overall experience of the three. Dark Cloud is a really interesting one. I loved it, but I have a history with true Rogue-likes, so the core concept was up my alley. I quite enjoyed the literal world-building elements. Alundra is well known for being great, but also hair-pullingly hard. See also - Landstalker. I can't believe NONE of my friend group played Legend of Legaia. The combo-style, fighting game-inspired combat has intrigued me ever since I learned about it. A couple of classics I recommend are Phantasy Star 4 and Breath of Fire 4. PS4 is really easy to play, as it is on pretty much every version of the Sega Classic collection; Breath of Fire 4 should still be available as a PS Classic on Vita or PS3. Of course emulators are an option, but these are the official channels for them at the moment. I really hope Capcom sees the FF Pixel Remasters, the upcoming Dragon Quest Trilogy Remake, and all the other successful re-releases and decides to update the whole Breath of Fire series.
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Those are some fantastic points and suggestions. I would also be super happy if BoF got pixel remasters! I loved 3 so much
@RwnEsper3 ай бұрын
@@Shinky If they do remakes instead of ports, I hope they expand the dragon genes from 3 to all of them! LOVED BoF3, but I'd still recommend 4 over it for the smoother gameplay and pacing (sticking to the common 'one per series' logic).
@_Sergmanx_3 ай бұрын
Great video! I haven’t played any of these. I guess I should play Dark Cloud before Rad kills me 😂
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Nah, not a big loss lol
@_Sergmanx_3 ай бұрын
LOL!!!! 😂
@femtrooper2 ай бұрын
Don't worry, I haven't played any of these either!!! Great video!
@Shinky2 ай бұрын
I’m currently playing Lufia 2, and it’s a blast! I can’t wait to clear out this list
@zeroXshinobi3 ай бұрын
I’ve been in a gaming slump as of late so I find myself binging tons of underrated/best of JRPGs YT videos to help. Personally my list of games that are in the backlog (but not motivated enough to play) are as follows: - bravely default 2 - breath of fire 3 - dragon quest 11 - trails in the sky - Terranigma
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Oh man these are all fantastic games, I haven’t played Terranigma though. I hear it’s amazing so that’s on my list to play as well
@uppernimbus3 ай бұрын
Epic list of games! Guilty as charged over here with not playing any of the Final Fantasy games in my backlog... I probably have around 100 untouched Switch games in my collection, and yes, most of them are JRPGs 😅
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Oh man I feel you, my backlog is getting out of control! I’d say 90% of them are JRPGs
@TotalLevelYT3 ай бұрын
It's funny I'm currently doing this type of video myself so I'll save my JRPG backlog shame for that video haha. I'm finally going through Legend of Legaia myself, along with playing Final Fantasy XII for the first time. Also play Dark Cloud 😁
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
I hear really good things about it and I enjoyed what I played to get the footage for this video
@RunieDayeVT3 ай бұрын
grats on 1k :D Time to get that youtube moneys :) about jrpgs I revisited all 3 Dark Cloud games :)
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Honestly not all that important, and im pretty sure there’s only 2 dark clouds unless im forgetting something?
@RunieDayeVT3 ай бұрын
@@Shinky Rouge Galaxy is Dark Chronicles 2/ Dark Cloud 3 :)
@TheRadBash3 ай бұрын
Solid list broski, dark cloud is the best in my opinion!
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
I hear it’s crazy good! But I can’t wait to give it a shot
@ZeboydDigitalEntertainmentLLC3 ай бұрын
That's a good selection of games to get around to. I haven't played Dark Cloud, but Lufia 2 is one of my all-time favorites, and Shadow Hearts, Alundra, and Legaia are all great picks as well.
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Yeah I really wanna play Lufia 2 and Alundra is high on my list as well.
@kafuumaki3 ай бұрын
I've also wanted to play Shadowhearts but never got around to it. Legend of Legaia I had heard of but never looked into. It looks really neat. Kind of interested in it, myself.
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Shadow Hearts is one of those games that I’ve always wanted to play but never got around to
@Gameoholicshow3 ай бұрын
@@kafuumaki ive been itching to play shadow hearts myself
@alexc48202 ай бұрын
Shadow hearts & Shadow hearst Covenant are in my top 5 favorite jrpg. Those games are so unique ! The story is so dark and mature (the first is really an horror story, like a resident evil rpg !), the MC is an anti hero, dark, hilarious, badass and powerful at the same time, and I love the fact that he can transform into demons !) If you want to try at least one game in this list, I really recommend this one !
@Shinky2 ай бұрын
Oh I plan on playing them all
@astamanista94473 ай бұрын
I see Maxim on the thumbnail, I like. Man, Lufia really brings me back. I hate how Square Enix just left the series in a dust after that remake.
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
I heard the remake of Lufia 2 was very poorly received
@astamanista94473 ай бұрын
@@Shinky People are quite heavily divisive on the change from traditional turn-based into action RPG and a rather drastic change in setting by incorporating a good dose of science fiction in it. I personally still like the remake because of its more condensed pacing and the Sinistrals' clearer incorporation of their moniker into the story accompanied by additional lore surrounding them even though it doesn't really add much.
@ScorpioCesarcade3 ай бұрын
It truly is impossible to play every rpg ever made, truer words have never been spoken but have you heard about our lord and savior Infinite Undiscovery?
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
My dude! Infinite Undiscovery is so good! I played it 2 or 3 years ago when I got my series X. It was a really fun time!
@ScorpioCesarcade3 ай бұрын
@@Shinky And I’m over here thinking you didn’t play it. 😱
@ThomazSDA7 күн бұрын
You absolutely have to play Lufia 2 and Shadow Hearts! Lufia 2 might not be the hardest game out there, but it has a certain flair that is tough to beat (at least for me). Music is amazing and story is pretty good honestly, even if a bit linear. Do yourself a favor and play it. I think I like it even better than Chrono Trigger and that one is super high on my own list haha. Terranigma easily beats both of them though, but that's an action RPG. I haven't actually heard you mention the game yet in the videos I've seen from you (new subscriber though, still going through your backlog. ;) ). I'm not sure it was ever properly released in the US but yeah, get that one as well! As for Shadow Hearts, it's amazing. I will say though that SH2 is indeed miles and miles better but in order to enjoy it the most, it's best to play SH1 first. The horror elements are pretty nice and the humor is great too. Just don't play the game when you're tired. :P
@Shinky7 күн бұрын
I’ve actually played Lucia 2 since I’ve made this video. In fact I reviewed it and it’s on the channel. I loved the game honestly, and Terranigma is on my list to play at some point, though I need to finish Soul Blazer and play Illusion of Gaia before that. Welcome to the channel, I hope you enjoy checking out the backlog =)
@ThomazSDA7 күн бұрын
@@Shinky Thank you! I actually need to play Soul Blazer as well from those three. I managed to score what I believe to be a fake cartridge from Ebay at some point, but hey, if it works, it works. My backlog is awful though. Like, really awful. I think I calculated it to be only at 40% completion whoops. I tend to get stuck on playing the same games over and over again...
@Kentantino-OG3 ай бұрын
Alundra is f epic!
@Livingtree323 ай бұрын
Lufia 2 is great, one of the first JRPGs I ever played as a child in the 90ies. The others are all on my backlog (although I have played the sequels to Shadow Hearts, with Covenant being my 4th favorite game of all time).
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
That gives me high hopes on the shadow hearts series. Maybe I’ll play the first and review it around Halloween
@Kentantino-OG3 ай бұрын
Can hear bash screaming like a little girl over dark cloud 😂
@TheRadBash3 ай бұрын
Lmao I mean...facts
@Khaos_Bringer2 ай бұрын
I recommend metal max and metal saga. Highly under rated series. Most the games didn't get localizations, but fans have gone back and translated alot of them so you can now find roms with English translations with a little searching. Metal Saga was a playstation 2 game that was one of the few to get an English release. Metal max Xeno also got an English release as well as a second version that changed it from an rpg to an arpg.
@Shinky2 ай бұрын
I think I have one of these games on the PS4. I never really looked into them though, they just seemed interesting
@Khaos_Bringer2 ай бұрын
@@Shinky They're biggest appeal is that their open world and mostly non-linear. Well, that and that combat takes place either on foot or in tanks and other vehicles. Kind of rare to have a vehicle based rpg that also allows on foot combat. Metal Saga is by far my favorite of the series. There is just so much to do in that one. It's nearly impossible to complete all quests in one playthrough without following a guide religiously.
@chronofantasy19872 ай бұрын
Most of these I played a long, long time ago. Legend of Legaia was among the first several or 10 JRPGs I played, maybe in the late 90s or early 2000s, shortly after whenever it came out. Lufia 2 and I think even Alundra is another I played in early 2000s as well. Shadow Hearts I didn't get until later on in life though. Maybe 3 or 4 years ago, and Dark Cloud was 6 or 7 years ago. But I know what it's like sometimes not getting to some many years later, since it happens to me and I've been playing JRPG since the late 90s with Mario RPG being my first in 1996/1997 when I was around 9 or 10. There's just so many to play, and even now I have a small handful left to play, but they're lesser known titles. The more well known older titles I might have left to play is just some of the SMT devil games.
@Shinky2 ай бұрын
Yeah there are so many games, I wish I had time to play them all. At least that means that we always have something new to play
@HybridAngelZero3 ай бұрын
It is an actual crime that none of the Lufia nor Shadow Hearts games have ever been rereleased is an actual crime. Also, From the New World is absolutely worth playing, it's just very tonally different from the first two. And very much fast track Legaia to the front of your PSone queue. It has a certain kind of magic that's hard to explain
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Whenever I get a chance thats a game I plan on playing. Now if there could be a gaming lull, this year is absolutely stacked
@shadowsquid135129 күн бұрын
Shadow Hearts is one of a kind, easily one of the greatest RPGs even to this day.
@Shinky29 күн бұрын
It’s on my list to play! Maybe I’ll review it for Halloween?
@PuppyPawsGamingYT3 ай бұрын
You *bap* Should *bap* Play *bap* Shadow Hearts *bap bap bap*
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
It’s on the list haha! I haven’t had time to game lately, still on that daybreak grind but I have multiple 3 day weekends on the way so that will help
@chronofantasy19872 ай бұрын
Just to add, out of these 5 games, I'd have to say the Shadow Hearts series is the best one, the first 2. The 3rd is okay. It's quirky and silly humor, a decent story but can be skipped. Legend of Legaia comes close to being as good too. They're all good. Maybe Dark Cloud being the worst one but still decent in its own way.
@JJiG3 ай бұрын
What is the game in the first 5 seconds of this video, also what game is at 10:04?
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
The game at the beginning is Ys Origin, and the one later on is Tales of Destiny. Both are great games!
@JJiG3 ай бұрын
@@Shinky thank you!
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
@JJiG no problem, I should start labeling the games with a subtitle in my intros lol
@jaiwright1973 ай бұрын
Dull and boring color pallet, how dare you! lol Man I remember having to call the gaming hotline for Alundra to complete the sliding pillars on ice, think that service was like $5 a minute back then. Smoothest brain. Top tier game though, fighting through people's nightmares, the haunting background music and screams. Godamn Monkey!
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Oh the game still looks amazing, but when you compare it to games like link to the past or even ocarina of time, it’s very brown in comparison. And those gaming hotlines, genius business idea until the internet existed haha
@kanpekiken24813 ай бұрын
Woahhh what was that first game?
@kanpekiken24813 ай бұрын
The one right in the beginning
@Shinky3 ай бұрын
Ys Origin. Definitely a solid game
@michaelclifton94982 ай бұрын
All these games and lunar need ports
@Shinky2 ай бұрын
Lunar is so good! Both 1 and 2…Dragon Song can burn in a holy sea of fire though