A Look At EVERY SquareSoft PS1 Game | Sean Seanson

SquareSoft and the original PlayStation, name a better combo! Sure we all know Final Fantasy, Parasite Eve, and Chrono Cross. But just how many games did SquareSoft bring to the PS1? Well join me for yet another very long video and we'll find out!
A Look At EVERY SquareSoft PS1 Game | Sean Seanson
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-Timestamps for each part of the video.
0:00 - Intro
2:52 - Format
4:40 - Tobal No.1
11:58 - Pro-Logic Hai Shin
14:31 - Final Fantasy VII
27:19 - Bushido Blade
34:25 - Final Fantasy IV
37:55 - Power Stakes
40:37 - Tobal 2
46:18 - Digical League
48:06 - Final Fantasy Tactics
53:08 - Saga Frontier
57:50 - Front Mission 2
1:01:37 - Power Stakes Grade 1
1:03:07 - Einhander
1:08:44 - Front Mission Alternative
1:12:51 - Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon
1:15:23 - Super Live Stadium
1:18:01 - Xenogears
1:21:41 - Bushido Blade 2
1:25:13 - Final Fantasy V
1:28:14 - Hai-Shin 2
1:29:18 - Parasite Eve
1:34:48 - Power Stakes 2
1:36:21 - Soukaigi
1:41:29 - Brave Fencer Musashi
1:45:33 - Another Mind
1:47:17 - Ehrgeiz
1:55:53 - Chocobo Dungeon 2
1:58:02 - iS: Internal Section
2:02:19 - Chrono Trigger
2:05:44 - Final Fantasy VIII
2:15:31 - Final Fantasy VI
2:19:41 - Chocobo Racing
2:23:46 - Saga Frontier 2
2:28:06 - Cyber Org
2:31:05 - Racing Lagoon
2:35:40 - Legend of Mana
2:40:01 - Front Mission 3
2:42:59 - Threads of Fate
2:45:52 - Chrono Cross
2:50:22 - Parasite Eve 2
2:53:45 - Chocobo Stallion
2:56:57 - Dice de Chocobo
2:59:51 - Vagrant Story
3:04:15 - Final Fantasy IX
3:13:44 - Final Fantasy
3:17:31 - Final Fantasy II
3:20:54 - Front Mission 1st
3:23:28 - Final Fantasy Extra Collection
3:26:26 - Outro & Patreon Shout Outs
- Additional Gameplay footage
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[@SeanSeanson]

Thanks for watching! If you liked any of the music included in this video, here are timestamps and track names for every piece of music used throughout. 0:00 - Sean Seanson Opening Sting (Jet Set Radio - Humming The Baseline) 0:03 - Opening Background (Tobal 2 - Checkered Career) 2:41 - Sean Seanson Opening Title (YT Audio Library - Peachies) 2:52 - Opening 2 Background (Tobal No.1 - Black Tower) 4:40 - Tobal No.1 Title Card (Tobal No.1 - Character Select) 4:45 - Tobal No.1 Background 1 (Tobal No.1 - Cosmic Desert) 7:44 - Tobal No.1 Background 2 (Tobal No.1 - Shinto Shrine) 9:21 - Tobal No.1 Clip 1 (Tobal No.1 - Hills of Jugon) 9:35 - Tobal No.1 Clip 2 (Tobal No.1 - Cloud City) 9:54 - Tobal No.1 Clip 3 (Tobal No.1 - Vision on Ice) 11:02 - Tobal No.1 Background 3 (Tobal No.1 - Urban Sight) 11:58 - Pro-Logic Hai Shin Title Card (Pro-Logic Hai-Shin Title Theme) 12:02 - Pro-Logic Hai Shin Background 1 (Pro-Logic Hai-Shin Menu Theme) 14:31 - Final Fantasy VII Title Card (Final Fantasy VII - JENOVA) 14:37 - Final Fantasy VII Background 1 (FF VII - Tifa's Theme) 18:16 - Final Fantasy VII Background 2 (FFVII - On That Day Five Years Ago) 22:40 - Final Fantasy VII Clip 1 (FF VII - Mako Reactor) 22:49 - Final Fantasy VII Clip 2 (FF VII - Those Who Fight) 23:09 - Final Fantasy VII Clip 3 (FF VII - Gold Saucer) 23:27 - Final Fantasy VII Clip 4 (FF VII - Crazy Motorcycle Chase) 23:40 - Final Fantasy VII Clip 5 (FF VII - Fight On) 24:02 - Final Fantasy VII Background 3 (FF VII - Flowers Blooming In The Church) 27:19 - Bushido Blade Title Card & Background 1 & Clip 3 (Bushido Blade - Bushido Theater) 28:16 - Bushido Blade Background 2 (Bushido Blade - Creators Book) 32:45 - Bushido Blade Clip 1 & Background 3 (Bushido Blade - Hiding in Shadow) 32:59 - Bushido Blade Clip 2 (Bushido Blade - One Hundred Missing People) 34:25 - Final Fantasy IV Title Card (FF IV - Red Wings) 34:31 - Final Fantasy IV Background Music 1 (FF IV - Main Theme) 37:55 - Power Stakes Title Card & Background 1 (Power Stakes - Menu BGM) 38:34 - Gallop Racer Clip (Gallop Racer - Race BGM1) 40:37 - Tobal 2 Title Card & Clip 4 (Tobal 2 - A Miracle is Coming) 40:41 - Tobal 2 Background 1 (Tobal 2 - In an Unguarded Moment) 42:47 - Tobal 2 Clip 1 (Tobal 2 - Checkered Career) 43:14 - Tobal 2 Background 2 & Clip 3 (Tobal 2 - Grope After The Truth) 46:18 - Digical League Title Card (Digical League - Menu Theme) 45:21 - Digical League Background 1 (YT Audio Library - Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Jazzy)) 48:06 - Final Fantasy Tactics Title Card (FF Tactics - Apoplexy) 48:10 - Final Fantasy Tactics Background 1 (FF Tactics - World Map Theme) 51:22 - Final Fantasy Tactics Clip 1 (FF Tactics - Trisection) 51:40 - Final Fantasy Tactics Clip 2 (FF Tactics - Back Fire) 51:58 - Final Fantasy Tactics Clip 3 (FF Tactics - Run Past Through the Plain) 53:08 - Saga Frontier Title Card (Saga Frontier - Battle 1) 53:12 - Saga Frontier Background 1 (Saga Frontier - Theme of Emelia) 57:50 - Front Mission 2 Title Card (FM2 - Set Up) 57:54 - Front Mission 2 Background 1 (FM2 - Counter Bar) 1:01:37 - Power Stakes Grade 1 Title Card &Background 1 (PSG1 - BGM2) 1:03:07 - Einhander Title Card & Clip 3 (Einhander - Badlands) 1:03:13 - Einhander Background 1 (Einahnder - Factory) 1:05:41 - Einahnder Background 2 & Clip 2 (Einhander Street) 1:06:17 - Einhander Clip 1 (Einhander - Shudder) 1:07:21 - Einhander Clip 4 (Einhander - Bloody Battle) 1:07:38 - Einhander Background 3 (Einhander - Thermosphere) 1:08:24 - Kingdom Hearts 3 Clip (KH3 - Thermosphere Remix) 1:08:44 - Front Mission Alternative Title Card (FMA - Opening) 1:08:49 - Front Mission Alternative Background 1 (FMA - Port) 1:10:40 - Front Mission Alternative Clip 1 (FMA - Jungle 1) 1:10:54 - Front Mission Alternative Clip 2 (FMA - Jungle 2) 1:11:09 - Front Mission Alternative (FMA - Mission Briefing) 1:12:51 - Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Title Card (CMD - チョコボのお家) 1:12:55 - Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Background 1 (CMD - チョコボの村) 1:15:23 - Super Live Stadium Title Card (SLS - Menu BGM) 1:15:28 - Super Live Stadium Background 1 (YT Audio Library - Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Jazzy)) 1:18:01 - Xenogears Title Card & Background 2 (Xenogears - Knight of Fire) 1:20:25 - Xenogears Clip 1 (Xenogears - Tears of the Stars Hearts of the People) 1:20:37 - Xenogears Clip 2 (Xenogears - Steel Giant) 1:20:50 - Xenogears Clip 3 (Xenogears - Black Moon Forest) 1:21:41 - Bushido Blade 2 Title Card (BB2 - Shadows I'm Fighting) 1:21:45 - Bushido Blade 2 Background 1 (BB2 - Sword Playing Skills) 1:25:13 - Final Fantasy V Title Card (FFV - Battle With Gilgamesh) 1:25:18 - Final Fantasy V Background 1 (FFV - Ahead On Our Way) 1:28:14 - Hai-Shin 2 Title Card (Hai-Shin 2 - Opening Theme) 1:28:18 - Hai-Shin 2 Background 1 (Hai-Shin 2 - Menu Theme) 1:29:18 - Parasite Eve Title Card (PE - Primal Eyes) 1:29:21 - Parasite Eve Background 1 & Clip 1 (PE - Arise Within You) 1:31:13 - Parasite Eve Background 2 (PE - Out of Phase) 1:33:43 - Parasite Eve Clip 2 (PE - Plosive Attack) 1:33:51 - Parasite Eve Clip 3 (PE - Memories of Aya and Eve) 1:34:08 - Parasite Eve Background 3 (PE - Urban Noise) 1:34:48 - Power Stakes 2 Title Card (PS2 - BGM1) 1:34:52 - Power Stakes 2 Background 1 (PS2 - BGM2) 1:35:53 - Power Stakes 2 Clip 1 (PS2 - BGM3) 1:36:21 - Soukaigi Title Card (Soukaigi - Die on Destiny) 1:36:26 - Soukaigi Background 1 & Clip 3 (Soukaigi - Strange Promise) 1:39:57 - Soukaigi Clip 1 (Soukaigi - Quake) 1:40:24 - Soukaigi Clip 2 (Soukaigi - Fire Wire) 1:41:29 - Brave Fencer Musashi Title Card (BFM - Sword Battle) 1:41:34 - Brave Fencer Musashi Background 1 (BFM - A White Cloud In The Sky) 1:44:19 - Brave Fencer Musashi Clip 1 (BFM - Twinpeak Mountain) 1:44:38 - Brave Fencer Musashi Clip 2 & Background 2 (BFM - The Musashi Legend) 1:44:55 - Brave Fencer Musashi Clip 3 (BFM - Boulder Chase!) 1:45:33 - Another Mind Title Card (AM - Another Mind Theme) 1:45:36 - Another Mind Background 1 (AM - Guiding Wind ~Gentle Wind~) 1:47:17 - Ehrgeiz Title Card & Clip 2 (Ehrgeiz - Escape) 1:47:21 - Ehrgeiz Background 1 (Ehrgeiz - Elevator) 1:50:49 - Ehrgeiz Clip 1 (Ehrgeiz - Opening) 1:52:20 - Ehrgeiz Clip 3 (Ehrgeiz - Continental Train) 1:52:35 - Ehrgeiz Clip 4 (Ehrgeiz - At The End of a Journey) 1:55:53 - Chocobo Dungeon 2 Title Card (CD2 - March de Chocobo) 1:55:57 - Chocobo Dungeon 2 Background 1 (CD2 - Story of the Bottom of the Sea) 1:58:02 - iS: Internal Section Title Card (iS - What's The Deal) 1:58:08 - iS: Internal Section Background 1 (iS - History Repeats Itself) 2:00:47 - iS: Internal Section Clip 1 (iS - Scrape the Bottom of the Barrel) 2:01:02 - iS: Internal Section Clip 2 (iS - Ignorance is Bliss) 2:01:17 - iS: Internal Section Clip 3 (iS - Get a Kick out of Tube) 2:02:19 - Chrono Trigger Title Card (CT - Corridors of Time) 2:02:24 - Chrono Trigger Background 1 (CT - Gaurdia Millenial Fair) 2:05:44 - Final Fantasy VIII Title Card & Clip 5 (FFVIII - Liberi Fatali) 2:05:51 - Final Fantasy VIII Background 1 & Clip 2 (FFVIII - Martial Law) 2:11:47 - Final Fantasy VIII Clip 1 (FFVIII - Balamb Garden) 2:12:25 - Final Fantasy VIII Clip 3 (FFVIII - Force Your Way) 2:13:09 - Final Fantasy VIII Clip 4 (FFVIII - The Man With the Machine Gun) 2:13:26 - Final Fantasy VIII Background 2 - (FFVIII - Blue Fields) 2:15:31 - Final Fantasy VI Title Card - (FFVI - Battle Theme) 2:15:36 - Final Fantasy VI Background 1 (FFVI - Mines of Narsh) 2:19:41 - Chocobo Racing Title Card (CR - Dash de Chocobo) 2:19:47 - Chocobo Racing Background 1 (CR - Cid's Test Course) 2:23:46 - Saga Frontier 2 Title Card (SF2 - Besessenheit) 2:23:53 - Saga Frontier 2 Background 1 & Clip 2 (SF2 - Andacht) 2:26:33 - Saga Frontier 2 Clip 1 (SF2 - Feldschlacht) 2:27:13 - Saga Frontier 2 Clip 3 (SF2 - Abweichung) 2:27:34 - Saga Frontier 2 Background 2 (SF2 - Zauberkraft)

[@SeanSeanson]

2:28:06 - Cyber Org Title Card - (Cyber Org - High Powered Drivin') 2:28:12 - Cyber Org Background 1 - (Cyber Org - Fire Walk With Me) 2:31:05 - Racing Lagoon Title Card & Clip 1 (RL - South Yokohama) 2:31:11 - Racing Lagoon Background 1 (RL - Shou Akasaki) 2:34:38 - Racing Lagoon Clip 2 (RL - Zako Battle 4) 2:34:55 - Racing Lagoon Clip 3 (RL - Aoi Kawashima) 2:35:40 - Legend of Mana Title Card (LoM - Title Theme) 2:35:45 - Legend of Mana Background 1 (LoM - Nostalgic Song) 2:38:20 - Legend of Mana Clip 1 (LoM - Wanderer's Path) 2:38:40 - Legend of Mana Clip 2 (Lom - Pain The Universe) 2:39:00 - Legend of Mana Clip 3 (LoM - Cliff Town Gato) 2:40:01 - Front Mission 3 Title Card (Front Mission 3 - Attack) 2:40:08 - Front Mission 3 Background 1 (Front Mssion 3 - City (Japan)) 2:42:59 - Threads of Fate Title Card (ToF - Forest of Departure) 2:43:04 - Threads of Fate Background 1 (ToF - Ghost Temple) 2:45:52 - Chrono Cross Title Card & Clip 1 (CC - Scars of Time) 2:45:57 - Chrono Cross Background 1 (CC - Arni Village) 2:50:22 - Parasite Eve 2 Title Card (PE2 - Forbidden Power) 2:50:28 - Parasite Eve 2 Background 1 (PE2 - Mist) 2:53:45 - Chocobo Stallion Title Card (Chococobo Stallion - Beack Park) 2:53:31 - Chocobo Stallion Background 1 (Chocobo Stallion - Distant Roads) 2:55:50 - Chocobo Stallion Clip 1 (Chocobo Stallion - Abandoned Mountain Mine) 2:56:05 - Chocobo Stallion Clip 2 (Chocobo Stallion - Tropical Jungle) 2:56:57 - Dice de Chocobo Title Card (Dice de Chocobo - Intro Screen) 2:57:03 - Dice de Chocobo Background 1 (Dice de Chocobo - Sahagin Waterside) 2:59:51 - Vagrant Story Title Card (Vagrant Story - A Flash Memory) 2:59:55 - Vagrant Story Background 1 (Vagrant Story - Limestone Quarry) 3:04:15 - Final Fantasy IX Title Card (FFIX - Escape From Alexandria) 3:04:21 - Final Fantasy IX Background 1 (FFIX - Alexandria Theme) 3:10:38 - Final Fantasy IX Clip 1 (FFIX - Evil Forest) 3:10:53 - Final Fantasy IX Clip 2 (FFIX - Battle 2) 3:11:16 - Final Fantasy IX Clip 3 (FFIX - Border Village Dali) 3:11:42 - Final Fantasy IX Clip 4 (FFIX - Memoria) 3:12:05 - Final Fantasy IX Clip 5 & Background 2 (FFIX - Crossing Those Hills) 3:13:44 - Final Fantasy (PS1) Title Card (FF - Opening Theme) 3:13:49 - Final Fantasy (PS1) Background 1 (FF - Main Theme) 3:16:32 - Final Fantasy (PS1) Clip 1 (FF - Town Theme) 3:16:44 - Final Fantasy (PS1) Clip 2 (FF - Battle Theme) 3:17:31 - Final Fantasy II (PS1) Title Card (FFII - Battle Scene 1) 3:17:38 - Final Fantasy II (PS1) Background 1 (FFII - Rebel Army Theme)) 3:20:54 - Front Mission 1st Title Card (FM1st - BlackHounds 3:21:00 - Front Mission 1st Background 1 (FM1st - Shop) 3:23:28 - Final Fantasy Extra Collection Title Card (FFEX - Menu Theme) 3:23:33 - Final Fantasy Extra Collection Background 1 (FFIII - My Home Town) 3:26:26 - Outro Background (FF8 - Balamb Garden) 3:31:01 - Closing Card (Tobal 2 - Checkered Career)

[@KArchine]

My god, the man is insane 😅

[@leonardomarull5045]

The amount of dedication and care. I'm speechless

[@tandemj4356]

Just seeing the extra effort of timestamping each song. You've got me clapping bravo haha.

[@bloodywolf9317]

Literally the best guy on KZbin

[@rdrouynriv]

The PS1 era of Squaresoft is really the peak of creativity and risk taking within the company. It is also amazing that with all of that experimentation that most of the games are quite fun.

[@rdrouynriv]

@@lutzaby1997 SquareEnix is a company that doesn't try to innovate anymore. Even Final Fantasy is a generic action game. Kingdom Hearts, Valkyrie Profile, etc... all generic action games. It would be one thing if SquareEnix knew how to make good action games, but they make the most middle of the road games that for the most part are painfully easy.

[@j.2512]

@@rdrouynriv All of the veterans left of got pozzed. Nomura was never meant to be so high up in the company for example, but he did because he was one of the few who stuck around and played ball with the money people. Both Sony and Square are too tied up in appealing to western interests now and have too many deals with western capital and western brands, even working with western devs. thats how you end up with crap like forespoken or the latest flops from Square enix. The next dragon quest will be a generic action game too btw, they already announced it.

[@roberto1519]

I agree, what you state can possibly be also true for the entirety of the 5th gen (or the 90's decade as a whole) and up to the mid '00s. Not only Square, but the medium itself felt this way, right?

[@brya9681]

and now all they do is make unneeded remakes and fart out sequels to their franchises that are chasing trends that are overdone in the west. What a husk of a company they are now

[@giorgio5789]

nah man, Square's SNES jrpgs are unmatched.

[@thefearofg0ds758]

Square's PS1 run is one of the greatest runs in gaming history. Dropping banger after banger after banger like it's nothing but easy work.

[@liamconverse8950]

Yeah when I think about it was there any publisher that a a more prolific PS1 library?

[@thefearofg0ds758]

@@liamconverse8950 Capcom comes pretty close, though they've pretty much dominated nearly every generation. Square gets the edge because they released more new IPs and more epics at near rapid succession.

[@SeanSeanson]

I think if you spread out the entirity of Capcom and Konami's work they were incredibly busy on the PS1. Definitely both in with a shout at being the most prolific.

[@TheNintenja]

Square on the snes and rare on the n64.

[@area51ville]

really shows how down game devs have gone and are nowhere close to what they once were. Nowadays innovation is coming from Indie makers like wtf is that, it was unheard of for in the 90s and 2000's indie devs. Man they made so many good games during the ps1 era Im disappointed I didnt try out so many of these gems in my magical youth days.

[@sergeiborodin9254]

Cant imagine the amount of work that was put into this. This is the quintessence of the Internet, what it was designed for.

[@jeffnussbaum716]

I lived through these days and it's pretty awesome to see all these games laid out in chronological order. It really helps to clarify and contextualize just how wild and experimental the PS1 era was. Sadly, I doubt we'll ever have that kind of "wild frontier" feel again. The industry has calcified into something much more mercenary and calculated in recent years. I still love a lot of modern games, but I truly miss being able to buy a game based on the publisher and be confident that it was going to be quality.

[@liamconverse8950]

I always reading video game magazines around that time and was pretty familiar with a lot of these except some of the Japan only ones. Learning about them didn't seem like work to me

[@risenone7189]

This is not

[@404.Errors]

The opening cut scene for FFVIII will always be my favorite, give me the edge my lord!

[@Defy_Convention]

PS1 nostalgia and nudie pics, thank you America for this grand creation.

[@christophercarrasco154]

Square hiring Akira Toriyama to do the art for their fighting game was genius.

[@Fahrenheit38]

Even as a kid I found it funny that avalanches plan was to plunge the city into darkness with no viable electricity generation alternative in place.

[@snerpthesnerr]

Chrono Cross was my first video game. My grandmother was a huge gamer and loved JRPGs, and she used to sit me on her lap and let me play it while she read the text for me. That opening captured my imagination in ways I'll never get over. RIP nan, still miss you.

[@albishie]

Fade in on a closed book illuminated by a candle as gentle guitar plays. The book opens with a chime, and- "What was the start of all this?" Cross is my first and favorite RPG, and nothing's come close since. Glad you had that relationship with your nan, my ma is a big reader but nearly a Luddite. Can't even work a Kindle. Have a great day.

[@svdden_dread]

The O.G. , the King , the messiah of true PSX youtube content is back and something tells me that this episode might be the best one released yet 😍😍

[@lil_thang]

>yeah cool this is nice, on in the background >like a train in the night my lovely horse reference >immediately subscribes

[@forever0forever]

I recently played through Parasite Eve for the first time, and man that game still holds up surprisingly well. Its crazy how some devs were able to sqeeze so much out of the PS1.

[@holehearted3723]

it was my favorite series in PSX, i wanted it to be remake so bad or at least continue the series in the new engine, but unfortunately Square might not make it...

[@j.2512]

parasite eve, xenogears and dino crisis are three games i would love to see in remake form. Sadly it won't happen or wouldn't be handled with care, Xenogears most likely is outright impossible because of licensing issues and Xenosaga existing. They have never even re-release Xenogears in any way for any platform, there's no way of playing it currently other than on psx or emulating.

[@Maytag99]

Still an amazing game, I agree! I think it's well worth going back to play. A remake would just be likely to mess some things up, anyway.

[@damionmanuel7337]

Xenogeors was re-released digitally on the ps3/psp/vita store at least here in the US.

[@Wohlfe]

Parasite Eve 1 and 2 live rent free in my head, I have a crush on Aya Brea to this day. The third game is a crime against humanity.

[@salokin3087]

Mad lad actually did it, bravo

[@Static_Uproar]

This video here is Sean’s Oddessy… a true testament to dedicaction… bravo

[@ryouhonoo5]

I was wondering why there weren’t any new videos in a while, but goddamn this is the best possible thing that could’ve emerged from such a long break in content. Great work Sean

[@ablationer]

Fun fact: Dewprism was actually made as a spiritual successor to Brave Fencer Musashi (before Samurai Legend). The lead designer even put some easter eggs in there related to Musashi's armor pieces which were actually just junk. Dewprism was also supposed to get its own Manga series but instead they ended up going with Negima.

[@AllRightPinguinoRodriguez]

I'd really like a source on that.

[@___zarathustra6580]

I owe Squaresoft a large part of my childhood happiness. During the 90s everything Squaresoft touched turns to gold! Thanks for some of the best RPGs of all time! (FFIX is my favorite game)

[@Gatorade69]

Good choice. IX is the best IMO.

[@Decadent_Descent]

Definitely one of my favorites. Pretty much 4-12 were all great with an exception or two.

[@Ali-fs7ze]

Oh my god you're an absolute mad man. I have no words. Just, wow.

[@OuTSMOKE]

FF7 was a game changer in so many ways. The way they not only used full motion video, but had the game loading the next part in the background while you watched it for virtually no loading screens. That was the game where you knew, PlayStation was different. It was such a good, as you say "Tree-D" game.

[@AlecLeigh]

a three and half hour video from my favorite irishmen and about squaresoft? feeling lucky today!

[@zaneseibert]

I rarely audibly gasp when something pops up in my subfeed. Holy shit Sean.

[@mangajoe]

Did I chuckle at the same, "It starts right now," bit like I did last time? Yes, yes I did.

[@ellonganiza]

He loves Parasite Eve, Bit dissapointed in 2 and calls FF9 his first and possibly favorite FF. Dude 10/10 perfect video

[@strangehominid]

SaGa Frontier 2 has my favorite art style and soundtrack from any video game. The intersecting story of Gustave XIII and Will Knights is so well done and intriguing, as well as the mystery of the egg throughout the mid-end game. Also my sentiments exactly with ff2. i love that strange, strange video game

[@Alorso_]

Respect for making a 3 and a half long video on the amazingly varied Square Soft PS1 catalog, there is really no other Publisher/Developer that matches their talent, skill and creativity this era. Seeing all these amazing games in a row really makes me want to go play them, several of these I didn't know much about like Tobal, Bushido Blade, Cyborg, and Racing Lagoon, I need to also give these a try at some point.

[@anakinchromosomewalker7031]

as a Pal gamer, I'm so salty to see Tobal no.2 and so many action RPGs never reach the Pal region D:

[@MeanrockD]

You are a god-damn treasure, and more people need to follow you. You have such an excellent style, it really lets your personality and attention to detail shine. I make a point to wear your TWWP shirt because someone always asks about it and I get to introduce you to them. Keep it up man, I can see you sitting alongside DF Retro and Danny O'Dwyer's work as top-teir gaming content. I have youtube premium which helps contribute (or so I'm told), so I don't also subscribe to patrons as a rule. However, given your continued excellence and dedication I'll be signing up to yours. Sorry for the long comment. :D Love from Australia. Go raibh maith agat.

[@SeanSeanson]

James you beautiful and kind maniac! This is too much honestly. Thank you so much for the kind words and support, it means the world. Go raibh maith agat as do chineáltas!

[@astrah982]

It really is incredible, this video must have taken forever, deserves a million hits!! This was the dream era, for me this is still the legendary era where 'it all happened' so to speak.

[@dream_state]

Which tee "style" did you purchase? Whats the quality like? I've bought through redbubble before but the quality wasn't great.

[@MeanrockD]

​@Clancy I got a large in in the "classic" style. I've bought a few shirts from them and they're pretty good. Neck is a little tight, but a different style might fix that. Not sure if the shirts we get in Aus are made by the same people as overseas, but the patterns have lasted a lot of washes and low heat tumble drying. Only problem I've found is that the stitching on the bottom hem of the shirt can come loose, but it hasn't really bothered me.

[@CarlMakesVideos]

The Brave Fencer Musashi soundtrack is fantastic, and in context it's even better. It's super cool how leitmotifs weave their way into your brain over the course of the game, so that by the time you reach the final dungeon's gauntlet of enemies between the last few bosses, when the BGM (appropriately titled "Midair Giant Playground Battle") kicks in the phrase of the main theme that's been present since the first playable section, it feels triumphant and totally earned. Tsuyoshi Sekito still works with Square, regularly contributing to the Kingdom Hearts series; listening to Black Powder from BbS side-by-side with Musashi, it's funny how his characteristic style is still present even with higher fidelity samples - you can almost be sure a song is his by the use of sleigh bells as a flourish when some other instruments drop out for a phrase. I'm not smart enough about music to put it into words, but he has a style, and it's very good. What's curious to me is that one of the illustrators for the game, Koji Matsuoka (illustrator alongside Tetsuya Nomura - looking through the key art, it's pretty easy to tell which were done by Nomura, so the rest are presumably Matsuoka, and it seems like he might have also been character designer and illustrated the in-game cut-in pictures when you absorb enemy powers), seems to have disappeared entirely out of the industry. He illustrated for Musashi, some PC-98 games, and seemingly nothing else since. If I'm wrong about this, and he's still out there, please let me know. The Chocobo subseries is great, and I sort of hope they take another crack at it since the switch port of the wii sequel seems to not have made a huge impact, but who knows.

[@HollowRick]

Brave fencer mushashi flew under radar it's damn shame it never got a European release

[@astrah982]

All of the soundtracks are amazing D: !

[@TheApostle101]

Brave Fencer Musashi needs a full remake with the same charm

[@AaronBish]

​@@HollowRickI assume the main reason the NA sales were decent, and part of the reason I bought it, was that it came with a Final Fantasy VIII demo disc.

[@AudaxSmoke]

I had completely forgotten about how STELLAR that Saga Frontier 2 battle theme was, what a shock to the senses to hear it again!! TY for this great vid Sean!!

[@eziomorte3380]

I had around 200 hours on my first FF7 playthrough with many, many hours of grinding to max all materia and kill the Weapons. You can imagine how many times I listened to the battle theme. I WAS NEVER TIRED OF IT. One of the best soundtrack ever composed in ANY media.

[@masondavidson5657]

Sean you madman, always appreciate your dedication in these videos and this must've been an absolute gauntlet to complete. Cheers man.

[@IFinishedAVideoGame]

Damn - now this is a KZbin video. I'll be sure to check back in with my thoughts once I've had time to process this beast!

[@damasake]

I only finished 8 of them and played a total of 15. Damn, there's actually a lot I haven't tried yet.

[@SegaGenesisEvangelion]

the wave of ecstasy that washed over me upon clicking this and seeing the >3.5 hour runtime. let's gooooooo

[@Corvus8]

Well done ShonShonson 😄 This long video will fix 6 of my lonely breakfasts or dinners.

[@davidkozak9289]

Threads of Fate was one of my favorite games as a kid!! I was disappointed to grow up and find out no ones has played it, but it’s seriously a complete package. I feel like it was the precursor to Kingdom Hearts 1 in a lot of ways, it was definitely a creative and very unique title

[@actuallynotsteve]

NES, SNES, and PS1 are the golden era of gaming and the happiest time of my life, I don't have 3 hours right now but I'm going to give this a watch at some point. The PS1 changed my life, and made me realize what a game could be. It's sad that my parents refused to let me pursue game design, but that's a story for another day. Maybe this video will help me remember what could have been. To quote Papa Jeff, don't just see the world for what it is, dare to dream about what it could be.

[@GamingBroductions]

Dude your channel is incredibly underrated. You deserve way more subs/views

[@eduardohernandezlopez3550]

Thorhighheels n Sean Seanson are like...the top tier video game youtubers imo. 👌

[@mathieudeforge9787]

The go to's for me too.

[@habbababba69420]

Add Grim Beard and we're set

[@davidtharp2125]

Most def. They both go obscure, it only gets better when you go obscure…

[@rjmario2234]

Gimme that 3 hour Sean Seanson video please! 🤤

[@tompuce84]

You know earlier I was like "Hun, I could REALLY go for some cake, haven't had cake in a while". Now I've got 3 hours of cake and I'm like "Isn't that to much cake ?" In the end I always finish my cake though. Thx Sean

[@Jermbuf14]

You can't imagine how thankful I am for this video. I have been looking for the name of Tobal No.1 for decades! It was one of the first games I played on PS1 when I got it for Christmas 97. I rented from blockbuster and could recall the cover barely. I always searched for dungeon games when searching, but never found it because it was a fighter too! You just solved a 20 year mystery for me! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@SeanSeanson]

You're very welcome! :)

[@rickylovesyou]

PS1 was a legendary era. Setting the foundation for what we know as console gaming today. PS- you forgot to mention that the weapons and armour in Front Mission Alternative are named after female and male appendages, in English no less. 😅

[@Con213]

Yes!! That's my evening sorted! Thanks for all the content Sean, please know that everyone watching this channel massively appreciates your efforts and is behind you all the way!

[@Highretrogamelord]

3 hours, 31 minutes, 21 seconds! Absolute insanity! Thank you for making such an amazing video! When are you going to do "A Look At EVERY Cryo Interactive Entertainment PS1 Game"? Haha, just kidding...or am I? Kitty spotted at: 1:24:33 and 2:16:53 and 2:23:14

[@SeanSeanson]

Great Kitty spotting as always! Don't worry, Cryo will get their day in the sun eventually ;)

[@Highretrogamelord]

@@SeanSeanson Thank you, always trying my best. :) Can't wait for your epic Cryo showcase!

[@VincentAmadeus]

Xenogears, parasite eve 2, Final fantasy 9 and front mission 3 are, what I think, the peak of ps1 magic 🎉❤

[@RemoWilliams1227]

That's some bangers to be sure

[@KalinhoPL]

The best time to be a gamer was under SQUARESOFT'S reign. They were absolutely unstoppable delivering masterpiece after masterpiece. Good old times. Awesome video!

[@Danferplus]

Thanks, You deserve some money for this 3 hour video, really a great retrospective

[@SeanSeanson]

Thank you so much, you're too kind!

[@NaokiSummoner]

I really fell off games heavily around 2009, 2010.. when my american friend introduced me to Saga Frontier and I got heavily into Saga, it really reignited my interest in games again. Kawazu is brilliant. I was really annoyed Europe didn't get Saga Frontier 1.

[@SeanSeanson]

thats the power of Saga

[@AdiCool88]

Even though I immediately clicked on the video when I saw the name “Squaresoft” shown, I immediately had to give a like the MERE second I heard Tobal No 2’s intro music. Loving this video so far! 🙌

[@asiriusworm]

this will take a few days to get through but i love videos like this

[@asimmehmood8868]

Vagrant Story is a masterpiece! When I played it for the first time as a 17 year old I hated it for the confusing story and dark depressing dungeon crawling. But as I grew up I began to appreciate the music, atmosphere, graphics, art direction, gameplay, crafting, etc. Today it is one of my favorite PS1 games along with Xenogears and FF8.

[@Finalblue1234]

Damn dude, I can't imagine how long it takes to make these "EVERY _____ PS1 Game" videos must take, but there's so much of your amazing writing and humor comes through them. Keep up the good work my man!

[@timoratus_music]

Seriously, from a comedy metal band that has a DEEP love for Squaresoft on the PSX this video was AMAZING and so fun to watch! Thank you for all you do and we're sharing this around as much as we can!

[@SeanSeanson]

Much love folks, appreciate the kind words! :)

[@SlowpokeVG]

Love the nod to Lynch's videos in the intro!

[@FICTiVETRUiSM]

I really adore the art style in Vagrant Story. If I were ever to make an indie game, I'd try and make it look similar. It's such a nostalgic look, but still looks so wonderfully detailed. Thanks for another massive video! You gave a nice, concise overview of each game. Great work! Always enjoy your videos. They bring me so much joy.🙂

[@Rackatiakka]

Good luck! I'd love to see that.

[@wavefile1674]

2:45:30 Heyo. As a Mint fan, I'd inform you about the game called "Duo Princess". It's a well made fan game that features Mint and her sister Maya as the protagonists.

[@SeanSeanson]

Mint fans looking out for Mint fans, you love to see it!

[@sara.cbc92]

Threads of Fate is a hidden gem. I luv that game and played it so many times.

[@ElectricVikingTube]

"And it starts right now" guy is a wonderful add. Bravo. Great stuff. I love to see it.

[@SeanSeanson]

It's been my favourite video for years, never fails to make me laugh.

[@pulpodesigner]

To me, and nostalgia aside, this was the best age of video games, and always warms my heart comeback to it for a while. Thanks a lot for this amazing and crazy video, there’s not high enough praise for your work and dedication!

[@jwarendsen]

Keep it up my dude!

[@SeanSeanson]

Thank you so much, you're too kind!

[@slimslam69]

that's all you could afford to give him man? really?

[@HoundBlueDragon]

Hey man, got here from Vinny's recommendation as other people may have said. At first I just skimmed through and saw it was 3 hours long, told myself "Hey I'll watch it for like 5 minutes and see if this is actually interesting", and you kept me captivated for the entire length of the video with great commentary and fun remarks (also, cat). Now I've got a bunch more games on my bucket list that I'll probably never get to! Hope you make more of these videos, I'll definitely go and watch all of your content after this. Thanks for the great stuff!

[@SeanSeanson]

Appreciate the kind words friend, thanks for watching :)

[@deadeyeridge]

"Tree D" is burned into my mind forever after this

[@SeanSeanson]

congrats, you're now an honorary Irish person

[@MightyEggroll]

A NEW SEAN SEANSON VIDEO? TODAY IS A GOOD DAY!

[@gelatinouscatgirl8369]

3.5 hours of Sean content holy f...! This will last me a while, nice!

[@wmwlmk]

I remember having NO clue how to navigate the systems of FF8, but god does this game have an oh so special place in my heart.

[@Darkz3rlz]

A blast from the past, very nostalgic. Remember playing the Ehrgeiz dungeon crawler, Chocobo Racing and FF6-FF9 so much as a kid. Square really was a big part of my childhood.

[@LuisSanchez-yv4ct]

Man, i will never be able to put into words how amazing your work is. From the editing from the sheer passion of researching stuff like this. These videos are so fascinating and make me feel so happy to live in a world where video games exist.

[@NotXboxiie]

it was in the 80s... i went to a friend's house and he had RAD RACER on the NES... i never knew Square was behind it. It was my very first try at console gaming and i ended up beating the game while my friend was messing with the controller trying to make me lose. It was after this racing game i became hardcore gamer. thanks for letting me know

[@Jayznuvo]

Man, growing up with these games, you can’t help but wonder. “Does SQ ever made a bad music for its games!?” Much love to your work man.

[@lowmoralfibre]

Genuinely the best long-form breakdown of a group of games I've ever seen on youtube. Doesn't hurt that it covers the greatest run from any dev in videogame history. You spend the exact right amount of time on each game, just enough to make me want to revisit or in some cases try them for the first time. Can't believe I'd never heard of Aques! Excellent stuff, deserves way more views.

[@nodeSVN]

Holy hell! I'm gonna savor this one. Thanks a bunch for all the effort you put into these videos, Sean!

[@AdoreYouInAshXI]

The golden age of gaming has truly come and went. It's a shame we will never see the peak of gaming like it was during the PS1 and PS2 era.

[@Zeul28]

Man, I expected great things on this video but the fact that you loved FFVIII just made this even greater! I loved that game to bitals, even until today!

[@ninjoi]

OH MANNN! SEAN SEANSON DID IT! THATS IT, YOU’RE GONNA BLOW UP! YOU’RE MY FAVORITE YTBER, DO NOT COMPROMISE AND DO NOT SETTLE! DO NOT FORGET WHY YOU MAKE VIDEOS AND WHO YOU ARE. Your content really impacted me and my life and I’m so thankful for it. You deserve to accomplish all your personal goals and wishes. I just foresee you blowing up after this video, let’s go!

[@SeanSeanson]

never compromise, never settle! 🙏

[@leonardoferreira2372]

Holy hell, this is the grail right here.

[@DeathmetalSe7en]

There were two Deadliest Warrior games for PS3 that were essentially Bushido Blade reskinned with historical figures. It was awesome

[@FOREVERCraigYT]

Amazing to see another Super Long video from you, I always love seeing these, relaxing and enjoying the nostalgia of the Original Playstation :)

[@ShiroDan3]

I finally managed to find the time to watch this. Had the tab open for days before I could actually sit down and finish it. Honestly, what an amazing video. Thank you for putting together this compilation; you really did an excellent job summarizing a whole bunch, and I mean a whole bunch, of my absolute favorite games. I can imagine it must have been tough to hold back at disc one more than once haha.

[@calibmatlock]

These comprehensive dives do a fantastic job of showing me games I've never heard of. The one off random genre games that sneak in are always interesting.

[@jmkos86]

Aaaahhhhh…..Xenogears…my favorite RPG of all time. Extremely underrated and I would love for a remaster.

[@find2hard]

Sean you've really outdone yourself with this video! Still I'd advise you to cut it into hour long chunks, 3 and a half hours you madlad!

[@belhaddim5116]

Dear god, Einhander, what a masterpiece. Amazing video, once again.

[@blyjd91]

I'm just now noticing how many of these well known games such as Xenogears, Chrono Trigger and Legend of Mana didn't get a EU release when they came out. No wonder I never knew of them as a kid.

[@Justforvisit]

Your asessment of Final Fantasy IX really hits the nail on the head for me, it's 100% spot on and exactly the reason why I consider it the very best Final Fantasy to this day, with a very close Final Fantasy VIII being second. It's brimming with detail and gameplay and you can just see, feel and maybe even smell how much love the developers have poured into this very best iteration of Final Fantasy. It also in my opinion contains the very best scene of any Final Fantasy ever, when somebody who had absolutely no clue what Final Fantasy is would ask me to describe it to them with one single scene, then I'd start up this very sequence and tell him or her: THAT is Final Fantasy. And what scene that is? Only 4 words: "You Are Not Alone"

[@Postumeartist]

Because 6 was my first, it will always be my favourite. But objectively speaking; 9 is the best game in the series.

[@Sondi]

mans made a movie! now you gotta do every sony ps1 game to complete the square no pun intended.

[@RWSCOTT]

I'm ready for my 3.5 hr nostalgia blast, sir. thank you so much. ^_^

[@shards-of-glass-man]

Hoooh, here we go Time to see if I had missed anything Edit: Well, I had no idea the Aques label existed, at least. Seeing all those Final Fantasy ports in the video was quite a throwback, considering that this was how I've kind of... played through the first nine FF games, via PS1 Classic compatibility on PSP (with a brief detour to the FFIII PSP remake, that is). And I just had to pause during Soukaigi and go listen to the Quake track again. So catchy. le nerd moment: getting to FFIX's Pandemonium and realizing that it literally was FFII's Pandemonium but slowed down was like being gifred forbidden musical knowledge

[@MaikoGabrielKinzelEngelke]

2:07:18 "These things called G.F.s, which stands for Guardian Forces, unless it's Shiva though, in which case the GF actually stands for Girlfriend" Wise words

[@JaneDoe-rj4jn]

Great recap! 50 year old woman here and big gaming fan that’s owned every PlayStation console. Parasite eve 1 and 2, I adored!!! I disagree with your opinion on parasite eve 2. To me …parasite Eve II WAS A first of it’s kind. It was 4 discs and although no voice overs, it was a rare game that took me almost a year to complete, and extremely challenging. You really had to collect items wisely and personally at the time it came out ; some of the most advanced graphics and sound effects I had ever seen and heard. I also learned about mitochondrial DNA! I was so obsessed I played every moment I could. Such an advanced story line that I truly loved, creepy hard beasts to fight and a game where you really had to plan your strategy and master your arsenal. No internet for cheats either at the time so man…. many a time I would have to restart a battle over and over and over. I will never forget hearing a person speak (albeit briefly) in a cutscene where you enter a zoo of sorts “welcome to neoark”. I remember being so blown away at how realistic hearing a persons voice made it. Lol. Perhaps it’s a game you could only appreciate at the time and era it was released. Seriously though…. Parasite eve holds a place in my heart of being in my top 10 RPGS…. Along with final fantasy series of course!!!

[@tuc5987]

What huge undertaking is this, you glorious madman.

[@AskeGuitar]

Did not anticipate such a video but wow, looking forward to this tonight!

[@rivage3900]

Sean Seanson of the youtube channel Sean Seanson back at it again with another classic Sean Seanson video.

[@electromotivehorse6679]

This video unlocked a memory deep inside my brain: I played a demo of Threads of Fate in a Sears department store when I was a kid. I never knew the title and no one I ever told about the "game with the ring girl and the kid that turns into monsters" ever knew what I was talking about.

[@RetroEmulationArchive]

The Sean is back!

[@Steadysphere]

Seeing the ratio of releases from Japan, to North America, to Europe made me even more depressed 😭So many outstanding games, so little time to bring em' over here I guess. I'd genuinely love to know the thought process behind some of these not making it over here. Incredible effort and video mate. Particularly loved how you covered FF7 - such an important game that still holds up in my honest opinion. It helped make JRPGs viable worldwide, not just in Japan/US! And for my money, the Materia system has never been bettered! What's your favourite game out of the lot? Mine would be a tough call between FF6, FF7 and Parasite Eve.

[@SeanSeanson]

I think the simple answer is that Square didn't have a publishing arm in Europe for most of the 90's, so the few games we did get early one where ones Sony wanted to directly bring over like Tobal / FF7 etc. that and the process of translating them for an EU market was a ton of work! It's something we often take for granted nowadays. Oh tough call... any of the three mainline FF games could be my favourite depending on what day you asked me, but out of all the games I played in this video I'd say Parasite Eve, Racing Lagoon and Front Mission 3 are the ones I want to go back and finish!

[@astrah982]

There was a good part of that though, is Japan's charm comes from appealing to their own domestic audiences I think, especially in the 90s, when you got some kind of import, and especially before the digital age where you can hold it in your hand, it was something that words couldn't describe, just a special moment in a kids life 🤔

[@user-vu4qr9vi5t]

So much nostalgia in one single video! I watched the whole thing today, in my birthday, and it was like a present to me, thank you for the video!

[@SeanSeanson]

Happy birthday friend, thank you for watching! :)

[@Rawhaki]

Finally, you're talking about my favorite Squaresoft game of all time, Pro-Logic Mah-Jong Hai-Shin

[@SeanSeanson]

This ones for the Pro-Logic enjoyers

[@poika22]

Yet another solid video. Here's to all the future content to come!

[@vanpiorsing5060]

Food trucks are ready. LOTR special edition has nothing on this.

[@earn789]

Wooh. Three and a half hours. I'll save this one for the weekend. Something to look forward to

[@thepaper888]

Threads of fate, my favorite game. It never gets love.