Classic Game Room - HEXYZ FORCE for PSP review

Classic Game Room HD reviews HEXYZ FORCE for Sony PSP. Developed by Sting and published by Atlus, Hexyz Force is a JRPG adventure game on the Sony PSP with some fantastic visuals and complex weapon power ups. This CGR review of Hexyz Force has gameplay from Hexyz Force on PSP showing Hexyz Force game play footage for the review.

[@Angelovizk]

Its a ATLUS game we are talking here, nothing else to be said. ATLUS is nowdays what Squaresoft once was, a reference for good RPGs

[@CurvesOfFractals]

I gotta disagree with you there. While the FFXIII series is not the greatest Square has produced, they are sure as hell enjoyable games.

[@Angelovizk]

So ure saying that Square is still a reference of good RPGs, nowdays? (I said good, not enjoyable. Any game can be enjoyable given the chance) Would u buy a RPG of Square and be sure its gonna be a great RPG, nowdays? Well i wouldnt. I would rather risk a ATLUS game than a Square game, by a lot. Maybe u have ur opinion and ive mines, but for me,Square is not even a shadow of what it once was, and i was a huge fã of them

[@CurvesOfFractals]

I3osco Like I said, the games Square produces nowadays are nowhere near the level of what they used to be (Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger etc etc), but they are still good games. JRPG"S were beginning to become stale, using the same formula. Square just mixed things up a bit. I definitely think Square is still a major contender for JRPG's. People really don't give the FFXIII series enough credit. I think most people are just upset about the drastic changes Square brought upon the series. Both Square and Atlus make great games and will continue to do so. Just my own opinion.

[@ArchaicStigma]

You're comparing a publisher to a developer. Atlus doesn't make any of these games, they just sort of localize them in small quantities for a niche english market. Although they usually pick quality JP releases, that doesn't mean that everything they publish is wonderful because often times people approach them to publish their game if no one else will. Since they are willing to do smaller quantities etc. Squaresoft I'm pretty sure also publishes games as well as developing them, but like the simpsons differen't groups often work on different products which means that 2 FF games could be made by entirely different people. But it matters less who's making and more who's in charge of the creative design process. For example Atari was making a DND game for XBLA, they said to the devs they wanted a simple beat em up, no upgrades and no RPG elements or anything like that. The problem was that making a fun game within those perameters is almost impossible, the publisher didn't like how it was recieved by focus groups and they added in some elements of gear progression etc etc. But even with that they ended up with a mediocre game, even the people who work on it admit that. The problem wasn't the team it was the fact that with titles like FF the team is often limited in their creativity. This is why many squaresoft RPGs which are technically FF games got different titles such as Bravely Default. Because they felt that if it didn't have the Final Fantasy title that they would have far more creative freedom not just in terms of art and story direction but even in terms of gameplay. Not only that often times Developers especially smaller one's develop games that aren't even their idea or lisence. For example Disney might ask some random studio to make some random disney game. The worst is when a game switches studios mid production like what happened with fallout 3. Because often the new vision is so different the only usuable part of the first half are sound assets.

[@ArchaicStigma]

CurvesOfFractals They're just different and they have always been trying to innovate and change things and although I'm the first to admit some of the games didn't go as intended. The fact is that they're willing to take risks and to try new ideas. The joke is that you make fun of Cod for releasing the same game every year. But get mad at square for trying to be innovative and then ask then to rerelease old games instead. Oh the irony, you can argue all you want but there's a paralell between remaking old FF games and how CoD is able to rerelease the same game every year to massive sales. Because of people like you who would jump ship and even get angry when they change the formula ever so slightly in a way you don't agree with. You ask for innovation then complain when game companies try new things and don't even try or buy the game looking at their sales. While the new "Shooter" "Action Oriented" Resident Evil games everyone bitches about are the best selling in the series so far. If you want people to make innovative and unique games then you have to buy them and give them a chance. New concepts will take time to perfect and I think that FF has really improved in the last few years with their attempts at making their combat more "real-time". But I'll admit I to was initially very resistant to the idea and I'm still not fully on board with all of the mechanics such as AI controlled Allies in some games. But I'm willing to buy and try them to support future innovation but I'm not so delusional to think my purchases make a difference. I just feel good knowing that I'm willing to give new and potentially bad ideas a chance, and even give bad ideas a chance to be refined. But it's all very subjective, I knew someone who loved the early online FF and early Realtime FF games. While I couldn't stand them. So I can see why they try new things, just because it's not interesting to you doesn't mean there isn't an audience for it. I mean hell people play War Z, or Infestation or whatever they changed their name to inorder to hide from their ghastly metacritic score.

[@ReLoaD94LPs]

it makes tears form in my eyes to see that these kind of games still exist and are still great... seeing the slow corruption of the gaming market this is just a glimpse of light in the dark tunnel of shameless publishers and bad games.

[@darikozz]

BEN Plays I feel you. Mobile phones are capable of so much, but they're held back by the market system (i.e. Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, etc.). These successful examples cause developers to focus on shitty games that are designed with little to no plot or passion.

[@thebattousaigamer3623]

I ran into a snag at an anime convention and sold this, along with some other games...then I read that Hexyz Force is considered a rare game. It's 50+ in the case and everything; less for just the UMD. I slapped myself for that...but sometime after, I got the money for it again and I won't let it go!

[@ProtoMario]

@band2eto Rictor was the mission really to help the troops of white fang?

[@mrsatan2229]

Wait you haven't seen a mimic until this game? lolz Sting and Atlus certainly didn't have anything in the creation of them, they been around since dungeons & dragons.

[@Synathidy]

The beer analogy hits home. A harrowing thought.

[@ProtoMario]

Atlus makes wonderful rpgs and games, they produced one of my favorite games of all time tactics ogre the knight of lotus its wonderful, then they make it a bit harder, Atlus is really key on that switch system where the game gets significantly harder, take a look at some of your favorite games youll be suprised that probably one of them is an Atlus. Oh and jsut to add Atlus is amazing at traitor games too where your betrayed.

[@christiangasior4244]

Damn this guy knew about the nintendo switch system 9 years ago 😸

[@royalflukes4148]

treasure chest attacks lol brings back memories of dark souls

[@TheAbruptdeath]

Mimics are terrifying in any game, in Dark Souls, doubly so.

[@Night-Tid3]

Thanks to this game its inspire me to play jrpgs again i find myself playing shooter and racing games lately and that's sucks. And this review helps me too now im back on track.

[@Koho7]

Just a heads up that it's on sale on US PSN for $3.50. Fun review BTW, really enjoyed watching it =D

[@millzie5]

THIS MUST BE THE CLOSEST THING TO GRANDIA 2 IVE EVER SEEN!!! so i thought id shout it great video (review)

[@Lv28fighter]

Your treasure chest situation hillariously reminded me of Sen's Fortress (Dark Souls). Those who know what I am talking about will get a good giggle.

[@jjesus0329]

loved the last line it went so well with the music lol

[@gozzy4u]

Awesome Review! I will never look at my fridge the same again.

[@dynatae]

I love the reviews on this channel!

[@5k4k1dhtp]

I like how there are no random battles, that way when exploring for treasure you don't have to stop every 7 seconds to kill some enemies.

[@Shadow60f]

You raise some valid point's dood Dark souls was very western, it's just a shame about the lack of story, opening cutscene, talk to some people, a few random encounters and then the last boss after all the other last bosses (and by that I mean how difficult most of them are) it looked awesome but I lacked any purpose playing that game. XD

[@notyoursavior78]

"On a airplane flying through a hurricane." lol Mark never fails to say some ridiculous and hilarious stuff.

[@Nurg0]

Mark did you notice that during the E3 showing of LBP2 someone made a vectrex game?

[@HarriHaffi]

seems like a good game does it have an option for japanese voice-overs? MVHH

[@noideac]

I noticed that! I never had a dreamcast when i was a kid (and i didn't know about worlds on the gamecube) so I first played evolution only a couple of years ago. Its honestly one of my favorite RPGs

[@Garrett938]

The beer story really made him emotional.

[@silverwill8983]

Some of you said,you heard this game is short,why don't you play it for yourself first? I only finished Cecilia's story,and it is already about 15 hours. The replay value isn't as high as expected,but you can bring FP(Force point) over in the New Game+ , so you can upgrade your character's weapon in the other story. Sum it up,it can be about 30 hours. Don't judge a game by some random people's thought. Play it yourselves. From my opinion,this JRPG is way better than most overrated JRPG. And also,the sountrack is beautiful. So its totally worth to play. P/s : I don't see much flaws in this game. The only flaw (my opinion) is Levant's voice acting. He needs hotter,sexier and cooler voice.

[@Xendra]

You don't die instantly. It just does really high damage. Stack vit and you can survive.

[@Anemite]

is lunar a stand alone game, or is a sequel/prequel of other lunar games??

[@zedo0]

Yep definitely gonna get this game. Damn, that was one demonic treasure chest of doom.

[@TheWingman8008]

PLEASE HELP! what should I get hexyz force? or crimson gem saga? i'm just trying to get into rpg games for the psp, any game reccomendation besides the two?

[@NorthernOtaku]

What an aweseme review! I wish they would all be so random and funny XD!

[@Dukefazon]

There were attacking treasure chests in other games but I just can't seem to remember. Evil chest with tongue, teeth and eyes. Final Fantasy? Star Ocean? Garh!!! But I clearly remember that in Chrono Cross there were evil doors that you can't enter if they have their eyes open. They attack you and lets more enemies to the battle field as the battle takes longer. Awesome stuff!

[@Hyakitaki]

Best quote ever: "If you can't trust a dungeon treasure chest, what can you trust?"

[@waifuat]

*Solemn game-over music* If you can't trust a dungeon treasure chest... What CAN you trust...? GOLD!!

[@ClassicToonFan64]

Hm. Monster Chests are a tradition in RPGs, so I think it's not so bad... and no, by "Monster Chest" I ain't talking about the Sorceress's cup size from Dragon's Crown. I may try this in the future, if it's possible to download it into the Vita, when I get one of those. Thanks for the video.

[@ArchaicStigma]

You can also pause any psp game and resume it later even if your psp dies its saved on the memory card, instead of ram or something. You can pause just about any game, why I say just about is because I haven't tested all of the homebrew games. But it even works for PS one and PS mini games. Although unlike a normal save once you resume your paused session it's deleted so if you die you'll go back to your last save point or however the game handles it. Think of it more like a save state that can only be loaded once, or that your just pausing the game and coming back to it.

[@Akirapoet]

As far as I know, it is only possible on the Psp Go.

[@letitbe2128]

Im gonna love this game

[@MrNrg6]

you make every game look great.

[@quatreiquorizawa9885]

FFIX has mimic treasure chests. I think it was in Brumecia or something

[@victorabysswalker3909]

Seu cu

[@LocherYT]

WOW IT'S LIKE RIVIERA PROMISED LAND, with the difference that you can actually choose your next destination! Ehm did you already make a review to Yggdra Union yet? I thought i should mention.

[@Morrnsta]

Hexyz Force should be classified as a steath game-because you'll avoid the monsters on the map (like CrimsomGemSaga) for they are wastes of SP/stallers. It also throws you a puzzle earlier on that's similar to Riviera's weather forest, which is a nightmare without savestates. Yeah, avoid opening chests at all, one might spell your doom. Ability to fastforward battles by pressing R trigger is neat, though. Better games that I've tried would be Golden Sun 1/2 (GBA) & Criminal Girls (PSP).

[@Stuy777]

@bluwar89 what game was that? cause i wanna play it XD

[@Akirapoet]

This game is freaking expensive right now.

[@kujas]

+Jeipi59 not really UNDEAD knight is what's expensive still 39.99 hasn't budge an inch from this price in years.

[@Akirapoet]

kuja A Hexyz Force copy is up to 125 right now at Amazon, idk if it has gold in it but it's really expensive for a Psp game imo.

[@kujas]

***** Oh you're talking physical copy I thought you meant digital.

[@mezuki64]

+kuja just played on your Android on PPSSPP

[@darikozz]

Mustang!!! on Fire If a game isn't readily available, it's acceptable.

[@TheLastLineLive]

@joshbot360 Not exactly, there's more traditional ones on PSP, and it has some of the best like Final Fantasy Tactics, and downloadable versions of classic PSone games like Final Fantasy 7. DS's are more non-traditional for the most part, utilizing features like the touch screen, etc. in the gameplay.

[@jackbuerer]

@UltimateDragonite are you talking about the mimic? they appear in alot or RPGs and are always annoying. most annoying for me in the .hack series.

[@digioverlord]

good job cgr! i am now afraid of every phisical object in the known universe as i am scarred it might eat me!

[@MikePitcher]

honestly... Mark has become my favorite person on you tube... hands down.. hes a gamer talking to gamers... not a corporate ass hat talking to gamers like he knows what he is talking about.... Keep up the awesome work Mark. CGR is the best...

[@DungeonQuestGames]

I loved this game, quite good review

[@UsedGames]

Question can you change the name of the characters in this ge?

[@Christiangamer2012]

"Once a beer is gone it's....lost forever..." XD This is definitely not the first time the "Mimic" has been employed though. Golden Sun is a series that employed Mimics, and yeah they can be blasted hard sometimes(not to mention annoying). @SammEater Well, it's probably a monster that assumed the persona of a treasure chest to decieve passerbys into it's deadly grasps for a quick snack, also hence the name "Mimic".

[@gilbertgotfried]

With you on all counts. I mostly played DS for the atmosphere and challenge. That feeling of sheer hopelessness permeated the whole game. Reminded me of that Zelda 64 Beta creepypasta but with better graphics. DS an exception for me, though. I'm down to almost strictly playing adventure games, text adventures, and recommended RPGs these days because their stories are better. Oh, and DmC was fucking terrible on every count, particularly the plot. DMC 2 was magically awesome after that crap.

[@heardofrvb]

Damn those treasure chests! They always get me!

[@alabzam]

Speaking of evil treasure chests that are a pain in the ass to kill, another example would be the ones from Rogue Galaxy.

[@Shadow60f]

In truth I've never heard of that term any other rpg other than a JRPG has always been referred to me as just plain ol rpg? but that makes more sense so thank you dood XD

[@ChaoticAnamnesis]

@nowaymangoshtomuchna JRPGs are by their own acronym and definition Japanese Role Playing Games. I don't see where he is mistaken?

[@Snotnarok]

It's on sale on the PSN now for 3.50, along with a bunch of other RPGs

[@ffwrx]

@doom1killer123 Grandia? Suikoden 3?

[@akshizzy77]

Valkyrie Profile is fantastic, also I recommend the Persona series.

[@rocker041212]

It is because the UMD is hard to get now. It is just like Final Fantasy 7 for the PS1 goes for $110 on Amazon. While on PSN it is $9.99 and Steam $11.99.

[@Dragonfury3000]

lol at the end xD cool review

[@Duck_Half]

Tales of Eternia has those chests too t_t Doesn't this game have a way 'run' or 'escape' ? also, the battling looks a hell of a lot like FFX xD

[@TheVengefulTortoise]

Hey, who here other than me had FFII flashbacks once he talked about the living treasure chest? "Monster-in-a-Box!" ;)

[@christiangasior4244]

I thought mark disliked turn based RPG’s?

[@kanagawa85]

another great review by InecomCompany.

[@firthaa01]

Epic lol. Cant wait to see if Brandish Dark Revenant makes it out in english. Ca't think of any decent dungeon crawlers apart from Brandish and Phantasy Star Portable. I really need one like Brandish...any suggestions guys? Ive done Diablo, Dugeon Siege, but Brandish seems amazing but can't understand the lingo....ahhhhh duchebaggery

[@EmilePolka]

indeed, save while you can since this game had random freezing problem, both UMD and PSN game.

[@kanagawa85]

i just bought this game on psn for only 7.50. what a steal!!

[@98laserman]

This game looks great

[@JesseDylanMusic]

I'm sure people say this a lot, but best "radio" voice ever, yet filled with life, unlike many radio voices.

[@zelosq]

...Why didn't this game arrive Europe. We need more RPG love. *-* There were so many RPGs by Namco or other companies that never hit Europe. Like Hexyz Force now...I know, I could just import them, but there are so many RPGs I want....Tales of Rebirth, the Persona Series for PSP, Ys Series, Hexyz Force. At least Tales of Eternia made it to Europe.^^"

[@sasukevsshiyamaru4]

>_> If you can't trust a dungeon treasure chest...what can you trust....Well said.

[@alxjones]

I know it's for the lulz, but mimics have been around since Dungeons & Dragons and I find it hard to believe that this is the first time he's fought one.

[@garybuick890]

wow 1080p nice mark

[@infringementMAN]

I recall FFXII had save points that attack you.

[@ThugShiTzu]

rogue galaxy did the same thing with their treasure chests, and those battles could be a pain depending on if ya saved before

[@ffwrx]

@doom1killer123 Grandia?

[@SoundsOfMinecraft]

that beer talk...hilarious.

[@Khann34]

Chests that attack you are also on Chrono Cross

[@greatrulo]

@shadowtsunami FF7 is the Halo: CE of console RPGs, but like Halo, it doesn't make it the best on its genre, innovating something doesn't automatically give it the title of "Best at".

[@Snotnarok]

Brave Story is really good and Jeanne D'Arc is really nice, it's a different kind of game though. Crimsom Gem SAGA I hear gets weird after a certain point

[@EmeraldWarrior420]

I didn't even know what Vectrex was until I watched this show. Now after researching it, I SOOOOOOOO want one But they're crazy expensive...I'll never get a Vectrex.

[@Sabocalypse]

@band2eto cool ! Atlus has great RPG's/ Games

[@gilbertgotfried]

Every RPG west of Asia is called a WRPG. This doesn't necessarily mean that all JRPGs are made in Japan or that all WRPGs are made in the wast. Take Dark Souls. While made in Japan, it bears a lot of similarities to western RPGs (character creation, manual stat raises, less focus on story and cutscenes and more on gameplay), and might as well be labelled a WRPG. And labels for types of games are fine. There's a difference between psychological horror and gore horror for example.

[@BangBangGuide]

@Snotnarok sorry i didn't mean to spam or anything. Just wanna help. I wouldn't write multiple same comment again. Thank you very much for reminding me. I am really sorry.

[@oejam]

Treasure chests that attack you are as old as "shining in the darkness (genesis)" ;)

[@greatrulo]

@shadowtsunami sorry, forgot i used the word "suck".

[@belfosama]

Still waiting for a Golden Sun 4 like this game.

[@Mikoinv]

Ever heard of Mimics...?

[@KirAyagami1988]

Man Ive been attacked by treasure chests since forever on a lot of japanese rpgs its casual lol

[@knyhtefury77]

Nice Review.

[@calebb7012]

Come 2020 and the psp can still do more than the Switch.

[@goblinmobboss]

Good guys: Hey let's go loot this chest! Treasure chest: NOT TODAY!

[@SolidTheMighty]

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[@chiwonome]

I was wondering about that as well.

[@MrFwibbles]

There's also Lunar: Silver Star Harmony.

[@TheAniman98]

Cecilia is like that girl in Summon Night Twin Age for the Nds

[@totesanimegamer2318]

Oddly, I cannot find many traditional turn-based RPGs for psp. I did find a lot of strategy RPGs. Could anyone at all give me some traditional turn-based RPG recommendations for psp?

[@jacobs0469]

I was reminded of Chesty from Fable II.

[@metalslugfreak15]

This game is really great.

[@HeySoQueso]

Why do ps console have so many jrpgs?

[@ZeroLDD]

i want this game but it's region blocked so i can't play it since i live in Aus

[@BIGMEME_Retro.trance]

@DariusDaGreat86 yeah they should.

[@ProblmSolvd]

its a Mimic =] mimics are only weak against magic this rule applies to ALL treasure chests that attack you in any game