10 Super Weird RPGs You've GOT To Play!

[@yasselb478]

Skies of Arcadia Legends was released on the Gamecube, the PS2 version was cancelled.

[@jordicoma]

And skies of arcadia was on dreamcast before

[@lavosier2]

Skyes of arcadia dreamcast > skeys of arcadia legends game cube

[@gothicbertram7917]

It was off. I heard him say Ps2 and I swear it was gamecube

[@missquark_]

@@gothicbertram7917 A port was announced for it but got cancelled

[@gothicbertram7917]

@@missquark_ ik now. But thank you for your time

[@aroundthefur1210]

You are like a buff, hunky, walking encyclopedia of RPG knowledge. I always thought I was a seasoned RPG player but I feel like i'm a casual now after watching all of your videos. Thank you for sharing all of these great games most of us have never heard about.

[@AndroidFerret]

When I was young I really believed that Diablo was the first game ever using randomly generated dungeons

[@Zomboii99]

Finally! A new episode of my favourite series, from my favourite content creator! You David, you put the Rough Power Gain into RPG, you muscleheaded, sweet, chessplayin hunk of grade A nerdy meat you

[@TVsMrNeil]

8:18 Oh-Kah-Gay

[@thecodemachine]

more like - Oh, Kah Geh

[@roaringviking5693]

Thecodemachine is right. Only an English speaker would pronounce E as "ay".

[@TJ20232]

Oh kidge

[@fatalfencer]

this guy is embarrassingly bad at pronouncing things.

[@MarxasThomas]

small mistake on #5 legends was released on the Gamecube instead, though i did read that Sega was going to do a ps2 port but just settled with the Cube😀

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Probably why is didnt sell well, any jrpg not released on Ps2 is as good as dead

[@lordeilluminati]

Yes, but there were a lot of conplaints at the time how the PS2 was not a good machine to port PC and Dreamcast titles. All DC ports the console received are easy the worst versions.

[@Speculativedude]

@@lordeilluminati Not disagreeing, just curious which DC ports were worse because usually ps2 had the much better ports.

[@lordeilluminati]

@@Speculativedude Crazy Taxi had a flickering glitch persistent in the entire game and more pop-in issues; Dead or Alive 2 had worse textures, colors and lack of anti-aliasing; Grandia 2 is the worst case: it had extreme slowdowns (especially for a turn based game), crashes and worse graphics (not the usual washed out colors the ports received, but actual modelling downgrade); Marvel vs Capcom 2 had slowdowns, worse audio and washed out colors... All these issues didnt exist on the Dreamcast version on these games. The only Dreamcast port I know so far that was better on the PS2 was Rez.

[@Speculativedude]

@@lordeilluminati Ok cool. I guess I have not played enough of the Dreamcast ports. I do have one back home, I'll have to find some of these games and give them a shot. Thanks dude.

[@johndawn6951]

Omg! So after this video I wanted to play Skies of Arcadia. So I dug out my Wii I haven't played in like 10 years and it still works like new! Thank you so much! I never would have thought to check!!

[@HybridAngelZero]

I actually snagged the PS4 rerelease of Okage when it was on sale on PSN a few weeks ago, and I'm super glad I did. Also, it's always been wild to me that Nintendo themselves just made a handful of really good Hamtaro games in the early 2000s xD I feel like, the more RPGs I play, the more I start to value the weird and quirky ones

[@dimentiorules]

The guy on the cover of Okage must have inspired Snatcher from A Hat In Time! He looks just like him!

[@sebastianmartinez1843]

What

[@ShadowWolfRising]

10: Back when I still had my dreamcast (I regret getting rid of it.), I owned this game. As a young child, I had no idea what I was doing in that game and thus didn't get far. 9: Saw part of a Let's Play of the PS1 version, I don't remember enough to really comment though. 8: I know nothing about it other than it being one of a small handful of JRPGs made by a Western Dev. 7: I rented this a few times as a Kid, never really wrapped my head around what I was doing though. 6: Yeah, that weird Sports RPG hybrid. What a weird idea, it payed off weirdly. 5: Ah Yes, A game that needs a Remaster, Remake, or Port DESPERATELY. Such a great game, such a unique concept, why Sega just sits on this IP I have no idea. 4: Rented this a few times as well (I think it's fairly cheap on Amazon, so if I ever want to buy it that shouldn't be a problem.), The premise was so weird and interesting (Even as a Kid I knew it was pretty different, it stood out THAT MUCH.) that I don't understand how NO ONE has tried to repeat it. Like seriously, the premise and mechanic following it is so unique, how has no one copied it? 3: I love this game, And it's one of the few on the list I own (I can't remember how I got the PS2 version, which is odd usually I have a vague idea how I got most of my games.), both the PS2 version and the PS4 version. I love the art style, the tone, the writing, I love the game. If the combat was a little better and didn't have the bullshit main character KOing being an instant game over, it'd be one of the best. 2: I used to own this as well (Gave it to a friend, I was a dumb kid.). Tony was a breath of fresh air as a JRPG protagonist (Weird fact, this game was not released in Japan............but it's Remake for the GBA was ONLY released in Japan. They Replace Tony with Dan, a Dumb Big Eater, basically replacing a somewhat nuanced character with a huge anime cliche. Because of course they did.) The setting is so friggin' WEIRD, and I LOVE that. Art was pretty good for a GBC game, I rather miss it, I'd pay Nintendo for a Remake or even just making it buyable on the Switch. Also it's cards because it's based on a card game. 1: I did not play this, I did rent (And even beat (Mostly).) the GBA game Ham Ham Heartbreak. If the game is of similar quality, it's probably a good game.

[@Ash113Lynx]

Hooray, someone else that played Magi Nation! I never beat it, but I do like it a lot and the humor is amazing. How often do you feel the need to interact with every object in a house on the off chance there's colorful dialogue there? For example, a bed in a house in the lava town has blankets, and Tony says something like "Blankets?! Madness! You'd roast like a turkey!" And upon inspecting someone's chest of drawers, he says something like "Hmph, nothing! Hardly worth my effort to root around here! Inconsiderate strangers!" The dialogue alone makes this one a keeper (though I enjoyed the combat well enough too)

[@loscadu]

I regularly disagree with you on your best/worst lists (and your feelings on random dungeons) but still love your videos. Keep it up.

[@cocaroto9650]

I personally thought Ephemeral Fantasia was well ahead of its time, the story depth and the mini games made it interesting at the time it came out. Another cool thing it came out way before guitar hero. Calling it worst is a big stretch.

[@patsg1146]

Another great and varied list, David, but you forgot 2 very important words, when you talked about Tsugunai: Yasunori and Mitsuda. Not his best soundtrack by any means, but there's some good stuff, in there!

[@MaxOVADrive]

Came here to say this. The sound track was released under the title An Cinniùint and it's fantastic. You can listen to it on Spotify.

[@Zalachai]

I Love/hate ephemeral fantasia. And I've beaten in. Water dungeon, am I right?

[@CountShadow]

Daaamn, glad you mentioned Silver! This was amazing on PC.

[@davidvinc]

Like this page and what I do here? Consider supporting me on patreon! www.patreon.com/davidvinc [​0:47] - 10) Elemental Gimmick Gear [​1:51] - 9) Azure Dreams [3:04] - 8) Silver [4:25] - 7) Ephemeral Fantasia [5:28] - 6) Mario Tennis [​6:25​] - 5) Skies of Arcadia [7:21] - 4) Tsugunai: Atonement [8:18] - 3) Okage: Shadow King [​9:29​] - 2) Magi Nation [10:27] - 1) Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite!

[@newageBoundhippie]

you do know Magi-Nation was a card game first right? That's the main reason the GBC RPG had a card based battle system... also it's Oh-Ka-gay, not oak-edge....

[@valkrieknights]

Close. It's O-ka-ge not O-ka-ge-i. So it would be more of a geh sound. Not gay.

[@the_glove]

Loved okage, wish more people talked about it , it had a lot of heart

[@OtakuMonster9366]

wait, silver doesn't have bad controls, i remember playing and enjoying it alot and from the footage you have shown it doesn't seem to the dreamcast version. also you forgot to point out that silver almost never tells where to go, so you end up going to every map every time you get a key, its frustiting

[@MerkhVision]

Thanks for shining some light on some of these super unknown RPGs! Im surprised Im hearing about some of these games for the first time ever

[@bluetsunami]

Around this time I'm reminded of Kings Field: Ancient City. The darker From Soft games always have this disconcerting edge to them that I love that still remains till this day.

[@retroprogamer7009]

I love the Hamtaro Games. It was one of my favorite Shows back then. And at one point i had all Games(that where released here). Good times. Good times^^ And 2 Games i think are kinda strange are the Harry Potter RPGs on GBC. The Games itself are not that bad. But strange to turn Harry Potter into a Turn Based RPG

[@FoxyPercival714]

Skies of Arcadia never released for the PS2, you mean the dreamcast. Then 2 years after on the Gamecube. There was talks to port it on the PS2 but due to time they had to choose. The PS2 version got axed in favor of the Gamecube. Damn...

[@kevinvu5432]

Heres a hint: In other languages. There is no such thing as a silent "e". So it's not pronounced Oh-Cage. Its Oh-Kah-Geh.

[@SwollFullReady2Roll]

French has silent es

[@praetorxyn]

@@SwollFullReady2Roll Indeed, but he's correct about the pronunciation as Japanese does not.

[@SwollFullReady2Roll]

Yea but that is not what he said. He made a general sweeping statement about all languages. Not Japanese.

[@missquark_]

I dunno for japanese but the amount of letters that are there but not spoken in the French language is staggering. Like the X in "amoureux" is totally silent, or the family name "Arneault sounds like "Arno". I can literally write a dog's name Phydeault but it would still sound as Fido. There are a ton of silent E, D, T and S too yet french is "another language" compared to english. We won't even try to cover "tonal languages" from Asia like Vietnamese here either. It would be preferable to not put every languages on the same level, they are all so very different, a simple assumption based on your knowledge of maybe one or two languages max just doesn't cut it my friend.

[@Brentastrophe]

Magi nation by the end of the game is a very satisfying challenge AND it has fantastic extras like hunting the Hyrens. These are equal to pokemon's legendaries but in magi nation you have to beat them MULTIPLE times to get their essence to make them. The bosses are all fantastically challenging and the puzzles were great too. 4 vs 4 pokemon combat AND you get to attack too.

[@twistedtick]

Just a minor error, but Skies of Arcadia was NOT released on the PS2 at all. It was released for the Dreamcast in 2000, with an enhanced version subtitles “Legends” in 2003. The PS2 planned version was cancelled.

[@Aitaitaitai]

I know you made this video forever ago, but Magi Nation was a card game (I may or may not have collected them) but the company went out of business pretty quickly. They had designed a 6th expansion to the card game but went out of business before it was printed. That might be why we never got a sequel.

[@ateliertohka7327]

Magi-Nation's battle system isn't actually card-based. The cards are just an aesthetic thing for the battle screen. You summon the dream creatures from rings and you have traditional magic spells as well.

[@cerezscypher549]

I've thought that Valkyrie Profile's letting you fly around the world map from the start is a lot like having an airship, even if as a Valkyrie you're a flying humanoid without need of a ship.

[@jsdlgjgojaosdjgoj8555]

I liked and beated Ephemeral Fantasia. But I needed a guide (written one, at that times, 2002). From Gamefaqs. Today I hope there are some guide in youtube.

[@mathieuboucher1287]

Skies was released on the Dreamcast, then on the Gamecube. Never on the PS2.

[@KBash]

yo hamtaro AND Magi Nation?? timeta sub bro

[@MikeMiddy813]

This is the best RPG channel

[@JohnnyProctor9]

I thought Majora's Mask was "Groundhog Day: The Game...

[@AndroidFerret]

Hey there...do you know any roguelike games for ps1 ,Ps2,psp,Wii,GC,n64,Sega Dreamcast or any other console of this time /before....

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@@AndroidFerret - I've honestly never been fond of them beyond actual Rogue and it's graphical upgrades...personally I'm of the opinion that the terms "roguelike" and "rogue-lite" are thrown around far too often in this day and age.

[@AndroidFerret]

@@JohnnyProctor9 I know ...what I mean are games like NIGHTMARE REAPERS,DELVER,ROGUE SPACE ..... So actually egoshooter with permadeath and upgrades between your death and rebirth... That's a roguelite or ? Roguelike are the old text based RPGs where if you die you loose EVERYTHING and start COMPLETELY without any upgrades

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@@AndroidFerret - Never heard of them, and I have no idea what exactly differentiates a roguelike from a "rogue-lite"...in my opinion if it's not a Diablo or mystery dungeon-style dungeon crawler with permadeath, then the term "roguelike" is being misused.

[@roaringviking5693]

Your pronunciation of "Okage" is borderline criminal.

[@Ahairball]

He mispronounces soooo many titles, and I still can't figure out why.

[@revolutionarymagic3459]

I burst out laughing

[@Somniostatic]

8:17 DID YOU JUST SAY OKIDGE SHADOW KING

[@silentdebugger]

Man, E.G.G.'s art style is so unique and cool, even compared with the modern indie game landscape. I would love to see a modern RPG with that same kind of hand-drawn cel graphics style.

[@glaceRaven]

Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! was one of the first video games I ever played (as well as my introduction to the Hamtaro series). I love that game, and I've never really played another game quite like it (save for its GBA sequel, Ham-Ham Heartbreak!, which is also quite good, if a bit more linear). Oddly though, the secondhand cartridge I got as a kid was for some reason incapable of keeping a save -- if I turned off the game I had to start over from the beginning. I eventually resorted to a rom just so I could play it all the way through! The sequel, which I previously mentioned, also had the Hamchat system but had two main characters, Hamtaro and Bijou, who couldn't perform certain hamchats if separated; the goal was to stop Spat, an evil devil hamster, who wanted to destroy all the love in the world, fixing other characters' relationships and saving them from his meddling. There were two more sequels (I'm not counting "Hi! Hamtaro" because it's barely related and the less said about it the better), which were only released in Japan and Europe. These abandoned the Hamchat system and just sorta... did their own thing. Rainbow Rescue was mostly similar but you controlled ALL the Ham-Hams, there was a strong emphasis on minigames, and each character had their own unique abilities; it also introduced a lot of characters from later in the anime series, like Prince Bo. Ham-Ham Games was kind of a direct sequel to Rainbow Rescue but was a sports game based on the Olympics. Even after I lost interest in the series in general, I still consider the games to be some of the greatest games I have ever played, and wish I could find more like them.

[@Xunkun]

You best have _Dark Cloud 2_ in the 2002-2003 segment

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

The art style for E.G.G. was beautiful. Funny how the 3D segments look woefully dated now though

[@zettas1157]

A weird rpg on the dream cast was Seventh Cross Evolution. Never owned a dream cast or the game but watched it being played on KZbin. Its an evolution based rpg where you unlock creature parts and equip them onto your creature. Another weird evolution rpg was Evo the search for Eden on the SNES. I played a bit of this one from sites online never got far. Same concept as other game but is a 2d sidescroller. Evolution and rpgs go together like chocolate and peanut butter so its strange their arent more rpg games that explore the concept mechanically and conceptually.

[@xzs432]

Nice list! Found your channel by watching your Tecmo Secret of the Stars playthrough, Im in central time zone so when you were doing that playthrough the video would show up in my subsciption feed around 6:30 am, so i really looked forward to it everyday and enjoyed every episode. Your style and presentation remind me of HCBailly.

[@RobertSeeJen]

Quick correction. Skies of Arcadia was rereleased on the Gamecube, not the PS2. Either way still a GREAT game.

[@DanielVasquez-rr2fn]

One weird rpg i played through a few times was Riviera on gba. I like the choose your own adventure feel of dungeon exploration in that game. Grinding was a pain in the 🍑 though

[@MrTamazoid]

I think you meant Dreamcast instead of PS2 for Number 5

[@jayceodell]

Skies of Arcadia legends was a gamecube re release of the version for dreamcast actually

[@DecoytheSkeletalBoy]

Good. Okage: Shadow King was included. Your opinion is valid.

[@peanutbutter5986]

Skies of Arcadia is my favorite RPG ever but it was never released for the playstation 2

[@BlinJe]

Not a fan of Lost Kingdoms' battle system!? David nooooooooooo

[@LynnGryphon]

I didn't think anyone remembered Tsugunai. I really liked it, bought it when Game Crazy went out of business

[@perturbedsun5508]

Based on your timeline I’m around your same age and dated a girl in college who played Hamtaro a lot and tried to get me into it. She was not successful.

[@HJHawley7677]

Could've sworn I was the only person on the planet to own a copy of Okage

[@TheNintendoWizrad]

Azure dreams was the first rpg j ever played. Even before pokemon. Was addicted to it. But never got too far.

[@minhv5513]

Mario Tennis on GBC is incredible

[@dustpal]

It’d be nice if you can shout out any remakes/re-releases. For example, Okage is available on the PS4.

[@taciolothar3794]

6:30 Man, Skyes of Arcadia was the best rpg of my live. I play once a Year. 😆🤩😍

[@yotaruvegeta]

I know there's a strangest RPGs up to 2003, but has David done a video up to 2010?

[@davidvinc]

I've gotten up to 2005.

[@504kingcatracho]

Skies of Arcadia was released for the sega Dreamcast and Skies of Arcadia legends the rereleased version of the original was released on the GameCube

[@TheCraftyDawg]

Sky's of Arcadia was a game i never finished and regret that too this day. If your looking for a gem pick it up. I rented it and played it on the Game Cube.

[@DieterPrivate]

I loved Silver on the PC!

[@sylent19851]

How was skies of Arcadia one of the strangest rpgs?

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! Some of these RPGs look cool!

[@VermissaErmine]

Oak-edge? Shoe-gunai? Hun you really gotta look up these pronunciations before you make this videos @_@

[@Shiro92224]

Mispronunciation is really cringeworthy to me

[@newageBoundhippie]

don't forget ark-add-ee-uh :/

[@WestonEvans]

It’s a sure fired way to drum up audience participation that’s why you’ll see it in even the most popular of channels. Oldest trick in the book.

[@The_Cooler_Will]

Ephemeral Fantasia had a beautiful soundtrack.

[@nicholasschott5152]

Magi-Nation was a card game first. But the owning company spread itself too thin to fast and went under. They tried to hop on the anime bandwagon and bombed themselves out trying to get one running. They got 2 game boy color games (The rpg and a puzzle game) and half a season of the anime done before realizing they didn't even have enough capital to print the next card expansion they had in the works.

[@davidvinc]

That’s actually pretty fascinating, thanks for sharing!

[@fabioleirafreitas229]

Mario Tennis is great. One of my favorites.

[@SyberiaWinx]

Azure Dreams for Playstation is great. You can use the money you get from the tower to improve your town.

[@fidolimp]

Definitely my favorite JRPG youtuber, keep it up man!

[@yangustavo2177]

I've played almost all hangars gamess I love it

[@Bajolzas]

wait, skies of arcadia released for the playstation 2? o_0

[@allstarsteinman1]

I was thinking the same thing the olny systems i know are dreamcast and gamecube. And only the gamecube is legends

[@randyvoid155]

i think their was suppose to be a ps2 version, but he messed up

[@Tetsu9701]

It released originally for the Dreamcast & had another release with extra content for the GameCube. That's it.

[@ralf5789]

Where you been bruh bruh? Been waiting for a new video lol

[@saaken1]

You should have mentioned a hidden gem for pc, septerra core which plays a little bit like chrono trigger

[@AudiblePhysicsProductions]

Still have a cherry copy of the PS Azure Dream. Really addicting game.

[@harleykeiner4095]

skies of arcadia was amazing

[@whitemage34]

The strangest I have 1 but I can't remember it's name but u can choose between a boy or girl u ware a power sute go to different planets & help the locals with problems & trading different items for different planets like on the starting planet it looks like a frozen rock but it's under attack by some goo monsters & u beat them by lightning them on fire I remember it so well but not the it's so frustrating after u beat the slime king boss u can then fly to different planets like a casino or just a rocky plain of a world & u go back to ur space station to save

[@Pwnzistor]

Magi Nation was card based because it was based on a TCG

[@kujo62]

Okage really felt like a precursor to Blue Dragon to me

[@Shiro92224]

I haven't thought of that until now

[@heikieesmaa]

Silver is on PC, even now on Steam.

[@Anaxisca]

Of all the RPG, Tsugunai was a suprizing. It a interesting RPG that I want to see play it. And it another hidden Atlus RPG so there that. And someday you will Okage(assuming that you have the patience for doing that). Really a Intresting me.

[@maximoheroe4079]

Skies of arcadia was a master piece and grandia 2

[@glennrugar9248]

Yes go hamtaro! Ham-ham heartbreak was good too

[@long060]

This dude just said oak-edge WTF? WTAF?????

[@Lamasis2]

Got platinum in Okage on the ps4, no clue why.

[@MrTomFung]

10:27 It's Hamtro Time...

[@JelloFluoride]

Wait, Azure Dreams was better on Gbc? I always assumed it was the other way around? Also it's obvious that you've never played Skies of Arcadia.

[@RipVanWinkleXX]

I'd say so. It has more floors to explore and more to the end game. Though you can only date one of the girls unlike the other.

[@MrBud85]

I liked Ephemeral Phantasia......WITH a guide. WIthout one, hoo boy

[@Makoto03]

I remember seeing Magi Nation promoted in game magazines as a kid and wanting to play it, but never did. Also was curious to try Okage some day but hearing it has alot of backtracking is an instant turn off.

[@earlycuyler8659]

Quest 64 is a overlooked one.

[@wschippr1]

Is that a joke?

[@earlycuyler8659]

I always thought it was.

[@insaneasock3156]

Automatic like for: Tsugunai mention Underappreciated gem

[@Zanji1234]

i didn't know that SILVER was a DC game O_o i mean i played it on the PC with mouse only control (to swing your weapon you had to left click and move your mouse from left to right, to stap you moved up and so on) ... how does this translate to a controller O_oi

[@AprilsMoon92]

Lol Skies of Arcadia never came out on the PS2, it came out on the Dreamcast and then on the GameCube

[@troyschramii4828]

Ah Yes, Hamtaro was a masterpiece

[@Terranigma23]

Skies of Arcadia PS2 ?! Lol 😁

[@MenfisRetroSpace]

😳 Skies of Arcadia, for PS2??? ...sure about that?

[@SatinFoxx]

The Mario tennis games are the best tennis games ever made. End of story.

[@Sombres]

telefang was neat, if not for the bootleg translation

[@whitemage34]

I love okage Shadow king

[@ExalinExcels]

Skies of Arcadia is not on the ps2.

[@farismubarok1109]

No PlayStation 1 games?

[@melsmith245]

How the hell did you miss Vagrant Story!?