Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES) - Full Game

[@linkzz00]

I don’t even care what game Ryu is playing most of the time. His persona is just welcoming, funny and enjoyable. He reminds me of nostalgic pastimes with my friends.

[@tonyv7834]

Agreed, even if I don’t like the game I always end up watching his videos

[@Night-Jester]

Yeah Ryu is one of the good ones on youtube.

[@braden387]

Agreed. I just get some kind of lift watching his videos.

[@robylintjables]

Yeah great vibes from Ryu. Dude's awesome

[@shoopuff_8994]

I was trying to express this exact sentiment to my wife today

[@Mystwarrior1]

Weapons: swords 1. starter 2. found in ice pyramid 3. found in pazuzu tower axes 1. given by kaeli 2. buy in fireburg 3. found in alive forest claw 1. given by Phoebe 2. found in mine 3. given by Tristam bombs 1. buy from tristam in bone dungeon 2. given by Phoebe 3. given by Arion's friend in fireburg. Equipment: helm 1. buy in aquaria 2. found in lava dome 3. found mount gale armor 1. starter 2. found in ice pyramid 3. found in mac's ship shields 1. found in bone dungeon 2. found in focus tower 3. found in doom castle accessories 1. battlefiend near forest level 2. battlefield near aquaria 3. buy in windia Magic: white exit - battlefield north of libra temple cure - Foresta town heal - falls basin life - lava dome black quake - bone dungeon blizzard - focus tower after water crystal fire - focus tower after earth crystal aero - focus tower after fire crystal wizard thunder - Battlefield next to Mine white - On the volcano meteor - Giant Tree flare - Pazuzu's tower Missable items Magic Mirror: ice pyramid. go all the way right at start Gas Mask: volcano. left stairs. go right at start hope this helps anyone looking for information.

[@bennyballs22]

Great list! Thank you

[@Klaritsa]

Did you know that cure heals according to your max HP? The more HP you have the more you heal. Dark king has 30K HP meaning that if you use cure on him he would heal so much that it would exceed the 56K which is the limit for any number in this game, so instead of healing he takes 10K damage 😅

[@justinchandler7294]

Always thought the enemies changing appearance as they lost health was a cool touch.

[@XTCintense]

I can't believe I just woke up to a 7-hour playthrough of Mystic Quest by our local legend. Christmas came early!

[@thomashernandez6536]

Still watching?

[@XTCintense]

@@thomashernandez6536 Okay now i finished it lol

[@thomashernandez6536]

@@XTCintense i chuckled when he called the hour and a half left at the end of the video

[@thomashernandez6536]

@XTCintense he's live now on his shorts and longs channel. Playing the randomizer!

[@XTCintense]

@thomashernandez6536 I'm watching! Lol

[@Kingdookoo]

This just popped up on my home page, I am SO HAPPY to see someone playing this game holy shit. I genuinely LOVE this game so much and the music is an absolutely BANGER. There isn't a single sound track in the game I dislike accept MAYBE the Ice Pyramid area. Seeing this tho, has made my day

[@OmegaGuess]

I appreciate people giving Mystic Quest love. While it may not be a star in the Final Fantasy pantheon, it gets way more shit than it really deserves.

[@David-uc4hc]

Agreed! Its a competent game with some strengths and definitely a game i played often as a kid.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

When you advertise a game as being for for beginners (or babies), perhaps people didn't like their intelligence (or lack of) being mocked.

[@christophersavignon4191]

Well, it has simplistic and random combat with too many instant kills and illogical weaknesses (like the skeleton being weak to arrows), and the level design is incompetent at best and malicious at worst, tedious and lacking any sort of telegraphing. Most of the shit it gets is deserved, I'd say.

[@Willowisp927]

@@WilliamScavengerFish Oh yeah those 'people' that play games so their ego get strocked because 'One can never play easy games', it's a crime. Also those same people that play Dark Souls likes and complain that it's too hard and that the design is 'flawed' lol.

[@xxJing]

Afaik the team made two games. FFMQ and Final Fantasy Legends 3/ SaGa 3. Both games are really off brand for their respective series. SaGa 3 was however remade on DS (Japan only) and was changed to be less like the Gameboy iteration and more like SaGa 2.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

“How kickass do you want this soundtrack to be?” “Yes!”

[@astupidmonkeyygaming544]

This game is one of my all time favorites on the SNES just behind Earthbound and Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past! I cannot wait to see you show me stuff that I never knew existed in the game lmao.

[@brainman1337]

I didn't own a SNES but my cousins did so I would play games like these when I was visiting them. I still remember how cool I thought the art in the manual was.

[@michaelb.5845]

You might be the only person on the planet who's ever uttered the phrase "this game is one of my all time favorites" when talking about FF Mystic Quest.

[@astupidmonkeyygaming544]

@@michaelb.5845 I liked how the game was. You didn't have to worry about a ton of party members, it was very linear and easy to understand. You gotta realize that when this game came out, I was like 9-10 yrs old and didn't get games a lot. I rented this out from Blockbuster and played it for hours.

[@Dominicus13]

@@michaelb.5845lots of people say that, just not where other people can hear them. Most of us were young and not ready for challenging rpg’s and this was a great entry level. Epic music, great art, and a story an 8 year old can follow. Good stuff.

[@CircledZero]

This is one of my favorite games of all time! Definitely hope you live stream on YT for the randomizer!

[@sebastianvega4576]

the night is saved. i really dig the long videos! i had mystic quest on the game boy. was not able to figure it out as a kid 😁 to be fair, it was in english, which i did not understand as a child. it took until ff7 (i guess i was around 12 or 13) when i started to understand and appreciate rpgs back then. i am sad i was never into snes rpgs until i was much older, but the ps1 had quite an amount of excellent rpgs to explore. ff7, ff8, ff9, ff tactics, star ocean, legend of dragoon, vagrant story, chrono cross, xenogears, grandia, koudelka... just to name the few i played, there are much more really good ones. it was truly amazing

[@DamienCooley]

I was too old to enjoy this game when it came out. I had already played through Final Fantasy on the NES, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy II(IV), among others and this just felt so much of a step backwards. That said, I appreciate it more now for what it was trying to do, even if I still don't like it as an RPG for my own tastes.

[@Joe-Angel]

This was actually my first final fantasy game as crazy as that sounds. Love it! Music is so good🤘

[@carlcreasy1983]

It was my first RPG as well

[@Ryu]

i know you gotta be loving this OST man hahaha. it's like rockin roll video game music. very unique. especially some of the dungeon/boss themes... so good!

[@wisnoskij]

57:50 Ryu: "Stand on it and you will be warped to the Life Temple." "Do I have exit, is their a way to get out of here quickly?" Yes, you use the item you just got and were explained how to use and what it does.

[@cast86tux]

Then he clicks on all items except the one he needs to click to warp out. This happens so often while he is gaming.

[@Stargazing_night_sky]

​@cast86tux he figures it out atleast. I can't even be upset with him because it's something I'd do lol

[@Mystwarrior1]

in the volcano and the ice pyramid, the enemies are like anywhere else, specific spots. only in these two dungeons are they "Hidden" until u get the gas mask and the mirror respectively. there are no random encounters in this game. period. however while ryu says u can run from random battles, in this game u cant be "blind sided" with a random encounter while ur half or low health, u see an enemy coming up and u can heal if u know ur half dead.

[@Cajerunner]

Wow! Talk about unlocking some memories. I used to play the heck outta this game! Fun video so far Ryu! Going to enjoy watching all 7 hours! ❤

[@zeebjj99]

"I WANNA SHAKE YOUR HAND" - drunk guy on airplane... Ryu reminded me of it with his comment about shaking minotaur's hand KEK

[@braden387]

Absolutely love these long-form videos!

[@b.d.1112]

Watched the whole thing, great time! The last boss was wild man. This game is good for what it is, gets too much hate. I'd like more videos like this for sure, I like long form videos and a randomizer of this would be fun.

[@Lumbersnacks82]

I love the subtle difference in the music between the town that is troubled and a town that is saved.

[@quoththekraven5911]

I went over to my buddy's house after school and we'd play this. Every day. We'd finish it, then start it again. What a blast from the past.

[@Mystwarrior1]

cerberus: 3 headed dog chimera: monster with a mix of multiple creatures. like a lion head, eagle body, snake tail. etc. (Big Brother Edward........... /cry) also at 4:15:00

[@supersmoo7377]

Ryu, early in the game you were worried about killing the enemies quickly and missing out on their "weak" animations... however, every time you kill them in one hit, they show their other animations as they die. It's very noticable.

[@Relicsps1relics]

It would be awesome to see you speed run this!

[@Itsreallyjustmee]

Hell YES!!! My childhood beckons. The music slaps so hard.

[@STPLTV]

I really appreciate the long videos Ryu - helps get me through the work day since I can just watch along as the day progresses even if it takes me a few days to get through the whole thing. I didn't even know this game existed until this video as well!

[@CrisperPoet]

Fun fact! this game has a bug with the companions when they leave and join your party, their stats don't update when you change party members until you reset the game, so part of the reason you were having trouble with phoebe being terrible in the last dungeon is because she was still using Reuben's stats from on the ship.

[@Mike-zx1de]

Another rpg you could play since you asked, its Secret of mana awesome RPG and the music is MUUUAAWWW!!!!!!

[@josiahcraig-oq6hb]

FINALLY A FAN!!! God I have all the manas but I’ll never forget dancing on my couch playing secrets of mana the first time

[@JJ-qo7th]

The composer specifically played bass guitar for a metal band. If you pay attention to the soundtrack, you'll notice that the bass isn't just a triangle wave doing its own thing. It actually complements the other parts of the soundtrack like a bass would in a real band.

[@paularized1]

39:26 Ryuker meeting young Phoebe and immediately taking her to the nearest hotel is a little…problematic.

[@monkeyboyjonathan42]

I loved this game as a kid. The music is banging, and although it was simple, it was fun. It was also not full price either, so I think it was worth it. They should put it on the Switch Online.

[@XTCintense]

I remember that too! It was like $39.99 vs $59.99 (or something lol)

[@OniNaito]

Nice! Ryu posted a randomizer run on the shorts and longs channel! Definitely have that one in the queue for after I get through this behemoth of a run.

[@LPdragonfly1989]

As someone who has speedrun this game and played it since childhood it was incredible fun watching the whole video

[@Kart3z]

Oh man, this is Great! Thank you for this. This takes me back to a simpler time, hanging out with friends, just having fun. 😊

[@carlcreasy1983]

FF Mystic Quest was my first RPG ever played and started my love for the genre...it all started with Mystic Quest

[@SevenGC89]

Hey Ryu love the content man, starting a 2nd and 3rd channel in genius so you can post long form content like this for us that enjoy it while not having to worry about it hurting your main channels views, it absolutely boggles my mind how your main channel isn't at 1M subs yet, your content is top tier. Curious, have you ever played the PS1 JRPG "Beyond The Beyond"? I picked it up as a kid on because I saw it had more than 1 disk and I played FF7 and that game was amazing and was on multiple disks so I figured it must be true for BTB as well, it's a great rpg, little heavy on the random encounters but has an overall awesome story and memorable characters.

[@CIYT88]

One of my favourite games as a kid. Absolutely cracking sound track and a gentle introduction to the JRPG genre!

[@larsendaniel]

This is seriously my favorite game from my childhood. Great playthrough. Thanks Ryu!

[@ryandemboski6313]

as a wise projared once said: "thats why my final rating for this game is training wheels / 10"

[@80erman1]

Hi from Germany. My savegame still excist since the 1990s.

[@OriginalRyan]

Bought this at a mall in Iowa when I was 10 or so & lived in Nebraska. Never even heard of it when I saw it. Got it for like $20 in a bin at a game store. One of my favorites of all time.

[@JDsBBQnBourbon]

Did you buy it at Toys R Us, Babbage's, or EB Games? Thee is a small chance I got my copy at KMart. But pretty sure it was one of the previous three

[@JDsBBQnBourbon]

@ryu Day 1 there is some awful background static buzz. Seems to be resolved in Day 2. Could be a bad cable or connection you were already aware of. I know most people don't listen to YT with earbuds. Thought you might want to know. Everyone knows my audio sucks.

[@Isteak80]

This game missed me when I was younger so it was nice to see a full playthrough of it.

[@piratepop7115]

Your approach is relatable. Imagine being a kid and getting tired of random encounters? Of course we avoided every fight we could.

[@arcclite1144]

I did this run myself as a kid, of course I'm still here! Love seeing you play this game

[@LorainPsycho]

I just bought this at an old video game convention a month or 2 ago and was worried I jumped the gun and was fooled by the Final Fantasy. Looking forward to busting out the SNES and poppin this in now

[@denryuu3]

Always a good time watching you go through these old games! Thanks for the long video! Loved the spicy run!! Also, I looked up the exit spell. Apparently you get it from a battlefield lmao so there was no chance

[@aceofhearts832]

Finally finished this video after about a month of watching! (while also keeping up with your other videos) Time to start the randomizer video now!

[@Newtination]

4:40:54 you are correct. Due to the way you played, you completely missed out on it. Two spells are battlefield rewards - Exit & Thunder. Exit was one of the one near the Libra temple.

[@creaturetypesorcery]

One of my fav games ever on the SNES, and the randomizer is fun! Gonna be a great watch this! :D

[@merlotwilliams]

Little FF: Fun Fact for you. In Japan, this game is called Final Fantasy USA and was made because they thought Americans would not like the higher difficulty of the Japanese versions of the Final Fantasys of the time. IIRC, Final Fantasy II (IV) was nerfed and made easier for the western release as well.

[@SoulScribbler]

Watching to the end to be called a nerd by Ryu was well worth the 7 hours!

[@Mystwarrior1]

not fighting some of the battlegrounds means u lose out of specific gear. i think there are even spells too.

[@nathanieldotter3717]

That's what I just said lol

[@superdave3093]

Also leveling up.

[@Mystwarrior1]

@superdave3093 well yeah. That's also true but that's something Ryu himself said. He is skipping the battlegrounds otherwise he will be over leveled and too beefy. That's why I didn't say it. I said the thing he didn't.

[@roria2219]

I love these super long videos. I love videos I get to pause and come back to over a few weeks, I have something to watch while I eat my next 30 meals LOL. I'm really looking forward to this game!!

[@Something9008]

My Christmas of '92 game. While not up there with the 16 bit FF's I loved how the dungeon layouts were 'more dimensional' and interactive. And that soundtrack!

[@Night-Jester]

Small correction 1:17 Your DAD buys you a game and in the store he explains Buddy you're going to have some yardwork and chores to earn this plus some allowance money. You can't wait until you get home so in the car ride home you open the game and discover a world map! Wowzah can't wait to get home. Mystic Quest was Japan thinking Americans at the time couldn't understand how RPGs worked which is why it is a dumbed down version of an RPG.

[@Retrogamer187]

the was definitely a childhood fav, the nostalgia makes me want to play again.👍

[@brandonmanuel2842]

Happy Thanksgiving, Ryu! ❤️ your videos!

[@ceno10101]

this is my first rpg I played as a kid. It took me a bit to figure out the playstyle, but I loved it.

[@zodazoda7083]

You blew mind when I saw you were doing a playthrough! I was playing this last month such a good one

[@SoulScribbler]

This is AWESOME! I love this game and brings back memories of my childhood! I was already familiar with RPG's and final fantasy games when it came out, but I helped a friend of mine play through this game (his first RPG). Ryu, these LONG PLAY videos are awesome for RPGS! Whether or not they're 1 video or broken up, I would LOVE to see more classic JRPG's like this.

[@Marik_Ishtar2006]

This is the first final fantasy game I beat on my hacked 3ds around 6 months ago, yes I'm a 2006 kid but I love and cherish any old games that I can play 😁🤗

[@piratepop7115]

This was a great throwback to our childhoods. Even better that we can fast forward the fights

[@andrewfrye480]

You need to replay Super Mario RPG Armageddon. I was so bummed when you lost your save.

[@xdispidx]

Another great video! Can’t wait for Tactics!! Keep it up, Ryu.

[@herebedragon]

aw that was great. I remember playing this game while learning how to read lol.

[@michaelmcdonald7675]

Mystic quest was the first RPG I ever completed. Played it even before I'd played a Zelda game. So it holds a very dear spot in my heart. Was great to watch a play through. Done far more competently than I managed.

[@TheHolonConcept]

I'm not a big Final Fantasy fan but Mystic Quest holds a special place in my heart. The game has a good sense of humor and the music is 10/10

[@BRHency]

Another great SNES rpg that has your character doing more things with equipment and you can generally see the monsters (not on the world map which is random encounters, but in caves/dungeons you can) and interact with them out of combat is Lufia 2. The game also has a replayable infinite dungeon with items you can unlock to use to get further in it. Fantastic game with a heart-wrenching ending.

[@Dhalin]

What I always tell everybody who says MQ is "too easy" is "try beating it without abusing the Cure or Life spell in unintended ways" ... even Ryu here, uses Life as a Heal once during the Dark King fight which is technically not supposed to be allowed, but eh, we'll let it slide. But what annoys me are the people who cure spam the Dark King and then say the game is "easy". Or they use the Life spell for full HP and status curing when it's not really meant to be used like that. Doesn't matter which boss it is, when the game wants you to die, you WILL die. Every boss has some kind of BS status effect that will end you. Early-game it's usually Paralyze, Sleep or Confuse... with the Dark King, it's Petrify. Confuse is especially annoying earlier in the game.

[@frodofranz]

the trees when the big tree was walking said Go On Kid! lol

[@Gosti85]

this game gets a lot of shit, but it also was my first JRPG, and it got me interested in the genre. It may not be that hard, but I think that´s just because you can easily grind levels, and even if you lose battles, it feels easy because you can just restart the battle. Imagine always having to reload, people wouldn´t think of it being THAT easy when you loose progress all the time^^ All in all, simple game, even simpler story, but still, the maps have it´s charm. I liked it for what it was

[@speely]

I love this game. I can’t wait to see randomized of this. PS Ryu you missed the last sword upgrade Excalibur in the bird boss dungeon.

[@nogoat23]

Thanks for the video. That was some pure nostalgia for me.

[@lmuganl]

Its a good day when Ryu uploads a play through

[@Terrorblaze13]

I love watching the "Speed gaming" channels speedrun randomiser tourneaments. Would love to see Ryu on theose!

[@dursty82]

Great Video man. I loved this game, too. But more mindblowing for me was the Soulblazer game, even if i had the final Boss, i was farming for more Health. Maybe on your List😳🤔 Greez from Germany

[@Tome_of_Fire]

Underrated and underappreciated! Nice to see Mystic Quest getting some love. It has its flaws, but man, that music is so EPIC - really reflects the excitement, the tension, and the sense of loss that permeates the story. I could jam out to that battle music all day!

[@joaogabrielamoras696]

2:25:56 Dear viewer, close your eyes in the next few seconds please😂

[@orangelimesky]

This game was like a cool breeze in the summer during school days..what a memory

[@Bman6464]

Nostalgia overload. I played these games a ton as a kid

[@whizwhizkim]

Ive been thinking about this game for weeks, and it just happens one of my favorite gaming content creators does a play through?! Game on!

[@sheeplessinohio]

Yooo, those reads at the end. Those looks of satisfaction too, haha. Great video! I’ll admit, the only exposure I had to this game was that ProJared video from all those years ago, but this game doesn’t seem as bad as Jared made it out to be… at least for the reasons Jared gave. The fact that every enemy seems to be able to insta-kill at every point in the game, on top of the battle order seemingly making NO sense whatsoever, make the battling seem so awkward. All in all though, this seems to be right at home with the SNES library and the music was bitchin’!

[@8bit_switch]

One of my favorite SNES games!

[@night31869]

I still have the big guide book to this game. Those were the days!

[@ArmadisRock]

Fun note. This is the game that standardized Zombies being weak to healing magic.

[@ArmadisRock]

Bro... phoebe and Ryu could arson... (phoebe fire all then Ryu bomb all) every enemy dies 1 turn o_o; I can't be the only one righr?

[@nickhamilton2649]

No, that's not right. ff4 on snes did that first and pretty sure ff2 on nes did it also

[@ArmadisRock]

@nickhamilton2649 I admit I am wholly fallible. If FF2 did it first it'll be another reason it was ahead of its time. Ff4 is a crapshoot because ff2snes fucked with a lot of Good Gameplay

[@piratepop7115]

FF1 did it also

[@joshuakrug6260]

Daniel's (Azariah, etc.) friends are not weak against fire/bombs? @1:29:00

[@crispychicken9298]

The music is 10/10. I had to watch the whole video for nostalgia reasons. Now, please fix my nostalgia some more by playing Kid Chameleon 🙏

[@ghopperii]

1:15:48 The mirror allows you to see the enemies.

[@regi3756]

It has been the only RPG I was able to beat by renting it from the video store! Still enjoy playing it!

[@Thelgren00]

Where's the Randomizer Vod? 🤩

[@lehilivingston3124]

Love the epic hat collection on the wall that looks awesome!

[@natusvincere966]

While it was a couple years ago since I've played the randomizer, FFMQ rando was one of the most cozy randomizers to play. Very heavy on routing and seeds only took about an hour to play.

[@jamesmarkham9464]

This and ff6 were my fave games as a kid! Love it Ryu $$$

[@Frankdisscutionpdx]

The mauals is something the modern games are missing. The whole lore and explanation is really important to the experience.

[@danmcnally4402]

Yoooo what a win! Loved this game as a kid!

[@CIYT88]

Ryu: is there an exit spell in this game? Also Ryu: I won't be grinding on the battlefields Oh sweet Ryu...

[@slager83851]

I enjoy watching Ryu, and Mystic Quest is my favorite game. I know everthing about this game. Saying that, I find this play through very hard to watch. Missing Excalibur, Exit, Meteor, Thunder and a lot of the armor, really makes the game hard.

[@vel2118]

brother... I always hesitated to play this hidden gem since there are weird reviews but you somehow make every game more appealing

[@ryanarline3678]

I can't believe I had this game and never completed it. WOW Thanks Ryu for this video