Is Rogue Galaxy Worth Playing Today? | RPG Retrospective

[@m3anmug]

This game needs a remaster so bad. It is one of my favorite games of all time.

[@rpg_haven]

The PS4 version looks pretty good. It's up-rendered, but that works well for cel shaded games

[@jordanrock3494]

If you have a high-end phone, you can emulate and upscale it. It looks amazing on my s22.

[@clarence0075]

Agree 100% 👍🏾

[@nuubizace6321]

need rogue galaxy 2

[@aslatielofmirrah8704]

Rogue Galaxy battle system is FF7 remake battle system. Ahead of its time indeed.

[@yoyoyo88665]

The one thing in common is pausing to use abilities and .hack also did that. Giving RG way too much credit

[@vladv5126]

which is just a rehashed FFXII battle system.

[@kevinsrw]

@@vladv5126 which is just a rehashed pokemon battle system.

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@yoyoyo88665 Yes, people use "...ahead of it's time" way too often.

[@vladv5126]

@@kevinsrw uh... not really? Pokèmon isn't even kind of real time.

[@moomanchu608]

This game needs a remake, so many modern QoL features could make this a top tier game Examples 1) encounters should be visible on the overworld the way it is in tales games OR allow for encounter rate modification in the settings similar to Bravely Default 2) you should not have to MAX out a weapon more than once, if you max out a Grand Edge once, you should immediately be able to fuse any further grand edges that you purchase/find. 3) insectron shouldnt be RNG and should be much more streamlined that way it doesnt take so much setup and be more accessible. Example is, you will always find a specific species on specific maps. 4) running speed is slow, at least let me sprint. 5) clean up the ending. Just diminishes kisala as a character 6) you should be able to buy ingredients or have a catalogue that tells you exactly where to find items and monsters 7) factory can also be streamlined, i dont want to spend 20 minutes setting it up

[@rpg_haven]

Very keen points

[@jordanrock3494]

Level-5 probably has the most solid lineup of rpgs, they just couldn't miss in this Era. Great video.

[@shoopwoop3470]

Yea this and Dark Cloud 2... stupidly good

[@jordanrock3494]

@shoopwoop3470 DK 2 is a masterpiece, I still play it daily on my phone. And it looks amazing upscaled. Good times.

[@melrakan]

Rogue Galaxy was originally intended as Sony's answer to Final Fantasy, to the point of even having music that sounds similar to some soundtracks in Final Fantasy games. Needless to say, the game didn't live up to those expectations, but Level-5 still went on to make many very respectable and successful game franchises. Also, Steve Blum voices Zegram. "Have a taste of some Hellfire!" is one of my favorite special attacks lol

[@sawyeratkinson]

Steve Blum VA a roguish space bounty hunter....now where have I heard that before...

[@vladv5126]

I would argue that Rogue Galaxy is better than about half of the FF games and I LOVE FF.

[@dcta51]

Kinda dumb since final fantasy we're PlayStation exclusive games at the time 🤣

[@melrakan]

@@dcta51 They wanted to challenge Dragon Quest, too. Or in other words, challenge Square Enix's market dominance on JRPGs at the time!

[@MiyazakiSama19]

​@@vladv5126Rogue Galaxy is better than all ff games not only half of them

[@robertoangileri8530]

This game is a real gem, i found it in a store when i was a kid in 2008/9 when all ps2 games were in the outlet section to make space for the Ps3 games, i had a blast, this game is a little piece of my heart, i was so happy when my mother bought it for me, i recently found a japanese factory sealed copy of this game, i added it in my collection of sealed videogames and i also found a cheap used japanese copy (director cut version) AND i bought a prerelease promo copy of this game to play lol😂

[@CharpyTheHedgehog]

Rogue Galaxy and Kingdom Hearts 2 are my favourite games of all time. Both are incredible but Rogue Galaxy has always been criminally underrated.

[@veloricashbringer4164]

Grew up playing this game😊me and my sister would spend hours and hours. Grinding mobs getting new weapons. And just overall having a blast.🎉 Would definitely love to see a remaster. Or better yet, even a sequel.❤❤❤

[@rpg_haven]

The PS4 version is a remaster in the basic sense. It's upscaled and looks great

[@dogsbecute]

I preordered this game back in highschool and got it on release day. I was unbelievably hype, it was my "Dark Cloud 3" in spirit.

[@sicproductions7911]

This game is a true Gem 💎 I own it on my ps2 disc and I just recently bought the PS4 version Trophies system available I highly recommend it ✌🏼

[@franciscor390]

You can't beat the charm of this gem.

[@rpg_haven]

It's super well-made.

[@BilobateDrip]

5 minutes in and you got me. The fact that this game is 4.23 GB says a lot to me. Cheers, man. Great review as well

[@ODUBlue]

Subbed. I can tell this is a channel for me when you mentioned being a busy JRPG fan with a backlog. That's the song of my people.

[@FloofyDragonite]

The only thing I'd have liked to see that wasn't mentioned was the factory system. The music in the factory is also super nice! Also a touch up on your comment about the game being inspired by Star Wars and not trying to hide it is actually even further obvious in the Insectron! There's a bug that's just the Darth Vader mask and it's the strongest bug.

[@rpg_haven]

That's awesome. I didn't play enough of the Insectron tourneys to notice that. I did want to work in the factory stuff but kinda forgot. Whoops. I had fun with it though, and you're right about the music.

[@Afroman_Gaming]

I've been looking at this game for years and just recently realized it was a Level-5 game. I have to pick this up now that I know that. Checked out this video after I found out to see more about it. Looks like a great addition to the Level-5 catalog. Very familiar systems at play here. Dark Cloud 2 is still one of my all time favorites and looks like more than a few familiar elements were brought over.

[@SageofStars]

A lot of this one felt like a refinement of the systems and things found in Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle, and that is not a bad thing. They expanded the party from four, to allow for you to have more playstyles, each party member has a role, but nothing they HAVE to do, and while Jaster does end up being the strongest by virtue of his gear, unlike Max in Dark Cloud 2, or Tuon in Dark Cloud 1, the others in the party never fall TOO far behind, and in fact, can still be better than him in some situations, which was a lot of fun. That said, I loved the conversations walking around could give you. They were random, and based off your three active party members, with every combination having a huge amount of things to say, either about each other, the other party members, the situation they were currently in, or even better, things the player has done, like being near death, or just leaving the console on for a while. Good stuff that fleshes them out rather nicely, in addition to their stories. That said, this was a case of, this story went through LOADS of rewrites. You can tell because of how it bounces around between Galaxy, Solar System, and even universe scale sometimes with what it's talking about. It doesn't help that there's time travel at one point, and that there's an enemy star nation apparently fighting the one that rules Jaster's home, an enemy we never actually see, even in the extra content, but unlike what you'd think, they don't seem to be made up, they just never appear.

[@shizuwolf]

Ah Rogue Galaxy. The spiritual successor to Treasure Planet

[@zachmusicposting1341]

Just finished the game tonight and got on here to find other takes haha. This game does get very easy at the end even if you just burn through the story. I finished at 33 hours and I think the difficulty spiked when you end up in jail way early on and then it smooths out quickly.

[@rpg_haven]

The jail stands out in my mind as the toughest part as well

[@adthomp]

Thanks for this I might just play the ps4 version now I miss the ps2 era the golden era of gaming

[@zacheryhernandez7298]

Great review, I've had this and an emulator ready together for a while but unsure if I should start or not. This has made me realize I should be for familiar with console jrpgs. That might be a while but this review was a real great watch and I'm glad I didn't jump into this without this viewing. Thank you!

[@RickTakeshi]

Raising bugs was really funny when I was a kid

[@phillipandreas8965]

I remember spending hours raising bugs and battling with them! Also farming my hunter's rank, loved that

[@DarkWraithKevin]

You sold me at about a minute in lol. I can't believe I missed this gem when I was younger.

[@MUJKICHARIS]

Cool review. Rogue Galaxy is my second favorite PS2 JRPG, right after Dragon Quest VIII. One thing they never get enough credit for is the amount of stuff on screen devs managed to put while the game remained fluid and aesthetically beautiful. Especially in scenes where there is a lot of foliage, water transparency, texture variety while multiple animated characters are in view too. I also LOVE the handpainted texture style that reminds me of Dragon Quest VIII but with a tad bit darker tone. Super impressive and ambitious work by Level-5. Keep up the good work.

[@omensoffate]

I wish they could have made the battle system better but great game nonetheless

[@navi8801]

This game and legend of dragoon are two games i WISH got sequels. Even though neither's story's are "amazing" there is just something about them. They have a level of (for lack of a better word) mystery that i feel never gets fully explained. I didn't even realize rouge galaxy got a re-release on the ps4. That's kinda amazing considering how much of a response (or lack thereof, iirc) it got when it released.

[@rpg_haven]

Agreed. I haven't played Legend of Dragoon yet-looking forward to that one.

[@ghost.of.aleksz.salad.]

@@rpg_haven if you do dont savestate that game requires memcards to function and save/load stating breaks that

[@rpg_haven]

@@ghost.of.aleksz.salad. Thanks for the heads up

[@Tranquildbeats]

Level 5 always has this kind of soundtrack which I love. Dark cloud 1 is my fav videogame soundtrack along with the sonic adventure games

[@rpg_haven]

Very cool, I'm looking forward to playing Dark Cloud

[@LivingGuy484]

I loved Dark Cloud's track too! I think one of my favorites is the alternate version of the main theme If you ever want to learn an instrument, the Broken Promise / Tale of another World song is simple enough to learn on the piano without knowing too much

[@AutomaticSnake]

The metacritic is surprisingly low. Big game I like it. Top 5 PS2 rpg maybe, at least top 10.

[@darkprince56]

I signed up for game informer around 2005 until 2008 and I remember a demo disc for this game came with one of the magazines.

[@k3rm1t_fr0g-fn1wf]

I remember playing this with my uncle like 3 years ago, would recommend playing but use a guide, and it will take A LONG TIME to finish, it took me and my uncle like 3 months (but we only played on the weekends lol)

[@DrakMorde]

man this was such a fun game.

[@Mombierella]

I absolutely love the look of this game 😍 thanks for sharing 👍 enjoyed it all

[@Garm_Legend]

I still to this day don't understand why not calling it dark cloud 3

[@rpg_haven]

My guess would be a rights issue. Sony owns the IP and probably didn't want another Dark Cloud for some reason

[@MerkhVision]

Maaan I remember I used to always see this game on the shelf at Blockbuster back in the day but I didnt have a PS2 back then! I would always pick up the case and look longingly at the screenshots and read the back of the box. I think by the time I got a PS2 later, the Blockbuster had already closed up :/ its a real shame cuz I think I wouldve really loved this game!

[@Ghost31191]

You can really see this game was originally Dark Cloud 3. The bones of it are there. Sony had greenlit it but then asked for changes, removing content like georama and replacing it. Wonder what it'd have looked like if they'd stayed the course.

[@rpg_haven]

That's good to know, I'm looking forward to checking out the Dark Cloud games

[@ameemrashaad2038]

My dad is not a gamer at all. Like zero knowledge on games but when I was a kid and when I asked him to get a game for me he always finds like the best substitute for it. Asked for Pokemon he gets Digemon which I loved Asked for Eagle One he got me Ace Combat a franchise I still follow. Asked for Final Fantasy and I got Rogue Galaxy which I come back to every year. Either through the PS2, Emulator or PS4. I would have never found out for these games if it wasn't for him.

[@rpg_haven]

Your dad has impeccable taste

[@unique_mushroom]

fascinating lol. did he do this on purpose? like “he asked for this but i found this thing that i think he’ll like better”? or “im going to get him something simillar but different so he learns to have an open mind/try things”? or was or simply that parental ignorance many young gamers experienced back in the day lol those are some great memories though

[@robertoangileri8530]

I love this game so much, i remember playing it when i was a kid, it was such a LONG game, worth the money, i recently bought it AGAIN on ebay, one japanese factory sealed copy for my collection and one used prerelease promo copy to play, can't wait to play it again!

[@matthewpshostak]

are you a music producer by day? jesus you have a lot of valid opinions about the audio engineering

[@rpg_haven]

Why, thank you. And nope, just a lifelong massive fan of music

[@graphospasm5394]

Once i unlocked the bugs that is all i did, it was such a memorable part of the game for me and now i realize i barely got into the game itself,lol

[@yamato9753]

1:41 my favorite track in the entire game, my soul just ascended every time i hear it

[@rpg_haven]

Same

[@johnmadden9613]

This is a really good review. I feel like I have a solid idea of what the game will be like. I'll be starting it!

[@rpg_haven]

Thank you, hope you enjoy the game

[@e.x.watson9997]

It's crazy... I bought this game. I played this game. All the way up until the (I believe) third act, or at least past the halfway point. I remember enjoying it. What I don't remember is... anything about it.

[@rpg_haven]

Hahah. I'm that way with most games after a while

[@Teegres]

yes, absolutely play it over n over dark cloud 2 and rogue galaxy some of the best no matter how fancy games get

[@malvat744]

I considered this game my best game overall other games. Ambience desing songs characters and story. I thing its not only nostalgia childhood but this is very best adventure game jrpg. And i love graphics models because now all other games similar like graphics to much anime style...

[@HexBubbins]

Rogue Galaxy was the first game I managed to get 999 hours played on my ps2 memory card. It's my favorite game of all time.

[@rpg_haven]

Damn, that's impressive. Think the longest I've ever spent with an RPG was 400 hours on Xenoblade 2

[@iochiglaucus]

Video Sections: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Music 2:40 World 3:48 Gameplay and Progression 5:20 Insectors 5:50 Combat 8:16 Story 9:40 Story (Spoilers) 12:14 Characters and Pacing 14:12 Outro

[@rpg_haven]

Thank you! I added these to the video.

[@BinaryRecoil]

I have never played it. But at one point I some how ended up owning the DEMO's carboard sleeve, found it yesterday, & am now curious. 😂

[@gamerofthefuture1999]

I hope to see a new parts of this game and new adventures with jaster and kisala in the future why the creater of the rogue galaxy not works for that

[@MarathonGuy1337]

Okay this one looks like a real jem I'll have to check it out

[@justinbaxter8279]

Great video! Keep up the great work!

[@ImbrokebutitsoK123]

I found the eye of sauron in the game it was a nice Easter egg to find

[@maelkew3337]

i remember playing this game it was cool but i never got past it far i have the case broken somewhere in my basement sadly it was empty last i checked

[@Pissant950]

I played this game back in like 2015 and enjoyed it since I liked dark cloud by for some reason the random battles got really annoying wish you could use an item to stop it like holy bottles in tales games

[@rpg_haven]

Yeah, I prefer being able to choose too

[@boomerbrock1295]

Loved the he'll outta this game, glad it's on ps5, if ur looking for another good game look at. Radiata stories for the ps2

[@rpg_haven]

Thanks for the rec, t's on my list for sure

[@vanessaschnaufer]

It really does need a remake, cause it's sadly only on PS2 and I used to play this game all the time as a kid. I hated the boss before you go to Eden

[@rpg_haven]

There's always the remaster on PS4. A remake would be cool though

[@roguerifter9724]

I like this but it feels like the more copies of an item you need to fill out the license grids the rarer it is. Also some enemies have too many different drops for my taste. I remember spending hours grinding an enemy looking for one item, and in all that time I only got one copy of it besides the first one which led to the grinding spree. Then one copy of the enemy dropped another item I needed more copies of and had no idea it dropped. So I had to spend hours grinding the same enemy for two different items each of which I needed several copies of.

[@rpg_haven]

I had a similar experience. Grinding for drops is a huge pain in this game

[@melocomanTV]

Japanese knights of the old republic

[@charleschamp9826]

How well does the PS4 version run compared to the original PS2 version? I've only played the latter and I'm thinking about getting the PS4 version.

[@rpg_haven]

I didn't notice any problems. Haven't played the original version to compare with, though.

[@prisonerofwar8375]

Is the frame rate this bad in the game? Or is this just the way it was recorded?

[@rpg_haven]

It was a problem with my capture card at the time, sorry about that. The game runs fine

[@capedeh8225]

originally lebel 5 wants to make wayyyy more planets, more than 20 if im not mistaken but get veto by sony , since its gonna take too much development time and budget and ps2 is in the death bed era since ps3 already out

[@kuroneko3325]

Have playing this game before,, Isn't the game just available on PS2 ?

[@rpg_haven]

Yup

[@mr5k789]

Yes

[@UltraPvnk]

Less spoilers and this video would've been perfect.

[@rpg_haven]

I put a warning before the spoilers and a timestamp to skip to. It's not reasonable to expect a retrospective of a 15+ year-old game to be spoiler-free.

[@segagirladventurespico]

Beautiful music ❤ love this type of cathedral music for a game. I need this game and I just subscribed 😊 thank you I have a channel too if you like :)

[@rpg_haven]

Thanks for watching. Cool channel!

[@segagirladventurespico]

@@rpg_haven thank you :) you too have a great week :)

[@Direwoof]

2:15 put some clothes on ya trollop!

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

Final fantasy inspired themself to make remake like this...also ancient core or however the heck was called it No wait...this is a guilty gear think...final core? Whatever:D

[@rockhyde7775]

It’s a shame Japan Studio shut down. Apparently because Sony thought games made for the Japanese market wouldn’t sell well in America. How anti-weeb of them.

[@mrhodes3140]

ill save you a view YES !

[@TobyDaBeagle]

Subbed

[@rpg_haven]

I appreciate that

[@TobyDaBeagle]

@@rpg_haven your welcome king. Ive Enjoying this game after work.

[@mrjoecharles]

why does the narrator sound like hes auditioning to be a character in the video game with a southern accent?

[@ShannaraTech]

Yes 1000x yes

[@raxsavvage]

gimme a remaster/modernisation port of this and lost oddessy and you aint seeing my ass for at least a couple months

[@ModeSOLOgaming]

I had this game given to me, and I've yet to play it. Figured I'd see if it's worth a go. JRPGs have always looked appealing, but actually playing them is an absolute bore. I've dabbled in the major usual suspects, but haven't been able to get into any of them. I haven't found one yet where the combat system was engaging. Wading through menus during what's supposed to be a heated battle just isn't appealing and slows the action down to a crawl. It's a shame because I want to play them, but every time I get to around 10 to 15 hours in, I realize I've wasted my time on a genre I'm just not into.

[@rpg_haven]

Hey, props for giving them a try. This one has a lot of menuing in battles as well, but you're not in them for long. This may be a long shot, but you might enjoy Xenoblade Chronicles's combat. There's no separate menus; you select commands in real time as you move around to aim your attacks.

[@ModeSOLOgaming]

@@rpg_haven that's one I haven't tried before. Maybe ill look into it.

[@S_F_S]

While the game looks amazing and fun, and is definitely my kind of game (I discovered it thanks to the amazing Astro Bot!!), that frame rate is absolutely DISGUSTING and should be illegal. AND it's a "remaster"/re-release!!! What is it, 15?20 fps?? Someone needs to be jailed for that. And it's an action-JRPG game, not even a turn based one!! That makes it borderline unplayable. Absolutely RANCID!! What a shame :(

[@MiyazakiSama19]

The game doesn't run like that I played it to death on PS2 and it runs amazing dude I fucking loved this game in my childhood I think he is running it on an emulator and his PC is from the PS2 era 😂😂😂 I will even put a video of Rogue Galaxy on my channel just to show how it runs on PS5 & PS4

[@rpg_haven]

That's because of my capture card; the game runs great!

[@OtterloopB]

It's always strange when you encounter people enthusiastic about a game that you yourself think is... not exactly a great time. If you love Rogue Galaxy, great. Awesome. Don't let me disparage you. But I just... this game... it really let me down. And mind you, I finished it and even completed the Ghost Ship. I think my biggest gripes with the game come from its lack of unifying cohesion and its story. This game just feels so disjointed. One minute you're navigating a seemingly endless maze of a dungeon where nearly every turn is a 90° angle... and the next you're... ... Assembling factory blueprints? ... And then fighting an arena-style mini-game with robotic bugs? The problem is, none of these systems ever come together in a unified, cohesive way. They all feel so separate from each other and it just feels like a mish-mash of ideas that Level-5 didn't know how to bring all of it together in a cohesive way. By contrast, a game like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana features systems and mechanics where everything feeds into a unified whole. Everything you do feeds into both the narrative and the overall goal, and it all makes sense. It's an extremely cohesive game and arguably one of the greatest games ever put together. But then there's the Rogue Galaxy's story, and my gripe with it is that there was nothing surprising or original about it. I could see every major plot point coming from a mile away... Oh, look... Jaster's the chosen one. Oh, man... Kisala's a princess. Didn't see that one coming. Again, that's another problem I've had with Level-5 as well: their stories are just so derivative. I feel like I've seen these stories and their big "twists" a million times. The only exceptions I can think of are Ni no Kuni. They actually had a twist or two that felt bolder than any other games Level-5 has put out. And it's sad, really. I think Level-5 is a great developer. Their games are highly polished and well-crafted. It's just they never seem to be able to tie all these well-crafted systems together in a cohesive way that also tells a satisfying story on top of it all.

[@rpg_haven]

I can understand that. For me, story is one of the last things on the list of what affects my opinion of a game, so that might explain why it seems so strange. If you're looking for a good story first, then Rogue Galaxy ain't it.

[@c_v_signut6238]

@@rpg_haven .I first played this game when I was 11 and played it again like last year.What I really enjoyed about the game was the exploration and especially combat difficulty .With this game its real easy to get your party faces kicked in if you try rushing through the game lol

[@BLVCKARMBARBER]

Dark cloud 3

[@deandraipervis6471]

Isn’t this basically dark cloud 3

[@rpg_haven]

Never played Dark Cloud, but same developer, so probably

[@cadaudioguitars2898]

This was originally supposed to be DC3 in fact the full title in some early beta was called DC3: Rogue Galaxy. They ended up ditching the georama system since they couldnt find a fresh way to incorporate it, eventually they dropped the DC3 title aspect and voila Rogue Galaxy

[@KillAllCommies2]

Its stamina system is really annoying

[@MohammedEfaq]

how can download this game

[@rpg_haven]

It's on the PS4 shop

[@bongdiego8837]

I named my eldest daughter kisala irieth.

[@rpg_haven]

That's awesome

[@LordOfChoco]

Rogue galaxy aka dark cloud 3.

[@ja-nk3wm]

The ending was very disappointing in my opinion.

[@daniellion5291]

That framerate looks horrid

[@rpg_haven]

It's my capture card, not the game

[@JohnBoyJoy]

20fps

[@thesidneychan]

Rogue Galaxy was a fun, albeit forgettable game.

[@normalguycap]

Are you crazy? The music is so bad, grating, short, and repetitive for the first 15 hours! Rosa, Juraika, Zerard are all TERRIBLE.

[@MiyazakiSama19]

No, the music is fucking amazing in all planets

[@normalguycap]

@@MiyazakiSama19 lol no taste or sense detected.

[@MiyazakiSama19]

@@normalguycap dude are you kidding honestly I really loved the music in Rogue Galaxy, dark chronicle/dark cloud 2 You can search wherever you like KZbin/articles/forums... You will find everyone praising the music of level 5 games even dragon quest 7 had amazing music

[@normalguycap]

@@MiyazakiSama19 lol most people believe angels are real and transformers movies are some of the most profitable of all time and we all know they're garbage. There is truly no accounting for taste. You remind me of Jerry from Rick and Morty liking "human music." Attempting a numbers argument like you did is an utter joke. This is why morons with no sense shouldn't be allowed to comment. The tones are grating, the beats are bad for those places I mentioned and that's not a negotiation. You either know music or you don't and you don't.

[@lc3212]

If you don’t like the music that’s fine but just cause you don’t like it and think it’s bad doesn’t mean it is as a fact. He likes the music it’s his video, his opinion you don’t agree that’s cool but that doesn’t mean doesn’t mean your opinion is fact. I’ve seen many on the internet tak about the music from this game even some that don’t really like the game itself appreciate the music.

[@JonathanJoestarJuicefest]

More like Frogue Galaxy

[@bensmith5288]

You need a better pc

[@rpg_haven]

It's my capture card unfortunately

[@jamesbeasley7242]

god i miss that game my septed soil my ps2 and all my games so i never got to bet it :(