Obscure Forgotten and Underrated RPGs

[@AvalancheReviews]

I know this isn't the kind of content most of you guys look for with my channel, but I appreciate you guys giving it a watch. Have a good day yall!!!!!

[@hemangchauhan2864]

I disagree. We'll see anything gaming that you wanna gush about

[@Mrmanga22]

We love you mane. Anything you post is all good

[@sicilianmammalian]

Hell yeah this is exactly what we want I beat legend of dragoon on ps1 and ps3 roflmao might download it on my laptop and do it again

[@Tetsuito]

Honestly, I was missing the JRPG videos.

[@simplyshane6477]

I’m a JRPG slut. You could keep on this going forward and I’ll still shower you with cash.

[@TheKingOfAllHorror]

You know, these riots aren't easy to plan. You gotta find where a person is. You gotta get the pitch forks. The torches. You gotta find an angry mob. You gotta trudge all the way out. It's exhausting.

[@AvalancheReviews]

One day I'll pay for what I put you guys through. To be fair though, what would you even do with your day in a theoretical universe where I did put out that review??

[@rigbone3587]

lol I feel like a complete dunce, but what is that from?? is that like a copy pasta or an FF7 quote haha 😅😅

[@hariman7727]

Don't forget the ice cream once the angry mob chase is done.

[@Ilikewater-andice]

Wild Arms, Alundra, Azure Dreams are somewhat obscure games that I can think of right now. Also theres HD Remasters of Grandia 1 and 2 on Steam

[@ergheiz1245]

Damn Id play the hell out of some Azure Dreams right now. That games was the monster breeding game I never knew I needed

[@janbiela8596]

Im currently playing Wild Arms 5 for the first time and wow this game is awesome! So many mechanics that feel super modern and innovative. Also story-wise it’s going into directions I totally didn’t expect.

[@rogermucroy750]

Just came to comment about Wild Arms.

[@OtkaMak]

Unfortunately Grandia 1 hd remaster has so many issues with graphics being worse than on saturn as it used inferior PS1 copy of the game, i encountered a bug of game randomly crashing when entering/exiting towns as that is when game changes resolution between town map and world map which can cause a crash as PC games do not like resolution changes in that manner. I still managed to 100% the game with all them issues but I really wished they had not overpromised and under delivered with the HD remaster.

[@ShadowDeus]

Koudelka, Thousand Arms, Skies of Arcadia, Vagrant Story, Shadow Hearts.

[@MFSIMBA]

I'm so happy you included Growlanser in this. I've been telling my friends about Wayfarer of Time for years and I've never met anyone personally who's played it.

[@luminocuratoria1335]

Im here. I really hate it. I am stuck in this one-shotting hellhole of a dungeon and Im absolutely pissed.

[@CanalKizaru]

I have played Growlanser 2, and I also don't know anyone irl who has played it. These games are so unknown, it's almost painful, given how awesome they are...

[@Jack_80]

i have wayfarer of time on my phone. i haven't gotten into in yet because i have so many hundreds of games on my phone for snes, genesis, gba, ds, psp, ps1, n64, and more. too many games for my own good, many great ones i will likely never get around to playing.

[@Qwertmaster33]

Glad to see any Suikoden love, played them all the time as a kid. Absolute favorite RPG series

[@aleccampbell7707]

There is a recent PSP Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Tok fan translation patch 2012 last in the Suikoden series. Wish Level 5 would buy the rights for Suikoden and remake them all (minus 4 and Tactics) but add construction elements when expanding HQs like woodwork brick laying and so on fixing up the HQ in 3, plastering painting ect

[@static759]

It’s good seeing legend of dragoon being talked about more and more

[@WhoTookMyMirr]

Having broken a controller on the fifteenth occasion a boss steamrolled me by spamming the same move three times in a row after spending 6 hours grinding on mobs that barely give any xp, I beg to differ. Bury it. I don't care if it has dragons in it. Bury it in a deep dark cave and forget it exists.

[@reecedrury4145]

I'm about a 1/4 way through the vid and thinking to myself wonder if he's going to touch Legend of Dragoon or Blue Dragon (or even lost Odyssey) looking forward to the review of L of Dragoon now....

[@Ristyo1992]

Why? There so much more obscure and a lot better JRPGs on the ps1 alone.

[@matthewedwards8996]

@@Ristyo1992 The Legend of Dragoon is a top 3 RPG on the PS1 bruh.

[@Ristyo1992]

@@matthewedwards8996 It's the definition of a mediocre RPG, brah...

[@DigitalMorph07]

Great stuff, Jared. This video brings back some great memories. I’m 37 and a huge rpg fan. I grew up with a lot of these titles. I found your channel through your RE retrospective, but I’ve been loving all of your content. Keep up the awesome work, brother 👍

[@CanalKizaru]

Amazing thumb. Can't believe someone is finally talking about Growlanser 2, the most underrated game of all time imo! I have great memories of playing it on my PS2...

[@DGP406]

It'd be nice to see you do a Kouldelka+Shadow Hearts series. I know you've talked about these games 10 years ago, but your content nowadays is much more refined.

[@McFweeFwee]

Oh man, Growlanser Generations. I just picked that up pretty recently but I was too preoccupied with another Working Designs localization job at the time, Vanguard Bandits. Honestly there could be an entire video on just games they localized because there is some pretty good stuff. Though some of their games are ridiculously expensive these days. *cough* Magic Knight Rayearth *cough*

[@AvalancheReviews]

Which sucks, because like you said the localized some amazing titles!

[@tr1bes]

I bought it for a mere $20 @ Toyrus back when Saturn was at the end. It's an ok RPG. Not the best.

[@thereadherring2364]

I still have my discs despite having nothing to play it on for like a decade.

[@ectofrost]

excellent video Jared! So many gems on this list. I hope you make more rpg stuff!

[@Majuular]

I really dig your compilation style videos, it's like getting samples in a candy store. Love horror but I hope the success of this video means you'll be less shy about branching out, your RPG takes are really entertaining as well. P.S. Currently playing LoD. Can't tell you how relieved I felt to see you missing the timing of the 5th level Dragoon attack. I made it 80% of the way through the game without even knowing you could get beyond 4 ticks.

[@Halden.]

I really like that intro animation, it’s a shame we don’t get to see it more often.

[@ChrisPTenders]

Holy crap, Resonance of Fate! I was starting to think that game only existed to me, like the specter of some game developer who died in my house or something. The fact the mountain of tutorials managed to convey how to operate that combat system is a miracle in itself, trying to explain it with words is impossible. I remember rereading the directions over and over again, blinking, wondering if I was in the process of receiving brain damage... but when I'm playing it, it's one of my favorites of all time.

[@moogleboy]

Great Video! It's nice to see a lot of these gems getting some recognition. A few other titles I'd suggest are; Faxanadu -- An NES Action RPG which is part of the Dragon Slayer/Legend of Heroes series Legend of Legaia -- PSX JRPG with a fantastic combat system and a killer soundtrack Valkyrie Profile; Silmeria -- PS2 Hybrid Action Strategy RPG with an interesting battle system, fantastic aesthetic and great world building

[@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277]

Showing "Skies Of Arcadia" at the beginning really brought back the memories. Oh man.

[@squelchotron8259]

I'd love a sequel to this! You actually managed to surprise me with several games; and I'm pretty informed on JRPGs. Also, why did you skip over Suikoden III?

[@caaltaes732]

Being honest Suikoden isn't really good, but it was the first 3d one so it was understandable.

[@Timeforceletsgo]

@@caaltaes732 being honest, this is like a terrible opinion.

[@LockeGran]

Yeah, it's weird to skip III but includes Tactics. For some reason I kind of expecting Tierkries to come up or the PSP one that just got translated lol

[@TechNMusic]

Suikoden III wasn't exactly a "hidden gem". It received decent marketing and wasn't that difficult to find at game stores. So if you were a jrpg fan in the early 2000s, chances are pretty high you either picked up or at the very least heard of Suikoden III. Especially with how beautiful the box art was.

[@redbeardnj]

@@TechNMusic remember, most here are fresh eyes on old tech. Not granpas like us lol. We forgot more jrpgs than they ever played 😆 i alyways have to remind myself of this. Pt3 was definitely readily available everywhere, at least here in NJ. I remember it was in every magazine too, all with top scores.

[@Triniidadii_Productions]

This man is an enigma….He’s making this long form bangers faster than I can finish them. Bless you

[@xainbushido6657]

Watching this was very pleasant, and just reminded me of several other rare games I enjoyed, like Legend of Legaia, Thousand Arms, Lunar SSS, and more famous games like Xenogears. I also imagine Parasite Even scratches both your horror/intrigue itch while also having a good RPG system in similiar veins to star ocean 2's, well the first one at least. The PS1 and 2 were truly a great time to enjoy rpgs.

[@thelostmaster13]

Hey I dunno if you've heard of the game or if I missed it in your videos but you may like Skies of Arcadia. The original game was for the Dreamcast and it was remastered onto the GameCube. I also feel that it's SUPER underrated and was one of my favorite RPGs of that era, just a suggestion if you wanna check it out if you haven't already

[@TheLaughingTech]

Love the videos man, I grew up starting with RE2 on the N64- and going from there, The Suffering being a title I played way to much for how young I was. I must say I was shocked to Legend of Legaia didn't sneak it's way on here-! I got a Ambernic RG280v for PSX/GBA emulation- and I will for sure be playing Shining Soul on it! I was so busy playing Golden Sun, Breath of Fire 2, Pokemon Gold, and Advanced Wars over and over- I could never remember what freaking game my cousin always played on his GBA- and it hit me like a truck when this video started with Shining Soul!

[@Timeforceletsgo]

I am willing to bet the overlap between people who love survival horror and also love JRPGs is bigger than you think. I love this video, it has inspired me to finally play Grandia III.

[@tauhidirfani271]

more people talking about Suikoden,Grandia and Legend Of The Dragoon is always good those series should not be forgotten. great video as usual sir

[@feelthepony]

LoD remake/sequel is on its way. congrats

[@BoiBlu19]

This was my first video of yours and man was it a good one. A plethora of interesting unknown titles to look into. In addition, a great and engaging presentation. I'd love to see more content like this from you.

[@Allison-fs6bq]

Even if you did some other more renown games I’d love to hear your take! Great vid as always 👍

[@AvalancheReviews]

Word! I have another video planned. Maybe I'll put some more well know games in it.

[@mizoreshirayuki5470]

I'm so glad to see Legend of Dragoon here. I absolutely love that game!

[@docsalty9679]

So glad to see that y’all made it Japan safely! Great video Jared!

[@AvalancheReviews]

Safe and sound! Thanks man!

[@codylawler2652]

You posting a video is the highlight of my life every times it happens man, thank you for working on this.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Comments like this make sure I'll keep posting videos.

[@asleepghoulshow]

A RPG video??! Average viewers are going to hate this but you sure got my heart. Thank you!!

[@AvalancheReviews]

They sure will, but I'll be damned if that's gonna keep me from covering dope ass rpgs.

[@asleepghoulshow]

@@danieldalton You are taking my words much too literal.

[@danieldalton]

@@asleepghoulshow I am, I deleted my comment, sorry :)

[@Freedom_84]

the growlanser series didnt "Return" to traditional battle system with wayfarer of time. Wayfarer of time came out before heritage of war. regardless of when the PSP version was released, it didnt change FROM what heritage of war was like, because it was a rerelease from the original which came BEFORE heritage of war

[@marianfranklin8383]

I glad to hear something about Legend of Dragoon, it's one of my favorite games. Even if with all of it's problems. You forgot about Skies of Arcadia.

[@TakeshiInazuma]

Thank you for covering the Growlaser series!!!

[@Fragatron]

I wish more JRPGs had Urushihara Satoshi as their artist like Growlanser did. He does all the rule 34 illustrations himself!!

[@AvalancheReviews]

It's the most efficient way to do things!! In-house rule 34!

[@Zakemaster]

Saw the Growlancer thumbnail and title, clicked the video just because of interest in the topic. Noticed it was by you, and was very pleasantly surprised. Not something I expected from you, but I’m certainly excited to hear you talk about my favorite genre of games as opposed to my second.

[@elmoisred616]

I love shining soul 2 ! One of my favorite hidden gem action RPGs on the game boy advance, I especially loved using the link cable and playing multiplayer

[@davidroddie7600]

Avalanche, you introduced me to STALKER. I own all three games and I absolutely love them. Thank you so much! STALKER was actually the game that got me into gaming in the first place. I guess you could say, you and STALKER got me into gaming. I have finished the first STALKER game and, if I can get the weekend off work, I will be starting the second game in the series. Again, thank you so much! You have provided me with tons of entertainment.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Hearing that warms my heart to hear that man!!!! That's literally every content creator's dream. Cheers and happy hunting Stalker!

[@PBandJo]

A wholesome story 🥺

[@rossdixonellis]

Recently found your channel and have been "sleep watching" them. I've been digging the passion and depth of analysis you bring to your videos. If I had to offer my underrated RPG series, it'd be Ys for the obvious reasons. Just about every tune is a banger.

[@residentevilclone]

Hello from a fellow sleep watcher. It’s why I subscribed to premium lmao

[@conancromwell5721]

What game are you playing in the intro at 1:20 to 1:30 minutes.. i was waiting for it but it never showed up... maybe in part 2? 😉

[@BountyPoints]

More of this type of content please. I'd say the cross over between Jrpgs and survival horror fans it pretty large, after al the ps1 era was when both of them was arguably at their peak.

[@davidroddie7600]

This is great video. I am a huge RPG fan. I only recently got into gaming at the age of 47. I love content like this because it exposes me to games I would never know about without your hard work. Thank you! I love your channel and respect the amount to work you do to bring us the content you do.

[@AvalancheReviews]

I'm more than happy to introduce you to some new games!! Glad you like the video so much!

[@davidroddie7600]

@@AvalancheReviews I love your videos. I, about four weeks ago, watched your video on STALKER. I was so intrigued by your presentation that I just had to try gaming. My PC isn't great. However, it runs STALKER. I bought the games on GOG during a sale and I was hooked. I was blown away. I kept saying to myself: "Wow, this Avalanche fella is spot on! This game is freaking super awesome. I immediately bought the other two in the series and everyday after work I play them. I am going through a divorce and moved to a small town for work. Needless to say, STALKER has become somewhat of a salvation from a tough time in my life. I can't thank you enough. I saw your video today, took some notes and when I am done STALKER, I will probably look into these RPGs. I am also very interested in the Silent Hill series. Well... certainly Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3. I think you do great work! You have great taste in video games and you have a great presentation and style. I am new to all this video game stuff. I am having fun, I am out of my own head and at the end of the day, it's hours of entertainment for a very small price. I know that you work very hard to put together your videos. I want you to know that, to this 47 year old man going through a tough patch, your videos have made a difference. Thank you! AND STALKER! FREAKING BRILLIANT GAME!

[@BabyArms]

@@davidroddie7600 Good read. Sorry for what you're going through, but I guess the silver lining is that you've stumbled into a whole new world of interactive storytelling and experiences. Games, like any other art form, can take on special meanings for people based on what they're going through at the time. I'm sure you'll look back on these initial games you've been getting into with bittersweet feelings for the rest of your life. I wish you all the best.

[@davidroddie7600]

@@BabyArms Thank you so much! I appreciate your comments and well wishes. I am doing well. I work too much, but who doesn't. Gaming is an art form I never really considered. I mean; I certainly understood that they were art, but I never appreciated the story telling and depth of the media. Having played STALKER and slowly working my way through Knights of the Old Republic, I have a whole new respect for gaming and video game development.

[@zenithquasar9623]

Which Shining Force game version is at 0:57 please? I don't think I have played that one.

[@BabyArms]

I love the Xenogears music you used in here. (You should check out the Xenogears 20th anniversary concert if you haven't already. It's stunning.) JRPGs were my thing as a teen.

[@AvalancheReviews]

OOOOOOO! Never knew that existed! Hell yeah I'll check it out!

[@imwatchingvideoz]

Well hey, I found your channel through this video, so I would absolutely love more obscure JRPG videos. I always love hearing about more than the usual Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest stuff.

[@Reemelix]

You are my favourite new find in KZbin. Funny how you started explaining how you popped in either survival horror or RPGs when you were young. That is 100% me and i know some other channels who are 100% split between these two genres since childhood. (y)

[@AD3SPG]

Honestly I love everything you put out rpg and jrpgs are actually my go to but after seeing your resident evil retrospective I subbed something about your voice and way of explaining is top notch.

[@sozaj]

This channel gives two of my favorite genres the love they deserve: Older style survival horror and old JRPGs.

[@bookimatt]

Talk about Grandia *and* the Growlanser series? You’ve won me over again, man.

[@gonks7071]

As someone new to your channel but loves this kind of content, please for the love of god make more. Idk if this is your first one, but I would love to see more from you as you are already one of my favorite commentators for the genre

[@ricardorachidromangonzalez5784]

the first grandia will always be in my heart, it was the first ever jrpg i pick up back in the day, and man what a journey it was

[@brendanklippenstein3815]

I legitimately thought I was the only human being ever, besides a couple of friends I've long since fell out of contact with, that played Shining Soul. I can absolutely confirm that the multiplayer is a great time. Really threw me back there - I know this video is going to be a banger. I really have to look for my old cartridge. Legend of Dragoon too? Did you look into my childhood? Love it man.

[@AvalancheReviews]

It's awesome seeing so many people sharing love for these less popular games. Like you said, a lot of us thought we were the only ones.

[@kratoscar2008]

Nice to see Growlanser. Lucky news, GL6 has been translated and GL1 is being TLd. So other than the VN sequel, all the series will be available in english.

[@AvalancheReviews]

That's so damn awesome!

[@starblaze27]

Love it when I hear someone talk about Ring of Red. That game never got the respect it deserved and I always wished there was a sequel.

[@Genasidal]

Excited to grab some grub, sit down and watch this! What I will say, in regards to your introduction statement from my personal viewpoint: Even though you've never really talked much about JRPGs since I've been watching, I actually noticed your fondness for the scene with a lot of the "pseudo-references" to popular ones (or at least ones I know of) through fonts, intro inspirations etc. Enough so in fact, to actually check your channel from BEFORE I started watching, to see if you'd ever covered any JRPG type stuff previously, before the Resident Evil and Silent Hill retrospectives! Needless to say, regardless of all of that, to ME at least, as an absolute fan of your content, I could definitely tell you were a JRPG fan, even if it went unspoken on the Survival Horror stuff a lot, so I see this video here is an absolute *WIN*. Again, super excited to grab some monch and watch through all of this tonight! And I wouldn't mind seeing more content on different genres of games you love in the future! Your commentary on any game you cover that I've played/haven't have always been interesting and insightful to me, and even inspired me to go back to older games I used to practically worship as a kid, and pop 'em in for my own "retrospective" take on them, like the entire 3D Legend of Zelda line-up in release order and the Metroid Prime Trilogy! (As well as any of the 2D games I could readily get my hands on!!!) Thanks for the stellar content as always Jared; keep on rocking, - Gen

[@chasonlapointe]

Great video, I keep hoping for a Growlancer collection on the Switch as it's spiritual predecessor Langrisser got a shiny new coat of paint a couple years ago but no dice so far.

[@yqisq6966]

4:19 I played that game as a kid and it was so much fun... I have completely forgotten it if not because of your video... it's sad how we forget things as we grow old...

[@nicklarson6634]

I don't come here for the horror. I don't come here for the survival. I come here for your silky smooth voice.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Well then I've got news! I'm getting voice smoothing surgery. HA!

[@uhhhhhhh6695]

I really enjoyed this list and am going to try out a lot of these. An obscure one i recommend people try out is Phantom Brave. It's a strategy rpg that uses a radius system rather than a grid system and has unique physics stuff (bouncing, sliding, the ability to knock enemies off the map as an alternative to killing them). Also a lot of unit customization and what not. It's probably my favorite srpg. Also, I'm curious what the game is in the intro from 0:22-0:28? The character sprites there caught my interest.

[@Dermetsu]

Anyone know what game is being shown from :56 to 1:07? It looks like Shining Force 1-2, but I don't recognize the characters, monsters, and the color is washed out.

[@SeanSeanson]

Love your retrospectives, but this stuff right here is my type of content! Hope to see more videos like it in the future!

[@ismokemadherb4677]

Haven’t even started this yet but the fact you have growlanser on the cover just jumped you up the list of greatest people ever. Can’t wait to watch this. Keep up the great content and keep up the awesomeness.

[@hunger4wonder]

I loved this. I'd like to see more of these less known and/or underrated games, especially RPGs!

[@yogamerbks]

Man.... man wtf, every video is better than the last, keep the awesome ideas, love the vid 🤠🤠

[@AvalancheReviews]

I will definitely try. Thanks so much!

[@gozucritic4546]

I definitely love the obscure & overlooked games Avalanche Reviews since they made for some amazingly great times in my life.

[@kennuhs]

So many RPG games have many memories attached to them, the time need to complete can almost bookend parts of your life. Legend of Dragoon was mine and my late brothers favorite, I distinctly remember the celebration we would have when completing a disc, and how much of an ass that divine dragon was. I learned recently that BluePoint is working on the remake of LoD, its in good hands. Shining Soul 1 & 2 hold a special place in my heart too, I remember taking a three day train ride with only our phones to keep us preoccupied, so four of us got the MyBoy Emulator and used bluetooth to play four player Shining Soul 2, and also Four Swords of course. A terribly underrated gem in my book, is Lost Odyssey. An RPG with nothing fresh mechanics-wise, but the unique setting, the animated lore segments, and the art by Takehiko Inoue or Slam Dunk and Vagabond Fame made it a sight for sore eyes on the Xbox360. I remember christmas shopping and seeing it in a bargain bin for $6 at gamestop in 2008, I had lost my taste for RPGs at the time, but flicking it aside I noticed the weight that only a four-disc case could have. That alone was why I bought it. And that alone was what rekindled the RPG fan in me. It's a very emotional and weird at times kind of game. Its even ported to XBone, with no disc switching needed, and good graphics for a 15 year old game.

[@Lagamuffin]

This was a great video! I love your enthusiasm on whatever topic you discuss, whether it's survival horror, RPGs or anything else. So please consider a part 2 to this!

[@AvalancheReviews]

Already in the works! I can't wait to get it finished.

[@keyonreese1629]

@@AvalancheReviews Loved this video first time to ur channel won't be my last i need some help identify the game in the intro at 57 secs and the last game at 1:03:13 it's driving me crazy lol thank u.

[@pbjandahighfive]

@30:00 look up the program "z-translate". It can hook into Retroarch (and standalone emulators and basically everything else) and will automatically machine-translate any on-screen foreign language text on the fly by superimposing the translated text over top of the original text in the actual game such that you don't need to constantly be flipping back and forth between applications or have another monitor.

[@XxDarkAdonisxX]

This was a fun video! This is the first I’ve seen from your channel and I’m super into RPGs. Most of these titles I have heard of, but I’m definitely added Grandia 3 and Ring of Red into my backlog. Ring of Red does look super rad

[@omega695]

Nice to see someone talk about the shining series shining force 2 got me into rpgs and it is still one of my favorite games of all time

[@yenoham3265]

Wanted to comment here as it’s the newest video. Thanks for all the great content. I got covid a couple of days ago and have just been watching all your full retrospective videos. By that I mean the 7hr long or so videos. It’s been great! The nostalgia has made me feel better even tho I’m wicked sick.

[@TreeRaper]

I have known NO ONE who knew about Resonance of Fate. I got stuck way late game because the battles became so difficult and grinding for gun parts and money was really torture.

[@threethymes]

I played ROF and got the platinum. Fantastic fun but the arena was some kind of torture.

[@MrHeadshot10101]

A new Avalanche Reviews video on a Friday, this just made my day!

[@Spongeman25]

OMG you talked about one of my favorite RPG games Ring of Red! It's such a unique game and glad it's finally getting coverage!

[@lukeskywalker7079]

this is awesome. i originally found your stuff through your awesome silent hill videos but rpgs have always been my favorite. in answer to your question in the first minute of the video, i would absolutely watch videos of your opinions on the greats with millions of videos cause you've got a better understanding then most. keep it up!

[@fairenoughmedia]

Nice to see the mix up, love some of these

[@SnappleRyRy89]

Oh man this is awesome. Ive been waiting for you to release this since you released the Onimusha tactics video. Also happy to finally see grandia 3 being talked about after constantly seeing it on your 'Trashed Classics" intro haha

[@AvalancheReviews]

Yeah it was about time. HA!

[@16.chapel]

I have played countless JRPGs and somehow never played Suikoden or Legend of dragoon. Upon playing and beating Suikoden 1-3, I loved 2 but 1 ended up becoming one of my favorite games ever. This is a rare feat, and it wouldn't have happened without this video! Slowly chipping my way through all the games in this vid, and they are all great. Thanks so much, love your content.

[@JJRodriguez]

These types of videos are why I subscribed. Missed Trashed Classics, and that's actually why I subbed, and this is as close as I'll get for a while, so it's nice to see you go back to the basics. Thanks, man! Also, hope your move to old Zipangu was painless!

[@AvalancheReviews]

Yeah, i think these multi game videos are sort of the evolution of trashed classics. And the move went......well it's good now and that's all the matters. HA!

[@JJRodriguez]

@@AvalancheReviews The least you could ask for, man. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Suzakuux]

I own several of these and you're making me want to replay or play them so much now, only played one of the Growlanser games of those we got in the west and really thinking of popping one of them to start soon.

[@Cuchulainn90]

Love this variety, always loved your thrashed classics and this feels like a revamp of that in some ways

[@BooshojoSenshi]

I love finding gems like these! Very much enjoyed this video. Hope to see more jrpg content from you in the future!

[@AvalancheReviews]

Nice! I have a potion of another RPG video in the works right now.

[@2996Cloud]

I really like your videos about Survival Horror because it it's a passion of mine no one of my friend shares and now RPGs? Holy cow I love your channel. Glad I found you at 3 am with weird video searches.

[@Dacho_Shaki]

I'd like to see more of these videos in the future. And love the Xenogears music during the intro. It's one of my personal favorite JRPG's that, after playing it on an emulator, made me snatch the copy before the prices went up in an excessive pace. I do like Resonance of Fate. Weird but quite experimental combat system and it's one of the funnier JRPG's I've played.

[@BabyArms]

Xenogears has the best story in any game I've ever played, and the music is Yasunori Mitsuda pretty much at his best (though Chrono Cross's OST was incredible too). Check out the Xenogears 20th Anniversary Concert if you haven't. It's just mesmerizing.

[@churibman]

Still haven't gotten to the end of the video, but before I forget I hope you mention the game at 1:03 because it looks really cool!

[@AvalancheReviews]

Not in this video, but that's FEDA on the sfc.

[@Skai_Art]

Please do more of these, I'd love to play some games you've recommended here in the future!

[@muscahrine]

Pleasantly watching your video with a shoot of nostalgia, wasn't expecting someone to finally give Ring of Red the praises it always deserved This game is an absolute gem

[@evolancer211]

I remember playing Resonance for the first time. I thought it was the coolest looking RPG at that time. The whole steampunk look and that combat!! The whole making lines cross and an absurd amount gymnastics **chefs kiss**

[@FairyRat]

More of this please! I had a blast with this video!

[@Wakkabutler]

Love it Jared. Glad to see you branch out to other titles outside of survival horror. I’m a huge fan of jrpgs and there’s some great gems on here. Suikoden is one of my favorite series too.

[@alexsacchetti9720]

Thanks for giving a shout out to Emerald Dragon! It's a neat little game that more people should give a try.

[@armandof6453]

Absolutely loved this one. Would be very keen to see more!

[@ArcaneEther]

My favorite line from Grandia 2: "Look what the slavish devotion to sanctimonious bloodshed dragged in. What brings you here, or did I answer myself?"

[@nilsnoske6460]

Loved this one. I am always happy to be reminded of Suikoden and to see some roleplaying games I did not know before. :)

[@thelonesage3146]

Suikoden, Legend of Dragoon, and Growlanser were some of the best RPGS I played growing up. I may have been a kid at the time but their impression never left my mind. I thank you for bringing these games into the light. like me and many others have a personal history with these games. I have got a few fond and painful memories of these games and now those memories are coming back, so thank you sir like and sub from me!

[@lilbirdmuse8938]

Suikoden2, Growlanser Gen, and Ring of Red were my some of my big faves over the years. Those games, along with Ogre Battles 64, I still come back to play still to this day. Heck, I wish there were more "squad based tactics games" like Ring of Red. Just watching the mechs pound the others into scrap metal in close combat is so satisfying.

[@Theyreallyfooledyou]

Nanami made me cry too. When I played it blind not knowing there were so many characters to collect and got that ending. Suikoden II is one of my fave games of all time

[@eliv8468]

Nice work on the vid. Takes me back, to my kid years. I remember my brother playing Lunar Silver Star Story and the sequel. Another weird one was Record of Lodoss War for the Dreamcast.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

I love the huge difference in the amount of comments here compared to your videos from two weeks ago. Almost a thousand is a lot more than 90

[@gregr28]

I also happened upon Growlanser Generations, and it is still in my top 10 all time JRPGs. Growlanser 2 my be short, but it has several possible endings (one of which takes the story down an entirely different arc) which gives a ton of replayability. I think I played through it at least 5 times. Resonance of Fate is all kinds of fun... at first. But the combat never evolves. It's exactly the same in the first battle as it is 30 hours in. That made the otherwise awesome and unique combat get stale really fast, so I never could finish it. With how much you like Strategy RPGs, if you haven't played it, you should definitely check out Brigandine on the PS1. It got totally overshadowed because it released at about the same time as FF7, but it's my all time favorite game. It's pretty lacking on story, but MORE than make up for it on the strategy side. Easiest way I can explain it is [Insert Franchise] Tactics meets Pokemon meets Risk. It has near endless replayability.

[@TakeshiInazuma]

I love Growlanser 2 and 3. Still wished I got all the endings for 3. Wished 1 was properly translated.

[@Genethagenius]

I tried soooooo many times to try and understand and get into “Resonance of Fate’s” battle system and just couldn’t. Loved everything else about it (characters, visuals, story). I soooo wish “Wachenroder” would get an English patch like “Shining Force III Scenario 2&3”! And while I love “Suikoden I & II”, “Suikoden V” will always be my favorite!

[@RanTurniphead]

Great video!! I love JRPGs and I didn't know some of the titles mentioned here!