So I've Been Playing: THE LEGEND OF DRAGOON [ Review PS1 ]

[@thorhighheels]

So some of you might be all like "bitch! i've seen this video b4" and to that I say: no, and also shut up. Basically, back in like, mid 2015, I made 3 videos over the time span of two weeks. Besides these already being part of the Slow Talking Era (deep highheels lore this is), I wasn't in a very good place at all during those two weeks, and so these videos ended up being shit. I released them at the time, but privated them about a month later. Considering I only had like a 300 subs back then, I doubt most of you actually have seem them, but truss mi, they bad. One of these was a review for Yakuza 2, which I remade a couple of months after, by cleaning up the script, re-recording the voice over, and then using the OG video to puzzle together a new one. Which went surprisingly well, and it's the same approach I took here, also being a video from that time. The third video however, was a review of Crash Bandicoot 3. Which was SO very very bad, that I remade the whole thing from scratch entirely. That one'll be out sooner or later too. But yeah, I figured I'd be transparent about this and stuff, so there you go. (also there is technically a 4th video from the Sad Slow Voice realm, being my Twin Snakes review, but I genuinely can't be arsed to redo that one, as I should've reviewed the PS1 version in the first place anyway. So it'll remain up on my channel for your viewing displeasure.)

[@moshimoshi1]

Playing this now!

[@hardserpent4672]

This game was such a big part of my childhood, i actually played this before any of the final fantasys and i gotta say i loved the story and cinematics. Wish more people knew about it

[@Isuju]

Played this game on a demo disc in 2000/2001 and was so in love with it that I played the demo over and over, then after forgetting all about it I randomly found the actual game buried in a bargain bin at the checking aisle in Walmart of all places and literally got on my hands and knees to beg my mom to buy it since she was feeling stingy about games at that moment. I even remember the teen checkout clerk telling us it was a really great game lol.

[@girth840]

Wow this is almost exactly my experience with the game.

[@InsidiousOne]

I also played it on a demo disc as a kid, and I hated it. I wasn't into JRPGs as a kid, and didn't know English, so, I guess, I gotta try it again someday.

[@Momentanius]

One of the best combat system that I have ever seen in a PS1 RPG. Great game.

[@airiakizuki5592]

Shana/Miranda are useless in combat though.

[@RoseNZieg]

Level 5 dragoon + mp ring/giganto ring + magic throwables + senerade = op magic.

[@airiakizuki5592]

Merus magic stat is only about 12% worse than Mirandas the difference is shes actually usefull. There is very few instances where the Light element is worthwhile taking a spot in battle. Probably we have different favorites for our main party, getting rid of Dart would be great though.

[@dragoniraflameblade]

My dad would always change between Shanna/Miranda and Lavitz/Albert and keep Rose in the party. When I did a 100% run and found that my best team was Rose, Dart, and Hisershel. I was really surprised at how well it went, especially since I was using as little items as possible (Guard is honestly my favorite command as well as my most hated because of how it can replace healing items).

[@Jack_80]

@@airiakizuki5592 those are so some of the most useful characters in some tough boss fights. they have very useful healing magic and a high agility so they get more turns. it would be nice if they had added a couple of bow additions though.

[@jm_draws7253]

thank you for the dude suplexing a deer.

[@thorhighheels]

courtesy of the anime Nichijou

[@rougepredatorgaming4718]

Dude your review is actually pretty funny. I grew up playing this game so I'm very glad its still getting some attention

[@DiddlyDiPotatoes]

I love that kind of combat in JRPGs. Makes turn based battles a little more engaging.

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah same.

[@Mambo.Canibal]

I think turn based combat belongs in the ps1 era, and I do not miss it at all, sir

[@Jack_80]

@@Mambo.Canibal i do. thankfully we still occasionally get some great ones like persona 5. i don't get why they are so eager to transform the rpg genre into the mediocre action genre. for people who don't like rpgs, there are already plenty of action games they can play.

[@ddubmomo]

The writing was an adorable "mell of a hess" and Elsa Raven needs way more credit for how much her voice adds to the experience and helps to get fully immersed in the world of LoD

[@StarDragonJP]

Yeah, her singing is so good in that song, it's a shame no one knows about her.

[@Jeranhound]

I really love Legend of Dragoon. One of my favorite childhood games. The item limit, by the by, was an arbitrary difficulty change in the western release. The Japanese version had a 99 item limit, if not larger.

[@TarksGauntlet]

Legend of Dragoon > FF7 Fyte mi. But seriously, different strokes for different blokes, but this is hands down my favorite JRPG of all time. Jack of all trades, master of none, but everything is good enough that I literally can't complain at all. My biggest complaint is the fanbase (Which I am a part of) who over-state the games greatness because it often feels understated. The games Hitler option really catapulted it into the upper echelons of gaming.

[@thorhighheels]

I actually played this before FF7, so I probably should love it more. But, FF7 just tickles me in a special kinda way that very few games do. Though the Hitler option does definitely put it a very strong second place at least.

[@DanMoridin]

I have played legend of the dragoon through 3 times now. Have tried 3 different times to play ff7, each time it gets put aside for another game. Been playing RPG's since dragon warrior one for the NES.

[@CaptainPsychopath69]

spiky hair/10

[@u4n_332]

Man I love you. Channels like yours make youtube great.

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks! :)

[@Kaixero]

Remember that time my room mate gave me a gift of his spare copy of legend of dragoon as he was moving out? And after he left I opened it up and there was no disc four? Good times. Actually no, not good times, fuck that guy.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

personally i like legaia more but i think this one holds up more than legaia both of the combat systems are grate though. but dragoons is better

[@StephenLewisUniverse]

I loved this game. I remember watching my older bro play it as a kid and a few years later checking it out for myself. It has some of the coolest battle music in my opinion. The translation is pretty iffy but maybe for the time it was actually ok! I don't remember thinking it was bad as a kid but looking at it now is another story. I do remember the weird pacing you mentionened with CD 2. I sorta like it though for some reason. It felt more laid back than the first CD.

[@Ioselash]

I dunno why but i find the word murderkilled funny.

[@SaberRexZealot]

Fast Alladin Speed Force Detective: So what's the verdict, Chief? Chief: Murderated.

[@Safersephiroth777]

I have played this game back in the day and really liked it. I had a friend who loved it and man he was waiting years to have a sequel that unfortunately never came.

[@Bootleg_Jones]

It was smart to make sure the players didn't have to do too much grinding on the rails. The Tony Hawk games made you do that constantly and it gets tedious fast.

[@TheInfiniteAmo]

"I AM THE UNDERDOG AND I'M GOING TO KILL GOD!"

[@Blighted_Ashes]

Volcano!!!

[@DreamcastTrash]

Double slashhhhh

[@luciolynx5443]

Double smack

[@soully9568]

I beat Sepheroth yesterday and I said "ff7 is an awesome game" however when I played Dragoon I didn't know ff7 even EXSISTED. Legend Of Dragoon was better then ff7.Themes were awesome, additions were cool, and most of all, DRAGOON POWERS.

[@jaycolombiano769]

Cool Dart YT yo I like your comment I total agreed whit you

[@Jack_80]

i played ff7 first and i like them about equally. ff7 was my first rpg ever so the first playthrough of that was more amazing and memorable. my main problem with ff7 is that it's overly easy, i really wish they had added a hard mode to pretty much every ps1 rpg.

[@AnimeCapitalist]

This game had some genuinely memorable parts. Played this game all throughout my childhood

[@dragoniraflameblade]

I tried the Haschel, Dart, Rose team back in my teens and it's WAY better than any other party I've tried. And the system is a bit broken with guard, esp if you over level early on. I barely used Dragoon or items.

[@curtleyrossouw1427]

hi there, try the Dart, Haschel, Meru team, Meru's final addition is so OP, and the fact that she can attack every second or third turn, helps a lot as well.

[@DocDoesGamingTV]

I these videos so much, I can't stop binging

[@madsli]

Thor, will you ever share your high heel collection?

[@t.k.3580]

All level 5 additions for a character unlocks their final attack, which is neat

[@patbone1990]

I am watching all your reviews now. I wanted to see a good ff8 now I'm watching all of the so I've been playing series. Really enjoying them.

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks! Glad to hear you're enjoying them :)

[@Nekucloud]

I LOVE your videos!!!😍

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks. They can be ok I guess.

[@DianaTaffie]

Well, i wanted to play Legend of Dragoon for a long time, but i had really no time to do that, plus i've known only little things about it, like IT'S GREAT and stuff. Thanks for kicking me in the butt with that review c:

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks! Hope you have as much fun playing it as I did.

[@Jessmanseventy7]

Gust of wind dance ftw. My only issues was the button prompts in the snow level made it hard has hell to see

[@MoeHasubandoAbsolver]

The small item inventory is to encourage you to use them ya dip

[@francogamer3468]

Now I'm curious about that old Crash review hahaha

[@thorhighheels]

I might show it one day. Or I'll link it somewhere when I release the remake.

[@KParks]

Gust of wind Dance! Lol

[@jaycolombiano769]

Legend of dragoon is awesome game I love it I recommend it and make a reboot of it whit the tech we have we can make this game better den before

[@musiclover01ization]

Good review, Thor. I've played and beaten The Legend of Dragoon and I've always thought it was an okay game. It's decent but I always thought that it was a bit overrated. The Addition system could feel really tedious after a while and I thought the dialogue in the game could feel really stiff at times. It's not a bad game but it's not as amazing as sone people say it is.

[@Shinochaos]

I want a remake of this game for PS4 uwu

[@sebastianmartinez1843]

PS5

[@bgpixlarn6855]

That feeling when you like spear guy only to find him doing a flower girl move and get replaced by new, fancier spear guy with a different addition timing, thus messing with my muscle memory. Kid me got quite upset and could never quite jive with new and fancy spear guy :(

[@samvimes9510]

Man, I still need to play this game, somehow I missed out on it when I had a PSone. The only time I played it as a kid was very briefly at a demo station in Walmart. I tried playing it on my emulator a few months ago but I just could not get the damn thing to run properly. Guess I could always pick it up for my Vita though if it's still on the store.

[@oveson88]

Wild arms background music eh? Very nice.

[@aledro1828]

I really enoyed this game back in the day. I felt like it could compete with any FF of that era. The combat was really fun. And for me felt more dificult than the FFs, I was really young then so maybe it was me.

[@kessdarkpaw632]

So I paused your video to comment. Not sure if you knew, but each character has a 7 hit addition, gained only by maxing out all your other additions (dart is the only one with 7 additions in total however) my recomendation is get good with 2 characters, and invest in an ultimate war God. Can be obtained fairly early if you grind on the world map (special enemies drop 100+ gp, meaning 100 yellow birds (that have like 4 hp) and its done. 3-4 hours once you have the turn blocker. Use simple additions to grind them, missing one causes attack to miss) and purchased in luskan (or whatever the first trade city shana goes down for) particularly lavitz and.. We'll you know.. Gust of wind dance is HARD (3 play throughs, maybe done it 5 times lol) If you're just good at the additions, no UWG needed, but if any characters give you trouble, it's a good answer

[@kessdarkpaw632]

UWG also works for dragoon attacks lol

[@cal2992]

Miss this game so much

[@MrChickenAndFish]

9:16 what boss is that? I don't recall ever seeing that attack. Looks like it would belong in a Mech game

[@illhumpy8696]

"..Who murder killed his parent's that one time.." this dude kills me 🤣

[@SGVB22]

i remember dragoon being real hard on the bosses later on the evil king guy u get haschels armor from took forever and i got stuck on the anicent dragon boss to get Darts new armor and gave up

[@afterlife72385]

1 of the worst things about this game is the battle system and I loved the battle system so yeah, amazing ass game!

[@asneakylawngnome5792]

Is that wild arms over Legend of Dragoon!? Suuuuubbed!

[@yakamao91]

Always nice to watch a review of this game. Well, it was painfull to watch a lvl 2 dragoon at the third freaking CD. I mean, ok, i am veteran of this game, did it multiple time but damn, you have to make it on purpose to be a lvl 3 dragoon at this this point. What bothered me is two other point. ''Attack Item are op/more powerful than combo'' Nope. You just didn't fully explore the game. The ultimate combo is even stronger than a perfect in dragoon. Wich is... problematic, but still really powerful. And doing a 238% on a attack item is really great, like really really great. But using the combo Volcano at disk 3 is... weak. You can't compare a weak combo to a powerful item, it makes no sense. And come on, ok some of the combo are pretty hard but Death Dance (or whatever the hell is the name in english) is both the 4th combo and not that hard to use. That the second best combo for Dart and you can have it end 1st disc/Beginning 2 disc. But hey, you do what you want. And for the inventory, you can get an item that double it. Yep, 64 item. In the Japanese Version. Because fuck the European and American market, i guess. Still, a nice review.

[@EvtheNev]

Recently sold my copy of this, and I regret it dearly!

[@Jack_80]

you can buy it on the ps3 store for $10.

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

This game has a hip hop option menu theme

[@americanliberal09]

My only pet peeve about this game is that item section is only limited to 32 (which really sucks). I really don't understand why would they do something like this.

[@oveson88]

Yeah i read once the items and accessory numbers were mixed up. Makes sense if you look at armor and weapon inventory its max is 225 pieces and you cant sell anything and items are 34 and you can sell them. Definitely seems like something got mixed up lol.

[@jdloom1468]

@@oveson88 makes a whole lot of sense

[@Jack_80]

@@oveson88 it would be way too overly easy if you could hold a lot more items. the item management is one of the biggest parts of the challenge. if you could hold an infinite # of items like ff, nothing in the game would be a threat.

[@davemarx7856]

Wow!

[@Chelaxim]

It's funny how no reviewer liked this game back in 2000 whether or not North America, Europe or Japan. Yet all these years later people who grew up with the game says it's one of the best games ever created. The epitome of nostalgia goggles.

[@burnttoastburt1467]

Michael Lewis Nah the game is amazing dude. I've played both this and FFVII the story and mechanics are miles better.

[@Chelaxim]

BurntToast Burt I played both games when they were new but while Final Fantasy VII is my favourite game of all time,Legend of Dragoon as much as I enjoyed it is very generic story wise and the addition system gets old really quick. The magic system is broken as hell. And why the hell the two characters with the most voice acting are unnamed npc's? Chapter 2 Platinum Shadow is a slog with too much backtracking.Shana gets an accessory that makes her useful only if you get a single random encounter before you get to Millie Sissue and Miranda doesn't have any character development so to speak.

[@Chelaxim]

KZbin Game Collectors Are Ruining Retro Gaming I like the game but I can admit that it is mediocre. Sorry that my personal opinion is edgy. Also my original post is a fact. Not an opinion not a single critic anywhere in the world thought that TLoD was anything special.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Try Legend of Legaia. Its like jrpg where you combo instead of basic attacks, and you can catch pokemon to use to kill things, basically, but they r monsters, not cute animals. And an antagonist is basically vegeta.

[@Chelaxim]

Mims Zanadunstedt Oh I played it also, it's alright.Nice soundtrack but Vahn needs to put some people in his step when moving Thanks to emulation I have played almost every single JRPG in English from Vay on the Sega CD to Brigandine Legend of the Forsena on PS1. I would give The Legend of Dragoon a 8.5)10 and Legend of Legaia a 8.75/10. I would like to see both franchises be revived.

[@e2rqey]

1:32 Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked....

[@brandonotto3031]

You bran new where u been kid

[@TheRoxieRose]

This game is my definitive PS1 jrpg.

[@travisometimes3126]

I fucking love this guy he lease make a Setsuna and Lost Sphere review

[@erikramirez8422]

why are you still using volcano addition on emperor doel?

[@thorhighheels]

because I wanted to.

[@linklindlink]

Where might I find this original review?

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

any chance of playing saga frontier/wild arms/suikoden/star ocean? cant wait till you eventually play them i'll sub if you do ;)

[@thorhighheels]

Probably. I've been interested in all of them for ages at least.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

I forgot about arc the lad ii too. thats a favorite

[@Peter-qq3io]

This game needs a remake

[@warangelcloud]

The game that made me stay away from FF and why ff13 felt fine.

[@Jack_80]

i don't get it. i can't tell if you like or dislike this game from this comment.

[@noneclass]

1+ like because of the tomba! song

[@StarDragonJP]

Or you could get the Ultimate Wargod accessory & never have to do the additions again

[@fccgfjfv]

Lol I still have the muscle memory for dart p...p...p.p.p.p

[@andwhatshouldtheyknowofpot3414]

i only got half way through disc 2 - did i miss much?

[@YelIowNikes]

play it again

[@kingkong-og4qu]

played a demo way back no a bad game

[@tylerthunder2001]

Legend of Dragoon remake E3 2017 or PSX 2017?

[@wilkinlow]

Tyler Thunder if I become a millionaire one day I'll make one just for the fans

[@Jack_80]

@@wilkinlow i would fund a remastered xenosaga trilogy.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

Personally i love the dragoons

[@airiakizuki5592]

Personally I found them extremely useless outside of maybe 2? occasions.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

oh no i meant character design/concept wise

[@khoitrieu]

Okay dude, what anime was that that you randomly cut to halfway through the video? The one where the old dude suplexs the deer. I must watch. meow.

[@thorhighheels]

It's called Nichijou

[@keithsimpson2685]

As far as PS1 legends go, Legaia beats Dragoon IMHO.

[@pavma7]

Hey pls do a video of the first drakengard.

[@thorhighheels]

i did

[@pavma7]

@@thorhighheels oh really guess Im stupid.

[@hatmoza2027]

Make baby... luul

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

lol dude you need to play star ocean 2

[@ParappatheRapper]

I never liked additions and it's what made me stop playing. Shame too because the story was kind of cool. For me, I just found it really taxing. Sure I could have just not pressed the prompts, but I guess I have an OCD where if it's demanded of me I will attempt. But usually when I sit down for a JRPG I'm looking to just mellow out and, for lack of a better term, just be lazy. I like rhythm games and stuff in the right game but forcing my brain to deal with timing when I'm playing a type of game traditionally known to have timing as one of the last things required... it just sort of lends itself to a taxing sort of gameplay for me. I understand why people like it, and it was an interesting idea, but the added stimuli doesn't do much for me and may as well be a QTE of which I've also never been a fan.

[@blockhasher7957]

as a fan boy of this magnificent game, if you didn't take the time to master every addition to the final addition and the final addition itself for every character, i don't respect you, if you in other playthroughs master each addition for each character at the moon area where you fight micheal, rose's dragon, where an average enemy spawn is more powerful and gives much more exp, which is a Tyrannosaurus rex and therefore has more hp, allowing you to master all these additions, if you then PRE-select what 3 characters you want to move through the game with, with any post playthrough, you will find, that the stats of each character and the number of additions they need to get to the master addition perfectly fits, to the end of the game, making it, with about 95% perfectly executed additions throughout the game, you will always end the game, fighting the final boss, with perfect master additions making you beat, the fucking, shit out of him, with the exception of Darts crush dance which you will play though mastered for a time before you get madness hero as future additions are awarded on base level ups, not mastering additions or dragoon level, making the progression of strength between any 3 chosen characters, perfect in alignment to the end of the game, which means the game makers calculated this shit fucking perfectly, there is NO excuse for NOT mastering all additions, in at least ONE game play, NO, FUCKING, EXCUSE!

[@blockhasher7957]

real nigga shit doe

[@cybershowdown9078]

FF7 pales in comparison to legend of dragoon.

[@RadishDoctor]

Aerith's death is so overrated and I felt like in retrospect, completely pointless. Lavitz death, and later conclusion in the afterlife, was absolutely amazing.

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

I hated this game. Ugly even by the standards of the day, and the battle system felt so uncomfortable to play. Not to mention the derivative boring story.

[@d.sack2727]

You're still coming off as hostile and cocky.