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@@HallowedBeThyGameNot a JRPG, but I invite you to dive into the world of “ Fear & Hunger 2: Termina “ a disturbing horror RPG with unique turn based combat… it’s a one of a kind experience.
Great list dude. Many of my top favorites as well. You got me emotional every time you started talking about your brother as I had that same relationship with mine. My youngest brother almost passed away from ketoacidosis and just playing some of his gamed gets me choked up now thinking about what could have happened. Moments like that make you appreciate life that much more. Take it easy dude. Definitely earned a subscriber
Thank you so much and I’m so terribly sorry you have all had to go through that… so scary and happy things worked out! Welcome to the community and I hope you have a wonderful week!
The Square/Nintendo relationship of the 90s gave us great games. The one that got me into jrpgs was FF4 (FF2 in the States). Great story. Great characters. And an ending that just made me have a moment of silence.
Only cause you said square/Nintendo and I have nobody else to vent to.. to this day I PRAY Square enix colabs like they did with Disney and get a kingdom hearts scope game with Nintendo characters. That's my dream. Turn based or action doesn't matter I'd just love a game like that. Hell could even be a smash bros spin off where they hop multi game worlds to fight a great evil. That is all, thank you for listening to my TED talk.
@@byronbarrientos8471Funnily enough, KH was created because the Square devs saw Mario 3D on the N64 for the first time and wanted to create a rival game that could keep up with Mario. And they chose Mickey Mouse since he's even more recognizable than Mario. Also, they initially had Dissidia planned as a Kingdom Hearts game, but since Mickey couldn't be in a beat-em-up game, they switched to FF characters, instead.
My top 3 is Grandia 2, Final Fantasy 6 and Skies of Arcadia, . Congratulations on 30k subscribers but you deserve much more , the quality of your content is always superb.
Congrats Hallowed on 30K Subs!! Just a matter of time for you to reach that. Congrats as well for the Atlus sponsorship! Well deserved m8! Quite a list here! Legend of Dragoon and FFVII is my jam as well. Some of these I haven't played but in a pick up list, like SMTV and Persona 5. Awesome vid, Hallowed! Keep rocking my dude 🍻👍
I thought maybe I saw ffx through the nostalgia goggles, so I replayed and man; it really is solid all the way around. And the story is SO distinctly Japanese, with all of the characteristic weirdness that entails. Absolute classic 🎉
I feel like I'm the only person to have Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean in their top 10 JRPGs. Absolutely core childhood memory, pure nostalgic, and was the most unique combat system to me playing it. Also the endless side quests and fun systems of trapping magnus and using it on another item to open secrets/etc was so new and interesting.
Pretty solid list for turn based RPGs, I’d have probably squeezed in Suikoden II & Final Fantasy Tactics somewhere for my list as those are two of my favorite of all time alongside Xenogears.
This is a fantastic list, but if there's one game I'm always stoked you mention, it's Radiant Historia. I can't believe how many people have not experienced the majesty of that game. I played the original DS version, but haven't started the 3DS version yet. Either way... The combat, characters, music, atmosphere, and combat are all top notch. If anyone reads this, and HASN'T played it, you absolutely owe it to yourself to do so. RH NEEDS a switch port! Great video, and list as always!
Yeah Joel you must ask me once a month if I've played RH yet and nope, still haven't lol! But if they they ever port it to the Switch or other modern consoles? I'll be the 1st in line to buy it since you've praised it so much!
I think alot of people miss this game because the 3DS would release AMAZING games every months. The truth is that Radian Historia (the 3DS remake) was my favorite JRPG on the 3DS. Just talking about it i want to go back and play it again.
Thanks for the list and congrats on the sponsored video! I still need to try 3 games on your list that I've never played. Legend of Dragoon, Xenogears, and SMT V. It's been so packed with games that I'm not sure when I'll be able to squeeze them in.
Saw this was a 30-minute video and planned on watching just a few segments. Ended up watching the whole thing. Great list, compelling coverage on each. Had me nodding my head on the games I played, and itching to check out the ones I haven't.
Great list Ren! Mine would be a bit different, but all of these are respectable choices. Man, I'm SO behind on finishing my RPGs! For lists like this, I like to break them down by system: 1) Dragon Warrior 3, NES 2) FF4, SNES 3) Phantasy Star 4, Genesis 4) Breath of Fire 3, PS1 5) SMT 3, PS2 6) Golden Sun Duology, GBA 7) Chrono Trigger, NDS 8) SMT Devil Survivor OC, 3DS 9) Persona 5 Royal, PS4 (I STILL haven't finished it though!) 10) SMT 5, Switch (OR THIS ONE 😂) As always, this list is subject to change based on my mood. Also, these are my favorites; the 'BEST' games would be largely different, but these are the ones that made the most impact on ME when I played them.
My list: 10. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance 9. Dragon Quest V 8. Nier: Automata 7. Fire Emblem Awakening 6. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC 5. Xenoblade Chronicles 4. Persona 4 3. Suikoden II 2. Chrono Trigger 1. Final Fantasy VI Honorable mentions for Radiant Historia, Skies of Arcadia, Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna, Persona 5, Dragon Quest XI, Octopath Traveler II, Secret of Mana, Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden III, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Tales of Berseria, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Final Fantasy X, and Golden Sun.
I wholeheartedly agree that all these games are amazing, must play games for JRPG fans, but limiting how many games per franchise would've helped spread the love. One game I am totally fell in love with was Yakuza 7/Like A Dragon 7/Yakuza: Like A Dragon, whatever you want to call it. For anyone that hasn't played it, if you like turn based JRPGs, I can say without a doubt that you will come to at least like it if not love like I do. I've probably played through it 3-4 times already, just so I can be with those characters in that world and using the systems and mechanics to interact with them. And I can confidently say I will be playing through it again before playing the next instalment
Radiant Historia! I played Perfect Chronology on the 3DS for the first time a couple of years back and...wow. I can't believe I never played it sooner. It was sooooo much fun. I definitely need to go back and play it again. Nice video! Some great games in here!
Fantastic video!!! Also, OMG YES to games being favourites because of how they made you feel. This is what I am all about. That explains all of my favourite games!!!
Dude, huge congratulations to you for that recognition from Atlus, that's BIG! Thank you for the great video, I have a little overlap with you, most notably I'd have legend of heroes and Ys games in there. Still SMT V I am 100% with you, to this day I still hum the music from the Shiva fight!
Congrats on 30K + subs! It's totally deserved! And what a fantastic list! There's only 1 series that I think I've never heard you mentioned before and it's Suikoden? Have you ever played any of them? It's my favorite series and Suikoden 2 is my favorite game of all time! Doing those top 10 lists are hard to do because besides my top 3 the rest of them can all move depending on how I feel on a certain day! So here's my Top 3: Suikoden 2 (PS1), Dragon Force (Saturn), Parasite Eve (PS1). But 1 game this year that completely made me question revisiting my Top 25 list is Sea of Stars... Holy Hell what a game that was! You talk about emotions in games well that one definitely made feel something and it's rare that it happens! Have you heard and or tested the HD Texture Packs for emulators on PC? Because one was made for Xenogears by a fan and it's impressive! Great video and keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for all the support and it’s genuinely a blast chatting about games with you! I sadly haven’t played Suikoden series yet but will be there day 1 for the remasters! They look incredible 🤩 also Sea of Stars would absolutely make this list if it went up to 25, that game is something special and an instant classic!
Was looking at your thumbnails, and couldn’t understand how you didn’t have FFVII on the list. So glad I was wrong. Subscribed. Great list! A lot I still haven’t had a chance to play, though I have the hardware. This video is pushing me to pick some of these up, thanks!
My first persona game was vanilla persona 5, bought it on the PlayStation store on sale for 10 bucks. I was blown away by the presentation, story, characters, music…one of my favorite video games of all time!
Such a great list! So many incredible games and like you’ve mentioned, the task of picking the games and leave so many great games out is such a difficult task! Hearing you talk about how much the gameplay and combat system impact on the overall how the JRPG works and how it’s essential to keep the player into continuing the game is so true! You gave the example in Crono Trigger active battle system, or the materia system in FFVII, so true! Have you played the Grandia 2 game? For me it has the best battle system on a turn based game it feels so natural organic, it’s such a shame imo that I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere else. And since the first time I’ve played it I kept wondering how the Pokémon games would feel with a blend of Grandia 2’s battle system blended with the Active Battle of Crono Trigger. Maybe I should create a interactive demo of how it would be and see if people would like it as much as I picture it in my mind and who knows at some point we get a game like this in the franchise
Hey man great video! I remember playing FF7 back in the day and man oh man I Was hooked into that story something crazy right off the bat, it just completely captured me, I remember it being so exciting getting off the train at the beginning and running through fighting with Barret and the crowd haha, brilliant game and story. I'm actually just about to pick up the new steam deck oled for the purpose of chilling out away from the pc desk to play through all the Final Fantasy games as I've yet to play/complete a good number of them! After the FF's are all done I will be looking for the next JRPG series to get stuck in to!
Great list! I definitely need to check out Radiant Historia. It gets brought up a lot in lists and I just never have gotten the motivation to get into it before.
What a great and surprisingly emotional video. It reminded me of the times I shared with my brothers and sisters playing various games while sharing a save file. We can’t find the time to play anymore.
It’s really hard to choose between smt v, fire emblem three houses and y’’s8 the lacrimosa of dana But i would choose y’’s 8, everything about it is perfect, the story the combat the gameplay the characters, i love it
Awesome video and top 10 list 🤩🔥 Out if this list, I’ve only tried the first couple hours of DQ XI. I’ve gotta try some of these other games especially an FF game and Chrono Trigger since they’re classics and GOATed JRPGs. SMT V and P5 I gotta play as well!! I’m sorry for the loss of your brother. That you had a soul healing experience playing FFX is nice to hear.
Got radiant historia in my backlog and definitely got to get to it soon. A couple different ones from my list is trails of cold steel and golden sun 1-2
Does Vandal Hearts count? That was my first and favorite. I also like Yakuza 7. Haven't played many others. What's on Game pass that I should check out?
I would definitely add Lunar Silver Star Story Complete and Legend of Legaia. If you haven’t played legend of legaia i would definitely recommend as though the combat isn't groundbreaking, its still a lot of fun choosing high, low, left, and right and discovering special attacks hidden behind certain combinations. Then add that you dont learn any spells, you just have a small chance to absorb enemies when landing a killing blow and can then summon them as spells later. It also blew me and my brothers mind in the age of the PS1 with your equipment changing the way your characters looked in combat.
Dude. I think you have almost the same taste in RPGs as I do. Great list!! I was watching like agree, agree, agree and then you got to Radiant Histora. Super agree!! That game surprised me so much that I first played it on the DS and went out a bought a 3ds just to play the 3ds version with the voiced dialogue. Top 5 best rpg of all time!
I Love Everything about Xenogears and because of just how good the story, Writing and Music and themes featured make it hard to believe sometimes that it came out in 1998?!? Absolutely incredible Game! I just wish there was more to it and that it was finished..
@@ValcristX imo Xenogears has some of, if not, THE BEST OST of an RPG from that Time period? Hell, it has better music than a lot of games today.!! The tunes are all nostalgic, and very fitting for the areas of the game that they are played in. I just wish there were more…
I can't believe you've done this to me... having to choose?! Your list is fantastic. We have some crossover with Radiant Historia and FF6. Both of those games are in my list for pretty much the reasons you listed. Here are a couple of games that jumped out at me when i first thought of when asked this question. - Persona 4: by the time this game came out i was already a SMT fan and had bought a few of their previous titles (like P3). P4 has a great cast, interesting dungeons, the social link system and the press turn combat. I also loved the thought that was put into the design and decisions behind the characters and their Tarot designations. Dragon quest 6: fragments of a forgotten past. ....i am a sucker for job systems. This game is a slow burn... but i appreciate that this game took its time without feeling padded. Gave me room to explore and get to know the cast while also letting me explore the different jobs. Final Fantasy Tactics. Job system? This is the game that introduced me to that mechanic and I loved trying to break the game. First game i ever put more than 100 hours into. At this point i would refining the war ofb the lions version over the original but both are great. Last but not least Star ocean 2nd story (and potentially the remake). This was my absolute favorite game for a long time. The various party members, the 2 story lines... the private actions that let you see everyone interact... then there's the combat and the crafting systems that are so well done. There's so much to chew on in the game. I could talk about it forever Honorable mentions: Suikoden 1, chained echoes and valkyrie profile
What a game makes u feel…i agree. And God rest your brother. I still have mine but thinking of losing him or not having gotten to the adult finish line is crushing me. Subbed.
Such great choices. Final Fantasy X was my very first JRPG, wow what a journey. Xenogears along with FFX are the only games to date where I shed multiple tears at the ending. I just finished Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology, absolutely incredible!!! FF6 is my favorite of the old school FF titles, FFVII original was great for me until we left Midgar. The story sort of spiraled out of control for me. This was after playing Final Fantasy Tactics.
Interesting thoughts on FFVII...I also thought the story became a bit messy and the graphics...dear god, it might be the ugliest JRPG i've ever seen - both in the blocky polygons and the bleak steampunk setting of the Midgar world. The modern remake is beautifully crafted in the graphics and world building department but again, I found the story lacking and I didn't really care for most of the characters.
Nice list! Reminds me I need to go play Radiant Historian. I pre-ordered the 4ds version and promptly forgot about it. Oops. I’d probably put Nocturne over SMT V just because I like the setting and the creative dungeons over the large areas of V. And I would have found a spot for Suikoden II somewhere.
God bless you brother. I share very very similar memories with The Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy 10 (I cried when I replayed it last year), and of course Final Fantasy 7! My all time favorite not just JRPG but game of all time!
Very little experience in the JRPG genre. Played persona 4 golden and recently finished P5R. 100+ hours of just pure excellence and fully support it as a contender for top soundtracks of all time Have SMT V and FF7 so those will be moving up on my backlog. Thanks for the video
Solid list, though most of these picks were pretty easy to see coming lol. Anyways, my own top 10 JRPGs would be (I know you said only turn-based games, but eh): 10. *Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride* 9. *Persona 4 Golden* 8. *Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology* 7. *Yakuza 0* 6. *Chrono Trigger* 5. *Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King* 4. *Suikoden II* 3. *Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door* 2. *Skies of Arcadia Legends* 1. *Tales of Symphonia*
Amazing list my guy, good mix of old and new. The late 90’s early 00’s have some of the best JRPG’s, you could have easily just filled the list with games from that era lol but Persona 5 and DQ11 definitely deserve their praise.
Hey, sorry to hear about your brother. I lost my brother almost two years ago and can kinda understand what you feel. Great list, thanks for the video :)
SMT V made me enjoy jrpgs once again. I stopped playing an jrpg to play smt v asap. Its that good. Such a fun game and a must play/must finish on the switch
Lost Odyssey is top of my list. Also definitely one of the later Tales games like Berseria and also FFIX. What else would be on this depends how I am feeling.
Great list!! Mine have a lot of overlap with yours, but in different positions, also my favorite is, and always be, Breath of Fire IV. I have so much love for that game, I just wish CAPCOM bring back the franchise.
Love this list! Great to see the Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Trigger, FFVI, and FFVII all on the same list! It sounds like I need to check out the Persona series. Cheers and rock on!
Start with persona 4 golden before you play persona 5. 4 is the superior game. It has the better story, the better music and the better cast of characters. While 5 is more slick, stylized and has the better dungeons, in every other regard it feels like a second rate attempt at a copy of what 4 did right.
@ChicagoRetroGamer ignore him tbh. There is so much contention between fans as to which is the beat you can only really decide for yourself. I would suggest p5 first as it is more modern and approachable, however p4 golden is absolutely fantastic as well
@@mcbill7352 If you play 4 first you can see all the ways 5 tried and failed at copying the successes of 4. 4 has the better cast of characters, the better setting and a better and tighter story. The goal and mission of 4 is logically consistent as well. 5 tries to recreate the Scooby gang effect of 4 but doesn't take the care in the story to properly do it. 5's story is such an inconsistent mess that the main cast questions whether they are the villains and never produce a good answer because the morality of 5 is a giant rats nest of nonsense. What they grapple with in 4 is a murder mystery in a small town. What they grapple with in 5 is justifying brainwashing people for their own admittedly ill begotten ideology. In 5 you are doing a Stepford wives to people and justifying it without any real thought or explanation greater than because we say so. It's the same logic people have used to justify eugenics which is why people with any understanding see it as evil no matter how virtuous or pure the people employing it claim to be. Like many things modern, persona 5 is bells and whistles with rat turds inside and persona 4 is a masterpiece in aged and weathered graphics and procedurally generated dungeons. Start with 4 it's masterfully efficient and has no wasted moments. It is much more about substance and it's music is also masterpiece quality.
smt v is brutal hard (on hard) boss fights is like chess with skills, need to plan action and reaction like 5-6 turns ahead to not loose loop of second action or you dead xd it's like walking on thin line
You like LOD battle system? Check out Shadow Hearts which improves on a timing aspect with a 3 turn timing wheel. It is also extremely dark and would definitely be on my top ten list.
I played Final Fantasy VII for over 900 hrs. That game really sucked me into it's world. I was trying to find my old saves I had on my memory card but it got lost somehow. :(
FF6 >>> FF7. FF7 was fortunate to find itself in a new generational stage and in the prime of the Play Station age, which allowed it to reach a larger audience. Sadly, FF6 was the opposite. When it didn't even have the name that corresponded to it called FF3 in the West and no one expected anything from it, not even Nintendo... Even so, with a small fan base compared to FF7, those of us who were lucky enough to play it know that with only 16 bits it can handle consoles twice as large...
Picking a top 10 is always tough, and of the ones I have played that are on this list, I can't really argue about the selection. I haven't played Legend of Dragoon, DragonQuest XI, or Shin Megami Tensei V (all are on the to play pile), but I would have Trails in the Sky SC, Suikoden II, and Chrono Cross on this list.
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My Top 10 JRPG of All Time are: 1. Persona 5 Royal 2. Persona 4 Golden 3. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 Including Future Redeems 4. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition 5. Fire Emblem Three Houses 6. Lost Odyssey 7. FF7 8. FF9 9. Triangle Strategy 10. Fire Emblem Engage
All these years later I'm still holding out hope that Legend of Dragoon will get a faithful remake. I have a backlog on gmaes that I'm currently playing through, but when I have free time I'll definitely be downloading the OG game on my PS5 and reliving my childhood
Had to give you a like because I agree with your #1 and 2. 2 of the best jrpgs I’ve ever played. Also I agree that Persona 5 as 1 of the best soundtracks of all time.
Xenogears is so good that it’s just hard to put into words. It’s the best mech seinin manga imaginable rolled into a game for the ages. My 3 favorite pieces of fiction is Berserk (manga), Xenogears, and Lostbelt 6 in Fate grand Order
Nice to see SMT5 getting some love, personally DQ8 is still my favourite of the series and FFX was the last great FF imo. No Phantasy Star games is an oversight but maybe you missed that era.
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The game looks great, might need to buy it next year or so, the style reminds me a bit of Code Name STEAM. 💯
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@@DarioKalen_Kagenuithanks a ton, I truly appreciate it! And yeah Code name Steam is so fun!
@@HallowedBeThyGame Bluepoint? They'd turn Dart into a gay black man.
@@HallowedBeThyGameNot a JRPG, but I invite you to dive into the world of “ Fear & Hunger 2: Termina “ a disturbing horror RPG with unique turn based combat… it’s a one of a kind experience.
Legit I thought you put on the list above Chrono Trigger 😂
The Legend of Dragoon Needs an Remake
And bring back the abandoned sequel
I loved that shit growing up
Is this the one where you breed different monster types ?
Best game ever.
@@VietPhonah man. Maybe thats SMT you mean.
As much as I love the persona/smt franchise, considering the sponsorship, I find it a bit too much to put 3 atlus games in the "top 10 of all time".
Great list dude. Many of my top favorites as well. You got me emotional every time you started talking about your brother as I had that same relationship with mine. My youngest brother almost passed away from ketoacidosis and just playing some of his gamed gets me choked up now thinking about what could have happened. Moments like that make you appreciate life that much more. Take it easy dude. Definitely earned a subscriber
Thank you so much and I’m so terribly sorry you have all had to go through that… so scary and happy things worked out! Welcome to the community and I hope you have a wonderful week!
Your commentary on FFX & VII made me teary eyed - thanks for sharing your story and your picks!
Thank you so much for your kindness and watching!
The Square/Nintendo relationship of the 90s gave us great games. The one that got me into jrpgs was FF4 (FF2 in the States). Great story. Great characters. And an ending that just made me have a moment of silence.
Only cause you said square/Nintendo and I have nobody else to vent to.. to this day I PRAY Square enix colabs like they did with Disney and get a kingdom hearts scope game with Nintendo characters. That's my dream. Turn based or action doesn't matter I'd just love a game like that. Hell could even be a smash bros spin off where they hop multi game worlds to fight a great evil. That is all, thank you for listening to my TED talk.
@@byronbarrientos8471Funnily enough, KH was created because the Square devs saw Mario 3D on the N64 for the first time and wanted to create a rival game that could keep up with Mario. And they chose Mickey Mouse since he's even more recognizable than Mario.
Also, they initially had Dissidia planned as a Kingdom Hearts game, but since Mickey couldn't be in a beat-em-up game, they switched to FF characters, instead.
My top 3 is Grandia 2, Final Fantasy 6 and Skies of Arcadia, . Congratulations on 30k subscribers but you deserve much more , the quality of your content is always superb.
grandia 2 is my favorite, i love the characters the most
@@monicakislo7845 Ryudo, Elena , Millenia, Mareg, Tio , Melfice, Roan , Gatta love then all too.
Congrats Hallowed on 30K Subs!! Just a matter of time for you to reach that. Congrats as well for the Atlus sponsorship! Well deserved m8!
Quite a list here! Legend of Dragoon and FFVII is my jam as well. Some of these I haven't played but in a pick up list, like SMTV and Persona 5.
Awesome vid, Hallowed! Keep rocking my dude 🍻👍
Thanks a ton! And I cannot wait to hear what ya think of SMTV and Persona 5! Hope you enjoy them and thanks for all the support!
The sprites of Chronotrigger. 😍 I played the PS1 at a friend's house and was always envious of her game selection.
Such fun memories!
If they remastered or even ported Radiant Historia to the Switch, I would buy it day one full stop. This game is 100% must play.
I completely agree!
My favorite is probably the one that got me into JRPG is FFX. The story of FFX just kept twisting my heart and it’s just so good man.
It really is that good
I thought maybe I saw ffx through the nostalgia goggles, so I replayed and man; it really is solid all the way around. And the story is SO distinctly Japanese, with all of the characteristic weirdness that entails. Absolute classic 🎉
I feel like I'm the only person to have Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean in their top 10 JRPGs. Absolutely core childhood memory, pure nostalgic, and was the most unique combat system to me playing it. Also the endless side quests and fun systems of trapping magnus and using it on another item to open secrets/etc was so new and interesting.
Wow…I’ve never come across another streamer with a top 10 list so incredibly close to my own.
Subscribed 💯
Wow, thanks! So cool!
Pretty solid list for turn based RPGs, I’d have probably squeezed in Suikoden II & Final Fantasy Tactics somewhere for my list as those are two of my favorite of all time alongside Xenogears.
I’m really stoked to play suikoden with the remasters!
Final Fantasy Tactics is fantastical.
Agree. Suikoden 2 needs a spot!
This is a fantastic list, but if there's one game I'm always stoked you mention, it's Radiant Historia. I can't believe how many people have not experienced the majesty of that game. I played the original DS version, but haven't started the 3DS version yet. Either way... The combat, characters, music, atmosphere, and combat are all top notch. If anyone reads this, and HASN'T played it, you absolutely owe it to yourself to do so. RH NEEDS a switch port! Great video, and list as always!
I’m so happy another mega Radiant Historia fan is watching. It really deserves to be a massive staple for JRPGs! Truly a game I will always love!
Yeah Joel you must ask me once a month if I've played RH yet and nope, still haven't lol! But if they they ever port it to the Switch or other modern consoles? I'll be the 1st in line to buy it since you've praised it so much!
An amazing game. I always recommend this and radiata stories to jrpg fans
I recently found out the ppl that worked on it also worked on Radiata Stories.
I think alot of people miss this game because the 3DS would release AMAZING games every months. The truth is that Radian Historia (the 3DS remake) was my favorite JRPG on the 3DS. Just talking about it i want to go back and play it again.
Thanks for the list and congrats on the sponsored video!
I still need to try 3 games on your list that I've never played. Legend of Dragoon, Xenogears, and SMT V. It's been so packed with games that I'm not sure when I'll be able to squeeze them in.
Thanks so much! I’d love to hear what ya think of them if you pick them up and try them!
Saw this was a 30-minute video and planned on watching just a few segments. Ended up watching the whole thing. Great list, compelling coverage on each. Had me nodding my head on the games I played, and itching to check out the ones I haven't.
Awesome, thank you!
My wallet is lighter this morning because I couldn't wait to buy Radiant Historia.
Great list Ren!
Mine would be a bit different, but all of these are respectable choices.
Man, I'm SO behind on finishing my RPGs!
For lists like this, I like to break them down by system:
1) Dragon Warrior 3, NES
2) FF4, SNES
3) Phantasy Star 4, Genesis
4) Breath of Fire 3, PS1
5) SMT 3, PS2
6) Golden Sun Duology, GBA
7) Chrono Trigger, NDS
8) SMT Devil Survivor OC, 3DS
9) Persona 5 Royal, PS4 (I STILL haven't finished it though!)
10) SMT 5, Switch (OR THIS ONE 😂)
As always, this list is subject to change based on my mood. Also, these are my favorites; the 'BEST' games would be largely different, but these are the ones that made the most impact on ME when I played them.
Love your list! Gosh I am so excited to play Phantasy Star 4. It looks so amazing and a timeless classic. Thanks for sharing your list!
Nice to see some love for Radiant Historia!
It's so good!
My list:
10. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
9. Dragon Quest V
8. Nier: Automata
7. Fire Emblem Awakening
6. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
5. Xenoblade Chronicles
4. Persona 4
3. Suikoden II
2. Chrono Trigger
1. Final Fantasy VI
Honorable mentions for Radiant Historia, Skies of Arcadia, Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna, Persona 5, Dragon Quest XI, Octopath Traveler II, Secret of Mana, Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden III, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Tales of Berseria, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Final Fantasy X, and Golden Sun.
I wholeheartedly agree that all these games are amazing, must play games for JRPG fans, but limiting how many games per franchise would've helped spread the love. One game I am totally fell in love with was Yakuza 7/Like A Dragon 7/Yakuza: Like A Dragon, whatever you want to call it. For anyone that hasn't played it, if you like turn based JRPGs, I can say without a doubt that you will come to at least like it if not love like I do. I've probably played through it 3-4 times already, just so I can be with those characters in that world and using the systems and mechanics to interact with them. And I can confidently say I will be playing through it again before playing the next instalment
Radiant Historia! I played Perfect Chronology on the 3DS for the first time a couple of years back and...wow. I can't believe I never played it sooner. It was sooooo much fun. I definitely need to go back and play it again. Nice video! Some great games in here!
That's awesome! Radiant Historia is truly one for the history books!
Fantastic video!!! Also, OMG YES to games being favourites because of how they made you feel. This is what I am all about. That explains all of my favourite games!!!
I’m so happy I’m not alone there! That really is just the most important thing to me.
Dude, huge congratulations to you for that recognition from Atlus, that's BIG! Thank you for the great video, I have a little overlap with you, most notably I'd have legend of heroes and Ys games in there. Still SMT V I am 100% with you, to this day I still hum the music from the Shiva fight!
Thank you so much! Yeah Shivas theme is next level. Gosh yeah Ys and LoH deserve to be on anyone’s top 10. Fantastic picks!
Congrats on 30K + subs! It's totally deserved! And what a fantastic list! There's only 1 series that I think I've never heard you mentioned before and it's Suikoden? Have you ever played any of them? It's my favorite series and Suikoden 2 is my favorite game of all time! Doing those top 10 lists are hard to do because besides my top 3 the rest of them can all move depending on how I feel on a certain day! So here's my Top 3: Suikoden 2 (PS1), Dragon Force (Saturn), Parasite Eve (PS1). But 1 game this year that completely made me question revisiting my Top 25 list is Sea of Stars... Holy Hell what a game that was! You talk about emotions in games well that one definitely made feel something and it's rare that it happens! Have you heard and or tested the HD Texture Packs for emulators on PC? Because one was made for Xenogears by a fan and it's impressive! Great video and keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for all the support and it’s genuinely a blast chatting about games with you! I sadly haven’t played Suikoden series yet but will be there day 1 for the remasters! They look incredible 🤩 also Sea of Stars would absolutely make this list if it went up to 25, that game is something special and an instant classic!
I also love the suikoden series with 2 being my favorite
Nice list! I would add Golden Sun for sure.
Great list. Thanks for sharing!
Early video from our man Ren!? Let's go!
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This is a great list! But for me it’s very hard to make a top 10 list because there’s so many great JRPGs specially in the 90s era, like Suikoden II
Very true!
Was looking at your thumbnails, and couldn’t understand how you didn’t have FFVII on the list. So glad I was wrong. Subscribed. Great list! A lot I still haven’t had a chance to play, though I have the hardware. This video is pushing me to pick some of these up, thanks!
My first persona game was vanilla persona 5, bought it on the PlayStation store on sale for 10 bucks. I was blown away by the presentation, story, characters, music…one of my favorite video games of all time!
1st time ofc, final fantasy 6 is the bestf or me
Great list. Have you played any of the Suikoden, Wild Arms, Shadow Hearts, Breath of Fire, or Grandia series?
Such a great list! So many incredible games and like you’ve mentioned, the task of picking the games and leave so many great games out is such a difficult task!
Hearing you talk about how much the gameplay and combat system impact on the overall how the JRPG works and how it’s essential to keep the player into continuing the game is so true! You gave the example in Crono Trigger active battle system, or the materia system in FFVII, so true!
Have you played the Grandia 2 game? For me it has the best battle system on a turn based game it feels so natural organic, it’s such a shame imo that I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere else. And since the first time I’ve played it I kept wondering how the Pokémon games would feel with a blend of Grandia 2’s battle system blended with the Active Battle of Crono Trigger. Maybe I should create a interactive demo of how it would be and see if people would like it as much as I picture it in my mind and who knows at some point we get a game like this in the franchise
Grandia 2 was such a great game ❤
Hey man great video! I remember playing FF7 back in the day and man oh man I Was hooked into that story something crazy right off the bat, it just completely captured me, I remember it being so exciting getting off the train at the beginning and running through fighting with Barret and the crowd haha, brilliant game and story. I'm actually just about to pick up the new steam deck oled for the purpose of chilling out away from the pc desk to play through all the Final Fantasy games as I've yet to play/complete a good number of them!
After the FF's are all done I will be looking for the next JRPG series to get stuck in to!
Great list man, great video period. I’m glad I found your channel.
Great list. I locked down Ann in P5R but I had a hard time choosing between Makoto, Hifumi, and Chihuya. But I ran with my Panther :)
Great list! I definitely need to check out Radiant Historia. It gets brought up a lot in lists and I just never have gotten the motivation to get into it before.
Thank you and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it if you give it a go!
@@HallowedBeThyGame I will definitely look up a let’s play of it. Nowadays I don’t play games. I just watch Let’s Players like it’s Netflix. Haha
What a great and surprisingly emotional video. It reminded me of the times I shared with my brothers and sisters playing various games while sharing a save file. We can’t find the time to play anymore.
It’s really hard to choose between smt v, fire emblem three houses and y’’s8 the lacrimosa of dana
But i would choose y’’s 8, everything about it is perfect, the story the combat the gameplay the characters, i love it
Ys 8 is so incredible!
Subscribed due to your 3ds list. And one of the best handles of all time. 🙏🏽 lol so good.
Awesome video and top 10 list 🤩🔥 Out if this list, I’ve only tried the first couple hours of DQ XI. I’ve gotta try some of these other games especially an FF game and Chrono Trigger since they’re classics and GOATed JRPGs. SMT V and P5 I gotta play as well!! I’m sorry for the loss of your brother. That you had a soul healing experience playing FFX is nice to hear.
Thanks man and I’d love to hear what ya think of those games if you ever get a chance to play them! Thanks for watching my friend
Great list. Such amazing games. 🔥💖
Glad you like them! And thank you!
Top-Notch video. Great list. Great thumbnail 👀
Glad you liked it!
Got radiant historia in my backlog and definitely got to get to it soon. A couple different ones from my list is trails of cold steel and golden sun 1-2
Does Vandal Hearts count? That was my first and favorite.
I also like Yakuza 7. Haven't played many others. What's on Game pass that I should check out?
Hey man, hope all is well. Great list and breakdown!! Much appreciated.
Thanks, you too! I’m doing great and hope you are as well!
@HallowedBeThyGame you definitely do a great job when you explain things about the games. Thanks again.
I would definitely add Lunar Silver Star Story Complete and Legend of Legaia.
If you haven’t played legend of legaia i would definitely recommend as though the combat isn't groundbreaking, its still a lot of fun choosing high, low, left, and right and discovering special attacks hidden behind certain combinations. Then add that you dont learn any spells, you just have a small chance to absorb enemies when landing a killing blow and can then summon them as spells later. It also blew me and my brothers mind in the age of the PS1 with your equipment changing the way your characters looked in combat.
Thanks for the recommendation!
My JRPG playing grandma and I watched this video, and I was glad to see P5R and FF6 ranked so high as they're definitely up there for me!
That’s so awesome! Your grandma sounds like the coolest!!!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Dude. I think you have almost the same taste in RPGs as I do. Great list!! I was watching like agree, agree, agree and then you got to Radiant Histora. Super agree!! That game surprised me so much that I first played it on the DS and went out a bought a 3ds just to play the 3ds version with the voiced dialogue. Top 5 best rpg of all time!
Hey, thanks! Radiant Historia is so incredible! Psyched a fan of it is watching!
I’m so happy you gave LoD some love
I Love Everything about Xenogears and because of just how good the story, Writing and Music and themes featured make it hard to believe sometimes that it came out in 1998?!?
Absolutely incredible Game! I just wish there was more to it and that it was finished..
AND the game's music for Xenogears and Chrono Trigger, and a new game Sea of Starts was mostly written by my favorite, Yasunori Mitsuda.
@@ValcristX imo Xenogears has some of, if not, THE BEST OST of an RPG from that Time period? Hell, it has better music than a lot of games today.!!
The tunes are all nostalgic, and very fitting for the areas of the game that they are played in. I just wish there were more…
The Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy Tactics snubs hurt my soul lol
I kid, this is a respectable list.
Final Fantasy IX & Golden Sun snubs hurt too
I can't believe you've done this to me... having to choose?! Your list is fantastic. We have some crossover with Radiant Historia and FF6. Both of those games are in my list for pretty much the reasons you listed.
Here are a couple of games that jumped out at me when i first thought of when asked this question.
- Persona 4: by the time this game came out i was already a SMT fan and had bought a few of their previous titles (like P3). P4 has a great cast, interesting dungeons, the social link system and the press turn combat. I also loved the thought that was put into the design and decisions behind the characters and their Tarot designations.
Dragon quest 6: fragments of a forgotten past. ....i am a sucker for job systems. This game is a slow burn... but i appreciate that this game took its time without feeling padded. Gave me room to explore and get to know the cast while also letting me explore the different jobs.
Final Fantasy Tactics. Job system? This is the game that introduced me to that mechanic and I loved trying to break the game. First game i ever put more than 100 hours into. At this point i would refining the war ofb the lions version over the original but both are great.
Last but not least Star ocean 2nd story (and potentially the remake). This was my absolute favorite game for a long time. The various party members, the 2 story lines... the private actions that let you see everyone interact... then there's the combat and the crafting systems that are so well done. There's so much to chew on in the game. I could talk about it forever
Honorable mentions: Suikoden 1, chained echoes and valkyrie profile
What a game makes u feel…i agree. And God rest your brother. I still have mine but thinking of losing him or not having gotten to the adult finish line is crushing me. Subbed.
xenogears will forever be my favorite turn based rpg, and one of my favorites of all time. an experience i'll never forget
Such great choices. Final Fantasy X was my very first JRPG, wow what a journey. Xenogears along with FFX are the only games to date where I shed multiple tears at the ending. I just finished Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology, absolutely incredible!!! FF6 is my favorite of the old school FF titles, FFVII original was great for me until we left Midgar. The story sort of spiraled out of control for me. This was after playing Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFX and Xenogears hit so hard man, thanks for sharing and happy you enjoyed the video!
Interesting thoughts on FFVII...I also thought the story became a bit messy and the graphics...dear god, it might be the ugliest JRPG i've ever seen - both in the blocky polygons and the bleak steampunk setting of the Midgar world. The modern remake is beautifully crafted in the graphics and world building department but again, I found the story lacking and I didn't really care for most of the characters.
Nice list! Reminds me I need to go play Radiant Historian. I pre-ordered the 4ds version and promptly forgot about it. Oops. I’d probably put Nocturne over SMT V just because I like the setting and the creative dungeons over the large areas of V. And I would have found a spot for Suikoden II somewhere.
Your channel is booming! Gratz! My fav is FF6 but FF10 is in my top 10. Uematsu is a genius
I sincerely appreciate all the support of the years too my friend. It's been a blast talking about our favorite games!
@@HallowedBeThyGamealways happy to nerd out lol
God bless you brother. I share very very similar memories with The Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy 10 (I cried when I replayed it last year), and of course Final Fantasy 7! My all time favorite not just JRPG but game of all time!
yes we need xenogears remake
It really does!
#7 square should give it to GEMDROPS and let them cook xenogearsR please! with all full content of disc 2
Star ocean r is so perfect. That’s what a remake should be!!!
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Very little experience in the JRPG genre. Played persona 4 golden and recently finished P5R. 100+ hours of just pure excellence and fully support it as a contender for top soundtracks of all time
Have SMT V and FF7 so those will be moving up on my backlog. Thanks for the video
FFX deserves to be on anyone's top 10 list.
@@Daiyve #Truth
This was so good, I had to subscribe. Wow !!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome!
Solid list, though most of these picks were pretty easy to see coming lol.
Anyways, my own top 10 JRPGs would be (I know you said only turn-based games, but eh):
10. *Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride*
9. *Persona 4 Golden*
8. *Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology*
7. *Yakuza 0*
6. *Chrono Trigger*
5. *Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King*
4. *Suikoden II*
3. *Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door*
2. *Skies of Arcadia Legends*
1. *Tales of Symphonia*
Congrats on the 30k subs
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing list my guy, good mix of old and new. The late 90’s early 00’s have some of the best JRPG’s, you could have easily just filled the list with games from that era lol but Persona 5 and DQ11 definitely deserve their praise.
Thank you! And yeah that era was the true golden age and could easily dominate the list by itself
Hi! great list!
about #1 Its not spoiler for me, but I want to share your list to others to get them to experience it the first time tho 😢
Hey, sorry to hear about your brother. I lost my brother almost two years ago and can kinda understand what you feel. Great list, thanks for the video :)
I’m so terribly sorry about your brother.. they live on in our hearts and memory. Thanks for sharing with me
Great vid🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Glad you enjoyed!
Very solid list. The only ones I would replace are Fiber Fantasy 7 with Final Fantasy Tactics, and Legend of Dragoon with Suikoden 2.
Definitely going to give Legend of Dragoon a shot now that you recommended it.
Hope you have as much fun as I did!
Took me way back with that Funcoland reference
SMT V made me enjoy jrpgs once again. I stopped playing an jrpg to play smt v asap. Its that good. Such a fun game and a must play/must finish on the switch
It’s the top of the mountain for gameplay! A true must play!
Lost Odyssey is top of my list. Also definitely one of the later Tales games like Berseria and also FFIX. What else would be on this depends how I am feeling.
Great list!! Mine have a lot of overlap with yours, but in different positions, also my favorite is, and always be, Breath of Fire IV. I have so much love for that game, I just wish CAPCOM bring back the franchise.
Great list. My favorite JRPG of all time is easily Persona 5 Royale. I’ve beaten it twice and am about to start it again for the 3rd time!
Love this list! Great to see the Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Trigger, FFVI, and FFVII all on the same list! It sounds like I need to check out the Persona series. Cheers and rock on!
Thanks so much! Hope you let me know what you think if you do!
Start with persona 4 golden before you play persona 5. 4 is the superior game. It has the better story, the better music and the better cast of characters. While 5 is more slick, stylized and has the better dungeons, in every other regard it feels like a second rate attempt at a copy of what 4 did right.
@@sethchandler4170 thanks for the pro-tips!
@ChicagoRetroGamer ignore him tbh. There is so much contention between fans as to which is the beat you can only really decide for yourself. I would suggest p5 first as it is more modern and approachable, however p4 golden is absolutely fantastic as well
@@mcbill7352 If you play 4 first you can see all the ways 5 tried and failed at copying the successes of 4. 4 has the better cast of characters, the better setting and a better and tighter story. The goal and mission of 4 is logically consistent as well.
5 tries to recreate the Scooby gang effect of 4 but doesn't take the care in the story to properly do it. 5's story is such an inconsistent mess that the main cast questions whether they are the villains and never produce a good answer because the morality of 5 is a giant rats nest of nonsense. What they grapple with in 4 is a murder mystery in a small town. What they grapple with in 5 is justifying brainwashing people for their own admittedly ill begotten ideology. In 5 you are doing a Stepford wives to people and justifying it without any real thought or explanation greater than because we say so. It's the same logic people have used to justify eugenics which is why people with any understanding see it as evil no matter how virtuous or pure the people employing it claim to be.
Like many things modern, persona 5 is bells and whistles with rat turds inside and persona 4 is a masterpiece in aged and weathered graphics and procedurally generated dungeons.
Start with 4 it's masterfully efficient and has no wasted moments. It is much more about substance and it's music is also masterpiece quality.
No love for Trails😭😭 Great list though! Id swap out FF6 for trails in the sky fc & sc, personally😁
Great list!
Glad you think so!
smt v is brutal hard (on hard) boss fights is like chess with skills, need to plan action and reaction like 5-6 turns ahead to not loose loop of second action or you dead xd it's like walking on thin line
You like LOD battle system? Check out Shadow Hearts which improves on a timing aspect with a 3 turn timing wheel. It is also extremely dark and would definitely be on my top ten list.
One of the more surreal JRPG experiences I had recently was Hylics and Hylics2. I highly recommend those games for fans of JRPGs
How are you characters in dq11 all lvl 99 ? Is there already a cheat engine for that game?
A game that is awesome, but missing from many lists is Panzer Dragoon Saga on the Saturn - would be awesome to see you do a review of this 😊
It was an amazing game, I still have my Saturn and the games for it, I thought Dragon Force and Shining force 3 were awesome as well!
I agree sylvando is the best party member of all time 🙌
He’s the best of things!
I played Final Fantasy VII for over 900 hrs. That game really sucked me into it's world. I was trying to find my old saves I had on my memory card but it got lost somehow. :(
That's incredible!!! I'm sorry about your memory card tho....
Make a new one!
FF6 >>> FF7.
FF7 was fortunate to find itself in a new generational stage and in the prime of the Play Station age, which allowed it to reach a larger audience. Sadly, FF6 was the opposite. When it didn't even have the name that corresponded to it called FF3 in the West and no one expected anything from it, not even Nintendo... Even so, with a small fan base compared to FF7, those of us who were lucky enough to play it know that with only 16 bits it can handle consoles twice as large...
Picking a top 10 is always tough, and of the ones I have played that are on this list, I can't really argue about the selection. I haven't played Legend of Dragoon, DragonQuest XI, or Shin Megami Tensei V (all are on the to play pile), but I would have Trails in the Sky SC, Suikoden II, and Chrono Cross on this list.
Amazing picks!
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Did you ever play any of the Suikodan games? I enjoyed #5 the most.
My Top 10 JRPG of All Time are:
1. Persona 5 Royal
2. Persona 4 Golden
3. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 Including Future Redeems
4. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition
5. Fire Emblem Three Houses
6. Lost Odyssey
7. FF7
8. FF9
9. Triangle Strategy
10. Fire Emblem Engage
Quality list! Thanks for sharing! Xenoblade, Xenogears, and Xenosaga are just top of the mountain gaming
@@HallowedBeThyGameI Only Played XenoBlade and have to play XenoGear and XenoSaga
All these years later I'm still holding out hope that Legend of Dragoon will get a faithful remake. I have a backlog on gmaes that I'm currently playing through, but when I have free time I'll definitely be downloading the OG game on my PS5 and reliving my childhood
Great list, who is in the thumb nail?
Thanks! And Cleopatra from SMT V.
Had to give you a like because I agree with your #1 and 2. 2 of the best jrpgs I’ve ever played. Also I agree that Persona 5 as 1 of the best soundtracks of all time.
Oh yes Chrono Trigger is timeless ❤🎉
Thumbs up for the words you used to describe the perfection that is final fantasy x
Pretty Respectable list mate. Xenogears it´s my only complain and you properly pointed out that it´s unfinished.
Xenogears is so good that it’s just hard to put into words. It’s the best mech seinin manga imaginable rolled into a game for the ages. My 3 favorite pieces of fiction is Berserk (manga), Xenogears, and Lostbelt 6 in Fate grand Order
Oh snap I love Berserk and Xenogears and I've never heard of Lostbelt. Thanks! I'm gonna check it out!
Nice to see SMT5 getting some love, personally DQ8 is still my favourite of the series and FFX was the last great FF imo.
No Phantasy Star games is an oversight but maybe you missed that era.