Its nuts that I own a couple of these from just picking up some weirder PS2 games I wanted to make sure I owned about 5 years ago. Prices have just gone absolutely insane in the last few years.

Luckily I bought every Xenosaga game the moment they came out. Now I have a small shrine to Xenogears/Xenosaga in my office. Love the series! Thanks for the video!

I bought xenosaga 1 and 2 at gamestop in 2010 for cheap but 3 had to pay about 30 to 40 bucks in 2011 and so glad I picked them up and still have to this day no regrets.

I remember picking up Drakengard 2 years ago for about $50 which was the standard at the time. I still have my copy today and did not know it went up in value.

Makes me glad I got Wild Arms 5 when I did. Bought it for $60 back in 2015, and now it's more than double the price. Retro games are becoming more and more coveted as they aren't as favored in digital porting. And even the remaster collections tend to charge a hefty fee.

I remember getting Xenosaga III for $10 on clearance....still have it. Cool video.

I don’t know what it is about this intro is always so calming to me

The ps2 is my favorite console of all time and J-RPG is one of my favorite style of games so your video make me smile a lot thanks you :) I have all the games in the video except Xenosaga III and fun fact in my country (Belgium) Wild Arms 5, Suikoden 5 and Steambot Chronicles are cheap ^^ Awesome video, greetings from Belgium !!

As a kid I liked JRPG's and weird imports. My childhood PSx collection blew up lol.

Great video! I worked at a video game store during the PS2 days and this is my first time hearing of Tsugunai: Atonement

I'm alwayssurprised when I see a game on these lists that I actually have. I also got lucky with the prices. I have Monster Rancher 4 ($80) and Drakengard 2 ($60).

Of these I own Shadowhearts (plus the two sequels), Steambot Chronicles & .hack (all four). It’s nice to see Steambot getting a mention for once!

I have heard of every PS2 game on your list, I just never got the chance to play any of at all, they all look real good but being both rare and costly it's going to be hard to find any of them, thank you TVGS for giving us the information on these games, I really appreciate it good job ✌️

There was talks a while that Xenosaga was discussed to come to Switch. But that got binned. But yeah these are proper expensive! Great video as always

Shadow hearts is awesome. I remember enjoying the game a lot. Probably would love to give it another go... Not for that price though.

Dot Hack is still the best mmo I ever played :)

Wow didn't know the SMT series was included, nice video compilation for hard to find and expensive ps2 rpgs. Im playing Raidou vs King Abbadon.

Grabbed the xenosaga games off ebay around three years ago, and even the third game ran me just $50 for a nearly perfect copy. It's crazy how much its jumped in price.

So glad I have the whole dotHack tetralogy. I played the same save file all the way up to the 4th, never did finish it though.

I thought I should add a minor correction: Xenosaga 3 was NOT correcting anything from Xenosaga 1. Xenosaga 1 had few to no complaints, was VERY well received and very well liked by fans of the series and newcomers alike. I suppose the only issue players generally had, was the story was both too convoluted and overly complex, while what we're exposed to in the game is far too short for what it should have been. However this complaint related to convoluted is common for even the 3rd game, and that game has the inverse complaint of doing too much with too short a game...they planned on 7~9 games, and had to attempt to finalize it with the 3rd. The ONLY reason Xenosaga 3 was created at all was due to the popularity of Xenosaga 1. The issue, and the SOLE issue was Xenosaga 2, which had three core problems players complained about: 1 - the pure RPS battle system, and Momo's breaking of that rule, followed by inverted RPS rules related to the gears. It's not that RPS tactics were inherently a problem, as they were distinct from Gears and Saga 1, which did not force Atlus rules of 1 attack type dealing damage, and the rest barely chipping away. It really made party makeup VERY frustrating at times, as often due to forced characters, only one character was capable of taking out baddies in any one battle, or just one enemy, while sometimes NO character is capable of actually dealing real damage, forcing some really long battles. 2 - and an addendum to the RPS is the encounter rate in general was insanely high, even for most jRPG's. A few spots were acceptable, but especially at the start, it was absurd. This would be a non-issue if the battle system rehashed Saga 1, but given the forced RPS adding a LOT of extra time for every single battle, at least until mid-game when skills and ether powers expanded, it was extremely frustrating. As a result, very few players got passed the first five hours of play, getting to Ziggy. 3 - story direction changes, and some shocking character changes that overwrote the first game. Also the EXTREMELY slow start, when the ending of the first game would necessarily force a speedier start to the second game. The biggest issue was dramatic alterations to character personalities and even motivations, with ZERO explanation at any point. ....4 - technically one less significant issue, was character model changes ....5 or 1.1 and 3.1 - function changes especially as it relates to KOS-MOS. This is especially true when considering how nerfed KOS-MOS was both in her actual abilities, but more so, her STORY abilities. This was actually a huge controversy. Momo's sudden uber power up was also somewhat of an inside joke. She was useful in the original, but absolutely essential in most early game parties at the start, being almost the only character who could deal damage in nearly EVERY normal battle in the first 30 hours of the game.

Oh I just found this channel, this stuff is quality, and guy talking whoever you are - dude you seem cool, very relatable style but not feathery or limp. Good to see a bit of personality in a video for a change :)

Glad to see Suikoden 5 on the list. My favorite rpg of all time is Suikoden 2 and Suikoden 5 was a return to that formula. And I’m proud to say I own both. Great list and great content.

I still have a copy of Wild Arms 5 that came with an art book of all the previous WA characters. Unfortunately, I was never able to even put the game into the PS2 due to being deployed. When I got back life took over and I just never bought another game system, but I still have it, still look at the art book and it brings back memories of where I was back in 2007.

I still have all 7 of my .hack games for PS2, I bought each and every one as soon as it came out. Other than friends I tried introducing to the series, I never just came across another person who liked it or knew what it was, it seemed so obscure despite being one of my favorites. Fast forward several years and I start to hear a buzzing about how coveted some of these games are, especially Quarantine, and it was crazy to think about each time I literally just walked into a store and got each game right off of the shelf like it was no big deal. I really treasure those games, and they're some of my shining gems of my PS2 collection. Also, at one point several years ago, every PS2 Shin Megami Tensei was reprinted and if I remember directly, they only went for like, 20 bucks a piece. I already owned Persona 3 and 4, but none of the other PS2 SMT games, so I went ahead and grabbed them all. Both Raidou games, both Devil Saga games, and Nocturne. Now some of those, like Raidou, have freaking skyrocketed and I can't believe that random impulse buy back in the day is now a little treasure trove.

My first game when I got my ps2 was shadow hearts I still have all 3 of them among a great set of RPGs ps1,2 nd 3 alike :)

Ah, Xenosaga series, the very first title of JRPG genre I ever played. Thank you, this video sure bring me back my most nostalgic moment in my life.

Please make a list of RPG Shooter games on PS1 & PS2 love your videos keep up the good work.

Oh yea, Steambot Chronicles was amazing, truly a shame that the sequel was canned due to the tragic 2011 disaster that hit Japan. Should have explained a bit more about the game's control system, which was quite interesting, as it went with a setup similar to Katamari Damacy in that you use both analog sticks to move in your desired direction, while the shoulder buttons were used for controlling the arms and performing jumps and dashes. I will say that while the game did start off very cliche with the amnesia plot, I liked how it actually winds up just being used to excuse how you shape Vanilla into the character you want, rather than being the convenient plot excuse of revealing something similarly cliched like "you were the villain everyone was afraid of" or "you're the ancient hero who vanished and is destined to return". Nope, once you find the character who can confirm your origins, it's just a matter of deciding what Vanilla may have been like prior to the start of the game. Of course, it was a shame how some choices didn't have nearly as far-reaching consequences as certain others did. You could be mean to a character in one moment, and hours later, going through a key scene in which the character acts like you weren't being a jackass to them the other day. Beyond that, the game really was a blast to play, and I'd love to see it get revived in some form or another, either through a resurrected sequel, or a remake on modern hardware.

Nice list brother 😁 at least I have some of these jrpg beasts

Interesting list of high priced games💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

I wish Namco would port Xenosaga to current consoles.

I still have wrapped copies of the entire Xenosaga series...I loved them all that much. I also have Shadow Hearts

The judgement ring from Shadow Hearts sounds a bit like an early QTE system, similar to the combo system from Legend Of Dragoon!

i love wild arms 5 background sound heheh

What a nice list of games! Also, would you mind sharing the name of the song you put at the end? Big thanks and continue being cool and awesome!

I had a chance to buy xenosaga 3 for $45 brand new at a second hand shop about 2 years ago and I passed on it.. still hate myself lol

Great work 👍😁 💯.

It's funny...so many of these I own or own previous versions which I prefer such as Monster Rancher 1 and 2...all of Suikoden though the first two are the only ones I consider true Suikoden since the creator left during 3 because they were changing the gameplay so much...Wild Arms...I own 1 and 2 ...thanks for showing 5. I will definitely get that one....sorry to blather on...great video🖤 (late to the party here, I know ... new subscriber so I'm trying to catch up.)

Awesome list man!! Btw - can you PLEASE tell me what the intro song is to this video? I need it in my life 🙏🏽

.Hack Quarantine, probably the rarest game I have apparently. I own all 4 games with the instruction manual and DVD's. Almost sold them a few times back in the day, glad I didn't.

Love me some shadow hearts

My all time favorite system to collect for

I'm missing Soukiden V, Wild Arms as well as .hack Quarantine but I have .hack G.U trilogy and all the others mentioned here. Monster Rancher 4 and 3 require many CDs to unlock the monsters so I had to use save files with everything unlocked. I wish they implemented some kind of alternative way to unlock the monsters.

I’ve just given up on ever owning .Hack Quarantine. Every time I start making more money, enough to buy it at the price it was, it shoots up once again out of my price range. I’ll just emulate at this point xD

Out of all of these, Xenosaga was my favourite of the list, "Ma Peche" Others include The Champions Of Norath 1-2. I wonder if we'll see them in Spartacus ' service this summer.

Wild Arms 5 still looks so good. :D

I sold my PS1 RPG collection back in 2005 for like 50-70$ a pop, I bet they're worth even more these days.

Drakengard 2 is a hilarious entry for me - my copy was a gift from a classmate for my birthday back when the game had been out for a year or two... He only picked that one because it fulfilled all three requirements we had for game purchases back then: a) it was on PS2, b) it had combat and c) it was dirt-cheap. I'm pretty sure he paid under 20€ for the PAL copy. Game prices are insane.

Such a bunch of awesome games dude

I remember trying to buy a sealed copy of the Digital Devil Saga games (both) that were the boxed edition, and it was so expensive for a poor kid like me lol

I own all of theses thankfully way before the prices skyrocketed!

Lol at those prices. Who makes this shit up? A lot of these were going for 5-20 bucks just a few years ago. Nobody is going to pay those prices for PS2 games so someone is just pulling price values out of their ass.

I was able to find a copy of Wild Arms 5 for about 40 dollars at a local video game store. Of course, that was nearly six years ago as well.

I own quite a few of these games on this list.

the glory of owning all of these 🤑. i'm glad i jumped on the train early on

I own Shadow Hearts, Tsugunai Atonement (and the soundtrack!), Drakengard 2, Steambot Chronicles, Suikoden V, Devil Summoner (1 AND Collector's Edition of 2) and all the Xenosagas. Sadly, Wild Arms 5 is a big hole in my collection.

I just downloaded all the Xenosaga games yesterday - I'm sure glad I did, too. It cost me a whopping $0!

Kept a sealed copy of Xenosaga 3 I bought years ago for reasonable price and shocked to see it now worth over 4 times what I bought it for, retro gaming market really blew up past few years....

Luckily I've gotten to play Shadowhearts and Shadowhearts 2. Wonderful games I wish I could find or would get brought to PSN. I really hate that they cant emulate more games.

boggles my mind how these titles are considered rare and expensive. i remember buying most of these from gamestop either new or used and not think about it, for cheap. with xenosaga, that one really blew my mind. i remember pre ordering the first one and it came with big art book. regret losing it, it had some neat things in it. either way glad i was obsessed with collecting as much ps2 games as i could and grabbing most of these titles. my most expensive game is a sealed copy of silent hill 4, bought that for $10 now its worth $400.

Monster rancher was amazing. I wish I didn't lose the disc for the first two.

Hey dude! You ever think of doing a greatest mini games in games video? Mainly due to my love of Monkey Football in Ape Escape 2. So many to mention think it may be cool to do.

Xenosaga and Xenogears the deepest story what i every saw.. and a great serias

So Kite got Helba to share her secret on how to get 9999 HP and 999 MP.

your struggle while you try to read Raidou kuzunoha was a nice touch from you 😂 and cute if I'm not mistaken hack//gu ps2 version game's is so expensive I'm glad I bought it on my ps4 I even plat the Game I think no one would sell any game from the list if he own it beside the more the game be Rare with year's the more values increase

I bought a copy of Drakengard 2 for my 12th birthday for 15 bucks. Now it's the most expensive RPG in my collection. Life is crazy!

Wild Arms 5 is, of course, the game I need and the most expensive in the series.

Proud owner of all the Shadow Hearts and Xenosaga games thanks to a friend who convinced me to buy them around 2016 o3o. I haven't played Wild Arms 5 yet but I'm happy I won't have to worry about that either since I found the game for $50 lol, I'll start it after playing through 3 & 4.

I own every one of them. Collecting and playing rpg's for decades.

I have Xenosaga 3 still sealed. I've often thought of selling it due to the sealed nature and buying a used copy (but netting money for being sealed)

As an RPG enthusiast, I must watch this video. ---- Shadow Hearts - I have played this, but I prefer the sequel of all 3 of the Shadow Hearts games (not counting the original Koudelka). ---- Monster Rancher 4 - Another great game. As a long-time fan of the series, I didn't hate what it did, I thoroughly enjoyed it. ---- Tsugunai Atonement - Yeah, I'm probably one of the people who also never heard of this, but it looks very good... and since this is a rare game, looks like I'll have to play it via emulation only. ---- Drakengard 2 - I don't remember playing the first one, definitely didn't play the sequel. That being said, the gameplay you showed looked okay, definitely worth a try. ---- Wild Arms 5 - Long time fan of this series as well, but I don't think I got this far. Bad timing with some stuff that was going on in my personal life. Definitely want to play it, though. Sadly, though, a concussion I suffered some years back will make me not recognize some of the cameos. ---- Steambot Chronicles - Oh man. This was a demo on one of those Playstation magazines, I think, and after the demo I absolutely HAD to have it. ---- Suikoden V - I'm aware of the series, but I think it never really got my attention. ---- Devil Summoner - Raidou Kunuzoha Vs The Soulless Army - I think pretty much every Shin Megami Tensei game is on my "I want to play" list. ---- Xenosaga Episode 3 - As someone who played the original episode and felt let down by Episode 2, I think this one slipped by me. ---- .hack//Quarantine - This is a bit of a sore spot for me... I had the first 4 games and they were stolen along with my PS2 at the time, as well as some other games. It also tied into the show by bringing the significant cast members from the show as NPCs you could build a relationship with and have them be party members... but only after you beat the final boss.

Well I own a couple of these games. Though I don't plan to get rid of them, it's good to know they are worth something.

It’s crazy I bought the xenosaga games for 10$ each. I mean the fact I even own some of these and other rare games is mind boggling because of how cheap I got them for. In the original case with manuals no less.

Oh man. Monster Rancher. My sister owned it and raised a little penguin looking thing. It died and she was so devastated she never played it again.

love seeing shadow hearts on a list

I'm glad I already have about half of those

The character in Tsugunai looks like the protagonist of Lost Odyssey!!!! Even runs similarly

Thank goodness for modchips, softmods, and emulators. 😆 I used to pay a fortune for some of these rare games that I played while in college, but now I'm too poor to be maintaining that hobby and I'm glad there are options outside of paying through the nose for a game you want to play again.

When I saw a lot of these games for the first time, they were in the discount bin at goodwill or gamestop.

Ps2 exclusives Champions of norrath and Champions return to arms are excellent rpgs too.

Got xenosaga 3 lenticular cover in a bundle for $60 in 2015 😀

I was wondering how much it'd take to get the Xenosaga series considering my old games are either lost or scratched. Holy shit 210 just for Episode 3. That's insane.

I remember trying to get my hands on .hack Quarentine... And the third part.. I had the first two parts already, but I never even saw them being sold in germany...

Xenosaga is just the best. I've never seen such an ambitious story attempted, and it just kills me that the reception wasn't what they hoped and that it hasn't been continued yet. Still hoping that one day it will, what with the commercial success of Xenoblade (which seems to have a less impactful story so far, though I've only played 80% of XC1)

I actually have all of the .hack original 4 and Shadow Hearts

It's honestly insane to me just how expensive the xeno series has gotten, i got xenogears and saga 1/2 for about 20-30 bucks each, and 3 for 40, each with their original box art and manuals. This was back around 2016-2017 though, i guess more people are interested with how popular xenoblade has gotten.

I have all 3 shadow hearts game's but i'll need to get the directors cut of shadow hearts covenant one day.

Dang I wish I wouldn't have watched this lol, I wanna try most of these but Steambot Chronicles omg I can tell that would've been my jam as a kid. reminds me of tale concerto and tron bonn.

Pandemic, people going back to gaming, rare releases...I own several rare PS2 RPGs but just nope...this is insane.

I have most of those some more than one copy.. The Wild arms 5 was on clearance at fryes electronics they literally had like over 20+ copies so i picked up 3 it was the boxed edition with extra stuff in it.. got them at 19.99 each.. I love my xenosaga series i have all 3 of them for sure.. Also have monster rancher 4 two copies.. I cant believe how much people are asking for wild arms 5 given I thought there is a TON of copies out there like i said our local store had dozens of them in stock and had to be put on clearance again why i picked up 3..I still have 2 unopened. Then again thinking about it they had literally like 30-40 boxed Lunar 2 ps1 games on the shelf and like 20 lunar ones boxed... That store always had massive stock at the time back in the day

I still at least have my original copies of Drakengard 1 & 2 (and I have 3 for the ps3 out of principal but I don't think I ever tried it). I don't remember playing the second game much but I played the crap out of the first one. I remember one week back then I was basically sol cause my car was getting body work & paint done after it got hit, so I binged Drakengard while I had nothing to do/was on vacation. I completed every ending and did basically everything the game had to offer. Such a dark game, I love it. Bonus points that it spun the secret ending off into the Nier franchise. I also bought the first Xenosaga & I think the first two .Hack games brand new. I though Xenosaga sucked but the .Hack games kept me interested for awhile, since they reminded me of PSO a bit. It's a shame about Xenosaga since I loved Xenogears, but i just couldn't get into it. Unfortunately I traded those in back in the day... doubt I'll be owning them in my collection anytime soon with the way the market is now.

Steamboat chronicles is still a game I desperately want to play

would love to start playing and buying theses ps2 games but so dam expensive wanted to get rule of rose on ps2 but cost £420 so i may go emulator on pc

I remember back in the days of Hollywood Video / Gamecrazy, when I was a teenager and the friendly Gamecrazy employee struck up a conversation with me and recommended Shadow Hearts Covenant. I ended up falling in love with that game, and to this day, I hold up in very high regards in terms of story, character development, atmosphere, and gameplay. I ended up going back and playing the original Shadow Hearts and loved that too. It's an absolute crime that the series is effectively dead.

Great video, one note: it's not 'hack' it's dot hack.

God i still have all the shaodw hearts games!!

I have the Xenosaga trilogy, it's my most precious treasure. Alongside with my black-strip Parasite Eve.

Hello, I also like "Wild Arms" . . .

I never felt like Suikoden V was a return to form as I never felt Suikoden ever significantly dipped. Suikoden III and IV are still highly respected and it is just that they went for something different to the six person battle system that didn't age as well, but story wise and character wise, they were just as amazing as the rest in my opinion. All five main games have been very well received and sold decently well for a niche RPG series. Btw, I counted the seconds from the loading for battles a while back. Gensou Suikoden IV and V have roughly the same loading time for battles and I think that I even saw the second game have the same loading time, but I would have to double check. I think that it was the animation before the battles start for IV and V that gave it them the illusion of feeling longer.

I have all but two of the games in this video.