Pete always finds the best in games. He engages with them on their own terms, totally absent prejudice, so he sees things others tend to miss because they aren't on the same wave length as the designers. I love when he makes videos like this because I think we can learn a lot from his perspective

Fantastic list! As usual, your RPG knowledge is second to none

Love these videos, just like the old days. Keep em coming Pete.

These recommendations are not for the faint of heart.

I'd love for you to do something like this for PS3/360 RPGs. I feel like people don't really talk about that generations RPGs much, especially JRPGs

Peteeeeeeeee seeing your uploads puts a smile on my face. Your the first videogame KZfaqr I came across ages ago. I don't get to play allot nowadays. But seeing your upload kicks in the nostalgia of good ol' days. Thanks man. And never stop making videos.

The old school vibes are great man, I love watching and getting lost in your chill descriptions of the games you're talking about. It'd be awesome to see you show off favorite items of yours from your collection, or just talking about your favorite moments in games you've played.

The timing of this video is perfect. Great idea great list and appreciate the honesty of the good and bad

I get so enthousiastic for collecting when watching your videos. I love the unedited rambles dude. You inspire collectors like me with your knowledge and I wish you had more content for me to watch!

Thanks for the upload Pete. Living in the uk means your twitch streams often don’t work for me I’m terms of time, so over the moon to see you back on here. Great video, I’m straight on eBay looking up some of these games

Its good to see you uploading again, man! I've been going back and watching some of your older videos because of it. Thanks for all the content over the years!

Love the recommendations! First set of games you listed were definitely ones under the radar. Much appreciated!

So amazing to hear your unique perspective. Glad you're back. Thanks!

Loving these styles of videos Pete, it takes me back to the old days of KZfaq. Very well done.

Glad to see another upload Pete! I miss your videos. I watched a TON of your stuff back, oh boy probably 10+ years ago now. Been lurking in your stream from time to time as well. Thanks for everything! Also Ephemeral Fantasia! Thought I was the only one in the world who enjoyed that game?!

man love your vids, first game collector i came across yt YEARS AGO! glad you uploading again!

Loved the video! I really want to check out everything you mentioned. Already picked up Ephemeral Fantasia when you were doing speedruns of it.

I really love these videos. I like that it's not the same list of games as everyone else and that you actually have an opinion on the games and not just what review sites say.

I picked up Grandia III tonight and will be on the lookout for a good price on Ephemeral Fantasia too. I would love to see more videos of this style for different systems, possibly a handheld system! Also, I'd love to watch a video on platforming games you recommend picking up before their price jumps up. Thanks, Pete!

Hi pete im steadily getting through your newer videos that i missed although im a long time viewer from the uk, ive learnt so many things about video games from you and i think your style of games has definitely influenced my decision on games jrpgs are my absolute favourite i always wanted a game room like yours which i think is very unlikely to happen but im still getting there, i dont have a clue how old i was when i first watched you but im 25 now and it feels so good to watch your new content so ye sorry for rambling but thanks for everything pete ill check out your streams when the time zones work out 😄

Wrote down a few of these that I certainly wanna look for and play. Thanks so much for these recommendations, Pete. Very informative.

So good to see you making content again Pete:) Your passion really comes across and definitely going be picking up some of these!!

Lovin the old school vibes here! I'll be checking your videos out alot more since I've discovered how much I love rpg's! Alan d'or, balders gate are two ive always been curious about! I have unlimited saga and clicked this video because I saw it in your game stack!! that was a confusing game for me and I also criticized it after trying to play it!! Great video man!

Great video as always! I can liisten to pete talk about games all day!

My man! This was a great video for me. I am into stuff like Wizardy et alli. I really got a lot of good info. Gonna search your channel for more RPG info as I am just now getting back into games. I'll spare you the life changes that drove me way. Job well done brother. Thank you so much.

We missed ya, Pete - great upload and glad you're doing well

Some stuff in here I've never heard of. Thanks for the recommendations and the relaxing video!

Keep it up Pete. You recommend quite a bit that I keep enjoying. And your voice is so calming. Don’t stop !

I'm glad you're making videos like this again.

I completely missed Baroque! This is awesome, just found your channel. I really like the retro games, so more like this.... Now I delve into your backlog!

Absolutely love this video. I am a big RPG fan and collector and have several hundred from all systems. Please do a video about RPG’s on other systems. Also I would like to see a video, whether it’s by system or not, on some of the most expensive RPG’s to find. Big fan of the channel thank you so much! Keep up the great work bro!

Great to see you posting videos on KZfaq again. I have all the games you recommended except for Grandia 3, and totally agree they are great games. Another game that I have fond memories of playing a lot on my PS2 was Disgaea.

Hi, Pete. It's good to see you as always. I'm really glad that you've been uploading videos once again. Keep up the great work!

Appreciate the recommendations Pete! Glad to see a game like Okage mentioned here. It was one of the first games I rented for the PS2 back in the day. I'm a big fan on RPGs and would love to delve into some of the ones you've suggested here like Xenosaga or Grandia III that I've shamefully missed. Also Dark Cloud has so be one of the PS2s greatest games and I'm still hoping that we get a third entry someday.

Hell yeah Pete, great seeing you uploading again.

Amazing video Pete!!! I'm so Happy you are back on KZfaq!!!

I bought dark cloud because of your recommendation years ago

What a great time for a video like this!! Thank you very much. Games are skyrocketing for all consoles it seems.

Fantastic video Pete. Missed your youtube videos. I don't know if they released them outside of Europe but the two summoner games were great and worth checking out.

God I love your videos. I watch your Twitch stream but I really like the videos because you're on a set topic and discuss all sorts of games.

Dark Cloud was my childhood, one of the earliest ps2 titles we had when we got ours. Very fun and addictive and approachable. I don't own the PS2 version anymore but I do have the PS4 version which was great to be able to get. I will get a physical one, maybe the sequel since I never played it .

Thanks Pete! Great video! It would be great to see a video like this for PlayStation 3. Or any other console really. Any RPG content is awesome!

Is always a good day when a new Pete video is up.

As a PS2 collector this video is a breath of fresh air, thank you for featuring some different games other than featuring the same games every other channel does.

Awesome video!, I love nightmare of druaga, truly an underrated gem!

Nice recommendations! It's especially nice to see some love for the first Dark Cloud. That's one of my favorite games!

Recently found your ebay game hunts on Twitch, I never catch them live but been enjoying the replays of them, some great laughs at the listings you find, especially the Wii remotes on the rock! lol

You have a very soothing voice. Awesome video. I'm not big into rpgs but i like hearing about them.

Nice having you back bro!

Dude, great list and I appreciate the Unlimited Saga love! You earned a sub.

Definatly gonna check some of these out! Also would love to see a signed game collection video that would be pretty cool!

Love seeing more KZfaq vids from you Pete!

Great list Pete. You have such good taste and can empathise damned well. When I see such games going up in price, I'm so thankful I never sell anything. All my games since the early 1980s are still with me and played often.

Thanks for the video Pete, this was exactly what I was looking for.

always nice to see you come back to youtube bud

It's very nostalgic to see you recommending Baroque after all these years. I remember you also reviewed it in one of the first videos you ever put up in your channel, way back when I first subscribed in the early days of KZfaq gaming channels.

I own a few of these like Dark Cloud. I own Ever Grace but havent played it yet. Either way, Im digging the uploads. While I exist on Twitch, Im not on there a lot so its nice seeing your videos pop up from time to time.

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing. Personally I love the Xeno series. Xenosaga episode 1 is pretty cheap CIB. Episode 2 is a bit more but episode 3 is at or above $100 CIB on any day and slowly rising. If you have any interest in that one get a copy while you can. I doubt the price will go down ever. (Edited to fix "autocorrect" errors)

I thought Bubsy was giving us the finger at first. Haha. Great vid as always

Always good to see an old school Pete video.

Pete holy shit, Orphen was the game I played a lot when I was younger but forgot the name of after all these years. This is the first time seeing the cover art in so long and it’s bringing back so many memories. You’re the man

Orphen was my 1st PS2 game back in the day. Cool vid!

I don't usually take peoples recommendations seriously. But with the amount of passion that you speak for some of these underrated titles, I will take a chance. Thanks for the upload!

Good to see you back making KZfaq videos 👍🏻

Wow, I only just discovered your channel but I'm impressed by your recommendations. Really good rpgs that went under the radar! I'm definitely subscribing to your channel buddy!

Hey Pete, these videos are great as it's a struggle to know what to buy when shopping for retro games for consoles you didn't own or follow at the time. Regarding juggling, I think it was you who recommended Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier on the DS one time. I picked that up - great game, esp. the combat which includes a ton of juggling and combo building.

Much needed value video for this quarantine

I've been wanting to play a lot of PS2 RPGs this summer. Glad to have some recommendations to look out for!

Loving seeing more KZfaq content Pete ☺️ hope you are keeping well!

Man its like im back in my teenage years! Keep it up Pete! Awsome content!

I will probably never play most of these games, but I thoroughly enjoy watching you talk about them. Keep it up

Thanks for the awesome video. Perfect viewing before we head off to a retro convention to look for good deals.

Wow! I was just wrapping up your top ten consoles vid and thought to myself “I wonder if there are any videos recommending PS2 RPGs.” Then, I see this one right away. PS2 seems to be such a reasonable system to collect for nowadays.

Not a huge fan of RPG's, but Pete always makes great videos. Been watching your videos since 2009. I always look forward to a new PeteDorr video. You have introduced me to a lot of great games. Always informative and passion behind your videos. I hope you keep uploading more and more.

Thanks for good recommendations and tips!

You definitely know your stuff when it comes to these games. I like how you're able to go in depth with each one, as opposed to other videos that just throw titles in a list with a generic "great game - play it!" summation. One thing I think worth mentioning is that if anyone picks up Xenosaga Episode 1 and enjoys it, and maybe wants to try out 2 and 3, they should know that those games are getting to be very expensive. The 2nd one is definitely shooting up in price (despite being worse than the first one, from what I've heard, I haven't played it), and 3 has been $100+ for a long time. It's kind of a shame, as I like Episode 1 quite a bit, and wouldn't mind checking out the rest, but I just can't justify shelling out that much money for them.

Great to see you back 👍

Haha thought you weren't gonna post until end of the year or next year, looks like I missed about 2-3 videos. Time to check them out. And I only played 3 games from that list. I gotta to check more of them out.

Great video, it would be cool if you could do a collection of your autographed games. Oh and it would be nice to see an updated room tour

I’m also a fan of Ephemeral Fantasia! It’s cool to see a positive review of it

I am glad I own a few of these. Like Xenosaga and Grandia 3. Those are great. I actually played Xenosaga during the quarantine. Please make more videos like this. For Ps1, Ds, Ps3, and other consoles

This video was helpful thanks :)

Loved the cheap RPGs idea. Would def enjoy watching more like this for other consoles. This has turned me on to a few games that I've considered before due to their RPG elements (like evergrace and orphen) but never really gave a chance.

Very interesting list! Some unique titles there! Would have been nice to see some gameplay though so we can get an idea of what they're like

Thanks Pete! Great channel.

Great vid, would love more

I'm loving these uploads bro!!! 🔥💯 I just bought GRANDIA 3 :') 06' WAS SUCH A BADA&& YEAR FOR JRPGS!!!

You probably already know this, but as of today (May 7th 2021) Baldur's Gat Dark Alliance is available on Xbox One and PS4 (and X/S + PS5 via backwards compatibility). I played the whole initial sewer rats level this morning with a frozen smile on my face. I can't wait to play it again co-op with the same friend of mine whom I played it with 20 years ago on PS2. (I also own the original Xbox version, but it doesn't look as good as the PS2 version, I guess it's better optimized on PS2)

I played so much of Dark Cloud 1 back in the day. So good! I actually got stuck on Dark Cloud 2 on the first dungeon, I needed some item that I couldn't find anywhere so I just never went back to finishing the game.

Good to see recommendations for underrated classics. Please make more for other consoles

I was 6 years old, and my dad grabbed a handful of ps2 games to give me for Christmas. He didn’t quite understand video games and what to pick out for girls. Ephemeral Fantasia was one of them. I never got past the second time loop, but I loved every second of it. The music was beautiful, every house you went into was different, and even if you were too intimidated to fight the monsters, the cutscenes alone were beautiful enough to entertain you for hours, just by wandering into a random bar. Also I don’t remember what they were called, but it was super fun getting those chick/peeps that would assist you in battle.

Keep the vids coming!

I love the old school style video. Show us the game case, tells what it is, what you do in the game, and why you like it, and then move to the next. Simple but effective, and way easier too!

When Pete tuts before making a statement, you know it's going to be an insightful one.

Dual Hearts,Musashi Samurai legend,Legaia2 also?(: Love the humor and designs of Okage.I was thinking a lot about it Tuesday night wishing Sony could bring out a new one on ps5.It designs remind me of Stretch Panic🤩 The Nightmare of Druaga has such a cool art filled beautiful Manuel! I got it brand new sealed for eight dollars at a convention🏃⛹️‍♀️Definitely worth learning the mechanics.Thank you so much for a new vid.🙏

Love Okage Shadow King, Wild Arms 3 and Dark Cloud! Some of my favorite games. And it's also nice to see Baroque get some love. Not many people talk about it. Oh, and for anyone out there looking for other cool PS2 RPGs that aren't too expensive, Tsugunai: Atonement is really fun. Turn based combat, but with a parry mechanic that rewards good timing. And you play as a ghost that possesses people!

Back when PS2 1st came out, one of the games I saw after SSX was Baulder's Gate: Dark Alliance and I remember thinking that graphics couldn't get better than this lol. It is a beautiful game, I'm considering getting the 1&2 HD release for PS4, probably should hop on that.

Funny that you post this video just now because I was planning to pick up Xenosaga for ps2 to play it again. It looks like part 2 and 3 are becoming more pricey now, so perhaps I should hurry and pick them up.

Regular uploads again? The new decade of Dorr is going great! The return of the retro king.

Totally agree with you on Dark Cloud. The first has a charm that just can't be matched by Dark Cloud 2.