Top 10 Hardest JRPGs I'll NEVER Beat

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Top 10 Hardest JRPGs I'll NEVER Beat

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I have given up with these JRPGs probably forever. They're just too hard, too grindy or too unbalanced for me.
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@ErickLandonRPG 3 жыл бұрын

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@gethermedel3620 3 жыл бұрын

I laugh at the end part lol

@gethermedel3620 3 жыл бұрын

@Desmond Emerson AND FUCK YOU TOO

@davidesquivel4063 Жыл бұрын

Thanks🤟🏻🔥

@jefferydillion1649 3 жыл бұрын

tldr; 10 tales of destiny 1:01 9 shining force exa 2:40 8 agarest generation war 4:06 7 soga frontier 2 5:30 6 phantasy star 2 6:57 5 xenosaga episode 2 4 disgae hour of darkness 10:00 3 valkyrie profile convenant of the plume 11:24 2 the 7th saga 13:02 1 popful mail 14:25

@thevideogamebrothers3006 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of best AVGN episodes I've seen in a long time.

@gonzalofernandezortiz1553 3 жыл бұрын

avgn?

@stevenmorton2059 3 жыл бұрын

@@gonzalofernandezortiz1553 AVGN = Angry Video Game Nerd

@stevenmorton2059 3 жыл бұрын

By the way, nice impression there, Erick. You had me wondering for a moment. "He'd rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in his ear He'd rather eat the rotten @$$hole of a roadkill skunk and down it with beer..."

@thunderlightningbolt6597 3 жыл бұрын

♫♫♫He's the angriest gamer you've ever heard, he's the angry rpg nerd ♫♫♫

@vblegh1620 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ianbraun271 3 жыл бұрын

Also, Disgaea. if you are only trying to beat the Main Quest, and use the item world just a bit, you can beat the game with a full party o level 200 characters with appropriate gear. The key to Disgaea is the item world though. If you don't use it well, you wont get far.

@berwwtje Жыл бұрын

nonesense. I've beat it with relative ease and I only leveled up 1 item 1 time. I didn't like the item world and I didn't get what the inhabitants were supposed to be. So I didn't use it. All u need to do is up the difficulty a little bit and grind your characters up a bit. Just use the two main characters, maybe a healer on the side. I don't get why people think it's hard. I'm playing the 3ds fire emblems now and they kick my ass on hard mode, mainly because of the perma death and not allowing myself to lose the characters I want to keep.

@katobytes 3 жыл бұрын

Agarest took me 200 hours to beat lmao. Definitely the longest game I've ever played period.

@DKmax25 3 жыл бұрын

The easy mode message on the remaster was hilarious. See you next time.

@remreanimated4640 3 жыл бұрын

Good video as always. :) I laughed at the scrolling text on SMT 3. I plan to do the same thing, wait for the version with easy mode. XD

@Harkz0r 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkmaster022003 Not only that, but if you get used to selecting your demons based on the difficult encounters, have the right elemental absorbs, abuse Dark Might, etc then you can really cut down on the difficulty. At least until assholes like Mot arbitrarily decide to take infinite turns and ruin your day lol.

@Zantetsudex 3 жыл бұрын

In terms of the list out of the games I did play: Tales of Destiny - Honestly it wasn't that bad. Granted you oughta take into account how to properly keep swordians up to speed to take advantage of them. Now try Phantasia for REAL difficulty. SaGa Frontier 2 - This game is BRUTAL. For the unfamiliar, the game is driven in a way that it can force you to start over for being unprepared. The narrative spans generations of two families and depending on certain choices characters you may have focused on will die outright for story reasons. The final boss in particular can easily be classed as the hardest boss in RPG history. Valkyrie Profile - Great story, but has a similar issue to the above in that you're forced to sacrifice your roster permanently to get the better ending. Not knowing that screwed me over big time when playing the original on PS1. 7th Saga - I remember playing and beating this when I was little, maining Lux the robot. It had a lot of cool ideas for being a progenitor of the genre, but yeah it's another difficult game even for the time. It can be made relatively easier knowing that you can bank your gold by buying gems and realising the runes can be used in battle, like the earth key in Breath of Fire 1 making the early game a breeze. Disgaea - .. You're joking. Right? You want difficult? Play Treasure of the Rudra.

@ShivaDiva24 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't mind Phantasia or Destiny. The hardest Tales I ever came across is still Eternia.

@dustinb5908 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work Erick. Great video. At first I was wondering why Xenosaga Ep. 2 was in the video but then I realized I beat it with a Gameshark. I did however beat Nocturne on my own.

@yannickluecker3983 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever want to get past the golem in Popful Mail: Stock up on healing items, pass him while he blinks with invincibility and try to stun lock him while he has his body, then follow behind the head with the meelee sword. In fact, this boss really requires the sword...

@MTGControl 3 жыл бұрын

I love your sense of humour squire! Subbed!

@wastingtime2380 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite videos of you. It's fantastic to see you are human after all, even playing hundreds of jrpgs

@richardaaron4454 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t remember 7th Saga being that hard, I mean I don’t even remember much about it. I just remember liking it and beating it when it came out when I was a kid.

@cazualgamerjp 2 жыл бұрын

i love your rant about popful mail :D i think i might pick up that game to see how difficult the game is. i wonder if i'm going to end up yelling like you did :D

@p1nkfreud 3 жыл бұрын

Just so you know, for the games that actually were made harder for localization, there are fan translation patches for the original (J-NTSC) versions. I highly recommend those over the NA/PAL releases!

@killerkevsfromouterspace4479 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your channel

@xDarthRiverax 3 жыл бұрын

I finished 7th Saga with Lejes. I learned that if you let your partner character die, you can resurrect them in those tedious one on one fights with the other characters.

@MiamiSunrise 3 жыл бұрын

haha that was a fun video! Random encounters at times where you are doing puzzles and such is the worst. Good luck remembering what the hell you were doing in what order by the time the random ass battles are over with. 7th Saga is a tough game, it is unsurprising that it made one of the top spots in your list. I always liked to play as the Tetujin robot sort of guy but then got to a point where the game I swear was killing me because of that. Never beat it and would really like to say I did. I really need to make a video about Breath of Fire 2, as you mentioned it at the end since my recent playthrough of it I have some big gripes with and its not the translation I'm talking about even though its not good. Awesome vid

@HelvecioGomes 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see streamers getting rekt on smt Nocturne hd remaster and having to play merciful mode to finish it. lol

@georgielockhart6686 3 жыл бұрын

IKR? I LOOOVE that game but every time I start it I stop for a bit then forget where I even was. Mynlast playthrough ended after beating that whore Matador and somewhere around Thor. I have forgotten of I even beat him either but I am excited for HD and have sworn to finally complete it.

@HelvecioGomes 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgielockhart6686 I finished it only one time , true demon route, normal game mode. Tried hard mode and stopped playing before the three brute brothers, before going to Asakusa. Anyways it's a huge game, one of the games I spent more hours playing. But imo Strange Journey is harder than Nocturne.

@artofthepossible7329 3 жыл бұрын

@@HelvecioGomes SJ's hardness can be demonstrated by the music that plays for random encounters.

@Goomyx1492 3 жыл бұрын

@@HelvecioGomes Hmm I tried Nocturne many years ago but never got too far. I did beat Matador, but I couldn't beat the first Dante fight for some reason and I stopped. I have beaten Strange Journey since then. And I had beaten Digital Devil Saga earlier, so I'm excited for the HD remaster.

@trashwolf8 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for persona fans to get a taste of what real smt is like

@SEiMEi_EXiSTS 3 жыл бұрын

I watched all the way through to see your honorable mentions, I was worried you wouldn't put SMT Nocturne in the honorable mentions! Glad you did though! 😂

@jamestkirk3630 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid dude, subbed.

@KaliChronicles 3 жыл бұрын

Truly fantastic. The popful mail rant had me rolling in laughter.

@kyethememer9836 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. That was a hilarious rant.

@lightone31 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@Massiveillusion14 3 жыл бұрын

Popful Mail is an incredibly well put together game. It's just the game is designed to frustrate.

@trollingisasport 3 жыл бұрын

For sure. I went and played it on an emulator last year and loved it until I got to that woodcutter boss. Reminded me of Cuphead lol

@bobross4886 3 жыл бұрын

Epic!

@SuiteLifeofDioBrando 3 жыл бұрын

The hardest rpgs I beat were Monster Hunter Freedom Unite 2 Star Ocean 3 SMT Nocturne (TDE) SMT DS 2 Reccord Breaker Tales of Graces f (highest difficulty)

@RavenousSpectre 3 жыл бұрын

Ive always hated hard games. But i do have an itch every now and then to see how i can progress in bloodborne or the dark souls series...little by little. Lol

@x2rmav 3 жыл бұрын

Monster Hunter is a RPG?

@SuiteLifeofDioBrando 3 жыл бұрын

@@x2rmav I consider it a action rpg.

@yastafel 3 жыл бұрын

I played all star ocean games, never beat one. How the hell long are those games!?

@x2rmav 3 жыл бұрын

@@yastafel If you are collecting everything, on Galaxy Difficulty, 50 hrs avg. If you try the maxed difficulties, then 200+ hours. Point Taken,, Star Ocean games are the nightmare of bruteforcing though. No wonder you probably didn't beat then.

@gozucritic4546 3 жыл бұрын

Ah hahahahaha Erick is such an animated genuis plus reviewer,gotta love his wacky rants & his videos

@cmac43 2 жыл бұрын

I love the 7th Saga, it's absolutely a grind fest but I enjoyed every minute of it. Beat it back in the day and when I was older too. I hope you give his game another chance!

@saitamabilingualgamer3915 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings! Love your channel. Nice power metal intro. Tales of Destiny has a lot of frustrations!! I was about 25 hours into the Japanese version and I gave up. I ended up just watching the rest of the game on KZfaq. I found of used Japanese copy of Nocturne for only 5 bucks or so and I think I'll give it a go soon.

@happosaai 3 жыл бұрын

OMG Popful Mail was sooooo much fun!

@TheRedWaltz24 3 жыл бұрын

I used to love 7th Saga. I remember getting it when it came out and going through it multiple times because I loved it so much. I don't remember it being hard, but that was almost 30 years ago.

@matthewbrunner3454 3 жыл бұрын

Same, it was really fun to me, I beat it with every single disciple, was going to do a solo run by getting the demon as a companion as he betrays you before you go to the alternate world. The reason it was so hard is they screwed up the stats when leveling in the English version so your main character got less stat gains with leveling than the other apprentices. That's why the higher level you recruit them, the stronger they are, making the main char quite weak by comparison.

@mequint2000 3 жыл бұрын

Tales of Destiny - Playing it right now. Clunky, yes. Grindy, yes. Each of those painful levels, I did in one sitting but then I'd do something else like read or code. Will I beat it? For sure! Saga Frontier II - Played both characters - the last chapters defeated me. Someday, I'll go back Xenosaga II - Played twice. Beat once. Probably won't ever do it again. 7th Saga - Didn't get 10 minutes into the game FFT - Beat multiple times! BoF2 - Beat once. That last dungeon would turn anyone away. The others- Never played. But now I got some good challenges!

@MiamiSunrise 3 жыл бұрын

Yes that last dungeon in BOF2 is really something. They also did something else inexcusable with that last dungeon......

@mequint2000 3 жыл бұрын

@@MiamiSunrise And what is that?

@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308 3 жыл бұрын

@@mequint2000 I think he's referring to how to get a spell you need to beat the game, you have to go through a special cut scene that de-Shamanizes your characters (in Bof2, Shamans are used to significantly make most of the characters in the game stronger)

@mequint2000 3 жыл бұрын

@@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308 Yeah, I remember the shamans but I don't remember the part you mentioned. It's been about 20 years. That a dev sin, if I've ever heard one.

@MiamiSunrise 3 жыл бұрын

@@mequint2000 Yes, what @our divine mouse overlord said. One of the worst parts about the end of that game is that the game does not force you to meet those shamans to get the spell that weakens the final boss enough to beat him. The place you go for that can be missed and as you know there is that long first section and then the really nasty multi level core of the final dungeon before the final boss fight. I found it inexcusable that the devs allowed you to miss something so INCREDIBLY important. The shamans locale is not hidden at all, but you can accidentally miss it and thats my main point.

@adestyawahyuirawan3399 3 жыл бұрын

man, shining force exa was truly grinding. i've never played this game again

@andresfernandomorenohernan7087 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, jajajaja, Valkyrie Profile COTP did the same thing to me, really liked it and love the saga, but the game is insanely hard in some battles.

@xxFireMagexx 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, Erick!

@pauleccles8562 3 жыл бұрын

In Disaea the demon court can be used to manage and customize the difficulty to your liking. Did you increase the loot quality at all? Did you accidentally raise the enemy strength too high?

@jalalal8056 Жыл бұрын

He's noob

@Frank-ux6hs 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Erick you should beat the bird from Baten Kaitos in stream, that would be awesome :0

@Demonic0Jester Жыл бұрын

Nocturne like all SMT games is just about knowing what you're up against and how to counter it, in particular in Nocturne the MC can become ridiculously powerful with high crit AoE melee attacks and making use of reflect phys / reflect magic walls

@Maelael 3 жыл бұрын

Eric, here's a pro tip for beating Diseaga. Fight level 90-99 enemies! Foes in this level range give MASSIVE amounts of exp/kill and if you can kill off groups of them at once you have an effective EXP farm! Combine that with an EXP boosting Geo Effect and the effect gets even more massive! each foe in the 90-99 level range drops EXP of that of an enemy around the 340 level range. Just look into a guide in which story maps in conjunction with the stronger enemy bill will bring foes straight to lv 99 and have some AOE skills/magic and go fry some demons. In a few hours of this your best warriors will be getting very close to level 1000 which will be far more than enough to beat the crap out of the final boss with only one unit!

@redstratus97 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in the middle of Xenosaga 2 right now. The battle system does indeed have a learning curve to it. But once you figure it out, then it’s loads of fun. I lucked out getting through the first disc in 20 hours without knowing how the battle system fully worked. It wasn’t until the first mission on the 2nd disc that I was forced to learn it. I also have to say that a lot of the side quests are nearly mandatory due to the items you get when you complete them. You need those items for your characters to be strong and competent during battles. However many of the side quests are boring, take forever or just take too long to do. So because of that IMO you must play Xenosaga 2 with a guide. It will save you a lot of trouble and make the extra long boring side quests a lot more manageable. I’m 40 hours into the game now and it’s the addicting story that is keeping me playing along with the cinematic scenes. The game design is horrid, but the guide is helping me through it. I can’t imagine playing this without a guide now. Without a guide I would have quit long ago.

@tigmo55 3 жыл бұрын

@ redstratus97: Way to stick with it because I feel your pain! I adore the Xenosaga trilogy (III is in my Top 5-10 video games of all-time list) but everything you said rings true. The story is outstanding as always in II but the side quests...sigh...the side quests are just kind of "Meh" aren't they? It's like a bunch of people criticized Episode One for not having enough side quests/extra content so they tried it in II and...it didn't work very well. Overall, I still enjoy II immensely (Jr. is one of my favorite characters so it's nice to see the focus on him more than the bratty Shion) but it's still the weakest game of the trilogy IMO.

@redstratus97 3 жыл бұрын

tigmo55 it makes me wonder what the developers were thinking when they designed this game. Ok sure you added side quests now. However who over there thought it would be fun to try to find one person in an area that includes 2nd miltia, The Foundation, The Durandel and the Elsa? That’s more then 100 people you may have to talk to to find just one person! Yeah that not fun, that’s annoying and stupid design. Yes the first game had areas where there was no music so you added music everywhere now. Ok that’s fine, but the music quality suffered greatly and overall with the exception of a few tunes the soundtrack is worse then the first game. Yeah Juniors story is decent in the first disc, however you have to agree with me that it dragged it a few places. I did get tired running around the realien courtyard to advance the story. Plus too having to play the same area twice once in the summer and another in the winter? Come on, that’s lazy game design and boring. Ok they added extra hard optional boss fights. But why would they make most of them only available after you beat the main story? They should have been during the main story. When I finish the story I don’t see myself doing those. Maybe one or two, but without the story what’s the point. Yeah I get what you mean about Shion however it’s fair to mention that her personality is a lot like most highly educated women today. I wouldn’t call it bratty I would say that she knows what she wants when it comes to certain things and nothing is going to stop her from getting it. Yeah I’m liking this game. But I know that the free online guide is helping me like it. I have Xenosaga 3 on the shelf here. I look forward to starting that when I finish this story.

@Ness-op2uy 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I have a love/hate relationship with Breath of Fire 2. Everytime I'm playing this game I'm stuck somewhere and give it up only to return some years later and be stuck again. But I love everthing about this game so someday I'll try it again.

@deshawnholmes4876 3 жыл бұрын

What i find myself laughing at myself about is the fact i beat a lot of hard games as a kid, but i wouldn't even look twice at those games now as an adult. For me they were a one and done. I had the time and patience for them then. I still have the time but no longer the patience i guess.

@Shadowargel 3 жыл бұрын

WOW Erick que sorpresa! Ciertamente tienes deudas que saldar con esos rpg jejejeje. Saludos

@DustinBarlow8P 3 жыл бұрын

Yea 7th Saga, I was only able to get far in it, because I did the instant battle exploit, where you get to a point where you can take out the enemies with one hit, than you put a rubber band around a turbo controller, and leave it auto battling for however long. I accidently forgot about it for 3 days, so when I came back I was like level 55. Just for reference, the level most people beat the game on is like 45..... lol

@Real_Robin_ 3 жыл бұрын

I like, that the old intro song is back.

@Arexion5293 2 жыл бұрын

The whole video I was wondering if an SMT game would show up. I've personally beaten Nocturne twice on Hard, never even touched Normal. There's very little jrpgs that interest me, and Nocturne's combination of philosophical narrative and an actually good turn based battle system made the game fun for me. I want more jrpgs with proper battle systems like the press turn system.

@ddjsoyenby 2 жыл бұрын

i beat nocturne, but could only on normal i love the game, but it can frustrate me.

@NAYSqjn 3 жыл бұрын

Did not expect to see Nocturne near the end lmao same here

@ZealPropht 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this episode! I laughed so much! (Not at your pain, but because I agree with you on so many of these titles.) Thanks for another great video!

@musiciohann 3 жыл бұрын

If not one of your best videos, one of the funniest for sure!

@RaphaWasHere 3 жыл бұрын

covenant of the plume its one lof my fav jrpgs, i love all the three endings and some stuff in the post game, the game puch to sacrifice enought characters to get the C ending, then the nex time its more easey and you get the B ending and then neh you just get it easy till the very end and then find out that the final boss from the A ending its more harder than the whole game its selft. i love it

@wesmeyer1888 3 жыл бұрын

Covenant of the Plume is fantastic.

@barbe00brune 3 жыл бұрын

I finished my playthrough of saga frontier 2 yesterday lol then this video appears in my feed.

@ordinaryhuman5645 3 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely looking forward to SMT Nocturne again. I haven't done TDE yet.

@LezbeOswald 3 жыл бұрын

probably at least half of my 80+ hour run with Disgaea was grinding. the only thing that kept me from going crazy was the new skills i got at certain levels. the animations and high numbers were entertaining enough to keep me from feeling like i wasn't accomplishing anything.

@borugbarag5754 3 жыл бұрын

I remember givin up on gettin 100% on Legend of Legaia because of that fishing thing.

@jbelt712 3 жыл бұрын

You should do a livestream series where a fan helps you through these games.

@seanbcusack 3 жыл бұрын

yeah 7th saga was really hard. i did beat it with every character eventually, it really is a hidden gem, but a few of the paths are super hard. i forget which one, but one of them has you fighting the robot dude and that comes out fo nowhere and he's insanely powerful at that point compared to where you likely are. and playing i think the healer or mage guy spent so much time with a single person, so you have no defense against anything, was also a real grind. still an awesome game though.

@TheAleatoriorandom 3 жыл бұрын

I feel ya, great video!

@paanazmi8062 3 жыл бұрын

my early guess, wild arm 3, the whole lineup megaman battle network series

@superarty7 3 жыл бұрын

I will never forget that took me an entire month to beat one specific dungeon on Phantasy Star 2. I only beat it with online maps

@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308 3 жыл бұрын

The only two games mentioned I've played (and that I've beaten) are "The 7th Saga" and "Breath of Fire 2". For "The 7th Saga," I played as the robot and teamed up with the elf girl and used that team to beat the game.

@rabbitcreative 3 жыл бұрын

Love your voice work. :)

@sambajane 3 жыл бұрын

the vocal performance during the last entry is extraordinary

@zin22hashtagBABALU 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll guess one, Resonance of fate? gonna watch your video later.. your channel is awesome🤘

@elviore3 3 жыл бұрын

I love Resonance of Fate, I get all achievements in xbox360

@zin22hashtagBABALU 3 жыл бұрын

Anna RG i got PLT on ps4 and ps3

@Pimpjira87 3 жыл бұрын

I really need to try that game again. I tried it near release and was expecting a much more simple battle system and the learning curve really turned me off.

@lucassworldofletsplays9270 2 жыл бұрын

Came in fully expecting Etrian Odyssey to be on the list, was really surprised when it wasn’t.

@ArchsagePent 3 жыл бұрын

I remember buying an Agarest game (don't remember which one, but it was one of the earlier ones) and I dropped it after an hour or so. I wanted to like but, it just wasn't what I wanted out of a video game. I also burned out playing Disgaea - too much grinding and I wasn't a big fan of the leveling system in general. The others I haven't played, except of Covenant of the Plume, which I actually completed back when it came out. I got burned the first time because I didn't sacrifice anyone and ended up on the A route so I had to restart, but after that I really liked it. I agree with you about the story as well.

@Trakker1985 3 жыл бұрын

if you're just after beating the story mode in Disgaea, you can knock that out with a team of 4-5 characters at about level 70. There are a few good grinding maps along the way. I'd stick with that just for the story ='D

@jaimereupert4247 3 жыл бұрын

11:05 that stage is a good leveling spot early on. You need a skill that hits a 3x3 area, like a level 9 magic, Big Bang (fist skill lvl 20) or Winged Slayer (sword skill lvl 10).

@DayFul 3 жыл бұрын

Disgaea had a few maps along the story built for power leveling the later games had my head spinning.

@Sinistralx 3 жыл бұрын

Tales of Destiny ps1 was my very first intro into the tales series. I'd say it's worth a round 2!

@PoogiBear1 3 жыл бұрын

You should really try the Sega Ages version of Phantasy Star 1, the quality of life additions and 2xp and meseta boost really makes the game much easier and takes out the grind, plus the auto draw map for the 3D Dungeons makes exploration great. I am biased though; it’s the first RPG I played at 5 years old

@rpgaholic8202 3 жыл бұрын

Time to comment on ones of these I've played! Hmm... The reason I gave up on SaGa Frontier 2 is I was at the point of "I got this far, but I really want to use the PocketStation with it" and then the PocketStation never came to the US and by then, I had found other JRPGs that I had found to be more engaging. ---- Ooh, Xenosaga II, for me, I think it was the grinding, combined with the fact it didn't feel as fun as the first one. Also maybe the fact that I was mad that Shion now went without glasses, and I found her cuter with them on. ---- Disgaea! Loved it! I think the only thing I haven't done with it is beat Baal. ---- The 7th Saga... I only rented it, it just didn't catch my attention to merit a second rental or even later purchase from me. I might grab the rom and try to see where I go with it, but I've got other games on my radar I'd rather play. The only JRPG I remember going "I never want to play this again" was Magna Carta: Tears Of Blood. For one, it took the Judgment Ring from the Shadow Hearts series and made it worse. Not that I hate the Judgment Ring, but it's not my favorite way to judge attacks. Combine that with my army commandos that have years of training struggling against even minor foes unless they outnumber them. I think I got maybe 4-5 hours in before I was "there are better games out there I want to play or even replay."

@lacknerflorian7254 3 жыл бұрын

Ty for share , greets

@jamesoneavatar8644 2 жыл бұрын

I've beaten Phantasy Star II at least twice. I think I used a strategy guide the 1st time, but I don't need one now. I recommend finding the Visiphone w/ the thief. It helps to be able to save anywhere

@drachengott95 3 жыл бұрын

Try playing Albert Odyssey. The notes in the back said they inproved the grinding from the original when they translated it.

@retrogamernes3121 3 жыл бұрын

Erick, I wholeheartedly agree with your take on Phantasy Star 2. I'm playing through it right now and I'm only at the 2nd dungeon. What I also hate is that the characters I have right now other than Nei, they take so long to gain levels, plus the fact that they can only use certain pieces of equipment. As for Xenosaga, I couldn't get into it because of the battle system, I couldn't understand it. It was the same with Star Ocean 3: Til The End of Time. I couldn't understand what was going on and I think one of my party members died after running out of MP...NOT HP....WTF?!.....I also rage quit Soul Nomad because of those stupid rooms and formations and the fact that the game doesn't explain any of that....another great video by the way

@akemiknowsbest3671 3 жыл бұрын

Xenosaga 2 is one of the hardest games I ever managed to finish, and I personally love the battle system. However, once you get to the final boss, that game expects you to be so masterful of the system, that you have to follow a VERY specific battle pattern with very specific characters. You have to do it perfectly, or this boss will HEAL ALL THE WAY BACK UP after a point (which was typically about THIRTY MINUTES in to the battle. I literally cried at that battle (I probably put a good 20 or so hours trying to beat that battle alone), and eventually gave in, grabbing the strategy guide and swearing like a sailor when I realized what the game expected of me. Great game though, probably my favorite of the 3. haha

@user-pj5my5po3q 2 жыл бұрын

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@christophergrimes6082 2 жыл бұрын

OMG I played 7th Saga on the super nintendo back when i was like 9 and loved it. I rented it from the local video store and have been thinking about it recently but I couldn't remember the name and had no luck looking it up so thank you so much now i can retry it.

@grayaj23 3 жыл бұрын

That falcom rant was the best rant ever.

@montywh 3 жыл бұрын

i pretty much side with you on Xenosaga Episode II, though my gripe was that the game doesn't really have an upgrade/equipment system. every town i come to i try to find a weapon shop, but then i forget the game doesn't even have weapons for your characters. meaning the only strength boosts you get are from leveling up, making the grind process that much more tedious

@lunamariahawke9320 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering when you´ll mention SMT Nocturne xD

@theosr93 3 жыл бұрын

Rhone cave in Dragon Quest II say hello.

@RocketZX 3 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, if someone hasn't played dragon quest 2 to the end i can't call them a dragon quest fan LOL

@TBoneTony 3 жыл бұрын

Those that have slow grinding or have confusing battle system. Or if you have beaten the game with a normal ending but if you want the Good or Best ending, you need a strategy guide to trigger an event with characters to get the best ending with those character shipping. And you don't want to print out a strategy guide because the document in GameFAQs is more than 20 pages in length.

@justnewbieintheworldofexpe4977 3 жыл бұрын

Destiny was one of my first JRPGs, failed in first attempt, and finished in second year later. One of my favorite in Tales series too...

@mr__seven 3 жыл бұрын

Oh 7st saga....recuerdos de Vietnam vienen a mi mente... Realmente lo tengo pendiente ya que la última vez llegue al BOSS final pero no pude bajarlo :( un duro golpe.

@juanortiz9123 3 жыл бұрын

De cómo un comentario en español! :o

@mr__seven 3 жыл бұрын

Erick es mexicano, así que tengo que fe leerá también los comentarios en español. ;)

@chumbosaurio7099 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr__seven si, pero nunca los respondera jaja

@chumbosaurio7099 3 жыл бұрын

Ese juego es una patada en los huevos , todo porque la localización le arruinó el balance jaja

@mr__seven 3 жыл бұрын

Debo decir que me encantan personalmente que la versión gringa sea más difícil que la versión japonesa, generalmente siempre es al revés.

@elbravovierde8010 3 жыл бұрын

Popfull Mail is one of the best games when it comes to soundtrack!! The first stage music is pure gold and helps brighten the day!!

@marianocastroentenza8145 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that puzzle on Tales of Destiny!! What a pain in the ass! Man, if you see the one they made on the last dungeon.... You would probably throw away the Disc! Still, I love that game!

@kellysimporta 3 жыл бұрын

I finished Phantasy Star 2 back in the day with the help of the included guidebook, you could plan your route in advance with a pencil, it was the first RPG videogame I played in my life, the second being Final Fantasy 2 (4) I also finished Popful Mail and I don't remember it being that hard, but I was young and had lots of free time, It's my favorite Sega CD game, above even the Lunar Games and probably would enter my top ten games of all time

@mramisuzuki6962 3 жыл бұрын

Lol the Castle in Code Vein that hit deep.

@xshilverx 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, Covenant of the Plume was so demoralizing for me. The combat system is different and really exciting... but the difficulty truly is brutal. I had to drop it too. Disgaea on the other hand, I beat and became a lifelong fan since, but I never really unlock all the content of these games as it requires grinding almosy religiously. Like, it's just so absurd! I'm fine with clearing the main story and anything I can get to in under 5h of grinding afterwards, but after that I just turn to youtube to fill in the gaps. Great vid as always!

@realavt 3 жыл бұрын

Erick, there is a fan-made patches for The 7th Saga and Popful Mail, which allows you to play them with original japanese difficulty level :)

@jasonwoods6204 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Hocico shirt!

@realOMNIslasher 3 жыл бұрын

this like that Legend Of Mana maze with the flower goblin elve things

@39zack 2 жыл бұрын

Someone channeled their inner AVGN at the end there :O

@paulkinder8440 3 жыл бұрын

I've just started Phantasy Star II, unsure how far i'll get though, but i'll try to get through it.

@TrejoDuneSea 3 жыл бұрын

It's been years since I finished it, but I recall Xenosaga episode 2 combat being weird in that, especially toward the end, I had a lot more trouble with random encounters than with boss battles. I just plain forgot about almost everything else gameplay related though, including how to boost.

@FrappMocha 2 жыл бұрын

Loved how you have Breath of Fire 2 OST in your opening speech 👍❤

@MHChrono 3 жыл бұрын

FF Tactics is my favorite game :D Don't give up! (Just always save in a different slot if the game asks if you want to save, because they're generally points of no return)

@d18p 3 жыл бұрын

16:23 Damn bro that finish was hilarious.

@japanimationman4442 3 жыл бұрын

Not surprised to se Popful Mail at #1. There was one boss fight where even the best weapon available was only doing 1 point of damage, and it had like 100 HP. Since even with the best available armor you'll die in about three or four hits, this was a hell of a challenge. I think the game would have been fine if they hadn't botched the difficulty in localization, but as it is the fun can really get sucked out of it. And, yeah, that golem wrecked my ass for a while, too.

@SinisterCheshire 2 жыл бұрын

"Popful Mail also has a great soundtrack man, you should check it out." Best part of the vid!

@acidwizard6528 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just coincidence that both Erick and davidvinc released a video today about the hardest JRPGs?

@puczoas 3 жыл бұрын

Xenosaga trilogy is amazing. I'm surprised Namco never did a remaster of the trilogy for the PS4

@CrowQuark 3 жыл бұрын

its because Namco doesn't own the rights to Xenosaga its purely owned by Monolith Soft who now works with Nintendo, we could see a remaster on the switch though