Top 50 Best PS1 JRPGs Ever (Random Order)

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10 ай бұрын

The 50 best JRPGs released on the PlayStation 1 in random order. Only in Japan titles are NOT included!
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@Gremalkin1979 10 ай бұрын

Ps1 was the golden era of jrpg. So many unique and fun games. FF8 was my first FF game and my first taste of jrpgs. It was the reason i got a ps1 instead of a n64, and boy was it the right choice. What followed was lots of rpgs; Breath of fire, Grandia, Legend of Legaia.... the list goes on. Fond memories

@PuffZombie 10 ай бұрын

I really love PS1 JRPG's, but in my opinion Golden Era come with PlayStation 2. Because it have even more titles, and most of them have original game mechanics and features.

@mattwallace2221 10 ай бұрын

Breath of fire is more of a fishing game

@daiashthomas 10 ай бұрын

@@mattwallace2221😂

@Justforvisit 10 ай бұрын

It was a golden era indeed, but it was the second golden era, the first one would have been the SNES

@HollowRick 6 ай бұрын

@@PuffZombieI feel the PS1 had more all time classics where the PS2 may have had more JRPGs but I feel a lot of them were just good by comparison but not incredible but that's just my opinion :D

@russellg9622 10 ай бұрын

The PS1 nostalgia is real. FF7 is my all time favorite but probably not for the same reason as most people. My dad got me a PlayStation with a bunch of games when we could finally afford our own house and I’ll always remember him telling me it was important to him because his parents could never afford to. FF7 was one of those games. I tried playing it and just couldn’t figure it out so I played mostly just racing and fighting games. Then my dad start playing my PlayStation when I wasn’t home because he worked night shifts and he couldn’t get enough of FF7. I would watch him play and ask about it then he taught me how to play it and from that point on I was a JRPG lover. I always looked for other JRPGs but one thing was always certain. Depending on if it was closer to Christmas or my birthday my dad would always get me the new final fantasy that came out.

@eatthewoke5170 4 ай бұрын

Too bad there were only like 3 more good Final Fantasy games after that, 4 if you count Tactics.

@russellg9622 4 ай бұрын

@@eatthewoke5170 yeah I lost interest once they went full action rpg. They use to be the company that always innovated turn based RPGs. Now their games feel like all the others with better graphics and a final fantasy paint job.

@CountShadow 10 ай бұрын

The fact that you even have 50 JRPGs in one list on one console is insane. This explains easily why the PS1 is my favorite console of all time to this date.

@DarkFrozenDepths 10 ай бұрын

PS1 and PS2 were the RPG titans basically. I can't see too many people owning one of these systems w/o having played at least one RPG.

@carmel8734 4 ай бұрын

True, I bought an emulator just to play ps1 jrpgs. Getting a Miyoo Mini+ was such a delight to play my faves back then.

@cadenfrankovich2694 10 ай бұрын

You should continue this series for all the other consoles! Loved this video and added quite a few of these games to my backlog

@traytonvanderecken3311 10 ай бұрын

Star Ocean second story is one of my favorite action jrpgs of all time.

@machoman6969 20 күн бұрын

The second story stomps all over the FF saga .

@Terron29 10 ай бұрын

the choice of music in this video is absolutely top notch. So many great tracks to match a list of so many incredible games :)

@lucapaneslowliving 10 ай бұрын

Is the music at 4:15 from BOF III ost? if yes, which song exactly? thanks!

@Terron29 10 ай бұрын

@@lucapaneslowliving its called 'casually' overworld theme 1 I think

@lucapaneslowliving 10 ай бұрын

@@Terron29 thanks!!!

@abdulhaseeb9113 8 ай бұрын

@@Terron29 do you know the first song? i heard this from somewhere but can't remember

@Terron29 8 ай бұрын

@@abdulhaseeb9113 force your way from Final Fsntasy 8🙂

@savagemantis9060 10 ай бұрын

Great video man, especially with the ff8 track! I have so many of these gems but haven't got to play a bunch of them yet...the struggle.

@mastergodai 10 ай бұрын

The only thing I hated about Xenogears was the random Encounters every two steps LOL .my friends and I made fun of that back in the day like we would announce" hey man Im going to the fridge" take two steps and we would all start singing the battle music XD

@Maesterful 10 ай бұрын

Can it be reduced somehow?

@melonusk6120 10 ай бұрын

use cheat@@Maesterful

@takezomiyamoto1390 10 ай бұрын

there are rumors about a remake of Xenogears taking place in the future... fingers crossed.

@armandostockvideos8386 10 ай бұрын

The battle system also sucked, it was pretty repetitive.

@jasonm7298 9 ай бұрын

Love the list. One thing I'd like to add is if it is not too much trouble could you consider adding timestamps for each game in your list? It makes seeing specific games a lot easier.

@FredSpade 8 ай бұрын

Yep, for "research purposes" and I mean literally.

@mntchannel1212 10 ай бұрын

Ff8 is the most underrated, people always choose ff7 or ff9.. but for me ff8 is the goat and deserve a remake

@LiorVolf 10 ай бұрын

Can't agree more that FFVIII does deserve and needs a remake on the level of FF7R, in the sense that it needs elevation. I always had the impression that it was a rushed game with many unanswered questions regarding world building. Great game with great characters

@szilvesztertoth1628 10 ай бұрын

I love to see when people show respect to FF8. My first ever JRPG was Chrono Cross (became my all time favourite) and my second ever JRPG was FF8. It blew me away with its graphics, summons, special attacks, the whole world was so unique and I LOVED the junction system as well. ( Drawing was a bit tedious but it did not take anything away of the experience) I found out later that you can glitch the junctions but I never do it, just use it as it was intended. All those cool FMV cutscenes, the characters, and oh my god the music, that opening cinematic. I am literally in tears thinking back on that game. FF8 will forever be in my heart, it is one of the best games I have ever played as a kid.

@savagemantis9060 10 ай бұрын

💯

@luvlybaluga 10 ай бұрын

It's not underrated, it's what started the hate FF bandwagon that you see for FF10 a little, and then more so for FF12 and FF13 and FF15

@lorddrifter7296 10 ай бұрын

Yea 8 was good. 7 and 9 def better in my opinion. Love em all tho

@ryokuhasu9699 10 ай бұрын

OMG, been waiting so long to see Legend of Legaia mentioned in a vid again. Glad to see it right in front!

@wadedewell 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that game. Never played the sequel. I would love to recollect a physical copy for Legia 1 and jade cocoon

@russellg9622 10 ай бұрын

Same I recently downloaded it after wanting to for a long time and I’m already 40 hrs in lol

@doomynytress3869 10 ай бұрын

@wadedewell DON'T. PLAY. THE SEQUEL. It is next to NOTHING like the original and... its a HUGE letdown. Just. Keep playing the original. 😊

@ryokuhasu9699 10 ай бұрын

I love how Legend of Legaia is a dark fantasy after the BBEG has already caused the collapse of everything and his minions are going around and systematically destroying pockets of survivors.

@haul26 4 ай бұрын

Отличное видео. Очень коротко и информативно, но сразу понятно становится, что из себя представляет игра. Некоторые игры из списка ранее не встречал в подборках. Спасибо.

@Hotspot87 9 ай бұрын

Great to see my favorites on the list! Suikoden 1&2, Chrono Cross, Breath of Fire IV and Final Fantasy IX.

@bigdaddy5864 10 ай бұрын

I would really like to see videos of you providing a more deep dive into some of these favorites of yours. Like Ragnarok Tactics on PSP - I'd love to see you go into a full review of the game. Something deeper than these "Top Lists" videos. Have a good one.

@MagodoCaos1 10 ай бұрын

Not only the list has almost the same number of rpgs I've played(that's 48 untill this moment), but it also starts with my first one ever! This will definitely help me expand my horizons, and maybe pick up some different games to play.

@chrisharmon1985 10 ай бұрын

Breathe of fire 3, grandia, ff7,and ff8 are my favorites

@nicolaszemliakoff1293 2 ай бұрын

Add Legend of Dragoon and FF9, and you have my favorite list

@alaincerminara1472 10 ай бұрын

what a time to play RPGs back then, played ALL of those :)

@zedamuda147 10 ай бұрын

Nice video, love this list!. Make a list of ps2 please!!!.

@nobodyspecial115 2 ай бұрын

Breath of Fire 3 was my first RPG (not counting Pokemon R/B) and my all time favorite. I can't praise it enough, the music, the artwork, the story, and of course the Dragons!

@Vartazian360 5 ай бұрын

Legend of Dragoon should be on this list.

@HittokiriBattousai17 2 ай бұрын

Overrated.

@nobodyspecial115 2 ай бұрын

7:32 it was on the list

@Patrick-bn5rp 10 ай бұрын

Hey Eric, what are your thoughts on those retro emulation consoles? Btw, you uploaded this vid at the perfect time. I just got one of them for myself and a cousin and I was looking to add more stuff to the game list.

@kotetsujin3493 10 ай бұрын

I have a rg35xx anbernic i have some of more popular games in this list plus gameboy color ,advance snes rpgs arcade beat em ups 90’s fighting games sega msx turbograftx for 54 bucks i love my rg35xx

@Patrick-bn5rp 10 ай бұрын

@@kotetsujin3493 I was asking Eric, but yes. The rg35xx is very nice. I would know, cause that's the afformentioned console that I picked up.

@doomynytress3869 10 ай бұрын

It is SO redeeming to see my favorite game FINALLY mentioned in a "Greatest RPG of Blah Blah" (Legend of Legaia). I think with just a few modern tweaks it would be marketable on today's consoles (remade, of course, with better artwork and whatnot,) but I will cherish it on my PSX/2 until it finally gets the remake it deserves.

@vitradesk 8 ай бұрын

yes but they would have to leave the OST as is!! LOVE the soundtrack

@doomynytress3869 8 ай бұрын

@@vitradesk YES, PLEASE.

@BSTRDSTV 6 ай бұрын

what is the background music on arc the lad review? thx

@ericp1803 9 ай бұрын

Eric, have you ever played Beyond the Beyond?? I've always wanted to try it.

@Bram7Lawliet 9 ай бұрын

hey erick have you played popolocrois on PS1? it already have english patch you might like it and it was different unlike PSP version which is mash up of two popolocrois 1 & 2 on PS1 but poporogue was not included instead added new scenario.

@Taranchule 10 ай бұрын

Here in Australia we got the European release of Final Fantasy Anthology. In that collection we actually got FFIV and FFV, as FFVI got a stand alone release. Basically the only Nintendo-era Final Fantasy game the PS1 didn't get out here was, of course, FFIII.

@Maesterful 10 ай бұрын

Currently playing Wild Arms on my Vita for the first time and currently loving it!

@agahafiz3914 10 ай бұрын

what do you think about the battle system?, is it good?. I wanted to like this game, but the battle system is ridiculously easy so you just have to spam the same attack over and over again

@kennywilson3270 10 ай бұрын

@agahafiz3914 what was so easy about it you hate it? Some fights you actually had to use a brain and plan rounds.

@Maesterful 10 ай бұрын

@@agahafiz3914 That may be the case in earlier levels but if gets much more challenging later on and it's a surprisingly vast game. I did a fair amount of grinding and am about 40 hours in but only just about reaching endgame. So far it's been an incredible game, with memorable characters, unique settings, original story and enemies. I also love the dash button which saves a lot of time, the escape spell that reduces backtracking majorly, and an incredibly handy easy glitch to give infinite items in case things get too hard or you just want to be an instant millionaire. The whole game reminds me of the best of FF6, Golden Sun and perhaps Crono Trigger (without the cumbersome time travelling). Hope this helps and you play this gem.

@skolnutz 7 күн бұрын

I love this list, and I love your frenchie accent!

@ithydoodles 10 ай бұрын

Breath of Fire 4 and Final Fantasy IX were the best birthday or christmas presents ever :)

@takezomiyamoto1390 10 ай бұрын

I remember also remember a couple of videogames birthday gifts as some of fondest memories... Once, I got Sonic3 and Dragonball:Lappel du destin for megadrive. Another time I got Ultima7 for PC from my brother... I cried of joy that day.

@DarkFrozenDepths 10 ай бұрын

The PS1 era had some of the best and most influential RPGs ever in my opinion. Tons to sink lots of well spent time into. I likely would not be an RPG fan today if it wasn't for a good chunk of this list.

@carmel8734 4 ай бұрын

This is true. I would not love rpgs today if not for these jrpgs. I would still want to play these games on ps1 over any latest console. Suikoden II is forever my favorite and I will still replay it. ❤

@MrDrCaos 10 ай бұрын

Buenos días Erick hermosa lista, que excelentes juegos. He disfrutado 45 de los 50 puras gemas

@vectovai 10 ай бұрын

Azure Dreams will always hold a special place for me.

@ToastedAlmond77 8 ай бұрын

Suikoden 1&2 have a special place in my heart, I got it randomly from a friend that didn’t like it, and I fell in love, so much that I bought 2 on release day, these and the BoF series are timeless to me. PS, I still own both Suikodens on disc

@carmel8734 4 ай бұрын

YES to SUIKODEN. 💯 I just replayed Suikoden II on Miyoo Mini+ ❤

@mikeg5039 10 ай бұрын

Legaia is my favorite rpg ever

@armorvil 10 ай бұрын

17:00 just as an FYI you used footage from the Tactics Ogre PSP remake, not from the ps1 port. The ps1 version looks nothing like this, haha.

@danilorossini2861 3 ай бұрын

Ahahhaa let me share somwthing really funny with u guys: Right now, when Erick announced Xenogears in 40° place, and then Brigandine in 39°, two things happened to me: 1- now I'm REALLY afraid of this list 2- and now I'm TOTALLY curious about this list That's it! Tnks for your amazing job, Erick! Cheers from Brazil ❤️💃

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

Here We Go The PS1 Is A JRPG Juggernaut

@NipplesOfDestiny 5 ай бұрын

Parasite Eve was my favourite back in the day

@downloadgame9610 5 ай бұрын

We need time stamps!!

@isssma0 10 ай бұрын

I’m so happy legend of legaia is number 50, so it’s the first one, and everyone can see it.

@johnramo245 10 ай бұрын

I was listening to this while at work, but I don't think I heard Guardians Crusade mentioned? That was one of the first games I ever played on PS1. Great memories. Surprised that couldn't even crack top 50?

@Icelord877 8 ай бұрын

amazing that how much you brought back to me. I own and treasure all of these games

@BoondockRoberts 10 ай бұрын

The Lunar series will always be replayed. What's great about it's art style is it cannot get outdated. I do find FF7 a bit overrated but for many it's their first rpg ever and that gives it serious nostalgia power.

@ocelott3348 9 ай бұрын

So many great JRPG's on this system. Hard to pick my favorite, but I would say Suikoden or FF IX. I'm playing Xenogears right now, and might throw that one in there also.

@dannyb9209 10 ай бұрын

So glad I went back and re-read the title of this video as I was about to go on a rant at dragon valour being above ff7 and suikoden 😂

@gerardolavin4825 8 ай бұрын

OMG i have only played a few, so much for play, thank You for the list

@damonkeybomb 3 ай бұрын

I was absolutely hyped to see legend of dragoon, legend of legaia and jade cocoon all on this list. Usually people are like “ps1 had great rpgs” then cant name anything that wasnt published by square.

@nweditor875 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for these recomandations I am more of a Neo Geo CD guy but I do plan on giving these games a shoot.

@zenniste 10 ай бұрын

I remember most of those! My favorite were the squaresoft ones! But did you forget the best selling ps1 jrpg in Japan which was dragon quest vii?

@ChazDragoon 3 ай бұрын

Legend of Mana's boss theme (Pain the Universe) never fails to get me going...

@MezzoRealty 2 ай бұрын

One of the best RPGs of all time💯 - Legend of Dragoon - Suikoden 2 - Final Fantasy Tactics - FF9 - FF8 - Rhapsody - Breath of Fire IV - Wild Arms 2 - Brigandine - Suikoden 1 - FF6 - FF7 - Castlevania - Vandal Hearts - Monster Rancher - Valkyrie Profile - Chrono Cross - Threads of Fate

@GT-li8wg 10 ай бұрын

Omg I was sweating bullets for Vanguard Bandits. Top 5 for me on ps1! Sweeeeet

@thepuppetmaster9284 10 ай бұрын

A bit fun fact for why Tales of Eternia became Tales of Destiny II in the US was because the word 'Eternia' already been used by *Mattel* for *He-Man / Master of the Universe* franchise. Namco doesn't want any legal issues with Mattel or confusing promotion so they choose Destiny II for Eternia, which ironicly confused many Tales of fans when Namco decided to make the real Destiny II. But for EU release, Bamco still used Eternia.

@Swaytekk 10 ай бұрын

Love this list. Thank God for emulation handhelds because i play most of these gems on the go

@shayne604 10 ай бұрын

Legend of dragoon is the best RPG on ps1 it can't be beat 🔥👑🔥

@carmel8734 4 ай бұрын

Suikoden II will forever be my number 1. I just replayed it on my Miyoo Mini+ ❤

@bikeking8 10 ай бұрын

Many thanks for including Front Mission 3, Vanguard Bandits and Mega Man Legends 2. Seems every other KZfaq rpg list only j**ks off over the usuals like FF7, Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest 8.

@insaneasock3156 10 ай бұрын

Own all of these gems....except digimon....yeah

@russellg9622 10 ай бұрын

I know right I always thought digimon were waaay cooler than Pokémon but the games always fell short. Even my iPhone auto corrects Pokémon for me but thinks I am misspelling digimon, so annoying lol 😆

@user-zm2rv7hw5t 10 ай бұрын

Front Mission 3 + Parasite Eve 2 Best Games

@Darrellc32 10 ай бұрын

Koudelka no lo jugaste?

@rionugroho1403 10 ай бұрын

Amazing list, PS1 is really the home of top tier RPG

@RickueEvans-oi1iz 10 ай бұрын

I say it again Super NES in the PlayStation was a golden year of Japanese RPG so many great jpgs and it's video shows that

@Limit5482 4 ай бұрын

Man the psx and FF8 is what got me a jrpg addict

@Mezmero Ай бұрын

Quite ingenious of you to put these in random order. I'd say at least 35 out of these 50 games I could see someone calling their number one favorite and I'd totally believe them. Personally I'd call Xenogears my favorite although I have to admit I might not have even played it if not for FF7 being my gateway to the genre. So I'm torn between whether I would rank cultural importance over personal love for a work of art.

@quatreiquorizawa1284 9 ай бұрын

Wait, was bof3 was not mentioned or did i just missed it? I think it's even better than 4 aside form graphics. Felt like a real adventure.

@agroah7236 9 ай бұрын

i finished dq7 on my 3ds and it was fantastic 80 hours +

@CharlieSquall 10 ай бұрын

Ff9 the best

@Vulpas 10 ай бұрын

FF8 but each FF in PS1 is top tier

@wadedewell 10 ай бұрын

I actually liked ff8 the best. But I will say all of the FF games for ps1 are fantastic. The ps1 had the best of these games period. The true golden era for the turn based rpg. How I miss it

@CharlieSquall 10 ай бұрын

@@wadedewell you re the man

@CharlieSquall 10 ай бұрын

@@Vulpas sure

@thepaper888 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget on ps3 eshop there is a ton of ps1/ps2 classics xenogears, chrono trigger, so soo many tons of rpgs, grandia, old smt, all og ff games, parasite eve, so many countless tons of classics literally not available on any other system.

@thepaper888 10 ай бұрын

I'm not exaggerating at least 2/3 of the games listed here are on ps3 shop.

@KiritoRF 7 ай бұрын

Legend of legaia ever

@uhtyp1 10 ай бұрын

I loved Thousand Arms but it is not a great game, it's one of those games that I personally liked but nobody else did. Sadly, my copy had an issue where the game would crash because my disk had a nasty scratch on it. would love to revisit it one day.

@kotetsujin3493 10 ай бұрын

You can buy a anbernic rg35xx watch tutorials on how to setup garlic os on a micro sd card and put all the games on this list

@hoseinbebany 2 ай бұрын

Ty Sir

@sting7789 Ай бұрын

Vagrant Story, FF7, FF8 was my favorite Ps1 rpgs.

@Lamasis2 10 ай бұрын

Never finished Legend of Legaia as a child, so I emulated the US version. Big mistake, the really ramped the difficulty up.

@Biggs253 Күн бұрын

The us version had some very gruesome difficulty spikes

@giogames13 10 ай бұрын

Valkyrie profile ❤️

@zidanetribal5927 9 ай бұрын

I saw my princess garnet so here i am😊 good list🎉

@savagemantis9060 10 ай бұрын

Brave fencer musashi is such a banger

@Chaaderbox 10 ай бұрын

Lowkey I be coming here to get games on my steam deck

@Vulpas 10 ай бұрын

Based and Valve pilled

@russellg9622 10 ай бұрын

Haha same I just recently bought a PC just to download Legend of Legaia but now I’m about to beat it and need to figure out what is next.

@Dsrikers 10 ай бұрын

The PS1 and SNES were the peak of JRPG'S for me.

@ronjamesonwu9651 3 ай бұрын

Brother can you send me the full list of this? Thank you.

@2BooG 10 ай бұрын

Koudelka didn't make the list?! I love this game.

@kotetsujin3493 10 ай бұрын

Yeah it deserve more than dragon valor

@senorsombrero 2 ай бұрын

If this was chaptered so the list was easy to work though it would be so much better.

@Blazedragonlord 10 ай бұрын

If you’re a fan of wild arms, please support armed phantasia! It’s made by several people who worked on the series!

@CalamardoBasado 7 ай бұрын

There is a Game where you fight againts a Octopus boss in a water well

@therisingsunishere8192 10 ай бұрын

One good game is missing called monsterseed. I think its underrated and not very popular for people to notice

@butterschunkmcdonalds5333 Ай бұрын

BoF3 is one of the greatest JRPGs I've ever played, And after playing thru it again recently, I stand by that statement. Was thinking about trying BoF4 again, As I never actually completed it, Tho I've heard so much praise for BoF4 as the best in the series, But is it really better than 3? From what i remember of it, I felt like it was lacking in several aspects, Def didn't immerse me into it's world the way 3 did. Gonna give it another try tho!

@waynewood445 8 ай бұрын

Even if the list is random, BOF IV was a really good underrated game.

@nilunanisol4994 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Senpai

@Kerdukie 10 ай бұрын

Phew, I played them all. 😲

@Slade-83 10 ай бұрын

Maaaaan I almost thought BoF wasn't gonna make it

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

Some Other Good PS1 JRPGs Not Named Here On This List Are Koudelka Threads Of Fate Parasite Eve 2 Mega Man Legends 1 Beyond The Beyond Alundra 2 Saga Frontier 1