Vagrant story us still one of the most beautiful looking games EVER created, it really doesn't need a remaster all that ps1 charm would be lost, more story content would be nice though.
You recrute Koudelkas son Harley in shadow hearts. You can meet Koudelka in it also. You hear about what happened to Edward and you find the grave of James O'Flaherty right by the ruins of the chapel where Koudelka took place. Love that series.
@@bustergundo516 yup sure is. The chapel where Koudelka took place is where you find Roger Bacon staying when you first meet him in shadow hearts. Look around it and you'll find a memorial for James O'Flaherty. Koudelka is found somewhere in the same town as Harley. Talk to her and she will tell you what happened to Edward.
My cousin told me about it be cause he was a huge godeater fan and liked Code Vein. They gave it the Drakengard/Nier treatment. That's how I got into the titles.
Shadow Hearts' story is so good. What I like is that the ending of Shadow Hearts 2 shows that Karin was brought back to the past, and that's where she met Yuri's father and assumed the name Anne. So it's like, Shadow Hearts 2 is a sequel and a prequel at the same time. I wish they'd do a remaster of the Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 for PS4/PS5.
I like how they gave Emerson blue hair. Pretty much confirms claude and rena had a child and her blue hair stuck. Persona 2 also made reference to Kuzunoha. I believe the devil summoner games and persona games take place in the same continuity.
@@bustergundo516 yes I would buy it day one. we can try to campaign for them to do it but I'm not sure what corporation has ownership of the series anymore.
I like vagrant story. But I never got the combat down packed. I always get to a point where my weapons barely do damage. It’s so fucking frustrating. I try my best to understand it and I get nothing. If someone can help I’ll love it.
Take note on the weak points of enemies or if you're feeling lucky you can choose to attack the part with bigger dmg over chance to hit, forge/combine to get Hagane (damascus will always be best) is good for the stats, practice chaining on dummies (dmg will always go up even if previous hit was blocked), chain skills helps (there's a chain ability where its dependent on how low your hp is, its good since if it hits it deals high dmg but you're a glass canon), increase your stats by magic (str up or agi up then pair it with elements boosts) This is what i do and i hope it helps
@@onyren8194 ima try this. Cause it never misses. As soon as I’m out of the first dungeon and start fighting the humans I start hitting in the single digits. Even if I hit weak points or not. I want to beat the game. But every time I pick it up I run into this issue. Forge or not. And the bosses are even worse. It took me like a hour to beat the fire boss. I just waited til he hit and hoped to time it right so I can reflect half the damage to him.
@@virgilioperez830 unfortunately you'll see alot of single digits throughout the game, its a slow slugfest where you deal little dmg and opponents can one hit kill you sometimes, its truly a hard game NGL nevertheless i wish you all the best on your next play
@@onyren8194 thank you man. I really want to see the end of this game. I think it was ahead of its time and a true hidden gem. But fuck is it hard to get right. Lol
@@virgilioperez830 Another thing to bear in mind is what the weapon is made of and what damage type it is. Your basic steel slashing sword might be good-ish against Humans, but it won't work too well against the Undead or Demons, (as memory serves) that is where Silver would come in. There are also the gems (which are the references to FFT, largely) which can increase damage to a certain enemy type.
Ivalice also exists in FFXIV with certain events said to have actually happened and certain character showing up from other games. Not sure where it fits in the timeline though.
From what I gathered, The War of the Lions happened first, then 12 happens shortly before 14 given that certain characters show up in 14. Not sure where the FFTA, or the other Ivalice alliance games fit in from there though. The Olde english dialect that Ramza and co use vs a more modern dialect that Vaan and co use tips my opinion that way as well.
I am not even that much into JRPGs or RPGs in general, but I love watching videos about it. Especially if they are also about retro games. You make entertaining videos, mah dude. :)
I would be interested in a video ranking your favorite sci-fi JRPGs (both top 10 of all time and hidden gems). I've played a lot of the staples like Star Ocean, Xeno, etc. but I've hit a wall where I'm struggling to find more. I know some from other videos like Infinite Space but I'm always looking for more.
Funny story about Suikoden Tactics. I actually came across this game when, for some reason, the guy who came out to fix our dishwasher left it behind. Why he had it on him, idk. But he never came back for it so I kept it and gave it a try. Really fun game and still have it to this day. It was my first game ever in the Suikoden series.
technically, Awakening is a sequel to Mystery of the Emblem whish itself is a direct sequel to Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light ( not to mention the DS remakes Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem ). also, questions regarding Code Vein...I've been thinking about checking it out through Xbox Game Pass. What's the actual gameplay like? Is it a hard game?
Langrisser IV and Langrisser V the End of Legend they are direct sequels to Langrisser II (Der Langrisser) being that both Langrisser IV & Langrisser V are only in Japan but least on Langrisser IV it has a English translation on the Playstation version. Shining Wisdom the action adventure game of the Shining franchise is a direct sequel to Shining Force II why because the major antagonist of Shining Wisdom used to be with the last boss's group of Shining Force II.
Didn't know that about shining wisdom so I had to look it up and damn, they really did the shining series dirty. They couldn't even get the rights to the names of Sarah, Kazin, Zeon or the continent Parmecia so had to use alternate names.. but you're right that is definitely a direct sequel storyline.
What about Star Ocean Blue Sphere? That's a direct sequal to Second Story, whereas Integrity And Faithlessness takes place hundreds of space years after Second Story.
Every body who played SO blue sphere already knows that it is the sequel to SO2.the problem is that people dont know it exists.so i don't think it belongs to this list.this list is about games you have played and you didn't know they whrere sequels
before play suikoden tactics play Suikoden 4 get a good ending save and then the play tactics the game asks you the save for Suikoden 4 ones you do that and go far in the story you can Recruit Razro on his Deserted Island
I think theres a bit of a difference between something being a sequel and something being in the same universe. Sure theyre related but that doesn't mean they are sequels in any way. I also dont know if star ocean counts, everyone knows its a sequel but its more about where in the timeline it falls. Still a good video, i just think some of these are a bit of a stretch
No, two things I would like to share with you, magna carta has another game on 360 (I don't remember the name magna carta 2 maybe). the second thing is the battle is sloooow af, I remember the first time I played it, I stopped because on the first battle I took literally 5 minutes to defeat an enemy, the battle mechanics are similar to shadow hearts destiny ring but slower
And here is the thing... all the Trails-series-games (all of them) are only a side-arc of the "The Legend of Heroes" series. And this "Legend Of Heroes" series is... yeah, right, it's a spin-off from another series... Dragon Slayer. Oh, and by the way... the Xandadu series is, too. So, if someone knows that "Cold Steel" is part of the Trails series... there is much more to dig into.
@@restionSerpentine No, XII is a prequel to EVERYTHING ELSE. Simply because XII has an abundance of Magic when it's basically gone by the time of Tactics.
Star Ocean 5 is supposed to stand on its own but it’s just not possible to understand the story unless you’ve played SO3 recently. I did SO3 decades ago and can remember only fragments and had to go through Reddit threads to understand everything that actually happened in SO5. This was preposterous to come up with a scenario that relies on the gamer remembering a 20yo game
Your mind is only able to compare to what you already know. You had no frame of reference for better. So it wasn't bad to you back then because that's all you knew, but now you are living after 20 years of progress past.
Ah yes, Star Ocean Integrity and Faithlessness...or Star Ocean "Let's take a really really good idea but not know how to implement it properly making for a really forgettable experience while trying to justify the lame plot twist of Til The End of Time"
They had a pretty low budget I heard for the game compared to the others. I enjoyed it for what it was, and it felt like a return to the original Star Ocean in spirit (and the fact of how many times you have to go through the same areas).
@@LeonardoBramante Backtracking was not my issue, and considering that western RPGs have done what it was trying to do I don't think budget was either. One of the creators stated in an interview that people tend to think of JRPGs as interactive anime and that he wanted to change that. Now, I personally don't care that JRPGs are basically interactive anime, but the idea that he wanted to make a game with more freedom sounded exciting. Problem is instead of going the same route as Half Life where moving around during important scenes actually affects the scenes and what info the player gets they had a story that was still on rails but you could move the character around. The result was it being just like every other JRPG except without good cinematography and pretending like moving around affected the experience when it really didn't. It was only made worse by the incredibly boring and forgettable cast.
Underrated, I say. Except FFT maybe. FFXII - one of the best stories in series (sadly, it is unfinished), poorly accepted by FF fans, VS - great action-rpg gameplay and story, kind of predecessor of souls-like games. So no, I think it's quite the opposite :)
@@jsilbern8973 I didn't mean that FFT is a bad game or something. I meant that FFT is the only of these three games that fully gets all the respect it deserves :)
One day Vagrant Story, one day you will be remastered/remade and more shall know of your glory.
Easily one of my favorites. I'd consider learning coding just to remake it myself
I love that game but have never beat it sadly
Not like ff7 i hope....
We shall wait
Vagrant story us still one of the most beautiful looking games EVER created, it really doesn't need a remaster all that ps1 charm would be lost, more story content would be nice though.
You recrute Koudelkas son Harley in shadow hearts. You can meet Koudelka in it also. You hear about what happened to Edward and you find the grave of James O'Flaherty right by the ruins of the chapel where Koudelka took place. Love that series.
Is this for the first Shadow Hearts game?
@@bustergundo516 yup sure is. The chapel where Koudelka took place is where you find Roger Bacon staying when you first meet him in shadow hearts. Look around it and you'll find a memorial for James O'Flaherty. Koudelka is found somewhere in the same town as Harley. Talk to her and she will tell you what happened to Edward.
@@dthedarkartist6709 nice.
The connection between Tales of Berseria and Zestiria would have been good for this list too!
Haha love the "Only in KOREA!"
Edit: Code Vein is such a good game. This video will probably make me play godeater
Haha that was epic
I'm interested in it but it still costs rm80 here. That's about 20 bucks
My cousin told me about it be cause he was a huge godeater fan and liked Code Vein. They gave it the Drakengard/Nier treatment. That's how I got into the titles.
Yeah, God Eater is great. The anime as well. I have God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2 Rage Burst
Shadow Hearts' story is so good. What I like is that the ending of Shadow Hearts 2 shows that Karin was brought back to the past, and that's where she met Yuri's father and assumed the name Anne. So it's like, Shadow Hearts 2 is a sequel and a prequel at the same time. I wish they'd do a remaster of the Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 for PS4/PS5.
It's a great game. Last I heard, the source code is lost so I doubt there will be any remakes outside of a completely writing it from the ground up.
Technically, SMT 4 Apocalypse is an alternate ending to SMT4's neutral path but with a different protagonist, so it's more of a half sequel.
Parasite Eve is also a sequel to a novel of the same title. The "Japan incident" referenced in the game is referring to the events of the book.
I like how they gave Emerson blue hair. Pretty much confirms claude and rena had a child and her blue hair stuck.
Persona 2 also made reference to Kuzunoha. I believe the devil summoner games and persona games take place in the same continuity.
Shadow hearts needs to come back in someway and somehow.
Maybe they could just give all 4 games as a collection?
@@bustergundo516 that would be great as well.
@@ShadowLibrarian an HD remaster would be good. No remakes. No trophies either for Odin's sake.
@@bustergundo516 yes I would buy it day one. we can try to campaign for them to do it but I'm not sure what corporation has ownership of the series anymore.
I like vagrant story. But I never got the combat down packed. I always get to a point where my weapons barely do damage. It’s so fucking frustrating. I try my best to understand it and I get nothing. If someone can help I’ll love it.
Take note on the weak points of enemies or if you're feeling lucky you can choose to attack the part with bigger dmg over chance to hit, forge/combine to get Hagane (damascus will always be best) is good for the stats, practice chaining on dummies (dmg will always go up even if previous hit was blocked), chain skills helps (there's a chain ability where its dependent on how low your hp is, its good since if it hits it deals high dmg but you're a glass canon), increase your stats by magic (str up or agi up then pair it with elements boosts)
This is what i do and i hope it helps
@@onyren8194 ima try this. Cause it never misses. As soon as I’m out of the first dungeon and start fighting the humans I start hitting in the single digits. Even if I hit weak points or not. I want to beat the game. But every time I pick it up I run into this issue. Forge or not. And the bosses are even worse. It took me like a hour to beat the fire boss. I just waited til he hit and hoped to time it right so I can reflect half the damage to him.
@@virgilioperez830 unfortunately you'll see alot of single digits throughout the game, its a slow slugfest where you deal little dmg and opponents can one hit kill you sometimes, its truly a hard game NGL nevertheless i wish you all the best on your next play
@@onyren8194 thank you man. I really want to see the end of this game. I think it was ahead of its time and a true hidden gem. But fuck is it hard to get right. Lol
@@virgilioperez830 Another thing to bear in mind is what the weapon is made of and what damage type it is. Your basic steel slashing sword might be good-ish against Humans, but it won't work too well against the Undead or Demons, (as memory serves) that is where Silver would come in. There are also the gems (which are the references to FFT, largely) which can increase damage to a certain enemy type.
Ivalice also exists in FFXIV with certain events said to have actually happened and certain character showing up from other games. Not sure where it fits in the timeline though.
From what I gathered, The War of the Lions happened first, then 12 happens shortly before 14 given that certain characters show up in 14. Not sure where the FFTA, or the other Ivalice alliance games fit in from there though. The Olde english dialect that Ramza and co use vs a more modern dialect that Vaan and co use tips my opinion that way as well.
Code Vein being related to God Eater isn't that big a secret. CV has God Eater stuff plastered all over it including DLC.
I've never known that mainly because I don't know what God Eater is but I'm pretty sure there's a track on the jukebox called God Eater.
Is there any community of yours i can join?
every time I watch your videos I learn about great games I need to play
I am not even that much into JRPGs or RPGs in general, but I love watching videos about it. Especially if they are also about retro games. You make entertaining videos, mah dude. :)
Let's begin!! In my opinion.. 👍😉
What's the song playing during the Code Vein segment?
I would be interested in a video ranking your favorite sci-fi JRPGs (both top 10 of all time and hidden gems). I've played a lot of the staples like Star Ocean, Xeno, etc. but I've hit a wall where I'm struggling to find more. I know some from other videos like Infinite Space but I'm always looking for more.
Funny story about Suikoden Tactics. I actually came across this game when, for some reason, the guy who came out to fix our dishwasher left it behind. Why he had it on him, idk. But he never came back for it so I kept it and gave it a try. Really fun game and still have it to this day. It was my first game ever in the Suikoden series.
What's the game shown at 00:42?
I know it's still a huge debate amongst fans, but I choose to headcannon Code Vein as the official prequel to the God Eater games.
technically, Awakening is a sequel to Mystery of the Emblem whish itself is a direct sequel to Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light ( not to mention the DS remakes Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem ).
also, questions regarding Code Vein...I've been thinking about checking it out through Xbox Game Pass. What's the actual gameplay like? Is it a hard game?
Langrisser IV and Langrisser V the End of Legend they are direct sequels to Langrisser II (Der Langrisser) being that both Langrisser IV & Langrisser V are only in Japan but least on Langrisser IV it has a English translation on the Playstation version. Shining Wisdom the action adventure game of the Shining franchise is a direct sequel to Shining Force II why because the major antagonist of Shining Wisdom used to be with the last boss's group of Shining Force II.
Didn't know that about shining wisdom so I had to look it up and damn, they really did the shining series dirty. They couldn't even get the rights to the names of Sarah, Kazin, Zeon or the continent Parmecia so had to use alternate names.. but you're right that is definitely a direct sequel storyline.
Lost my shit when I heard ''Only in korea''
What about Star Ocean Blue Sphere? That's a direct sequal to Second Story, whereas Integrity And Faithlessness takes place hundreds of space years after Second Story.
Good one, why was it released on the Game Boy Color? Which a remaster of the level of Star Ocean 2.
Every body who played SO blue sphere already knows that it is the sequel to SO2.the problem is that people dont know it exists.so i don't think it belongs to this list.this list is about games you have played and you didn't know they whrere sequels
I wish we could return to Ivalice in a future game or remake. But i bet there's some copyright bullshit involved thanks to matsuno :/
Someone know the game in the intro at 0:42 ?
eiyuden chronicle
Thanks for the education Erick wife and I had only heard of 3 of the ten you mentioned in this video
before play suikoden tactics play Suikoden 4 get a good ending save and then the play tactics the game asks you the save for Suikoden 4 ones you do that and go far in the story you can Recruit Razro on his Deserted Island
Whats the 2nd game in your intro vid? Where the camera follows the character jumping off a rock performing slashes
Name of the game is Eiyuden Chronicles
This game is the spiritual successor of Suikoden
Its not released yet :)
Wait, is the 3DS Soul Hackers a Sega Saturn remake? Or is it a sequel?
FE Awakening is a sequel to FE12 which is a Sequel to FE11, both of which form a remake of FE3 which was a remake + direct sequel to FE1
I wonder what happened chronologically after the events of Star Ocean 3, they should continue the storyline.
I think theres a bit of a difference between something being a sequel and something being in the same universe. Sure theyre related but that doesn't mean they are sequels in any way. I also dont know if star ocean counts, everyone knows its a sequel but its more about where in the timeline it falls. Still a good video, i just think some of these are a bit of a stretch
Vagrant Story remaster/ remake/ sequel...
I wish
@@everythingisbizzaaaaaro3694 *we
I'd prefer a remaster instead of a remake. Nobody wants another ff7 travesty
@@sufianramli8017 true
@@sufianramli8017 Smart people who recognize the FFVII remake is awesome wouldn't mind a remake that comprehensively.
is that magna carta game any good?
No, two things I would like to share with you, magna carta has another game on 360 (I don't remember the name magna carta 2 maybe).
the second thing is the battle is sloooow af, I remember the first time I played it, I stopped because on the first battle I took literally 5 minutes to defeat an enemy, the battle mechanics are similar to shadow hearts destiny ring but slower
@@davidecheverry0517 Thx
And here is the thing... all the Trails-series-games (all of them) are only a side-arc of the "The Legend of Heroes" series. And this "Legend Of Heroes" series is... yeah, right, it's a spin-off from another series... Dragon Slayer. Oh, and by the way... the Xandadu series is, too. So, if someone knows that "Cold Steel" is part of the Trails series... there is much more to dig into.
i remember crimson gem saga was a sequel to astonishia story. i only found out after i finished it
Kinda sad how they messed up the Sakura wars series after 2, i think they tried to fix it with the ps4 one but lets see how it develops
SMT IV is not a sequel of SMT 3, but of SMT 2. SMT V will be sequel of SMT 3.
¡¡¡only on korea!!!
xD
Something feels different in Magnacarta and finally I found what.
Gracias compadre ;)
That intro theme by the legendary zoltan gets me everytime gd.
i platinumed code vein and didnt know holy shit
And Xenogears (PS1) is a sequel to Xenosaga trilogy (PS2)
I need a remake or a sequel to Xenogears, my absolute favorite game of all time!
I was aware of the Vagrant Story... But thought it was a prequel.. Coming out in 2000. FFXII did not come out till 2006.
Vagrant story is a sequel to tactics and xii is a prequel to vagrant story 😆
@@spectralfire4842 Thanks for clearing that up
@@restionSerpentine No, XII is a prequel to EVERYTHING ELSE. Simply because XII has an abundance of Magic when it's basically gone by the time of Tactics.
Koudelka is an awesome game
Star Ocean 5 is supposed to stand on its own but it’s just not possible to understand the story unless you’ve played SO3 recently. I did SO3 decades ago and can remember only fragments and had to go through Reddit threads to understand everything that actually happened in SO5. This was preposterous to come up with a scenario that relies on the gamer remembering a 20yo game
You shoud trademark "ONLY IN JAPAN" lol. :p
Mystic Arc was a sequel to the 7th Saga.
I still can't believe how bad those PS1 games looked. I really can't seem to remember it being that way. Must have nostalgic memories....
they look bad because of LCD screens, on CRT they look better
@@cuyo02 they look betterish, but still bad.
Your mind is only able to compare to what you already know. You had no frame of reference for better. So it wasn't bad to you back then because that's all you knew, but now you are living after 20 years of progress past.
@@ericp631
PC players did, was called a 3DFX card. ;)
N64 games always looked better to me...
Part 2 of this video as I say after the first part.
Ah yes, Star Ocean Integrity and Faithlessness...or Star Ocean "Let's take a really really good idea but not know how to implement it properly making for a really forgettable experience while trying to justify the lame plot twist of Til The End of Time"
They had a pretty low budget I heard for the game compared to the others. I enjoyed it for what it was, and it felt like a return to the original Star Ocean in spirit (and the fact of how many times you have to go through the same areas).
@@LeonardoBramante Backtracking was not my issue, and considering that western RPGs have done what it was trying to do I don't think budget was either. One of the creators stated in an interview that people tend to think of JRPGs as interactive anime and that he wanted to change that. Now, I personally don't care that JRPGs are basically interactive anime, but the idea that he wanted to make a game with more freedom sounded exciting. Problem is instead of going the same route as Half Life where moving around during important scenes actually affects the scenes and what info the player gets they had a story that was still on rails but you could move the character around. The result was it being just like every other JRPG except without good cinematography and pretending like moving around affected the experience when it really didn't. It was only made worse by the incredibly boring and forgettable cast.
@@edmg7 Points well made.
@@edmg7 any news about a new Star Ocean game???
star ocean inte"G"rity and faithlessness, say the 'G" as you say "go", "grow" e.t.c.
10 sequels yoy didn't know were rpgs.
"I don't want to spoil" but you already spoil so many... or at least HEAVILY hinting something... that counts as spoiler.
Only in ja... 7:46
first time watching i feel like im watching mando
Your white balance is very bad, i think you need adjust your lighting
ONLY IN KOREA
No manches papi
I can't be the only one who thinks the ivalice alliance games are overrated, right?
Underrated, I say. Except FFT maybe. FFXII - one of the best stories in series (sadly, it is unfinished), poorly accepted by FF fans, VS - great action-rpg gameplay and story, kind of predecessor of souls-like games. So no, I think it's quite the opposite :)
Tactics is good, but I don't like 12, I haven't played vagrant story
They are diffrent comparing to the other ff games.
But mostly it makes them special.
@@Taylees FFT was great, and I personally liked 12. I didn't play much Vagrant Story, but I enjoyed the bit that I did play.
@@jsilbern8973 I didn't mean that FFT is a bad game or something. I meant that FFT is the only of these three games that fully gets all the respect it deserves :)
Early Squad
All games are trash.