Mystic quest has some amazing music though. I actually enjoyed the game too despite it being not what I had hoped as I was a final fantasy fan already.
all that name shuffling square did in the 90s is insane renaming it from japanese to US, renaming it again to PAL, then the next game coincidentally gets the same name, so change that one too, and so on and so forth
PAL: Mystic Quest Legend. then Mystic Quest on Gameboy. Neither related nor even part of the same franchise (Mystic Quest is Final Fantasy Adventure AKA: Seiken Densetsu AKA Adventures of Mana)
@@lilsunny7399 Add the SaGa series into that and it gets even more fun, with three Final Fantasy Legend games actually being the first three SaGa games.
I'm pretty sure I said this on the original upload of this video, but FFMQ worked exactly as intended for me. I was put off of RPGs by how unfair Dragon Warrior was (always starting back at the main castle made progress impossible for kid me). It wasn't until FFMQ that I finally gave the genre another chance. Without it, I may never have tried FFIV or VI, Chrono Trigger, or numerous other games I've enjoyed over the years. Also, I totally remember seeing that Phalanx box in the video store every week -- and ignoring it every time. 😆
As weak as it might be as a traditional roleplaying game, Mystic Quest is one of maybe three total games that my grandmother ever actually loved. She would enjoy a little bit of Pacman or Dig-Dug when others played with her, but MQ and for some reason Final Fantasy Tactics were some of the only videogames she would get a big kick out of playing all on her own. And for that alone, I love it.
Never played Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. However the sequel to the other game (Final Fantasy Adventure) - which is Secret of Mana, was the first RPG I ever played, and is still one of my favorites to this day. In other words, slapping a 95-year-old hillbilly with a banjo on the front of a space shooter game is one of the most blatant (yet humorous) examples of false advertising.
Even today, when my friends see my copy of Phalanx, they think that it is a game about an old guy beating aliens upside the head with his banjo. That would be a decent platformer, but I do like the actual game itself. Still, we should make that game and call it Phalanx: Why The Hell Not?
I remember hearing about FFMQ being a game for North American players that was simpler because we couldn’t handle the “real” ones and feeling very insulted back then. My first RPG that I played hours and hours on end was FF3(6) on snes. My dad would let me rent it from the video store on the weekend and even if my save file was erased I didn’t mind playing it over and over but admittedly I don’t think I ever got past the floating continent until I was an adult. I was either 10 or 11 when that game came out.
For a month, I traded Final Fantasy III for Mystic Quest with a school buddy. It wasn't long until I realized I was shafted, but I decided to make the most of it by running through the game as quickly as I could; Fast Finishing, if you will. My best time was 2:09, with a bathroom break, or two.
I was born In 1987, I remember ffmc somewhat fondly, it wasn't great but I played it and it was fine. I remember legends of Gaia being about as hard. So now that I'm thinking about it maybe I played both closer to maybe 96 or 97
TIL that while I played through Mystic Quest, it is not apparently the game I remember giving up on for six months. Not sure what rpg I got stuck on where I couldn't find some cave that is entered via a boat/overworld, but clearly this one isn't it. Maybe it was a Lufia game or Breath of Fire, just can't remember.
Gonna be real, I probably seen that FF Mystic Quest thousands of times on the shelf at Blockbuster and never noticed it was a Final Fantasy game, and the cover looked weird so I never even looked at it lol.
Because was a mediocre j-RPG made for dumb 'muricans and gaijins. The graphics are good for a 1991-92 SNES game and the music was pretty cool, but the gameplay was tedious and boring, and the game was relased after a lot of fairly challanging j-RPG were relased back on NA and PAL regions for various consoles: Final Fantasy I & IV (II in North America), the Dragon Quest first Four games (as Dragon Warrior), Zelda II, Crystalis, Faxanadu, Phantasy Star, The Bard's Tale, Miracle Warriors... Even more, Wizardy and Utima were the top RPG's series back on the day, and were more challanging and dificult that most of the j-RPG of the era, but there were a PC affair mostly, and the console ports were actually pretty mediocre in most cases. Even more, DQ was actually a RPG made especifically to engage children, and that statement was said by Yuki Hoori, a fan of Wizardry, but he felt the dificult of the series prevented the genere's growing in Japan during early 80's.
@@snrrlax not so quick buddy! The hardcore RPG series like Ultima or Wizardry were know as a very dificult games by its own merits, they are basically Pen and paper RPG's on computers. Horii designed DQ as a child friendly (or more apropiate, a wide audience game) Take note: Ultima was popular among STEM students and Nerds, but not so much among other audiences. DQ has its own hard spikes on dificult, and various j-RPG games are actually very hard even if you didn't take the grinding aspect. What I refer is that even back on 1992 there were actually available challanging and hard games on various plataforms (even fairly challanging as DQ III or the original FF), and some dumbass Square producer develope a game for "dumb gaijins" because he belive the relative low popularity of the j-RPG at time was because difficult.
Super Mario RPG did a much better job at introducing people to RPGs. It's an amazing game that won't just insult you or hold your hand. It did a great impression on me and my brother. When we got a Playstation years later and found out about this new game we've never seen before, named Final Fantasy VIII, we thought "Wow! It's just like Super Mario RPG!"
Me too! But it was also kind of a curse. Because SMRPG having the timed hits made it way more engaging than the FF titles, which were pure turn-based combat. I didn't understand why RPGs just didn't do the thing Mario did that was super good.
I played FF mystic quest after DW3. While I ruined my party in DW3 by changing every class at once so never beat. Mystic quest was enjoyable at 1st for 6 year old me but got kind of boared by the 3rd or 4th area.
Jared, you went soft on FFMQ, get AVGN to do something for you on that streaming pile of goat shit. Seriously, this game made me dust off my C64 for RPGs in the 90s.
I'm definitely in the "beloved" camp with Mystic Quest. It doesn't pretend to be more complicated than it is and the music is absolutely amazing.
Phalanx's cover definitely confused me as a kid and prevented me from trying it out. I can appreciate the campiness of it today.
Ah Mystic Quest. "Eyyyy, come on!"
It always made me chuckle that "RPG's" weren't big in the West despite how prevalent D&D was on top of PC being the domain of RPGs like Ultima
Mystic quest has some amazing music though. I actually enjoyed the game too despite it being not what I had hoped as I was a final fantasy fan already.
There's a reason that Mystic Quest music was in Theatrythm. Shit's good.
all that name shuffling square did in the 90s is insane
renaming it from japanese to US, renaming it again to PAL, then the next game coincidentally gets the same name, so change that one too, and so on and so forth
PAL: Mystic Quest Legend. then Mystic Quest on Gameboy. Neither related nor even part of the same franchise (Mystic Quest is Final Fantasy Adventure AKA: Seiken Densetsu AKA Adventures of Mana)
@@lilsunny7399 Add the SaGa series into that and it gets even more fun, with three Final Fantasy Legend games actually being the first three SaGa games.
I'm pretty sure I said this on the original upload of this video, but FFMQ worked exactly as intended for me. I was put off of RPGs by how unfair Dragon Warrior was (always starting back at the main castle made progress impossible for kid me). It wasn't until FFMQ that I finally gave the genre another chance. Without it, I may never have tried FFIV or VI, Chrono Trigger, or numerous other games I've enjoyed over the years.
Also, I totally remember seeing that Phalanx box in the video store every week -- and ignoring it every time. 😆
Me too. I went from this to Final Fantasy III, II, Secret of Mana and on and on.
Same. This made me try others I wouldn't dare try before.
The main character of power blade two is just Arnold Schwarzenegger.
2 years and 2 days after my birthday, and my 2nd favorite Final Fantasy just behind Crystal Chronicles.
Someone should do that name stuff now. Just release a game with a different name in every country to confuse people.
Seen speedrun's of Mystic Quest, and Phalanx was pretty fun if i remember right.. lol
As weak as it might be as a traditional roleplaying game, Mystic Quest is one of maybe three total games that my grandmother ever actually loved. She would enjoy a little bit of Pacman or Dig-Dug when others played with her, but MQ and for some reason Final Fantasy Tactics were some of the only videogames she would get a big kick out of playing all on her own. And for that alone, I love it.
Grandma was / is cool!
Your grandmother loving MQ, FF:Tactics & especially DigDug makes her pretty awesome in my book! 👵😎🫡
That's why he said beloved by some. :) Tho it did help to ease into the mainline Final Fantasy Series.
I enjoyed Mystic Quest for what it was, a gateway game into JRPGs
Love the vibe of these vids so much, hope the new channel does well!
Never played Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. However the sequel to the other game (Final Fantasy Adventure) - which is Secret of Mana, was the first RPG I ever played, and is still one of my favorites to this day. In other words, slapping a 95-year-old hillbilly with a banjo on the front of a space shooter game is one of the most blatant (yet humorous) examples of false advertising.
Wait a newer Jared video on Mystic Quest?! I’m happy this is the first video on this channel I’m watching 😂 thank you algorithm!
Okay while it was huge depature from the standard formula this game actually is a gem in its own right
Mystic Quest was my always go to relaxing RPG. Great music too!
As a 5yo I played the shit out of Mystic Quest hahaha. Amazing music, very good vibes in that game.
Even today, when my friends see my copy of Phalanx, they think that it is a game about an old guy beating aliens upside the head with his banjo. That would be a decent platformer, but I do like the actual game itself. Still, we should make that game and call it Phalanx: Why The Hell Not?
I remember hearing about FFMQ being a game for North American players that was simpler because we couldn’t handle the “real” ones and feeling very insulted back then. My first RPG that I played hours and hours on end was FF3(6) on snes. My dad would let me rent it from the video store on the weekend and even if my save file was erased I didn’t mind playing it over and over but admittedly I don’t think I ever got past the floating continent until I was an adult. I was either 10 or 11 when that game came out.
Phalanx box art was the uncanny valley of the rental store.
The spaceship on the box for Phalanx, is an X-Wing Fighter flying backwards!
Took me my whole lunch hour but finally got all the videos commented!
WOOO!
let's go! October 14th! 1992
For a month, I traded Final Fantasy III for Mystic Quest with a school buddy. It wasn't long until I realized I was shafted, but I decided to make the most of it by running through the game as quickly as I could; Fast Finishing, if you will. My best time was 2:09, with a bathroom break, or two.
Ironic that most of the thing FFMQ was reviled for are now SOP in mainline final fantasy.
I was born In 1987, I remember ffmc somewhat fondly, it wasn't great but I played it and it was fine. I remember legends of Gaia being about as hard. So now that I'm thinking about it maybe I played both closer to maybe 96 or 97
Hey, mystic quest was my first rpg, it was fun and got me hooked on them.
TIL that while I played through Mystic Quest, it is not apparently the game I remember giving up on for six months. Not sure what rpg I got stuck on where I couldn't find some cave that is entered via a boat/overworld, but clearly this one isn't it. Maybe it was a Lufia game or Breath of Fire, just can't remember.
Yes I found an old comic book with these strange ads.
I loved mystic quest but and played it a lot. Was my first game I bought for my snes.
I want to get a handheld mainly because of this game. I loved it so much.
Gonna be real, I probably seen that FF Mystic Quest thousands of times on the shelf at Blockbuster and never noticed it was a Final Fantasy game, and the cover looked weird so I never even looked at it lol.
I don't get all the hate mystiic quest gets. It was my first RPG and I loved it. I get that it's stripped down but I was also 6.
Because was a mediocre j-RPG made for dumb 'muricans and gaijins. The graphics are good for a 1991-92 SNES game and the music was pretty cool, but the gameplay was tedious and boring, and the game was relased after a lot of fairly challanging j-RPG were relased back on NA and PAL regions for various consoles: Final Fantasy I & IV (II in North America), the Dragon Quest first Four games (as Dragon Warrior), Zelda II, Crystalis, Faxanadu, Phantasy Star, The Bard's Tale, Miracle Warriors...
Even more, Wizardy and Utima were the top RPG's series back on the day, and were more challanging and dificult that most of the j-RPG of the era, but there were a PC affair mostly, and the console ports were actually pretty mediocre in most cases. Even more, DQ was actually a RPG made especifically to engage children, and that statement was said by Yuki Hoori, a fan of Wizardry, but he felt the dificult of the series prevented the genere's growing in Japan during early 80's.
@@TheNoName_Man1985 So basically you're saying anyone not from Japan at the time was dumb as shit and not worth developing a game for?
@@snrrlax not so quick buddy! The hardcore RPG series like Ultima or Wizardry were know as a very dificult games by its own merits, they are basically Pen and paper RPG's on computers. Horii designed DQ as a child friendly (or more apropiate, a wide audience game) Take note: Ultima was popular among STEM students and Nerds, but not so much among other audiences. DQ has its own hard spikes on dificult, and various j-RPG games are actually very hard even if you didn't take the grinding aspect.
What I refer is that even back on 1992 there were actually available challanging and hard games on various plataforms (even fairly challanging as DQ III or the original FF), and some dumbass Square producer develope a game for "dumb gaijins" because he belive the relative low popularity of the j-RPG at time was because difficult.
@@TheNoName_Man1985 AH I get what you're saying. My bad.
@@snrrlax you're welcome, remember, the "Nintendo Hard" are actually a lot of japanese game with hardcore difficult.
No wonder I never heard of Final Fantasy games as a European kid. I feel cheated - and I never heard of Mystic Quest Legend (thankfully).
You really should look into the soundtrack, though. It's really good.
Phalanx --> People never mention it, but I'm 99.99% positive that spaceship is just a blurry X-Wing from Star Wars
Super Mario RPG did a much better job at introducing people to RPGs. It's an amazing game that won't just insult you or hold your hand. It did a great impression on me and my brother. When we got a Playstation years later and found out about this new game we've never seen before, named Final Fantasy VIII, we thought "Wow! It's just like Super Mario RPG!"
Me too! But it was also kind of a curse. Because SMRPG having the timed hits made it way more engaging than the FF titles, which were pure turn-based combat. I didn't understand why RPGs just didn't do the thing Mario did that was super good.
Reminds me of Crystalis
I'm fine with complex RPG mechanics but I don't enjoy opaque RPG mechanics.
Xenon 2, wtf did they do?!
I played FF mystic quest after DW3. While I ruined my party in DW3 by changing every class at once so never beat. Mystic quest was enjoyable at 1st for 6 year old me but got kind of boared by the 3rd or 4th area.
its old man with a banjo game
Mystic Quest was the first FF game I ever played/beat back when I was like 7 or 8 years old lol. I like it, but it's probably nostalgia goggles.
Being a fan of FFMQ is like being a fan of X-2 only so much worse. Every time someone talks about it it gets bashed :(
It seems many Guys peak in life as ten year olds
I lost that stupid gameboy game in a plane ride.
I hated this game as a kid
Mytic quest is amazing
First 400
Just to let you know, it's supposed to be spelt "Adds Insult to Injury", in the video title
What? The video title is fine, it's about advertisements that insulted your intelligence.
*spelled
Grow a beard
Jared, you went soft on FFMQ, get AVGN to do something for you on that streaming pile of goat shit. Seriously, this game made me dust off my C64 for RPGs in the 90s.
It was an easy game, but I did enjoy playing it. I played all the early Final Fantasy games and enjoyed them all.