Wild Arms 2 Review! (PSX) The Game Collection
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I'm kinda tired of Western RPGs, so let's see if I like this kind of Western RPG in my Wild Arms 2 Review!
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WA 2 is great. I think it's way underrated.
honestly ... my favorite Wild Arms game
You're playing so many JRPG's, how do you have the time to play that many?
+Tartar I tend to binge play on my days off from work, and sometimes after work too. I'll probably play some tonight when i get home for a couple hours. It's been a little tougher lately now that i don't work from home anymore, which is part of why this review took so long. :)
SuperDerek RPGs I've pretty much stopped playing longer RPG's on anything but emulators (God bless the ability to put PSX and PS2 discs into your DVD drive and run it on the PC) since the speed-up feature greatly speeds up the combat time/walking time.
+Tartar I used to do that a lot with SNES RPGs too, back when I used to emulate a lot, and I found that it greatly reduced my overall enjoyment, but I couldn't help but use the hell out of it. But that's probably just because I lack self control with regard to some things. ^_^
SuperDerek RPGs What do you mean by you lost enjoyment? Personally I can't really be bothered with trivial things like random encounters that can be beaten by spamming attack, loading screens and watching long summon animations multiple times (I'm looking at you Knights of The Round...).
Are you saying that you found that skipping these things made you enjoy the game less overall? Or do you mean that you couldn't help but abuse the system to grind or something?
+Tartar Yeah, I kind of meant in both ways. I would use the hell out of it, because I thought it was boring to travel and grind and stuff, but I ended up losing my "connection" with the games, if that makes any sense. Fast-forwarding, making mistakes, rewinding, etc. Like, it killed my immersion, it made the music sound bad, and it eventually just felt like I was fast-forwarding through the entire game. It wasn't always the case, but I feel like once I switched back to original hardware, my appreciation for games increased quite a bit. :)
This was my first Wild Arms, and a personal fav. Loved the music, still gives me chills.
I figure for games like this with bad translations there should be some re-translated roms online. Would be neat to see some reviews of those showing how well they improve the quality of a game.
Looking at the BoFII re-translation, actually
The character designs look way ahead of thier time. They look like an anime from 2010.
I agree and I think thats part of why I loved it so much back in the day. Easily one of my favorite classic rpgs
yeah you can easily mistake it for modern anime
Gosh I love the Wild Arms games so much! They are an excellent series of games! Great review Derek!
This has the best storyline of all WA series for me.. Graphics aside
I remember being blown away that the first game sold enough to warrant a sequel. I think I may need to dust this bad boy off and hop back in again.
+Avalanche Reviews Yeah, you definitely ought to. Not necessarily for WA2, but for WA1 at the very least. :)
I've been playing through that on the Vita. Holy shit do ps1 games look amazing on that screen!
I'm the only one who thinks that WA 2 is better than WA?
It's much better
It's objectively better by almost any metric you can name...
Its way better than the first one.
He didn’t even mention you can swap characters during battle....
Maybe it was too damn easy
Thank you for another amazing review! I was glad to be a part of the fun you had during this adventure!
+Sir Ignazio Well thank YOU for keeping me company man, even though the game was average, it was a lot of fun to play because of the company I kept. :)
I don't like having to use the radar to find locations, makes no sense even for an RPG. Walk right through a town and miss it because I didn't use it in the right spot. XD
+Pimpalicious1987 Schrodinger's town. It both exists and doesn't exist until you use the radar! xD
Think about it this way: On the overworld, each step your sprite takes is the equivalent of several miles of actual walking. The implication is that you're traveling through a wasteland with few roads, therefore it would actually be pretty difficult to find what you're looking for if you're not familiar with the area.
The in-game mechanic of using a radar to "unlock" locations is an abstract simulation of the process of combing an area for a specific location, and then remembering that location based on surrounding landmarks.
Dude, you're like the Bob Ross of old game reviews. Keep up the good work.
Don't believe Ondore's lies here, folks. Wild ARMs 2 is a lot better than he makes it out to be.
And also...did you get that copy of Shenmue II from a certain Xbox fan? Say it ain't so.
+Jimmy Hapa (Import Gaming FTW!) I may have arranged a trade for more Hapa swag... >.>
+SuperDerek RPGs I see. That legitimately saddens me. And it has nothing to do with you.
This was one of my favorite games on the ps1 when I was a kid! Damn, thanks for the throw back!
Funny enough, Vash the Stampede is in Wild Arms 2 (as a cameo)
What where is he.
@@isaacrodriguez9960 Vash's picture can be found in Marina's room in the second floor of the bakery.
@@Mcpblackheart wait for real!??
@@Nicomanism Yes.
Much better then the first one in my opinion.
the thing i hate the most about this game is their weird style of writing
Agreed. I chalk it up to a poor localization, it's so stilted and stiff. I think the game could use a fan-translation
I get that the translation was less than desired. However, outside of that, I thought it was the best of the 5 main games in the series. I loved the characters and the storyline.
May first and favorite Wild Arms. 😭
Do a wild arms 3 review for ps4 from PSN
I always felt sorry for Wild Arms, had Final Fantasy 7 not launched around the same time(I think they launched a month apart) I feel it would have got more exposure and realized for how awesome it really was.I like the original more than this one though.
Wild Arms has always been a popular, household name in Japan and still is, it still gets Japan only releases. It's a smart business move because Wild Arms titles sell poorly in the rest of the world and the economy is not strong enough right now to take that kind of risk.
2 weeks
I think when I played this game back then, I actually didn't mind or notice the localization because the localization for a lot of games in this era were kind of weird. But that is a good point. I'd have to replay it. I also remember people did not like the radar system for the overworld, but I also didn't mind it because I liked looking for stuff. But while overall I do actually like the first game better, I do like Wild Arms 2 a lot. The tools system was improved on, dungeon puzzles were also improved on, I think I like the battle system and ost in 2 more than 1. And Kanon and Brad are still to this day some of the most badass characters in games period. The scene where Brad shows up out of nowhere with a railgun is a really amazing scene. Overall, I am happy people still play games like these. Nice job on the vid!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, this was a pretty old one but man, still such a classic! :D
I absolutely loved Wild ARMs and when Wild ARMs 2 came out I bought it immediately and hoped for more of the same. Being a teenager I was hoping for a direct sequel so when I turned it on and everyone had ARMs (not just androids like Rudy in 1) and ARMs no longer meant Ancient Relic Machine...it really turned me off. It was a dumb reason to put a game down but here we are. I never picked it back up although I still own it. I don't know if I could get past the bad translation at this point though, not having nostalgia to blunt that for me.
One of the best games I played growing up. Legendary
Favorite rpg reviewer! Hands down!
The creator of Vash the Stampede is a fan of Wild Arms 1 and used it as an inspiration to make the show. The creator of Wild Arms 2 is a fan of Vash the Stampede that's why there's a foster of Vash in Marina's room.
Holy cow are you for real?! That's amazing to hear! Wish I had known that bit of trivia sooner! :D
@@SuperDerek if you think about it Ruby from Wild Arms 1 is not a human just like Vash.
Another great video. I like the crt tv overlay you use.
Thanks +BobSamurai Anime Reviews! I designed it after an old 10-inch RCA TV I used to have growing up, where I did most of my gaming growing up. :)
+SuperDerek RPGs I don't like the crt overlay, but that's just because it reminded me that my crt tv died the other day and I got sad
terrible feeling, i thought it was a clever way to hide the black bars on the sides from using 4:3 footage
+BobSamurai Anime Reviews lol, well yeah it's that too. :3
... I just realized I've never even removed the disc from the jewel case. I should uh... probably remedy that.
+DariaPlaysRPGs Eh, it's optional. ;)
But it looks pretty!
I always assumed it was full butt ugly 3D.
Funny that you mention Legend of Dragoon.
When I was a kid (11ish) I played a Legend of Dragoon demo in my local Fred Meyer, however the display read "Wild Arms 2"
So when I asked my parents for the game... What I got was *not* what I expected. Immediate despair, as I knew we couldn't afford another $50 PlayStation title so soon, I buckled down to play this disappointment of a game.
Only to fall completely in love with this game, in no small part due to the soundtrack.
I eventually managed to borrow LoD from a friend, but never in my life have I been more glad of such a blatant mistake.
Lod was a terrible RPG with good cutscenes
@@Funrunner008 disagree. LoD was a great RPG. One of the Goats.
[scientist meme]
finally
a review of a wild arms game which isn't the first one
:D
Sony pick up all your 1st party JRPG IP's you dropped stop relying on 3rd party JRPG's.
*Arc the Lad (JRPG/SRPG), Wild Arms, Dark Cloud, The Legend of Dragoon, Rogue Galaxy*
+skylineGT There are so many great IPs that have gone dormant. But with the way BoF6 looks, maybe it's okay that some of them stay dormant... Still hoping to hear info about Dark Cloud 3 at this year's E3. Come on, Level5!
I know this is 2 years sfter you made this comment, but....it's downright criminal that Legend of Dragoon has never gotten a sequel.
Both Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy are Level 5 IPs, they seem to be doing well with Yokai Watch, Professor Layton and Ni no Kuni. I wish they came back to their PS2 golden age. Don't really know what happened to Ark the Lad. We definitely need a new Wild Arms though... There's no other JRPG standing that does the "turn based combat + jrpg world building structure" meets "Zelda like dungeons with tool specific puzzles" anymore. I mean, only Lufia 2, Golden Sun and Wild Arms did this well and Lufia is dead, Golden Sun has a chance of revival with the new Smash game and Wild Arms is kind of long forgotten. I'd add Dragon Quest and Breath of Fire games as games that did dungeons very well while staying jrpg at core. Same could be said about Tales of Symphonia.
Legend of Dragoon... I keep holding out hope for a return to that universe.
@@niespeludo
If Dark Cloud and Rouge Galaxy is Ip Level 5
Why the never port the Games in another Plataforms?
The Ip is Sony Interactive Entertaiment no Level 5
Level 5 Create the Ip but the Ip is Property is Sony
I have never heard of this game untill now thanks for that I'm going to look into the best way to play it. I'm a big Xbox 360 fan and I've been collecting for that system but thanks to this channel I'm going to expand my gaming horizons. Thanks Derek.
you didn't talk about the Knight transformation that breaks combat and makes it super easy!
When you get Knight Blazer form the game really turns up
I feel like people forgot that the wild west didn't exist in a vacuum where everything was
the wild west.
The west was the west. Frontier towns that developed.
New york still existed. Even going back to frontiermen times. Where monarchs still existed.
It wouldn't make sense for a whole world to be wild west-y. ANd This game ups it more evenly I feel.
It has more of a colonial type feel with the militia. But if you watch cowboy movies, you'll know that those play a big part in them anyway.
But it drops the more medieval elements even though it has aristocrats. And while the towns were more dusty maybe(I think they just seemed brighter). This one had more ARMs users in the main cast.
perhaps their equal in that and just go about it different ways. But I definitely don't think it's lesser in that theme
Wild Arms 2 in a single disc case.... never seen that before. Hey you should play Wild Arms Alter Code: F. Weird name, but one of the all time RPG greats.
Well that brings back memories, I reckon I beat all the bosses except the strongest 2, ragu ragla and angolmois
50 hours main game , 150 doing other stuff XD ...this is my favorite rpg game
Unfortunately, the game appreciated in value significantly. Not sure how indicative $70 is for the full game (manual, disc and case), but that's 3x what it sold for when this review was made, only 5 years ago
Yeah but you can get Wild Arms 2 for about $10 on the psn. Not sure why the prices increase when you can get the games for cheap.
@@benjamincuevas9627 Because digital is more flimsy in stability, shops can remove it, having physical copy means it's pretty much guaranteed
@@ToHoldNothing true until the disc gets a scratch.
@@benjamincuevas9627 Preferable to your money going to waste when the service removes it without any real warning. You can resurface a disc, heck, you can extract the ISO and such, emulation's come a long way from 10-15 years ago
When I played through wild arms 2, I thought Liz and Ard just had the poor translation to make them somewhat crazy and whimsical, sort of like how Fawful was written in Superstar Saga. It kinda fits them in a way.
Is it bad that I never play the first wild arms? I play Alter F Code but never finish them. lol
Wild Arms 2 is my first venture in Wild Arms series. I know people dont give it high score because they said WA2 is just repeating WA1, but for someone who never play WA1, I thought WA2 is a great game. I lent my CDs to few of my friends and they also thought WA2 is a great game. I guess if you never play WA1, you will find WA2 is a great game
most people who played both 1 and 2 prefer 2. WA2 is better in almost every respect imo. In fact he is the first person I have heard say 1 is better than 2 who played them both to completion. Is it a must have game? Probably not. But 2 and 5 compete for the best in the series for many people.
@@rriggs6547 It is better in every respect unless we bring nostalgia into it. People that claim 1 is superior to 2 are basing this on nothing other than nostalgia.
@@omegasupreme5527 Agreed.
I'm still wondering what's in Derek that makes him Super Derek and not Regular Derek.
Oh, ok. RPGs. :D jk bro, keep up with the good work!
Thanks Gustavo!
I really enjoy your review videos. Unlike many other reviewers, you put the game in focus and not yourself. And the tone in your voice is relaxing to listen to. Hood work !
Late to the party, but I can say this game definitely rewards you for your efforts better than most RPG's, and the final boss and ending is truly satisfying.
i dunno what it is but every time i think, where is derek with a video, you put one out either that day or the next. good video and thank you for coming out with the videos. and on wild arms two, i never played this one but i think ill pick this up on psn.
+darkrulerbob Is it my twitter feed? 'Cause I usually start tweeting more when I procrastinate. xD
nope. on youtube lol. i dont use twitter. im to old. :D
I love how the scan lines you put on your videos are better than most scan line filters in most actual games lol
While I would agree it is more tedious, I found this game really interesting on how many secrets the game has. I actually haven't seen as much Puzzle solving in most games that are classed as puzzle solving like Zelda Doing FP over mana does make you feel a bit more powerful especially with the mage classes like Lilka, but most of the weapons such as Arm Users like Ashley and Brad and Finite amount of Ammo that would make them rely on their FP attacks to get most out of there guns, before they run out.
Also the bosses are also very interesting, it is probably the only RPG that allows you to target different parts of a Boss, Taking out these Certain parts, can not only give extra Experience and Items, but also change the way a boss will fight, either making it more dangerous or making it weaker.
While I can't say how it compares to the likes of Wild Arms 1, it not as mediocre as Most people think of it.
Nice review as always, now to seek out Wild Arms 3.
+LordKaiser003 Thanks Kaiser! You got it! :)
I loved the radar, tool and FP system! Wild Arms 2 and 3 are my favorites! 💕
another game we didn't get in Europe...
Thanks, Derek!!! Gunna check this out !!
Is there a re-translation patch somewhere?
What is the intro retro music? It sounds very familiar.
I really need to go into this series.
+Casp Osaurus It's definitely a unique series, that's for sure. This would have easily been a better game if the translation were a bit more refined though. I'm pretty sure parts of my brain overheated trying to compute some of those sentences.
The beauty of pre-2005 JRPGs, my friend. I honestly think the terrible translations help some of them become less tedious.
+Casp Osaurus It definitely gave me something to talk about during the live-stream of the game, that's for sure. Lots of laughs were had. :)
+SuperDerek RPGs They even left out the vocals of the songs.
This game NEED a REMAKE!!!!!
Wild Arms 3 is easily the best in the series, but for some reason, Wild Arms 2 is my favorite. There's something charming about it.
+Stefan Homberger Can't wait to try out 3! But I have to wait. Until I own a copy, at least. :)
+SuperDerek RPGs 3 is definitely the most Western of the series. I liked it a lot, but 1 will always be my fav. One of the first Playstation games I ever played.
Dustman B The opening to 1 still gives me chills. Beautiful.
Yeah the openings for the first 3 are probably burned into my mind for all time
Loved this game. Ah, the classics...
so we won't be seeing a WIld Arms 3 review any time soon?
No idea man, hopefully I can get to it soon. There's just an incredible breadth of RPGs out there to talk about. 🤔That said, maybe I should focus more on finishing series that I've already started.
I feel like playing this game as a kid permanently fucked my understanding of English and ability to have normal conversations. I had no concept of what a poor localization was, so I just assumed all of the dialogue was legitimate.
Lol im 1000th like
Just starting WA 2 after finishing WA 1.. is this an anthology those series? Just seems like the interesting parts of WA 1 that would have been fun to learn more about aren’t present?.. not looking for direct spoilers, but Rudy wasn’t mentioned? ARMs are a fundamentally different thing? Or was the later issue a localization thing? Thanks for all the reviews
The review of this game is always mediocre by many. I do not believe that this is a step down compared to the first game. Its now fully 3D good graphics not amazing better sound better almost everything. I give this game 8/10 unlike others who gave it 4 5 out of 10.
Do wild arms 3
You should do a review on Suikoden II, the greatest jrpg that isn't Chrono Trigger and isn't made by Square. haha.
you should review arc the lad, saga frontier, eternal eyes, kartia and anachronox
Bad localizations are never good. I think the worst one I've ever experienced was for Ring of Red, which is a damn shame considering how brilliant the game is mechanically.
I liked this ;) I have the first one on my ps3 as a digital download... i really need to play it :)
I only played this for about 3-4 hours.
Is it just me or was this game REALLY easy?
Soo... the main character beeing named "Ashley" is also a mistranslation?
Nope, Ashley is actually a boys name too. Same with Kelly and Robin.
Traditionally, Ashley is a male name. It is only more recently that it has been co-opted.
Great video as always :)
+Samuel Evans Thanks Sam!
My first RPG.
Wait actually I played Pokemon Crystal first. Okay Wild Arms 2 is my second RPG
This game was pretty fun, despite the horrendous graphics
yeah finally someone that talk about one of my favorites JRPG of my childhood
I played this growing up. The super hero costume was really cool.
Review Growlanser Generations PS2, its a SRPG made by Working designs.
+Austin Ellis I really need to start exploring (S/T)RPGs on The Game Collection. Think I'll start with the Shining Force series, and then expand my horizons from there.
+SuperDerek RPGs well all start somewhere :) BTW any word of any Super Derek merch? shirts etc?
+Austin Ellis Ack, I completely forgot that I was working on those! I'm actually working on a slight rebranding of The Game Collection, which might start in another month or two. After that happens, I think shirts will become a thing. And something else that I'm really excited for, it's kind of unique, I don't know of anybody else that sells these things... But I'll announce that when it's for sure going to happen. I honestly don't even know if there will be interest, but we'll see. :)
lilka still cute as ever sad they just don't make great games like this anymore
Knight mode is cool and the music is really really good. Great character designs.
Great stuff as always! This is one of the many series of games I'll get to eventually....damn backlog! Good to know a little more about it.
This one is my favorite of the series, following really close is the 5 and alter code f.
have you done a video about wild arms crossfire (xf) ?
I found this in my PSN library and have no idea how it got there since I doubt having bought this O_0
Wild Arms 3 just released on PSN! please do a review.
I'd like to see you review the Shadow Hearts series :)
This makes me want to get back to Wild Arms 3.
ur hair is some much better than woods..
derek is back!
+loubilly Yep! Sorry for the delay. :D
+SuperDerek RPGs no need to apologize. I enjoy your content and I'm appreciative of the time it takes to make these videos.
start and it is also trevor
+MiniGam3r101 That's was an editing trick, where I sped up the video where I grabbed the game, but slowed down the part where my hand wasn't in the shot. Then I just timed the whip sound effect to start when my hand was in-view. :)
2:44
pffffffff
nothing compared to star ocean 2
I bought Wild Arms Alter Code F for PS2, back in 12/2014. I have yet to finish it. I am trying hard to get into this series, but it just isn't doing it for me.
+senatortombstone Alter Code F seems like a game I'd probably enjoy. It's basically an enhanced remake of WA1 but it has some bugs, from what I hear. Either way it's the hardest one to acquire in the series, so it's a nice collector's piece if nothing else. :)
how do u make the intro
+MiniGam3r101 Which part of the intro? :)
Sadly they cut out the vocals of the original opening of the japanese version for the US release. I actually love the jpanaese opening MUCH more. Also interesting to know: In the JP version there are some voiceacted scenes, but nothing that will blow your mind.
+DesMondesBlut they almost always did that back then. At least it's still appropriate and the same music and not something like what dubs did for anime songs.
I loved the original Wild Arms but never played the second one. It sounds like if I can get past the poor translation I'll probably enjoy it. I've played plenty of games with crap localization, Breath of Fire II comes to mind, and still enjoyed them, so maybe I'll give this a shot. Thanks for the review, Derek :D
+Kinaldio Any time man. And if you didn't have a problem with BoFII, then this game might not be too terrible. During my playthrough, I made several comparisons, mostly saying I didn't know which was worse. :)
The music in this game is very good.
SuperDerek I'm waiting for your review on xenosaga and dragon quest 8. You have a fantastic chanel and great narration on your vids.
+masta inc Thanks! I'll get to Xenosaga after I play Xenogears, and as for DQ VIII, I have plans to start the DQ series after 2 more reviews. Might take a little while to get to VIII though. ;)
Sweet review! Nice job on the writing this time, especially. You needed to make up for the game's translation.
Also, what filter do you use over your PS1 games? Or all your games, if you do the same thing every time.
+Tom W I use a "grid" effect in Premiere to generate the scan-lines. I only do it to games that are best displayed on CRT, because I prefer that aesthetic, really helps soften the jaggies on lower resolution titles. Unfortunately, it's something I have to add in post, otherwise I'd broadcast my streams with those too. :)
Best Opening EVER!
I can agree with the review but honestly I think my favorite in the series was Wild Arms 3, but 2 was my introduction so holds a spot of esteem in my mind.
Nicholas Shoemake 3s game mechanics turned me off. Which made me sad because I loved 1&2.
I was wondering why I never see you live stream anymore, after watching most of the Secret of Mana. I just noticed that you have a separate streaming channel.
+Zach B Yep! I was getting quite a little bit of negative feedback with the streams clogging up the channel, and I think it was hurting my RUclips stats, which caused me to get less exposure, so I made the decision to change it up a bit. But I can't wait to see you at the new channel! If you follow me on Twitter, I also send out notifications of when I go live. :)
I think they should of had the 2d sprites for the battles.The 3d looks a bit crap.
so wild arms 2 is more traditionally structured than wild arms 1? i remember the first one you had to choose a character and featured a lot of puzzles, neither of which i liked.
+WEAREPLAGUED Well... You DO still pick a character at the beginning, but they're just like 15-20 minute backstories before everyone converges. And Wild Arms still places an emphasis on puzzles based on various tools each character can acquire. So if you weren't digging that in WA1, then you might want to pass up on WA2. :)