John, your channel has been such a huge part of my life for so many years. Im so glad you're still doing this show. Random comment, I know, but I love these videos.
@@HappyConsoleGamer same here, I consider you a youtube legend at this point, as all other forms of media and content continue to deteriorate in meaning and honesty.
"Back then we took the sloppy seconds and we loved it. Cause that´s all we had." I spat my Coffee all over the Place, Johnny! 😄 But yeah, you are absolutely right with it.
@@armorvil I played PS3 for the first time around 2005. It has aged very badly but PS1 and PS2 have aged equally badly. The one thing that makes it stand out as worse than PS2 and PS4 is the boringly easy combat; even without grinding, auto-battle can win nearly every fight. The story is better than PS2's, even if the generational concept doesn't work well with the era's minimal cutscenes; when you choose a bride you have little to go on beyond their portrait, leaving why your character would even want to marry them up to the player's imagination. The overarching premise is well-constructed and simply monumental, even compared to the similarly grandiose premises of PS1, 2, and 4. PS3 is one of the few games I think should really get a remake, because nearly all of its biggest flaws are tied to the era it was created in and all of its biggest assets are timeless.
@@theodoreasbury1533 i mean 10 years on YT not too too long. My current acct says since 2014 but i still have my older one that’s from 2006 lol. Crazy how long YT been around
My choice is an unpopular opinion... Zelda BOTW. As much as I wanted to like it, I just couldn't get over: -breakable weapons -no dungeons -vast open lifeless world, with lackluster music Great episode! Keep up the good work.
I'm part of a team on a pso private server that is reviving the online functionality PSO ep3, we have the game working well and we have a cult following. If you love PSO, you should try ep3. It's great fun, and fun with players. The offline experience unfortunately doesn't give you the full experience.
Your Phantasy Star III story has me in stitches more than a few times. Your use of the word "dingy" to describe music was hilarious. What a great story teller.
Johnny is not kidding, the music is bad. I remember playing it at a friend's house on their Genesis. That was a three day weekend we could never get back.
The game that comes to mind for me was Bullet Witch, i remember getting it at a flea market cause the cover looked cool and i got home, played it and hated it so much that i went back a few hours later and asked the guy if i could swap it for Skate 3 lol
Something some people may not know, Phantasy star 3 did something really cool with its world map music : Every time you gained a new party member, a music layer would be added. So you would hear the full song only with a full party.
funny you'd mention your routine of making some tea and lighting a cigarette before playing a game... I just quit smoking on Friday after 15 years (I'm 35), and I'm feeling this will be the part of it I'll miss the most.
I quit smoking back in March, but i still vape for the routine of it, it's a bad hahabit. But I do miss the routine of beating a boss and celebrating with a ciggy, but it does goe away after a while. Congrats on quitting! Keep it up
If you think that was bad, when I first got that game (or 2 or 3), I didn't even have a memory card, and my dad wouldn't let me get one for a while because he thought it would lead me to getting addicted to video games (never mind that I only had so many games and I'd probably play less since I wouldn't be playing through the same areas over and over again. Then again, my dad was born in '47).
Yoo Johnny jus wanted to say that I’ve been watching you since I was in high school n seeing your passion for video games, anime etc was so infectious that it brought it of me at a tough time in my life. Thank you 🖤
I'm surprised you mentioned Robotech Battlecry and didn't have it on your "hate it" list due to the infamous "Cat's Eye" mission where you were forced to do an escort mission with a ship gathering data within space debris and you had to fight off swarms of enemies trying to kill it... and they were EFFICIENT in killing your escort. I remember bringing this up on Kotaku in the comments and one of the game devs actually replied to me apologizing for the absurd difficulty spike on that notorious level.
That’s what great about games back in the day, when you beat it it felt deserved!!! One of my favorite childhood games! I remember unlocking new mech head pieces or the enemy woman’s OP mech!! The transformation mid battle and shooting was so fun!!!! My suep brother and I would play the pvp mode for hours and hours, sometimes not even fighting but destroying the environment and watching the tiny little ant people run! Game was ahead of its time for Ps2!!!
What a great video. Your enthusiasm, even for bad games, is awesome! Keep up the good work. As to the games, I have all of them but I can't say I actually finished any of them or played them in decades. I guess I need to re-visit.
I hated Secret of Mana for a very VERY long time, i hated the menu, i hated my companions getting stuck and stopping me from proceeding, i hated the fact that i need to wait after every slash of my sword. I gave up at the tiger boss. Came back to it recently, gave it another shot and i surprisingly enjoyed it A LOT. It's weird to say but i'm a Secret of Mana fan now. Playing through Seiken Densetsu 3 right now and i'm loving it!
Secret of Mana is, surprisingly, the worst of the original Mana games. Weird because Secret of Mana is regarded as a SNES classic and the only one anyone talked about for years. WIth that said, do play Final Fantasy Adventure, the first of Mana series.
I've actually always liked Phantasy Star 3. It was the first game I played in the series, and I thought the whole multiple generations thing was one of the coolest things I'd seen in a game at the time.
I initially felt the same way about Phantasy Star 3 and I think it was because it wasn't what I was expecting and it (initially) did not feel like it was connected to the series or like a real sequel to phantasy star (until you realize something in the plot). I hated it initially , but something kept me going and I came to appreciate it very much indeed. It really did something kind of bold for the time.
Been here for a few years now from the recommendation of the great bithead1000. He is still my favorite RUclipsr but I can say for sure your my favorite Canadian! Love the show keep up the great work:) hope you and your family are well:)
I for one liked Phantasy Star III with its fantastic music, to each his own I guess. The Quadrilogy is on the Sega Ages compilation in English if you change it in the menus with quality of life improvement, it can make playing 3 more bearable.
Been following your show for many years Johnny... love your attitude and feel you're allowed to express when you don't enjoy a game... btw, you'd hate my job because I'm a blackjack dealer in a casino lol... keep up the great work brother!
I have fond memories of Robotech. Macross was my favorite but I also liked the Invid saga at the end. I played the Battlecry game but didn’t even know they made one for the last series. I lived in Valdese, NC and Robotech came in the local independent TV station in Hickory. They also had Tranzor Z which was an edit of Maizinger Z.
I'm not that surprised you brought up Phantasy Star III. I still remember that old parody Slime TV did of you being like "Why am I playing Phantasy Star III? This game's terrible." Haha
Your comments on Phantasy Star III really rang home for me, Johnny. My brother and I rant on the same issues whenever it's brought up. I had to laugh - we always mention how lame a lot of enemy designs and animations are - specifically the giant enemy that attacks by moving his finger, haha! Another one that stands out to me is the goofy pose of the humanoid moose monster.
Thank you for always making content when possible over the years. Your wife is a great fit to your personality and I admire it. Been married 3 times so I get the struggles. Proud of you and glad life has its downs for you for sure it has but those amazing goods and greats 👍 My ❤️ is with you man
That’s hilarious, when you got the cards out I didn’t know where you were going then bam, love it. Begging for a Halloween special !!!!!! Even just stories of Halloween or scary crap or game discussion about horror games with Rob
I really wanted to get into Robotech: Battlecry because I had been a fan of the series and the TTRPG. I got to the fourth mission before giving up and going back to Macross VF-X 2.
Anything Shining Force that ive tried PS2 era and beyond. I dont know why they felt the need to overhaul that series and make it something completely different, but it totally ruined it for me. Shining Force 2 was a masterpiece . Sad to see what those new games have become.
Shining force 3 was the last tactical rpg in the series. It was one of those early 3d games, so the graphics were kinda rough by todays standards. It had a pretty good story though.
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is a game I really hate. In Europe we were at 50hz, Prime 1 is in my top 5 greatest games of all time, I NEEDED that sequel! I had to buy a brand new tv that could handle 60hz to play it, and boy was it a let down. Ammo for guns, no exploration, trapped in small domes for most of the game, unoriginal zero intrigue dark vs light story. I felt ripped off compared to what Prime 1 was and how deep that game went from the immersion to the ost to the mysteries and exploration. I'm glad Prime 3 picked it up again after the horror that was Prime 2.
I really enjoy your stories Johnny. Please can you tell stories or even vlogs of you game hunting at retro or retail game stores in Canada. Looking forward to your Halloween special. Also please can you get Pete Dorr back on the channel? Great video as always Johnny. Keep up the great work! :)
Lol, your reaction to Phantasy Star ONLINE III: C.A.R.D. Revolution was the exact same as mine. I will never remember going to EBGames (I think it was EB at the time) and grabbing it off the shelf, then looking at it and reading the back... and then going home very sad without a game.
Oh man, I loved Phantasy Star 3. I just think of it as a different franchise than the main story. Robotech drove me insane because of it's crazy difficulty, but I still enjoyed it though.
I bought Phantasy Star 3 at launch, 100 bucks in canada, and loved it. Equal or better than #2, had great time with it, not disappointed. Really nice graphics and good music throughout. God combat.
It's a great day when your favorite RUclipsr makes a video! Thanks John! Funnily, I LOVE card games, and when I saw that Phantasy Star one it piqued my interest! XD
Omg I feel your pain on the math thing. I could NEVER wrap my head around it. Science English all tue other classes I could understand math.... not a chance!
I always wanted to love Shadow Madness on the ps1. It had multiple discs, was and rpg, and at the time I bought it expecting and epic adventure. I've never made it more than a few hours into it before my disappointment sets in. I need to replay it now and see if when I was younger I gave up too soon.
I think Xenogears might be my most "hate to hate it because I want to love it" games. I occasionally replay it solely to hear the music in context of the game. I could look past nearly everything, if it wasn't for the time I lost a boss battle on disc 2 that doesn't have a save point immediately after nearly an hour of text before the boss, when another situation does have that accommodation. And then Xenosaga 1, I played it at least 3 times, one flat out failure, one decent run, then a 100% run, but it felt a bit miserable at times, and was one of the many PS2 era JRPGs where they went all in on the graphics, but seemed to eat up all the disc space for gameplay. Then Xenosaga 2 ended up just dragging on so bad in, what I eventually found out, was the last "dungeon." I gave up. Never even opened my copy of Xenosaga 3. And to this day, I've yet to play Xenoblade games expecting similar dissatisfaction. Any Wild ARMs game after the first. I hated the search system they started in 2. How can I find a single penny in the vast sand sea of a desert, but not the next dungeon without an NPC clue? Wild ARMs 3 changed up the combat in ways I didn't like, and 4 even more so to the point I absolutely despised it. Also, 4 couldn't even get the spelling of the first character's first ability right in the US version. Other games that could be on the list are Kingdoms of Amalur, as in the demo when it was new, my character put their shield on their stomach when equipped in the tutorial. Then when I got the enhanced version, I found out through experience and reading on line that sneaky backstab rogues were basically useless. After that, just about any FPS I can be bothered to feel enjoyment, even if I can beat them, as I'm terrible at them. And any game with forced parry mechanics is automatically hated since I have zero hope of ever beating it.
Really inversed story for me and PS3, it came at just the right time! I agree it's definitely the black sheep of the series but I really enjoy the music and replayability.
Man, I always envy you when you show all your Robotech goodies!! I have the Mospeada toy bike, but I didn't know anything about the Mospeada game. Ten years ago I bought a PS2 just because I wanted to play the SDF Macross game for the PS2 made by Sega's AM2 team. For me, that game is a dream come true. I hope you enjoyed it as well.
Hey John I love watching your show. I guess I think of you as my “Friend” on RUclips. One game that I hated on Xbox 360 was Viva Piñata. The game was so dumb and boring. I had more fun hitting the character with shovel, even though that the shovel is taken away after the third time.
snes young merlin, i remember renting that game and hating it, but then my mum rented a game for me and it was the same game, always a memory ill always have XD
Yeah it was the first JRPG I ever beat and only the 2nd I ever played after Dragon Warrior 1. I loved the aspect of the romance/marriage/generation system at the time. I doubt the game holds up very well though, not like PS4.
I remember renting Phantasy Star 3 back in the day and being instantly disappointed in it. I wasn’t a huge fanboy of the series, but I had rented part 2 already and enjoyed the game and graphics. So I thought part 3 would be an improvement but it just felt like a half-baked game.
Johnny I've heard you mention you like to drink tea a few times. I would love to know what type of tea you drink. I like to add a little honey to my tea. I love drinking tea while gaming, reading or while having a quiet moment. Would love to see a video of some of your best tea drinking moments!
As a Transformers fan, Harmony Gold has held a cast-iron grip on G1 Jetfire because Hasbro licensed the VF1 toy from them... and were basically never able to do anything with it. There's a lot of story there, but that's the gist of it.
8:35 lmao. Man I was so bummed with Episode 3 card battle too. I gave it a good try and beat it, but it just wasnt what we wanted yeah. At least the OST was good.
I remember when I was little my parents took me to the video store. We were allowed to rent a couple of games. One of them was Fester's quest...yeah I think my dad took it back to the store the next day. Even he got frustrated when he played it lol. 2:25 yeah Math wasn't my favorite subject neither in school either Johnny 😂
I specifically remember my brothers and I (Me being the youngest) renting Superman 64 and my brother crying because it was god awful and we stuck with that being our rental for the week lol.
phantasy star 3 was the first rpg ever i played and i was touched greatly. ost and bgm was the best part of the game. music had stucked in my head for years
I love that even a hate video from you doesn't feel bitter at all.
honestly its impressive, love it
It's a love for the art
It's his stories I swear. I feel like I'm there.
That's Johny for ya 😂
Look at the man's youtube's channel name. He ain't a happy console gamer for nothing.
John, your channel has been such a huge part of my life for so many years. Im so glad you're still doing this show. Random comment, I know, but I love these videos.
Same here
Thanks for watching! I do it as I am having so much fun!
@@HappyConsoleGamer same here, I consider you a youtube legend at this point, as all other forms of media and content continue to deteriorate in meaning and honesty.
This is the most uplifting video about hate I have ever seen 😂
"Back then we took the sloppy seconds and we loved it. Cause that´s all we had."
I spat my Coffee all over the Place, Johnny! 😄
But yeah, you are absolutely right with it.
I let out a really loud "HA!" when he said that 🤣 🤣
This is one we'll be quoting Johnny on completely out of context.
Phantasy Star III was one of my favorite RPGs back in the day. First game that I played that had multi-generational characters and branching paths.
@@armorvil I played PS3 for the first time around 2005. It has aged very badly but PS1 and PS2 have aged equally badly. The one thing that makes it stand out as worse than PS2 and PS4 is the boringly easy combat; even without grinding, auto-battle can win nearly every fight. The story is better than PS2's, even if the generational concept doesn't work well with the era's minimal cutscenes; when you choose a bride you have little to go on beyond their portrait, leaving why your character would even want to marry them up to the player's imagination. The overarching premise is well-constructed and simply monumental, even compared to the similarly grandiose premises of PS1, 2, and 4. PS3 is one of the few games I think should really get a remake, because nearly all of its biggest flaws are tied to the era it was created in and all of its biggest assets are timeless.
I’ve been subscribed to your channel for like 10 years and never realized you didn’t like Phantasy Star III, I’m genuinely surprised.
You have to be a RUclips vet to have been able to get “the mailman” as a username 😂
Shook.
@@theodoreasbury1533 i mean 10 years on YT not too too long. My current acct says since 2014 but i still have my older one that’s from 2006 lol. Crazy how long YT been around
@@statesminds holy shit I’m just now realizing ten years ago was still early 2010’s jeez.
@@theodoreasbury1533 This comment had me fucking rolling from laughter! XDDD
Love these videos Sunday morning. One of my fav content creators
At this point, after all these years, watching Johnny's videos became a happy ritual for me.
Thanks for keep doing it brother. Greetings from Greece.
My choice is an unpopular opinion... Zelda BOTW. As much as I wanted to like it, I just couldn't get over:
-breakable weapons
-no dungeons
-vast open lifeless world, with lackluster music
Great episode! Keep up the good work.
I'm part of a team on a pso private server that is reviving the online functionality PSO ep3, we have the game working well and we have a cult following. If you love PSO, you should try ep3. It's great fun, and fun with players. The offline experience unfortunately doesn't give you the full experience.
Your Phantasy Star III story has me in stitches more than a few times. Your use of the word "dingy" to describe music was hilarious. What a great story teller.
Johnny is not kidding, the music is bad. I remember playing it at a friend's house on their Genesis. That was a three day weekend we could never get back.
All of you all were filtered. ruclips.net/video/cJWRQLtr9RE/видео.html
The game that comes to mind for me was Bullet Witch, i remember getting it at a flea market cause the cover looked cool and i got home, played it and hated it so much that i went back a few hours later and asked the guy if i could swap it for Skate 3 lol
Something some people may not know, Phantasy star 3 did something really cool with its world map music : Every time you gained a new party member, a music layer would be added. So you would hear the full song only with a full party.
You are hands down the best most likeable real down to earth youtuber/gamer/retro guy on youtube
I LOVE his lowkey purchase of a caseless, artless copy of Robotec Invasion. It's such a perfectly bitter move, and that game deserves nothing less.
You mean "nothing more".
@@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898 No. "That game deserves a bitter response, and nothing less will do." Thanks for trying to correct me, though. 🤣
funny you'd mention your routine of making some tea and lighting a cigarette before playing a game... I just quit smoking on Friday after 15 years (I'm 35), and I'm feeling this will be the part of it I'll miss the most.
I quit smoking back in March, but i still vape for the routine of it, it's a bad hahabit. But I do miss the routine of beating a boss and celebrating with a ciggy, but it does goe away after a while. Congrats on quitting! Keep it up
I'm sure Johnny doesn't miss it. And you people won't either, sooner or later. Keep at it!
Crash Bandicoot (the original) was so freaking hard that it routinely made 6 year old me rage.
I recently played the PS4 trilogy.
During the later levels it was pure rage-gaming.
If you think that was bad, when I first got that game (or 2 or 3), I didn't even have a memory card, and my dad wouldn't let me get one for a while because he thought it would lead me to getting addicted to video games (never mind that I only had so many games and I'd probably play less since I wouldn't be playing through the same areas over and over again. Then again, my dad was born in '47).
Dude I like that you never have sponsorships or ads, and you don't push people to sub and like too hard.
But he does have mid-roll ads. The last 2 were over 7 minutes of ads!, about a third of the total length of the video
Yeah but…you just skip after 5 seconds?
@@Chris-yc3mm Johnny makes free content with no sponsorships and dares to put 2 skippable ads in the middle of video? How he dares!
Yoo Johnny jus wanted to say that I’ve been watching you since I was in high school n seeing your passion for video games, anime etc was so infectious that it brought it of me at a tough time in my life. Thank you 🖤
Very cool video, sir! You are an awesome content creator, even in a video about games you hate there are just such chill vibes. Very nice 😊
I'm surprised you mentioned Robotech Battlecry and didn't have it on your "hate it" list due to the infamous "Cat's Eye" mission where you were forced to do an escort mission with a ship gathering data within space debris and you had to fight off swarms of enemies trying to kill it... and they were EFFICIENT in killing your escort.
I remember bringing this up on Kotaku in the comments and one of the game devs actually replied to me apologizing for the absurd difficulty spike on that notorious level.
Yep that mission was the end of that game for me, pity course the game was solid and beautiful to look at.
That’s what great about games back in the day, when you beat it it felt deserved!!! One of my favorite childhood games!
I remember unlocking new mech head pieces or the enemy woman’s OP mech!! The transformation mid battle and shooting was so fun!!!!
My suep brother and I would play the pvp mode for hours and hours, sometimes not even fighting but destroying the environment and watching the tiny little ant people run! Game was ahead of its time for Ps2!!!
What a great video. Your enthusiasm, even for bad games, is awesome! Keep up the good work. As to the games, I have all of them but I can't say I actually finished any of them or played them in decades. I guess I need to re-visit.
Even a Happy Console Gamer video about games Johnny hates is relaxing to me somehow. This channel really is special.
I hated Secret of Mana for a very VERY long time, i hated the menu, i hated my companions getting stuck and stopping me from proceeding, i hated the fact that i need to wait after every slash of my sword. I gave up at the tiger boss.
Came back to it recently, gave it another shot and i surprisingly enjoyed it A LOT. It's weird to say but i'm a Secret of Mana fan now. Playing through Seiken Densetsu 3 right now and i'm loving it!
Secret of Mana is, surprisingly, the worst of the original Mana games. Weird because Secret of Mana is regarded as a SNES classic and the only one anyone talked about for years. WIth that said, do play Final Fantasy Adventure, the first of Mana series.
@@NukeA6 i did. Great game. Very impressive early GB game.
Very fancy card trick at 20:32 for someone who supposedly never plays any. Also, hilarious that you got yourself riled up 😂at the end
Thanks for the amazing content and putting a smile on my face every video!!
I've actually always liked Phantasy Star 3. It was the first game I played in the series, and I thought the whole multiple generations thing was one of the coolest things I'd seen in a game at the time.
I agree the generation part was interesting
I initially felt the same way about Phantasy Star 3 and I think it was because it wasn't what I was expecting and it (initially) did not feel like it was connected to the series or like a real sequel to phantasy star (until you realize something in the plot). I hated it initially , but something kept me going and I came to appreciate it very much indeed. It really did something kind of bold for the time.
Great video, loved when you flicked the cards everywhere 😂
10:36 "after this--ADVERTISEMENT" XD
Excited for 2022’s HCG Christmas Special!!!! 🎅🏼🎄
Daym I wasn't born yet when Phantasy Star 3 released
You are the happiest console gamer I ever met - and you look like Macauley Culkin 1:55
I thought he kind of looked like a young Layne Stayley in that flashback
LOL, Your description of Phantasy Star 3 kind of just just made me want to play it. I need to go play all of those Phantasy Star games finally
Been here for a few years now from the recommendation of the great bithead1000. He is still my favorite RUclipsr but I can say for sure your my favorite Canadian! Love the show keep up the great work:) hope you and your family are well:)
I for one liked Phantasy Star III with its fantastic music, to each his own I guess. The Quadrilogy is on the Sega Ages compilation in English if you change it in the menus with quality of life improvement, it can make playing 3 more bearable.
Been following your show for many years Johnny... love your attitude and feel you're allowed to express when you don't enjoy a game... btw, you'd hate my job because I'm a blackjack dealer in a casino lol... keep up the great work brother!
Great episode... I love the nostalgia of games you hated back in the day. All valid candidates.
I have fond memories of Robotech. Macross was my favorite but I also liked the Invid saga at the end. I played the Battlecry game but didn’t even know they made one for the last series.
I lived in Valdese, NC and Robotech came in the local independent TV station in Hickory. They also had Tranzor Z which was an edit of Maizinger Z.
I'm not that surprised you brought up Phantasy Star III. I still remember that old parody Slime TV did of you being like "Why am I playing Phantasy Star III? This game's terrible." Haha
Keep making videos man I've watched you for like 5 years you make great content
Your comments on Phantasy Star III really rang home for me, Johnny. My brother and I rant on the same issues whenever it's brought up. I had to laugh - we always mention how lame a lot of enemy designs and animations are - specifically the giant enemy that attacks by moving his finger, haha! Another one that stands out to me is the goofy pose of the humanoid moose monster.
Thank you for always making content when possible over the years. Your wife is a great fit to your personality and I admire it. Been married 3 times so I get the struggles. Proud of you and glad life has its downs for you for sure it has but those amazing goods and greats 👍
My ❤️ is with you man
It’s been 4 yrs since you’ve done top 10 favorite all time games, can you do updated list?
That’s hilarious, when you got the cards out I didn’t know where you were going then bam, love it. Begging for a Halloween special !!!!!! Even just stories of Halloween or scary crap or game discussion about horror games with Rob
I really wanted to get into Robotech: Battlecry because I had been a fan of the series and the TTRPG. I got to the fourth mission before giving up and going back to Macross VF-X 2.
Xenogears intro laid over you talking about struggling with math was brilliant 😂!
Even when you’re talking about games you hate, Johnny, I still enjoy it. Thank you for the warnings, haha, have a great week!
The DS SUPER MARIO 3 on 3 BASKETBALL, TALES OF ZESTIRIA, NBA ALL-STAR CHALLENGE, and Dr. CHAOS for the NES. All of these titles kick rocks!
Very well shot video ur card skit was great thanks for the effort
Anything Shining Force that ive tried PS2 era and beyond. I dont know why they felt the need to overhaul that series and make it something completely different, but it totally ruined it for me. Shining Force 2 was a masterpiece . Sad to see what those new games have become.
Shining force 3 was the last tactical rpg in the series. It was one of those early 3d games, so the graphics were kinda rough by todays standards. It had a pretty good story though.
Kicking off my personal weekend with Mr HCG
the cards going everywhere gave me a good laugh lol
Dude you looked like Vanilla Ice back when Phantasy Star III came out :P ! LOL Great video :)
Awesome video man 😎!
The music during the beginning of the Phantasy Star III segment is incredible.
I got PS3 in August of 1991 for my birthday. Exactly the same feeling. I played through it hoping that it would get better and it never did.
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is a game I really hate. In Europe we were at 50hz, Prime 1 is in my top 5 greatest games of all time, I NEEDED that sequel! I had to buy a brand new tv that could handle 60hz to play it, and boy was it a let down. Ammo for guns, no exploration, trapped in small domes for most of the game, unoriginal zero intrigue dark vs light story. I felt ripped off compared to what Prime 1 was and how deep that game went from the immersion to the ost to the mysteries and exploration.
I'm glad Prime 3 picked it up again after the horror that was Prime 2.
I really enjoy your stories Johnny. Please can you tell stories or even vlogs of you game hunting at retro or retail game stores in Canada. Looking forward to your Halloween special. Also please can you get Pete Dorr back on the channel? Great video as always Johnny. Keep up the great work! :)
I had a bunch of games go the other way. Games I had no hope for but loved.
I just bought Geneses Climber Mospeada DVD from a used record store. I am enjoying it so far and I am glad I found it since that one is out of print.
Lucky score, Mospeada is great
Great rant! I had to go to summer school too lol. Phantasy Star 3 is a bad game I love. I felt the same way about it back in the day.
Lol, your reaction to Phantasy Star ONLINE III: C.A.R.D. Revolution was the exact same as mine. I will never remember going to EBGames (I think it was EB at the time) and grabbing it off the shelf, then looking at it and reading the back... and then going home very sad without a game.
Oh man, I loved Phantasy Star 3. I just think of it as a different franchise than the main story. Robotech drove me insane because of it's crazy difficulty, but I still enjoyed it though.
I bought Phantasy Star 3 at launch, 100 bucks in canada, and loved it. Equal or better than #2, had great time with it, not disappointed. Really nice graphics and good music throughout. God combat.
I laughed there was an ad for over watch 2 on this video. I’ve been trying to play all week and can’t.
It's a great day when your favorite RUclipsr makes a video! Thanks John! Funnily, I LOVE card games, and when I saw that Phantasy Star one it piqued my interest! XD
PSIII intro totally blew me away back in the day
Omg I feel your pain on the math thing. I could NEVER wrap my head around it. Science English all tue other classes I could understand math.... not a chance!
I always wanted to love Shadow Madness on the ps1. It had multiple discs, was and rpg, and at the time I bought it expecting and epic adventure. I've never made it more than a few hours into it before my disappointment sets in. I need to replay it now and see if when I was younger I gave up too soon.
PS3 was my introduction into the series and is still my favorite story after all these years 😂
Me too
I think Xenogears might be my most "hate to hate it because I want to love it" games. I occasionally replay it solely to hear the music in context of the game. I could look past nearly everything, if it wasn't for the time I lost a boss battle on disc 2 that doesn't have a save point immediately after nearly an hour of text before the boss, when another situation does have that accommodation. And then Xenosaga 1, I played it at least 3 times, one flat out failure, one decent run, then a 100% run, but it felt a bit miserable at times, and was one of the many PS2 era JRPGs where they went all in on the graphics, but seemed to eat up all the disc space for gameplay. Then Xenosaga 2 ended up just dragging on so bad in, what I eventually found out, was the last "dungeon." I gave up. Never even opened my copy of Xenosaga 3. And to this day, I've yet to play Xenoblade games expecting similar dissatisfaction.
Any Wild ARMs game after the first. I hated the search system they started in 2. How can I find a single penny in the vast sand sea of a desert, but not the next dungeon without an NPC clue? Wild ARMs 3 changed up the combat in ways I didn't like, and 4 even more so to the point I absolutely despised it. Also, 4 couldn't even get the spelling of the first character's first ability right in the US version.
Other games that could be on the list are Kingdoms of Amalur, as in the demo when it was new, my character put their shield on their stomach when equipped in the tutorial. Then when I got the enhanced version, I found out through experience and reading on line that sneaky backstab rogues were basically useless.
After that, just about any FPS I can be bothered to feel enjoyment, even if I can beat them, as I'm terrible at them. And any game with forced parry mechanics is automatically hated since I have zero hope of ever beating it.
I loved pso3
I still play it from time to time. there is a working online server to battle online. it's great.
I remember so well the moment I learned pso 3 was a card game, I still haven't recovered.
I love this channel so much
A game I hated was Wipeout XL. The powerup you wanted was the autopilot so you didn't have to play for a few seconds.
Really inversed story for me and PS3, it came at just the right time! I agree it's definitely the black sheep of the series but I really enjoy the music and replayability.
Love this video!
Yes... Big fan.... i have been watching you so many years.... I do love Jrpg...
Never understood why phantasy star 3 gets so much hate
"Opening was kind of like a funeral" What, in PS Generations of Doom? No way.
Man, I always envy you when you show all your Robotech goodies!! I have the Mospeada toy bike, but I didn't know anything about the Mospeada game. Ten years ago I bought a PS2 just because I wanted to play the SDF Macross game for the PS2 made by Sega's AM2 team. For me, that game is a dream come true. I hope you enjoyed it as well.
Hey John I love watching your show. I guess I think of you as my “Friend” on RUclips. One game that I hated on Xbox 360 was Viva Piñata. The game was so dumb and boring. I had more fun hitting the character with shovel, even though that the shovel is taken away after the third time.
snes young merlin, i remember renting that game and hating it, but then my mum rented a game for me and it was the same game, always a memory ill always have XD
Loved the card trick 😆
Phantasy Star 3 was the first one I played so I have a weird love for it
Yeah it was the first JRPG I ever beat and only the 2nd I ever played after Dragon Warrior 1. I loved the aspect of the romance/marriage/generation system at the time. I doubt the game holds up very well though, not like PS4.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
I remember renting Phantasy Star 3 back in the day and being instantly disappointed in it. I wasn’t a huge fanboy of the series, but I had rented part 2 already and enjoyed the game and graphics. So I thought part 3 would be an improvement but it just felt like a half-baked game.
That’s crazy I have a disc only copy of robotech invasion too 🤣🤣 my old best friend gave it so me when we were kids
I'll come back with you for more than a second to '91
Johnny I've heard you mention you like to drink tea a few times. I would love to know what type of tea you drink. I like to add a little honey to my tea. I love drinking tea while gaming, reading or while having a quiet moment. Would love to see a video of some of your best tea drinking moments!
PS2 Robotech was actually fun especially at the end when you get the best Robotech jet tbh
Man I loved robotech invasion lmao
As somebody who is not a fan of jrpgs, all the music from every jrpg I've ever played sounds like carnival music to me.
As a Transformers fan, Harmony Gold has held a cast-iron grip on G1 Jetfire because Hasbro licensed the VF1 toy from them... and were basically never able to do anything with it. There's a lot of story there, but that's the gist of it.
8:35 lmao.
Man I was so bummed with Episode 3 card battle too. I gave it a good try and beat it, but it just wasnt what we wanted yeah.
At least the OST was good.
I remember when I was little my parents took me to the video store. We were allowed to rent a couple of games. One of them was Fester's quest...yeah I think my dad took it back to the store the next day. Even he got frustrated when he played it lol. 2:25 yeah Math wasn't my favorite subject neither in school either Johnny 😂
I specifically remember my brothers and I (Me being the youngest) renting Superman 64 and my brother crying because it was god awful and we stuck with that being our rental for the week lol.
phantasy star 3 was the first rpg ever i played and i was touched greatly. ost and bgm was the best part of the game. music had stucked in my head for years
Quest 64 would be my pick and I agree 100% about the card thing.