Brave Fencer Musashi easily one of my favorite hidden gems. Great soundtrack, nice adventure and overall well kept storyline~ too bad they bumbled up with the next in this short series. I would have loved to seen more of it. Alundra is similar to Zelda but it has its own charm - the battles are friggen tough and I never played this game to the end. The soundtrack is a bit eerie but it adds to the adventure. I actually preferred Alundra 2.
actually its a good game lol too bad it feels so short (ps 1 disk limitation) not to mention it seems unlikely we got a sequel of it. That aside there similar obscured similar game to it but it is japanese only. its called Serei hatta rayblade for PS 1.
One thing about Vanguard Bandits is lack of side battles and random encounters. Not sure if Eric covered it but there was also Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth or something like that.
Vandal Hearts 2 is my favorite rpg of all time due to the "as i consider" underated complex battle system. Love the history and the caracters, music and ambience. My true gem...
Hi.. thank you for including Eternal Eyes.. I really forget it due to many years have passed but thanks to your video.. I found it.. I really want to remember it but I don't really know what and where to start.. I tried searching for best turn based games but I found nothing. I really appreciate it man.. I really miss that game.. and I am very thankful to found it finally..
I wish we could play these again... especially Azure Dreams. I loved that game back in the day, wish I could find it again for under nine hundred dollars...
Front mission 3 is really good. Nice story . Great strategy rpg game with alot of hrs gameplay . And a high replay factor during to a 2nd secret storyline and a rng skill system
Noice brave fencer made a list for once! I haven't seen that game since the 1998 Square Collector's CD from Square that had the Xenogears demo on it. I'm not sure but gonna see if any of these are on PSN, proabably get brave fencer on there but the others i'm not sure about. Time to fire up the good old PSTV, love that thing, so underrated!
damn you reminisce on some good games man. loved azure dreams, alundra, and musashi, vandal hearts ii, ogre battle was amazing, vanguard bandits, holy shit ur list was amazing
Hey, for part 3, check about Kouldelka, an horror RPG and Super Hero Operation, a JRPG with characters from classic japanese series like Ultraman and Gundam Wing.
Hello. I've talked about Koudelka a million times before in my videos, which is the first reason why I didn't include it. Then there's the fact that there were already 5 strategy RPGs on the list, so adding Koudelka would have been just too much. Now, about SHO... I've never heard of it, did it come out of Japan?
Oh, I'll watch Kouldelka videos then =D SHO was only releases in Japan. Actually, it's part of a series called Super Robot Wars and as far as I know, only two games of the series were released out of Japan, and they are Strategy/RPG. The one that I played was very fun, tough I can't read japanese. hahaha
I came here for Azure Dreams. One of my all-time favorite games on any console. I had so much fun with this one. Oh, and the trick was to use a gold sword and just keep using dust on it to make it more powerful. Gold swords didn't fall victim to the rust traps like others.
Brave fencer musashi... So epic... I still remembered most of the iconic music in this game. Threads of Fate or Dewprism in japan, are also hard ones to complete back in my time (17 years ago). Arc the lad series arent included?
Good games and yeah vandal hearts 1-2 is one of the most underrated hidden gems, especially im a vh1 lover just like you, but 2 is really unique from its style but it can get boring sometimes cause every new map takes so long to finish. But there are maaaany hints and secrets
About 700 mb data games and they are amazing ......but today we have 40 gb monsters who need DLC every month and season pass and they can't even get close to the quality of some CD games
The sequel to Rhapsody (Little Princess of Marl Kingdom) is actually MUCH more difficult and a better game overall, at least in my opinion. Sadly, it's a Japan-only game. :( Still, I recommend it to anyone who's a Rhapsody fan.
guardianrandy Agree! They even has a third installment! Which I haven't played yet. I love Rhapsody sooo much, I remember playing Little Princess of Marl Kingdom with a printed version of it's walkthrough translation on my lap, lol
I think the main issue with Alundra 2 is being called "Alundra", it is not a bad game, but IT IS NOT ALUNDRA! Alundra is a masterpiece., both the gameplay and specially the story and Alundra story is a joke... literally.
Muy bueno el canal, ya me suscribi. Amo azure dreams, lo jugué tanto como otros juegos más conocidos como por ejemplo ff7 o vagrant story, así que hice click ni bien youtube me sugirió el vídeo. Me alegro que te haya gustado! Unas preguntas, tienes vídeos en castellano? Además, estas en alguna comunidad latina o algo así de jrpgs? No tengo problemas con el inglés pero no estaría mal algo en castellano cada tanto. Saludos desde Uruguay!
Hola. Gracias por tus comentarios. Tengo un canal llamado Discusión Gamer con un amigo, está en español. No pertenezco a ninguna comunidad latina. Saludos desde México!
Wow, when I saw hidden gems videos, I always toss most of the recommendations because it turns out is something that I don't want to play but now, here is different, I only saw the first 2 and I was very surprised and happy to see that in this video, almost every game is very appealing, it feels cool.
Bro you should have a gaming set or lab, or at least we can see your collection of games in the background, I like the concept of this channel keep it up! :)
What about Valkyrie Profile and Vagrant Story? VP has its charm with Norse Myth and Vagrant Story is one of the best JRPG in PS1 IMO.. The battle system is really great (though can be frustrating many times).
Alundra is not a hidden gem, it is a masterpiece and one of the most beloved and beloved RPGs on Ps1! Alundra 2 destroyed the saga and the possibility of continuing it.
I see you done try vandal hearts 2. i know its weird but quite challenging I hope the dark story are at least meeting your expectation. the most recent hidden gem i found in this list is Azure dream about 5 years ago. The game simply never come to my country retail store so yeah. Vanguard bandits are awesome the charm of the upbeat music and overworld mecha sprite moving like they dancing to the beat kinda captivate me lol.
great video I'm glad you liked Ogre Battle as much as I do. Vandal Hearts 2 was awesome as well, I actually liked the battle system in that game a lot. The story was great as well. the ugly character portraits is the only thing I didn't like but that's just a minor nitpick.
Poor, poor Ogre Battle. While there are tons of games similar to Tactics Ogre, which I enjoy a lot though not as much as Ogre Battle, pretty much the only games I know of like Ogre Battle are Ogre Battle 64 and Ogre Battle Gaiden, which never came out in the US. I would love a new Ogre Battle game or a spiritual successor. Two of my most disappointing moments when owning a PS2 were realizing that a rumor I had read about a PS2 port o fOgre Battle 64 coming was false and when a rumor I had heard about work on a new Ogre Battle game starting after Final Fantasy XII was complete never came true.
Know both and like both, it's just that I don't really consider them as hidden gems since they're pretty well known. Of course, not as known as the FF titles or others, but known nonetheless. Great games.
Great list, though I wouldn't call Alundra and Brave Fencer Musashi exactly "hidden", they were pretty well known back in the day and warranted sequels. Also, nice to see some Vanguard Bandits love, easily one of the best SRPGs on the system. Don't care much for Azure Dreams though... if you want a similar game but done right and without the roguelike elements (thank god), I recommend Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon, a VERY hidden gem for PS2.
I spent days and nights on azure dreams as a kid but on the game boy color, it was the very best game for portable console at the time and imo the graphics suited the game even better on gameboy than on PS1
Man, alundra is good till this day. Every time I try to finish it, the game freezes and get broken for some reason. I tried 3 times. Even now, I want to finish it badly. Such a timeless graphics and a solid gameplay. It should be the top actually.
You named off lotta my favorites from my childhood. Alundra was fucking harrrrd! I had to buy strategy guide back nut i finally beat it. Last boss last transformation is hard too.
There is a JRPG i remember renting from a movie center and playing for quite a while it must have been real obscure because i can't remember the name and ive looked at list of every JRPG in existence on the PS1 and i still haven't recognized it. I remember it had a lock picking system that was basically Simon says and i think the combat system was standard turn based. The bits of the story i remember had a serious dark tone from the very beginning. If anyone knows what i'm talking about that would be awesome but honestly at this point i wouldn't be surprised if i dreamed the whole thing up.
Beating the game wasn't too hard, getting most of many secret/side content stuff on the other hand... Still super fun game if it isn't compared its to serious predecessor ;)
Azure dreams on thumbnail means insta-click. I love this game,some games,like shiren the wanderer,have tried imitating it but they're not nearly as great. Too bad it's owned by konami,which means we'll never see this game again! And vandal hearts 2 has an excellent and mature plot,but i believe the dual turn battle system dragged it down,many people couldn't stand it. It would have sold alot more copies if it had a typical turn based system. Btw,vandal hearts 2 story>FF tactics story. Alundra 2 is good on it's own,but Alundra it ain't. Alundra has spiritual successor on PS2 called Dual Hearts
Oh yes,the character of this game is nearly identical to alundra,but he's unnamed. It's either Alundra or someone from his clan. What i can't understand is why matrix software doesn't make Alundra 3 . They're still around,they're still making games,what the hell?
I love Alundra. I rented it over and over. But i wish i had bought it. Now its damn rare and expensive :P Azure Dreams is awesome as well. Its one of the few rare PS Games i own. I am searching for the GBC port for a while now.
i liked the video, but this are just normal, they are great indeed but you can play all of this games at a psone rental gameshop back in the days, for me hidden gems for psone are Legend of Kartia and Brigandine. :)
