Top Ten Must Have PS1 RPGs 

Valkyrie Profile is one of the best RPGs I've played. I think it should be included in the list.

Played them all, and all the other endless JRPGs on the PS1 (and ps2). From breath of Fire to vagrant story, to FFVIII, to legend of the Dragoon, to star ocean to anything else. It was a truly magical time

Legend of Dragoon is the most underrated RPG of all time.

Xenogears! Best soundtrack bar none!

1-Suikoden 2 2-Final fantasy 7 3-Breath of fire 3 4-suikoden 5-Alundra 6-Final fantasy tactics 7-Vagrant story 8-Final fantasy 8 9-Chrono cross 10-Breath of fire 4 Ashamed to say I missed xenogears Also my 1. 2 are interchangeable... Absolute masterpieces

Legend of Legaia is the only miss on the list.

I watch these lists only to make sure Suikoden is on the list.

I’m upset that Legaia wasn’t included, but you DID include Dragoon so..

I think Breath of Fire 3 and 4 are up there too

Every Time I see these types of videos deep down I know they'll never mention Legend of Legaia somehow this game is beyond overlooked

Wild arms is one of the most underrated franchises of all time, wild arms 2nd ignition is one of my top 10 favorite games of all time

Truly the golden era of RPGs. It will never be the same. Never.

1. Final Fantasy 7 2. Final Fantasy 9 3. Valkyrie Profile 4. Jade Cocoon 5. Star Ocean The Second Story 6. Parasite Eve 7. The Legend of Dragoon 8. Final Fantasy 8 9. Xenogears 10. (I haven't played 10 JRPG's yet :D) That said, my list is limited to games I've played... I'm sure Suikoden, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, Tales of Destiny and so on would be here too, I just need to play them first... Great list though as always.

Legend of Dragoon! Yaaaaassssss. Christ, so many of these ‘classic RPG’ lists forget this game! Well done!!!

RPG games I loved playing on the Ps1 as side from the Final Fantasy Series are: Suikoden 2 Vandal Hearts Breath of Fire Alundra Tales of Destiny Chrono Cross Xenogears Romance Saga or Saga Frontier

The best “best of” list I’ve ever encountered. I’ve played every one on this list and adore them. Lunar and Legend of Dragoon specifically, two of my favorites of all time. I would be estatic if they all got remade.

Final Fantasy Tactics would be one of my favorites.

I like Lunar Silver-Star. The gameplay, sound, and attention to detail are exquisite. Even the way the game was packaged with is proof how much care went into the game.

*cough* you forgot all about Legend of Legaia

Great list, glad to see FFVII, FFIX, Xenogears, and CC at the top. The only thing I would add is that FFVIII is just as much of a "must have" title as VII and IX are.

No legend of legaia, legend of mana and valkyrie profile those games are great too hopefully they have remastered in ps4😊

Saga frontier was fun...enjoyed tackling each of the characters story, especially how some interacted with others

Xenogears, the best rpg ever made

Too lazy to look to see if mentioned, but enjoyed the fact that a Ridge Racer track (not sure which) was used in the intro! Well done!

1. Suikoden 2 2. Valkyrie Profile 3. Xenogears 4. Lunar Silver Star Story Complete 5. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete 6. Final Fantasy 9 7. Star Ocean: The Second Story 8. Chrono Chross 9. Wild Arms 10. Tales of Eternia

What about Parasite Eve? That one is a gem (story, characters, battle system). Other than that, the list is pretty good.

Wild arms is one of the most underrated games ever, I have too much feelings with this game

Still dream of a Suikoden 2 remake up to this day. I thoroughly enjoyed that game. Recruiting all the stars. Upgrading your castle as your army grows. The three battle systems! What they could do with those alone! The minigames. It was such a fun, unique game and story.

Vagrant Story! A masterpiece, and one of the most unique games Square has ever done. Not to mention what a technical triumph it was at the time.

I treasure ff9 greatly!

What a brilliant list, I would've added Vagrant Story and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete, but yeah, the list is well done, Top 3 would be ChronoCross, Final Fantasy IX and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete.

Nice list, mine is: 1. Final Fantasy IX 2. Final Fantasy Tactics 3. The Legend of Dragoon 4. Final Fantasy VIII 5. Final Fantasy VII 6. Valkyrie Profile 7. Breath of Fire III 8. Chrono Cross 9. Xenogears 10. Vagrant Story

Legend of Dragoon and Legend of Legaia , they make this kid cry in the ps1 era

Still waiting for my Xenogears ReMAKE! 😑

Some of my all time favorite JRPGs that need to be checked out were left off this list! Valkyrie Profile (one of the best JRPGs ever made, unique, and unlike any other game you'll experience, the in depth story every character gets is awesome) Vagrant Story (again a very unique game, but with an AMAZING story and very well paced) Final Fantasy Tactics (easily the best game in the FF series story wise, even if you don't like tactical jrpgs it's worth the time) Final Fantasy 8 (the best soundtrack in a FF game, and also one of the best character development games out there) Front Mission 3 (one of the most underrated games ever, amazingly well done story, interesting characters, tactical JRPG) Other honorable mentions from me: Breath of Fire 3 + 4 Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth Parasite Eve 1 + 2 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment SaGa Frontier 1 + 2 Saiyuki: Journey West Thousand Arms Threads of Fate Vandal Hearts Vanguard Bandits Legend of Legaia Those are all my choices for things that didn't show up here. If I had to pick just two, I'd recommend Valkyrie Profile, and Front Mission 3 because I really want more people to play those. But, I really liked this list, a little sad that FF7 made it to the list over some better FF titles, but I can live with it because The Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Cross, and Star Ocean made the list, those are some of my personal favorites. Thumbs up to your list!

As a Final Fantasy VIII fan, I feel deeply saddened when a list mentions VII and IX but not VIII.

Pretty solid list! Surprised Vagrant Story missed out, though!

The PS1 was an absolute beast when it comes to JRPGs. Here's my list in no particular order: Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy IX Final Fantasy Tactics Suikoden 2 Legend of Dragoon Legend of Legaia Alundra Breath of Fire IV Breath of Fire III

1. Suikoden II 2. Xenogears 3. Final Fantasy VII

my list (not ranked) 1.suikoden 2.suikoden 2 3.xenogears 4.breath of fire 4 5.chrono cross 6.ff7 7.grandia 8.ff9 9.legend of legaia 10.wild of arms 2

1. Final Fantasy IX 2. Xenogears 3. Chrono Cross 4. Final Fantasy VIII 5. Legend of Dragoon 6. Final Fantasy Tactics 7. Star Ocean The Second Story 8. Legend of Legaia 9. Langrisser 10. Brigandine Legend of Forsena 11. Legend of Mana 12. Final Fantasy VII 13. Tactics Ogre 14. Parasite Eve 1&2 15. SaGa Frontier 1&2 16. Alundra 17. Vagrant Story 18. Valkyrie Profile 19. Suikoden 1&2 20. Wild Arms 21. Breath of Fire 4 22. Dragon Quest VII 23. Persona 2 Innocent Sin 24. Lunar Silver Star Story 25. Diablo

This is a very good list as far as I can tell. I loved many of the games you've mentioned when I played them. I didnt play Lunar Silver Star and thanks to your introduction I will soon. Jade Cocoon should have been on the list though.

A game that I never see mentioned but personally loved as a teenager was Thousand Arms. It had some of the best humor in a JRPG that I've played and the mini dating sim/weapon forge thing was interesting. I guess the story wasn't much to write home about though. Still a solid game, imo.

Suikoden 2 and Wild Arms definitely deserved to be on the list. Glad they made it

Too many good RPGs on the PS1 to limit it to a Top Ten, though I would have left off Lunar, as it was already a fine game on the Sega/MegaCD, as well as any Final Fantasy game, as those are kind of a given. Rest of the list is solid, though surprised Azure Dreams and Dragon Warrior VII weren't included. Then again, too many good RPGs lol. Could easily be a top 100...

Chrono cross one of the most buetiful games ever seen on history

Nice List! There are tons and tons of awesome RPGS on the system, it is very hard to me to do a list, but I can make recommendations like Breath of Fire 3, Arc The Lad, Alundra, Granstream Saga, Saga Frontier, Koudelka, Legend of Legaia, Front Mission 3, Suikoden, Persona 2, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tales of Destiny, Dragon Quest 7, Tales of Eternia, Vandal Hearts.... And many others, the amazing thing on psx is that as well as the Snes, the more you deep inside its catalogue, the more you find rare rpg gems.

Xenogears, Legend of the dragoon, FF VII...

Someone remembers Lunar! *YES!!!* Someone, *PLEASE* , bring back this game!

The First Suikoden, Suikoden 2 And Valkyrie Profile, Those Are My Favorites On The System

suikoden 2 will always always be my number 1 favorite game ever, nothing tops it🤗

My list: 10. Persona 2 Eternal Punishment 9. Parasite Eve 8. Lunar 2 7. Chrono Cross 6. Grandia 5. Xenogears 4. Final Fantasy VII 3. Lunar Silver Star Story 2. Final Fantasy VIII 1. Final Fantasy IX

Sad to see Thousand Arms didn’t make the cut, three CD’s of gold lol

Hey TVGS, unfotunately, feeling kinda guilty as I still miss many ps1 RPGs, even though I got many RPG titles in my collection. Chrono Cross was not even released in Europe which sucks, same goes for my favorite Legend of Mana. Apart from that I am huge FF fan, love FFVIII. I got my hands on Grandia 2 last summer, I defo need to buy the first one too. Amazing list, keep up the good work.

Even though it's not on the list it makes me so happy to see people in the comments discussing Legend of Legaia. I didn't think anybody paid attention but that is the game that got me into RPGs. It's so deserving of a remake.

Yes this list is awesome, I have almost all of these I only need to find Chrono Cross and legend of Dragoon!

Good list, overall. I'd probably swap out a few games (Legend of Legaia, Breath of Fire 2, and Ogre Battle over Grandia, Chrono X, and FFIX [games I never finished due the days of renting out of Blockbuster 🤣]).

Dark cloud, legend of laegia, legend of dragoon, ff tactics.

Chrono cross is my favorite game

Very surprised that Final Fantasy Tactics and Valkyrie Profile are not up here.

Good list but to me FF7 will always be on top and as much as I love the other games FF7 means a lot to me and they did a lot of things right in almost every aspect of the game. I could play that game over and over again without being bored. 2nd and 3rd spots would have to go to FF9 and Xenogears for me.

I think Legend of the Dragoon is one of the best for the system. Wasn't really into Suikoden II. Suikoden I on the other hand was AWESOME. Yep Final Fantasy VII is #1. Been playing it again lately. This time learning E.Skills by Manipulating with Cait Sith. Kind of tedious but so far worth it. Got 2 of them ☺

Man I just learned how to mod my PlayStation classic and loaded my flash drive with nothing but PS1 RPG's that I missed out on as a kid due to growing up poor. I just beat The Legend of Dragoon and even though the translation is flawed, it was great.

This video was a TRIP! It encapsulated my age 10-20 childhood perfectly. PS1 was the ultimate jrpg machine--only the SNES can compare when it comes to rpg/jrpg's. Thank you for the journey. Subbed. Also, FF7 Remake HYPE!!!!!!!

Interesting, I've played all games on the list :). Personally I would add lunar 2 eternal blue together with silver star story.

Nobody talks about Saga frontier 2. That's one of the rpg I enjoyed the most on ps1

I'm still own all of those games. They was and still are the best of rpg

Legend of Dragoon was my first RPG ever. And to this day probably still my favorite.

Great list… I will add Final Fantasy VIII to this list..

Can I recommend that anyone watching this list seriously consider playing legend of legaia if they haven't, seen a lot of comments giving praise but I'll explain a little for those who haven't played the game yet. The story is set in a post apocoliptic world that was brought to it's state via something called the mist. This makes normal sentient beings called ra seru who were in symbiosis with humanity into monsters called sim seru. You take upon a journey after the mist initially hits the main characters village and meet lots of characters with distinct personalities throughout the game and some join your party. The combat in the game includes input based artes system which is extremely unique which allows your characters to pull of different attacks based on what part of the body you attack with but there is also classic magic in the game which is similar to ff7 summons The bosses are very memorable with unique looks and attacks. The music is top notch and I wish the composer did other works. It has a very varied score throughout with music that builds tension hype etc extremely well. Thanks for reading all the way if you have I just needed to explain a little about why this game is top tier for ps1

Just now found this channel... Less than a minute into the video and already I like this channel setup. Awesome channel name!

One of my hidden gem rpgs of that generation was Granstream Saga.

I'm a bit disapointed that Final Fantasy Tactics wasn't in the list...

Im honestly suprised legend of legaia isnt on the list

Literally just clicked to see if I Own the whole list cause there’s a good chance lol definitely my fav genre growing up

The greatest era for RPGs

This is incredibly difficult as i can think of 20 awesome entries off the top of my head. At a push though my top 10 would be: FF7 FF8 FF9 Wild Arms Suikoden 2 Alundra Legend of Legaia Legend of Dragoon Dragon Warrior 7 Xenogears

Great list, but one was completely left out in my friendly opinion. Vagrant Story. This is a game that is so underrated and over looked I find it to be shocking indeed. One of the greatest games ever created and a true masterpiece of it's time. Squaresoft did something unreal with this game as well, no loading times. That's right, this game has no loading times except on the main menu only once and it's quite brief. You gotta beat this game, it will change you as a person by the end no doubt.

Dude you skipped Final Fantasy 8! That game was a HUGE upgrade from 7 and has some of the best music in the series, even compared to newer additions to the franchise. FF8 defined my childhood and was the game that got me into RPGs in general.

Breath of Fire 3or4 also must have RPG's to have. Such a great RPG to play.

i was born in 1991.. and i have played all of it except xenogears.. damn, now i realize. as a child I was so into rpg.. And i have no regret... I love my childhood

Tried getting into Grandia last year and although I really liked the graphics and battle system, the lack of challenge really hurt it. Battles were way too easy and I found it difficult to lose. Also, the story was a bit weak and somewhat childish but maybe that was due to the age of the characters. It definitely didn't have that epic feel like so many other RPGs.

Great list. I would add Thousand Arms, Tactics ogre, Ogre Battle, Persona 2, and the arc the lad collection.

Great list! 👍 But it's only a matter of taste, TBH. For me, I like those Dark-Themed JRPGs, so my personal favorites are: 01. Xenogears 02. Suikoden II 03. Chrono Cross 04. Valkyrie Profile 05. Parasite Eve 06. Vagrant Story 07. Final Fantasy VII 08. The Legend of Dragoon 09. Vandal Hearts 10. Koudelka

Definitely missed Parasite Eve and Chrono Trigger here... Man I cried with Final Fantasy VII! To me it's the best one of the saga! So many memories with that gem!!

I’m glad to see Xenogears and FF7 up there, but what about FFT?

|Great thing about Grandia was the dining table.

Nostalgia on Chrono cross 😭😭😭

FF IX is absolutely one of the best games ever

I like this but Breath of fire 3 should definitely be on the list.

Suikoden 2 the best. For me atleast. Always. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hands down I agree with every game on this list except I would add the are the lad 1&2 onto the list. Great list

"Now im a huge fan of the Final Fantasy series... especially FFXIII" - TVGS, 3/2/2020

Legend of Legaia is missing here.

1. Final Fantasy VII 2. Xenogears 3. Final Fantasy IX 4. Castlevania Symphony of the Night 5. Parasite Eve 6. Final Fantasy VIII 7. Takes of Destiny 8. Chrono Cross 9. Legend of Mana 10. Suikoden II

Wild Arms - Great game! Loved it and all the sequels I played. Unfortunately for me it was a rental, as it was one of the few discs I could reliably get a pure-bred Monol in the first Monster Rancher from. ---- Grandia - Loved it and its sequel. ---- Lunar - Great game, somehow made the transition and improved along the way. ---- Star Ocean: The Second Story - Sadly never played this one at the time... I don't remember seeing it on the shelves near me. ---- The Legend of Dragoon - I think I only played the demo... and I know why. With all the great games available around that time, it went on my back-burner to eventually get around to. I was lucky enough to have gotten a loyalty gift from Squaresoft in the form of the Final Fantasy VIII soundtrack and had spent my time anticipating it. ---- Suikoden II - Same story as a few others. Too many good RPGs, not enough time. ---- Final Fantasy 7 - Pretty sure you would have been lynched if you hadn't included this one. While RPGs weren't unheard of before this one, it showed what the Playstation was capable of, and it followed the tried-and-true example of the best-rememberd Final Fantasy games by loosely following Star Wars. ---- Xenogears - Yay! Originally thought of being too full of religious symbols to translate to the North American market, I have loved this game for so long, especially as it was the game's following that eventually led to the Xenosaga series of games. It was great near the end of the game to go back and beat on foot the enemies that used to require Gears to fight. Also, hunting down all the secrets could take up its own video. ---- Chrono Cross - I bought this when it came out, but apparently the store I bought it at had put it out before they were supposed to. To get all the characters, it took 3 playthroughs to get them all. It was a fun journey. ---- Final Fantasy 9 - I passed over this originally, it felt like Squaresoft took a step back on the visuals. However, I recently picked up a copy, gave it a second try, and am liking it immensely. Great list, keep on gaming!

Well i hope some day sony wake up and remaster legend of dragoon

That Ridge Racer 4 track at the intro is soooo good.

Suikoden 2 will always be a wonderful game for any system especially the PS1 or any system for that matter :)

Saga frontier 2, FF IX, saga frontier, FF tactics... Good list btw