The main Wild ARMs series ranked from worst to best! Intro theme by The Legendary Zoltan: / @thelegendaryzoltan9628 Please support my channel: / ericklandon
@@attackofthecopyrightbots And there is a reason why it's not called Wild Arms 6 because it's not part of the main series. Spin-off for smartphones that could have been on their portable console instead. Media Vision makes the original Wild Arms, Wright Flyers Studio is a mobile developer.
i would rather to remake wild arms 1 or 2 for ps4 or ps5 with modern graphics. OoO but i doubt ppl gonna like turn-based battle anymore. since now they more prefer to action hack-slash batlle than turn-based (not all, but most of it)
Wild arms IS underrated. I wish it has more recognition. Glad many people here love the series too. I can't stop playing wild arms since they have really annoying but intriguing dungeon... makes me curious of those dungeon and i feel happy sometimes that i can solve them without looking at walkthrough! XD
I HAVE PLAYED WILD ARMS, WILD ARMS 2 AND WILD ARMS 3. AT PRESENT I AM PLAYING WILD ARMS 5. WAY TOO MANY BATTLES IN THE GAME FOR MY LIKING AND NO TELEPORT ITEM AND NOT ENOUGH SAVE POINTS IN DUNGEONS AND NO EXIT A DUNGEON ITEM EITHER. VERY VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR CONSOLE OFF AND YOU NEED SLEEP OR YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND YOU CANT BECAUSE YOU CANT FIND A SAVE POINT, ITS A VERY BAD THING IN A GAME NOT TO BE ABLE TO SAVE OFTEN.
As soon as i heard that WA2 battle theme, i got chills down my spine, that game is amazing and i put so many hours into it, it's my number one in the series followed by WA5, love Greg :) Great video Erick, i am happy to see people talking about this amazing franchise
Along with Suikoden and Shadow Hearts, Wild Arms is one of my favourite JRPG series. 4 was the only one that left me a little flat. It’s not a bad game but the others are just outstanding.
How is Alter Code F? I bought it waaaaay back in the day but never played it aside from a few hours. I absolutely adored the original. I'm getting the itch to go back and play again. Is Alter Code F better than the original?
@@toolman4745 I believe in aftercode f (it's been over 10 years) they just run around visually - the battle is just turn based like the original. Again it's been a long time since I played - maybe ask a letsplay?
Bro same, when he said 3 was 3 I was certain wild arms 2 was going to win, so imagine my surprise when the only main series I hadn't played, and didn't even know existed until a few weeks ago, was number 1. That being said, first game bias is a possibility, crash bandicoot 3 was my first and favorite and most die hards prefer 2
@@ShadowProclamation11 Have fun with that, they're ridiculously overpriced. They're going from anywhere between $125-$175 CAD which I have no problem paying for a game, hell I just paid $425 CAD for a mint copy of Suikoden II and $275 CAD for a copy of Valkyrie Profile just a couple weeks ago I just don't think Wild Arms 5 is worth it's price atm.
One of the top 5 (in my view) most underrated rpg/jrpg game franchises of all time. Same this never got over in the west more like some of the other well received series but the wild arms games were always so very well done to me.
I've only played 3, 4, and 5, but boy did I enjoy them. Put 3 as my favorite, loved the anime cutscenes they played every time you loaded your save, and they changed based on what point in the story you were at. I can't forget the soft song that played when you saved it and quit the game. I want to play Wild Arms 5 again since I never completed it, but I see its not on the PlayStation store, and I'm awaiting the day when it is so I can play it again
Same for me,2nd ignition was my 1st rpg for wild arms,so proud to finish any dungeon with puzzle with no walkthrough,after i finish it for how many years,i played it again and find some secret bosses that i ddnt encounter on my 1st play
Wild Arms 5 has some of the best singular battle music, like nightburn's theme, persephone's, fereydoon's. It's little things but it gives the antagonists so much more flair.
One thing I deeply respect about the Wild ARMs franchise is that there are no stinkers. Each game is good throughout the series. Erick puts it best in this one, even the "Worst" entry is still good and enjoyable. There aren't many series (if any) that can say that. I even loved XF but I feel like I might be in a minority there.
So I have a funny story to share, 11 years ago I remember playing Wild Arms 3 demo on the Ps magazine issue 62 and I swear for many year I remember the battle theme, But never ever went back to it because I wasn't fond of rpg yet. I'm 21 years old , and happy to say to that it's thanks to the battle theme memory (10years ago), I barely remembered where I heard this theme. I swear I didn't even remember the title of the game, but I did heavy research and thank God i found it .Today, after many years I was able to find the name of this beautiful gem, I still have my ps2 so I will go find a copy one day to be able to fully play it. I actually typed and looked to every single demo disc one by one to try to find Wild Arms 3, it was the sly Cooper red disc demo games that is where I found wild west 3 for the first time 11 years ago.
i love wa4 & 5 hex battle system. Truly one of a kind. I still havent manage to finish altercode f & 5 yet though. your video makes me want to finish them, thanks
Never played any of them (yet). Maybe I play them some day even though my list of games to play is way too long. What I like to know, are they connected like they all take place in the same world or is it more like Final Fantasy that they only share the name?
I only played the first three and My absolute favorite is part 3! I love that you made a WIld Arms video. This franchise deserves more light shined on it.
I'll never forget that a PlayStation magazine company sent me a free copy of Wild Arms 3 because they sense a demo disc that erased everybody's memory card who played the demo disc
Honest question here. Is the hex battle system that good? Havent played any of those. Really wanna know your opinions. I know i should give it a try but still. Wanna know a bit a bout it.
It's really good for me. Because it add the strategy to the game. Especially wild arms 5, wild arms 4 still the first introduction to hex system so it just like the prototype version.
Interesting choices, I would swap 2 for 3 because I like 3 so much. WA5 is a slow burner to start with but stick with it and it delivers - the only WA where you get to play a drifter that actually drifts...
Wild Arms is a beloved series I hold dear to my heart. I love them all, including Xfire. As for my order, it is so hard to choose. The HEX battle system is one of my favorite battle systems around. So 4 and 5 are actually my fave favorites. My next criteria is characters and how attached I become to them. While Arnaud and Racquel are 2 of my all time favorite characters I have to give the nod to 5 as far as characters go. So if forced to choose, I would say 5 is also my number one based on those things. However I really dont want to choose!! 🤣🤣
Same here! I’m currently using my channel to try and draw attention to it and other under-appreciated games! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fmO3WD5-hFg.html
My first Wild Arms was the third, but I also knew the first and second from watching my big brothers' playing. So it's kinda upsetting to see the fourth's departure from its usual atmosphere. Never played the fifth, maybe I'd try someday :D
very interesting, I didn't know there were a bunch of wild arms games until recently. I had the first one as a kid, but I remember being really put off by the in battle graphics, and just putting the game away. Well I recently got a used copy, and am excited to check out the game again! Will be a long while before I get to all the others though :P
Watched Video Only played WA 1, but loved it See number 5 ranked high now buying number 5 Also subscribing, because every time i am looking up ol' school rpgs you appear from the shadows.
Great video! Going forward, would really appreciate more detail (without spoilers) as to why you ranked the games that way though. For instance, you didn't mention the music AT ALL from what I could tell, and maybe music may not be that important for you, but for me and many other gamers it's almost as important, if not equally important, as the story, battle systems, etc. Also, since Alter Code F is so expanded from the original WA1, I feel like you cheated a little by giving them the same ranking. If you had to seperate them, what would the respective rankings of ACF and WA1 be?
The first Wild Arms was released the same year as Final Fantasy VII, so it didn't get a lot of recognition. I'm surprised that it received as many sequels as it did.
I only played the very first Wild Arms game, and not for long too, but I've always wanted to get properly familiar with this series, and now, thanks to this great video, i have several more reasons to do so. By the way, I know it has nothing to do with the theme of the video, but what is your opinion on XF?
They're not connected at all. Some characters make some really small and irrelevant cameos here and there, and they all take place in the fictional continent of Filgaia, but none are connected whatsoever.
Hard to not agree with you in there, i have only played 1 and 3 and while i do like old sprite style WA3 really looked good when it came out(it still looks good in 2020 due the style they used back then,shellshade or whatever it was called). And after a decade i now realize that pretty much all JRPG's have awesome soundtracks including Wild Arms series along many others(Grandia oh my god so good!).
@@criticalmass3993 I hope the successor, Armed Fantasia, brings back the magic to this series after being off the radar for so long. I miss old title franchises like Wild Arm and Grandia. Wild Arm 3 did the turn based just well for me. But I want try the hex battle style of 4 or 5 to see how different it plays.
The PS1 Wild Arms has only Three Playable Characters. Altercode F adds: Blue Mage Style Ally "Elimina" a Scientist who discovers how to reanimate and recreate "Golems" Giant Mecha Vehicles- Calamity Jane a lady who secretly wants Rudy to be her toy and/or how to Maximize the effectiveness of her "ARMS" - AND Zed who wants to usurp Ziek but ends up protecting a blind child from Ziek and Alhazad. In the original Zed Surrenders a sword to Jack instead of helping Jack's Nighttime business slot,
WA2 has been my #2 favorite game of all time, second only to Legend of Dragoon. The music, BRAD, the story, everything is there. Just gotta look past some bad localization lol
I got into wild arms when my buddy and I played it on the PS mini. I never played a wild arms game even during the ps2 era, and honestly didn't know there were other guys in the series.
wild arms is one of my fave games next to final fantasy vii, the opening in the first game is still one of my fave animated intros ever. Wish theyd bring wild arms back ive only played 1 and 3 as its all i could get my hands on but they are awesome. sadly 2 never came out in the uk. and 4 and 5 where rare and hard to find and are silly expensive now. i always hoped theyd release a collection of them on modern consoles.
Did you play any rpgs before FF7. It seems to me most FF7 lovers played that as their 1st rpg, so they never exp all the much better rpgs that came out before it.
@@user-bj1mx2ip1c no I’d say 7 was my first I guess the only thing close would have been golden axe warrior on sega master system (I went straight from that to PlayStation) always wanted phantasy star but never could find it where I lived. I did However played all of the old final fantasy’s when they rereleased on ps1 except 3 as they didn’t release that until the pixel remaster. I played chrono trigger on the ds that was ace. Nostalgia plays a roll obviously in ff7 being a fave along with wild arms aswell grandia is another fave
I ignored this series when it first came out, but it's been in my backlog for a little while now. I plan to play it, but it will probably still not be for a couple of years.
I will always have Wild Arms 3 as the top in the series. It's where the story, battle system, and gameplay all hit it's high note. Everything from wandering around the world map looking for stuff, to the encounter system, to the battles all works ideally. It's also the game in the series that really nails the wild west aesthetic the best. The music and the world really all go deep with the wild west aesthetic in nearly every way, in contrast to WA4 and 5 which... really don't have it that much. Not to mention WA3 having the best intro in the series hands down. I'd also definitely rank Alter Code F as a massive improvement over the first game that it remakes. It basically just takes WA1 and puts it in the same system as Wild Arms 3 with some battle gameplay changes to accommodate how everybody in WA1 didn't have an Arm. I'd put Alter Code F just under Wild Arms 3 in quality generally, with WA5 bringing up the rear and WA2 just above it with WA4 in the middle. Tbh I didn't care much for the grid system in WA4 and 5 but it worked while WA5's story was just plain terrible. Especially the plot twist at the end. SPOILERS: A time loop story? Seriously? The only time a time loop story actually works is when the loop that the story takes place in is the one where the loop breaks. Avril gets stuck in a time loop for all eternity and she and Dean will never be together for real. It makes the whole game feel completely pointless. Everything you're doing has happened already and will happen and there's nothing you can do about it. Really, I put WA5 at the bottom in large part for this one plot point alone.
In other words, WA4 and 5 pulled a FF8. Why can't JRPGs just leave the sci-fi to Mass Effect? Mass Effect and Fallout are the only successful sci-fi RPGs that sell out millions of copies while getting a broad audience. FF13-2 did time travel too and now nobody cares anymore.
@@luciusirving5926 To be fair, the whole series always had sci-fi elements. The problem is that they took away the wild west elements that made the series so enjoyable in order to lean into those sci-fi elements more and more and did a bad job with those sci fi elements in the bargain. Mass Effect and Fallout worked as sci-fi RPGs because they were designed as sci-fi RPGs from the outset. On a side note, the only thing really all that wrong with FF8 was how it was built on it's godawful junction system.
Given there's a pretty solid mobile game (called Million Memories) that uses the cast from Wild Arms 1/ACF, 2-5 and even XF.... I'm hoping they do eventually make a Wild Arms 6 Plus it'd be interesting to see what could be done on modern hardware.
for me it's a triple draw 3, 2, 5, i remember long nights and i mean REALLY LONG NIGHTS doing side bosses one after the other, it's hard nowdays but i wish Sony take this one back
I've played WA 1-4, never played 5 before but my list is the same with the first four. 2 is my favorite, with 3 being my 2nd favorite. I would love to play WA5, maybe Sony will re-release it on PS5 at some point
Wild Arms my favorite series, waited forever for Alter Code F to come out. And yes I miss used the grow apple trick like you wouldn't believe, game never got old, I still like going through and playing 1 thru 5 and Alter Code F. If I remember right Wild Arms had the misfortune of coming out at the same time as Final Fantasy 7, I think. While the rest of the world went nuts with FF, the chosen few got their hands on the uniqueness of Wild Arms.
Oh man the only wild arms i played was wild arms 5 and that was when i was still a little kid who only understand a little bit of english, but i do remembered that i enjoyed it but i got stuck on some part cause idk where to go lmao and i just never finish it haha, i need to revisit someday
Erick Landon RPG The chaos rings games are practically traditional turn based RPGs that happen to be phones that got PS Vita ports in Japan. They are not gachas like Fire Emblem Heroes or Final Fantasy Opera Omnia. Most of the games follow the premise of couples being taken to a ark arena to do battle and having their bonds tested. There was gonna be a Crossover game with all games characters together called Chaos Rings Sigma, but was cancelled and there hasn't been a Chaos Rings game since CR3, which fans labeled it a black sheep for not being set in an ark arena for once.
1-Wild Arms 3 2-Alter Code F 3-Wild Arms XF 4-Wild Arms 2 5-Wild Arms 5 6-Wild Arms 4 I'm a bit bitter with Wild Arms 5. The copy I had always froze at the beginning of the first boss battle with the frog. It was a step in the right direction after that awful WA4. The world map design was like WA3 but made to scale.
Great Video By the way!!! It is something worth noticing how you manage to cram so much content in just about 8 minutes!! So to awnser your invitation let me discribe my list!! 1 - Wild Arms 5th Vanguard!! (This one was actually the second one, but just about recently I've manage to play till a bit after the first boss.... And Dude! That first boss music!!! Amazing full of emotion and epic proportions that brings tears to my eyes!! I've never heard a boss music with such a imponent epic and cinematrografic proportion!! And overall the soundtrack in this game as well as in all the games in the franchise. Are top notch!! Another thing that grab my attention is to the detailed they put on the facial expressions! Almost as good as Kingdom Hearts in thar regard! Avril dor example, has an amazing array of facial expressions and conquered me instantly!! I thing this games is one of the most impressive looking games on the PS2 and the art style choosen by the time, still stands charming and appealing to this day!) 2 - Wild Arms The 4th Detonator!! (This one was actually my fave alltime game in the series!! I for one am a sucker for a good esemble of antagonists and bosses with voice acting!! And this game has tons of it!! It is very exciting to engage in a fight with a foe who has something to say and is backing up with a personality of his own, istead of smack some big ass giant slime pallet swap!! Also the music is good too and the anime feel grabs me too! It lost its former position because I notice that some of the drawing NPCs has almost the same facial pattern! It has that "fanzine" edge to it that rubbs me the wrong way! Even women has the same facial pattern as male npcs! And this is something that bothers me.... But the rest is highly stunning for me!! 3 - Wild Arms Aler Code F ( up to this point I've never actually played any other game in the series, mostly because I am not too keen on the graphycs on these! Alter Code F stands out the most, because I very much aprecciate the movement the charcaters have on battle and the camera work! Also the music stands great!! 4 - Wild Arms 3 (Charming Cel Shading and awesome music as always! However I can not see myself playing it in the near future..) 5 - Wild Arms 2 ( Sprite work and aesthetic western convey some appeal to me! However The polygons on battle.... Dear God! I can not fantho, PSX polygonal graphics this days!! Few are the ones that could make me play the game!! Chrono Cross, Xenogers on the gear battles.... Vanguard Bandits (For some reason I "accept" plygonal psx graphics when it comes to mechas or machines and scenarios in general, but when it comes to HUMANS... yeah, it is a hard pill to swallow!!) 6 - Wild Arms (Ok here it goes even further!! It is umpleable for me! It requires a level of abstraction to hard for me to tap! It may be as well my own fault! But The in battle graphics with those ballonesc polygonal floating big ass heads characters fighting is umberable to me!! Outside battle, pretty charming 2d aesthetics. And Yet we have the opportunity to play the remake Alter Code F witch is a huuuuuuge improvement! They even maintan the top quality soudtrack! So.....
Although, I love this series and I own them all(except for Alter Code F), somehow, I've only finished the first 2! I am curious to know what you think of XF.
I finished only the first one. Other I started but I got bored pretty fast. One thing what I enjoyed most on first one was the music. Even there were good songs on others as well but first was always the first that had just best ones.
I've only played the first one and I really liked it. A nice and simple yet charming pick up and play JRPG with a solid yet simple combat system. Honestly, I think the game visually has aged pretty well when it comes to the aesthetics. Lot more than a lot of 3D games at that time. I didn't try out the remake. From the first glance, it looks like a low budget 3D JRPG with stiff animations and it kind of loses the aesthetic charm of the original. Few things that I wasn't fond of in it was a needless take of the main protagonist having no dialog whatsoever since other two protagonists that you can control as well are a talkative bunch and they didn't really capitalize on wild west elements enough. I really want to try out Wild Arms 3 at one point, mostly because it's more accessible to purchase compared to the rest of the series. Maybe I should try out WA2 as well, but on epsxe instead of the standard procedure.
Wow, am I ever late seeing this video but here we go. My personal favorite is the first Wild Arms, I remember getting that right after it was released and immediately fell in love with it. That intro is a solid hook and I remember picking Jack first. His little intro into his beginning arc is priceless. Hanpan for the win. I have both soundtrack collections for this game to, best music in any game I've ever played, past and present. Next best to me was Wild Arms 3. Only flaw in my opinion was who the hell designed the Abyss dungeon? My god, 100 floors of random battles with no floor skips or save points. Toss in several bosses on the way down to the all famous Ragu Ragla (name changes slightly in every game but he's there in each) and he's a royal pain in the butt. Knock him out to finally go back to the beginning floor just to immediately fight him again to, but he's stronger. This guy can kill you easily, have those element wards is all I have to say. Personal tip I use, I go through that dungeon at the point in the story when there are no random encounters anywhere in the entire game, this includes The Abyss, makes going through the 100 floors only take a few hours instead of all day. And if you ever leave the dungeon, you have no shortcuts, you have to do all 100 again. Third favorite is WA2. Loved the ability to transform along with a solid crew. Forth goes to WA5 and last to WA4. These two were very similar in my opinion but 5 just polished up the new hex system better than 4, which is what gives it the edge.
Played Wild Arms 5 and the ending had me bawling and staring at the TV for a while feeling sad because the story and its characters had ended. I want nothing more than to forget that I played Wild Arms 5 and replay it for the first time once again.
This past week is the first time I'm hearing some people didn't like 2. What a shock cause it was great for me. 1, 2, and 5 are the best in the series. And that's a pretty good batting average. Since 3 is still decent. ANd haven't played 4.
Wow! Wild Arms 5 is by far the worst of all and the first one is definitely the best. I played all of them in order and it's so curious how the quality of the series decreased over the years..
My experience with this franchise has been with the first two games, and the anime Twilight Venom. You can't expect a full wild west experience, like Red Dead Redemption, because Wild Arms, is only using the aesthetics of the wild west. Since it was attempting to build it's own world, with a lot of fantasy elements, it was always going to be a fusion of the styles. Since the plots all contained "end of world" themes, and there were those "working behind the scenes" guardian deities, you could say the Wild Arms franchise, is kind of like "Final Fantasy Goes West." With me only playing the first two, I still put those in an order like you did, with 2nd Ignition being before WA1. It's pretty clear that 2 is the upgrade of 1, the third title standing alone on it's own, and 5 being the upgrade of 4. Now I'll stop talking before Ragu O Ragula shows up.
Wow, your number 4 (or one of them) is my favorite WA game. The 1st on PS1 is my all-time favorite - not the remake, tho. It has armor and seems more RPG-like than the newer ones, besides WA2. My faves from best to least. 1. Wild Arms (PS1). 2. Wild Arms 2 (PS1). 3. Wild Arms 3 (PS2). 4. WA: Alter Code F. (PS2). 5. WA5. And I agree, my #6, my least favorite is WA4. 4 is by far the one I like the least.
This series is quite a messy Jrpg, in my opinion. It's a good series, just a bit... "Wild"... A combination of Fantasy, old west, some medieval, and somewhat adventure
