THE LEGEND OF HEROES: TRAILS OF COLD STEEL IV

 

TRAILS OF COLD STEEL IV

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
A REVIEW OF IT WILL BE ADDED SOON.

PLATFORMS:
-PS4
-PS5
-SWITCH
-STEAM

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie

 

TRAILS INTO REVERIE

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 8
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT. 
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GAME HAS A BAD LOCALIZATION*

PLATFORMS:
-PS4
-PS5
-SWITCH
-STEAM

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI V

 

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI V

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 8
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT. HOWEVER, IT'S BASED ON THE ORIGINAL SWITCH VERSION (NOT VENGEANCE).

PLATFORMS:
-NINTENDO SWITCH

TRIANGLE STRATEGY

 

TRIANGLE STRATEGY

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 10

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT.

PLATFORMS:
-NINTENDO SWITCH
-STEAM
-PS5
-XBOX SERIES X
-META QUEST PRO, 2&3

VALKYRIA CHRONICLES

 

VALKYRIA CHRONICLES

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 8
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT IT. A REVIEW WILL BE ADDED SOON.

PLATFORMS:
-PS3
-WINDOWS
-SWITCH (REMASTER)
-PS4 (REMASTER)
-STEAM (REMASTER)

SUPER MARIO RPG

 

SUPER MARIO RPG

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 8
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF THE REMAKE.

PLATFORMS:
-SUPER NINTENDO
-SUPER NES CLASSIC EDITION
-NINTENDO SWITCH (REMAKE)

FIRE EMBLEM: THE SACRED STONES

 

FIRE EMBLEM 8

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 8
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERHWELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT.

PLATFORMS:
-GAME BOY ADVANCE
-NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE

FIRE EMBLEM: RADIANT DAWN

 

FIRE EMBLEM: RADIANT DAWN

SCORE: 9.2

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 8
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A LIVESTREAM OF IT. A REVIEW WILL BE ADDED SOON.

PLATFORMS:
-NINTENDO Wii

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI IV: APOCALYPSE

 

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI IV: APOCALYPSE

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 9
-GRAPHICS: 9
-MUSIC: 10

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A LIVESTREAM OF IT. A REVIEW WILL BE ADDED SOON.

PLATFORMS:
-NINTENDO 3DS

NIER GESTALT/REPLICANT

 

NIER GESTALT/REPLICANT

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT. IT'S BASED ON ALL VERSIONS, INCLUDING THE REMAKE/REMASTER.

PLATFORMS:
-PS3
-XBOX 360
-PS4 (REMAKE)
-XBOX ONE (REMAKE)
-STEAM (REMAKE)

SUIKODEN II

 

SUIKODEN II

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT. BASED ON THE PS1 ORIGINAL VERSION.

PLATFORMS:
-PS1
-PS3 (DIGITAL)
-PSP (JP ONLY)
-PS VITA (DIGITAL)
-STEAM (REMASTER)
-SWITCH (REMASTER)
-PS4 (REMASTER)
-PS5 (REMASTER)
-XBOX ONE (REMASTER)
-XBOX SERIES X (REMASTER)

ODIN SPHERE: LEIFTHRASIR

 

ODIN SPHERE: LEIFTHRASIR

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-GRAPHICS: 10
-MUSIC: 8

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A REVIEW. IT'S BASED ON ALL VERSIONS.

PLATFORMS:
-PS2
-PS3 (REMASTER)
-PS4 (REMASTER)
-PS VITA (REMASTER)

PERSONA 3 (PS2)

 

PERSONA 3/PERSONA 3 FES (PS2)

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A REVIEW. IT'S BASED ON ALL VERSIONS BUT IT FOCUSES IN THE REMAKE "PERSONA 3 RELOAD". HOWEVER, THE SCORE OF THIS GAME IS BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PS2 ORIGINAL VERSIONS.

PLATFORMS:
-PS2
-PS3 (DIGITAL)

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: DEVIL SURVIVOR OVERCLOCKED

 

DEVIL SURVIVOR -REMASTER-

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 8

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF IT.

PLATFORMS:
-NINTENDO DS
-NINTENDO 3Ds (OVERCLOCKED VERSION/REMASTER)

FIRE EMBLEM: THE BLAZING SWORD

 

FIRE EMBLEM 7

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9
-MUSIC: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW OF THE GAME.

PLATFORMS:
-GAME BOY ADVANCE
-NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE

FIRE EMBLEM: PATH OF RADIANCE

 

FIRE EMBLEM: PATH OF RADIANCE

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 9
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9
-MUSIC: 9

RESULTS: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A LIVESTREAM OF IT. A REVIEW WILL BE ADDED SOON.

PLATFORMS: 
-GAMECUBE

FINAL FANTASY IX

 

FINAL FANTASY IX

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A FULL REVIEW/ANALYSIS OF THE GAME. IT'S BASED ON ALL VERSIONS.

PLATFORMS:
-PLAYSTATION 1
-PLAYSTATION 3 (DIGITAL)
-PS VITA (DIGITAL)
-SWITCH (REMASTER)
-PS4 (REMASTER)
-STEAM (REMASTER)
-XBOX ONE (REMASTER)
-IOS/ANDROID

SUIKODEN V

 

SUIKODEN V

SCORE: 9.4

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR A DOCUMENTARY ON THE GAME. IT IS NOT A REVIEW THOUGH. BUT IT IS A SPOILER-FREE VIDEO.

PLATFORMS:
-PLAYSTATION 2

GROWLANSER V: HERITAGE OF WAR

 

GROWLANSER: HERITAGE OF WAR

SCORE: 9.6

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 9

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO FOR THE REVIEW, MY HISTORY WITH IT AND AN UNBOXING OF THE LIMITED EDITION. 

PLATFORMS:
-PLAYSTATION 2 (PHYSICAL)
-PLAYSTATION 3 (DIGITAL) 

VALKYRIE PROFILE 2: SILMERIA

 

VALKYRIE PROFILE 2: SILMERIA

SCORE: 9.6

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 9
-COMBAT: 10
-MUSIC: 9
-GRAPHICS: 10

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE
CLICK ON THE VIDEO TO WATCH THE REVIEW.

PLATFORMS:
-PLAYSTATION 2

CHRONO CROSS

 

CHRONO CROSS 

SCORE: 9.8

-STORY: 10
-GAMEPLAY: 10
-COMBAT: 9
-MUSIC: 10
-GRAPHICS: 10

RESULT: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
CLICK ON THE VIDEO TO WATCH THE REVIEW. IT IS BASED ON ALL VERSIONS, INCLUDING THE REMASTER. 

PLATFORMS:
-PLAYSTATION 1
-PLAYSTATION STORE (PS3/PSVITA) -DIGITAL-
-PLAYSTATION 4 (REMASTER)
-NINTENDO SWITCH (REMASTER)
-XBOX ONE (REMASTER)
-STEAM (REMASTER)

A NEW WAY TO SUPPORT ME!

   Hey guys! I just launched my new Ko-Fi page so you can support me there! It's an alternative to any other platform like Patreon, for example. This one works very similar to the superchats on the YouTube livestreams, as in you just donate any amount of money you want with no strings attached. EXCEPT that freaking YouTube keeps 30% of every donation to themselves. Whereas Ko-Fi only takes a miserable 0.5% of every tip. 

No, Ko-Fi isn't a livestreaming page or something, I just used the superchats as an example. Ko-Fi is veeery similar to Patreon, except Patreon doesn't allow mere tips without compromise. Ko-fi foes. 

ALSO: You can now purchase PDF files of my books, for a cheaper price than on Amazon. Sure, Amazon sells you the ebook version of it but for 3 dollars + taxes. On Ko-fi you'll get the PDF file but it's only 2 dollars. Right now, you can buy my book The Revenant Army for that amount. I'll add the others at a later date. 

HERE'S THE LINK TO MY KO-FI PAGE: https://ko-fi.com/ericklandon

So there you have it! Support me there with any amount you want or buy one of my books for a cheaper price.

INSTAGRAM

 

I've been uploading my top 5s on my brand new Instagram account lately. They are the same ones I uploaded on my TikTok channel some time ago. So if you don't care about TikTok, why don't you follow me on Instagram instead? Note that these videos are NOT ON YOUTUBE or anywhere else, not even on Patreon. What are they? Top 5 Best Turn-based/Strategy/Action JRPGs on all consoles. Currently, as of the making of this post, I've uploaded the turn-based videos on my Instagram account. 

Here's the link to them: https://www.instagram.com/ericklandonrpg/reels/

COMPLETE LIST OF HORROR JRPGs

 

Since there isn't one on the Internet, or at least on YouTube, I decided to do a complete list of horror JRPGs. Every single one reviewed in this video + some honorable mentions that are basically just dark fantasy games or with very small horror elements. I was surprised to see there were more horror JRPGs released in North America than I expected. Of course, calling some of them "horror" is a bit of a stretch, but they're far more horrific than the majority of the dark fantasy JRPGs out there. 

TOP 5 BEST PS1 TURN-BASED JRPGS EVER

 

Starting today, I'll be uploading these types of videos on my TikTok channel. So make sure to like and follow, and stay tuned for more daily videos. I'll continue to upload my usual rants and clips from livestreams and the occasional random video but the tops will prevail! I've already recorded a crap-ton of them so expect to see something new every day. 

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@ericklandonrpg/video/7558906487670689080

MY FAVORITE EVERYTHING

 

So, this is my favorite... EVERYTHING: JRPG, Game, Movie, Band, Book, Music Album, Singer, Manga, Comic Book, Actor, Color, Food, Animal, Season, Turn-based RPG, Strategy RPG, Action RPG, Western RPG, Horror Film, T-Shirt, Phone, Drink, Soundtrack, Song, Game Theme, Mady's picture. You get the idea. 

It's a short 6 minute-long video with some funny memes on it, but the list is legit; everything you see there is my real favorite this or that. Enjoy the video and have fun.

ALL OF MY DAMN WEBSITES

 

Here is a link to ALL OF MY DAMN WEBSITES. Any platform where you can find me other than my main YouTube channel, of course (you already know that one). I'll explain what I do on every site.

Official Website: https://ericklandonrpg.blogspot.com/
You're here so... you already know what this is.

Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/ericklandon
This is basically my second official website, but it's also where you can support me financially for any amount of money you want. I set some tiers in there so you can join but you can increase the amount or decrease it at any time. I have a private podcast called Erick Landon Uncensored which isn't available anywhere else, so it's an exclusive for Patreon. I also have a private chatroom which is also exclusive for patrons. Sometimes I explain certain things about my videos or my other websites, which is yet another feature exclusive for patrons. Lastly, I do exclusive livestreams. The large majority of them will never be available on YouTube or anywhere else. So, hopefully you'll consider joining for more content and to support me so I can continue making videos. 

Check out my books: https://www.amazon.com.mx/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AErick+Landon&s=relevancerank&text=Erick+Landon&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Yes, I'm an author! I've been publishing my own fiction/fantasy novels for many years in an independent way. Amazon is the only website where they're available though (printed or digital), so check out the link to know more about them and get a free preview of any given title. 

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ericklandonrpg
This is where I play videogames live, all kinds of genres (not just JRPGs). You can follow me there to get notifications for when I go live, but you can also support me by subscribing to it on any tier available there. Much appreciated. Right now I'm only appearing live every Friday at 5 p.m. Mexico City time. With more support and subscribers, I can eventually start appearing more often. 

Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-OJHgoZ5DaFRFLcKwkrr9w
This used to be a secondary YouTube channel where I uploaded regular videos and clips from my Q&A Livestreams but nowadays, since YouTube put a huuuuuge shadow ban on it, I only use it to archive my Twitch livestreams. If you didn't know, Twitch deletes ALL livestreams after 2 weeks have passed so if you miss any of them, don't worry, you can find most of them on this second YT channel. 

My channel in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/c/Discusi%C3%B3nGamer
Yes, I have a channel in Spanish. I've had it since June of 2017, actually. It's a channel shared with my friend Oscar and we do all sorts of videos and gaming discussions. Nowadays, it's mostly long clips/discussions in the form of a video podcast we do in Zoom whenever we feel like. This channel isn't monetized so I don't make a single penny with it, but if you wanna see a completely different type of content than what I do on my English YouTube channels, and with a friend of mine, then check it out.

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ericklandonrpg
This is a brand new channel I recently created to expand on other video platforms. Right now, I'm uploading short 1-2 minute long clips to see how it does. Please consider following me there so I can grow on the platform. Don't worry, main content will still be produced on my YouTube channel. I ain't going nowhere!

Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/ErickLandonRPG?e9s=src_v1_clr
This is one you've probably never seen or heard about before, probably because Google usually does its best to hide it since it is the direct competitor of YouTube. Not just in videos but also in political standards. As you know, YouTube is owned by Google and it's become, sadly, an extreme-left wing platform. Which means it has TONS of censorship and restrictions. Well, Rumble is more of a free speech platform. Which, sure, leans more toward right-wing politics but unlike YouTube, it lets you do and say whatever you want without punishment. In this platform, I have a few old videos from my YT channel but from now on I'll be uploading brand new content that WON'T BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. So yeah, definitely follow me there too.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericklandonrpg/
Eh... I don't know what to do with this platform yet since it's more of a social media platform than a regular video business platform, but I'll see what I can do. Once I decide what to do, I'll update this post and let you know.

That's it. Tons of websites, I know. Please try to follow me on as many as you can to support me! 

Thanks!!!

THE RPG BLACKLIST

 

Finally, at long last, I have compiled a list of RPGs that have woke or politicized content, in other words modern censorship. None of these RPGs are featured in my RPG Scores section (some were but were removed). An explanation on how politicized or censored they are can be found within the list as well. Please note that the list is based on my own experiences with the games that I DID play, or that I 100% confirmed myself. I will continue to update the list in the foreseeable future. I will also start adding as much evidence as I can to prove the woke censorship in them. 

You can find the list in the right column of this blog, or by clicking right HERE.

Here's the link in case you can't find it: https://ericklandonrpg.blogspot.com/p/the-blacklist.html

YOUTUBE SHADOW-BAN EVIDENCE

 

It's baffling how blatantly YouTube admits that my channel is shadow-banned without even saying it to me straight. But there's no need. Look at the screenshot. It's like they rub it in my face because they know I can't do anything about it. 

Don't worry, I'll continue to make videos and livestreams on this dreadful platform. I have nowhere else to go because they literally have no competition. No other website comes even close in offering creators like me the chance to make a living off of this. But I don't even make minimum wage anymore. In fact, I haven't since about a year ago. Since April of 2024 to be more specific. But it's not only about the money, even if I was still making a decent amount, a decent living out of it, I'd still be here showing you this. It's about a billionaire company destroying my entire career little by little and the horrible impotency I feel in the meantime. Watching my growth vanish, watching my channel completely stuck, my subscription rate on an endless 101k subs loop, swallowing all the discrimination and bottling it up inside of me. What a horrible situation.

What a truly evil website YouTube has become. 

FAN-TRANSLATED JRPGs

 

Hey everyone. As you may have noticed since last year, I've been getting more and more into fan-translated JRPGs. You know, the ONLY IN JAPAN games, but the ones that are in ENGLISH. I've done videos in the past about these but often including the popular translations like the Tales games, Valkyria Chronicles 3, Bahamut Lagoon, Princess Crown, etc... But today, I completed a long-anticipated video that I've been wanting to do for a while: a hidden gems top 10 with fan translations. Some of these have gotten their own reviews in the past, but there are also some that are brand new, as in I've never reviewed them before. 

Enjoy!

The State of Things

THE STATE OF THINGS 

On April of 2024, YouTube put a shadow-ban on my channel. My views and revenue were cut by 50%, and my subscription rate dropped to 10%. YouTube never provided me with an explanation but I assume it's because I often speak against their political narrative and have criticized and/or insulted their company, as well as others (like videogame companies). I have done a lot of research since then on what can be done and, sadly, there is nothing. YouTube doesn't even recognize shadow-banning even though there are hundreds of thousands of cases around the world with insane amounts of evidence. You can't talk to any of their staff about this because they either act as if you weren't shadow-banned or they straight up tell you that nothing can be done. You can't sue YouTube either because to become a monetized channel, you have to sign an agreement with their guidelines and also literally accept a statement that specifies that you cannot sue them for stuff like this. I have reached out to lawyers and support websites about this issue but they all tell me that nothing can be done. It's been over a year since the shadow-ban and now I am convinced nothing will change. At least not until Google/YouTube is forced into a new law in protection of free speech or something, which I don't see happening anytime soon.

I am doing this post primarily to thank all the people on Patreon that currently support me. The small amount of money I make there thanks to them is 100% indispensable for me. But I'm also asking everybody else to consider supporting the channel in one way or another so I can continue creating content such as Reviews, Top 10s and Livestreams. There are several ways to support me, so here is a list on how:

1.- Patreon. This is the best way to support me on a monthly basis regardless of the quantity. I have 4 different tiers you can choose from, which I'm sure you'll find if you decide to join. All tiers have one or various benefits so be sure to consider what suits you best. The end goal of all tiers though is to support my work so I can continue creating videos.

2.- PayPal. You can send a tip or donation whenever you want to my PayPal account: vortex.dimension@hotmail.com Any amount is greatly appreciated and it also goes into creating more content.

3.- Super Chats. Super chats and/or super thanks are a feature on YouTube (not just on livestreams but also on regular videos) where you basically tip the Youtuber with any amount you want. Keep in mind though that YouTube keeps 30% of any Super chat/thanks as a commission, but that 70% that I get is greatly appreciated.

4.- Twitch. Twitch is just as bad as YouTube when it comes to politics and guidelines, but it's nowadays the only website where I can play JRPGs live without worrying about some evil algorithm. Subscribing to my Twitch channel helps me not only to continue going live there but also to create regular videos on YouTube. I believe Twitch keeps about 50% of the revenue, which is very harsh, but still... that other 50% goes to me, remember that. Link to my Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/ericklandonrpg

5.- My Books. All of my books (the ones that are in English) are available on Amazon, digital and physical. However, the revenue I get from any version is really low, it still helps, but I'd appreciate it if you bought one or more books with the intention of reading them more than supporting me. Link to my books: https://www.amazon.com.mx/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AErick+Landon&s=relevancerank&text=Erick+Landon&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

6.- Watch the videos. This should be a no-brainer, no-compromise way to help me but, believe it or not, a LOT of people don't watch most of the videos a YouTuber they follow posts weekly. Or they just watch like...1 minute or 2 of them and fast-forward or something. Don't do that. Watch the video, preferably from beginning to end. It helps with the algorithm.

7.- Don't feed the haters. They'll do their absolute best and worst to convince you that I'm a piece of shit. Ignore them. Just enjoy the content and the livestreams and forget about anons and bots trying to ruin your perspective.

Those are 7 good ways to support me and my channel. Hopefully you'll consider at least the last 2 if you honestly can't support me in any financial way. Still, I appreciate the time you took to read through all of this.

Here's to more videos and more content! Help me to continue entertaining you and providing you with RPG recommendations, insight, knowledge, opinions and completely uncensored criticism!

Thanks!

 

Radiata Stories is the most underrated action JRPG of all time. It's on the PS2, exclusive to it, never been released anywhere else and the proprietor of the IP is none other than Square-Enix. The game was created by tri-Ace, developers of the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series. This one is not as complex or tough as those, but it still retains a certain level of difficulty. It's underrated because reviewers weren't so kind with it when it came out, and even today there are still many detractors giving it low or medium scores. Sure, it's no masterpiece (even though it could've been one) but it's unique, charming, fun, original and with many influences very well implemented. It also stood the test of time, in my opinion. Other underrated action JRPGs I considered for this video were Tales of Legendia, .hack/G.U. trilogy and the mighty Odin Sphere (though this one does have high scores and ratings so it wouldn't make any sense). Anyways, check out Radiata Stories when you can. It's amazing.

ABOUT THE REVIEWS

 

Hey guys. Just a quick reminder that I've been doing video reviews of JRPGs lately and that I will continue to do so. Today I uploaded a double review. I covered both Yakuza turn-based JRPGs that came out this decade. The first one, also known as Yakuza 7 (or Like a Dragon 7 in Japan) came out in 2020 while its direct sequel was released on 2024, also known as Yakuza 8 (or Like a Dragon 8 in Japan). I'll never understand why it's subtitled as Infinite Wealth, but I guess it's something open to speculation.

Now, this video review comes from two older videos. The Yakuza 7 review I got it from Episode 2 of "5 RPGs I Need To Talk About" which I released on January 31st of 2023. The Yakuza 8 review was a completely brand new video I did about a year ago but ended up deleting because, for some reason, YouTube shadow-banned it. It didn't even last a week, so most of you probably didn't watch it or don't even remember it. Which means that part of today's video is basically "brand new" content. 

I wanted to explain that to you because it isn't the first time I've grabbed old reviews or clips from older videos. My Astral Chain and Grand Kingdom reviews are a similar situation; I did add some extra script and obviously the intro and outro, but most of the video content came from the first episode of 5 RPGs I Need To Talk About which I released on October of 2022. All the other reviews you've been seeing so far are 100% brand new content. But yeah, as long as I have an older review or clip that I can use, then I will. The large majority of the reviews will be brand new anyway since there's only so many older reviews or clips that I could use, so it's just better to sit down and write/edit everything from scratch. But there will still be the occasional review with re-used content. Remember that almost all of these reviews will barely get any views, which means I'll barely make any money out of them. So I don't see the point in going the extra mile for any of them. It is main content, however, not "filler" content. Please take these reviews seriously despite the jokes with the action figures. 

Also, don't forget that I'm always adding them to my RPG Scores section here in this blog so you can click on the RPGs you'd like to watch a review of, at any given time!

Thanks for reading. Enjoy the reviews!

Suikoden 1 & 2 Reviews

 

You may have watched this already, but in case you haven't... I recently reviewed Suikoden 1 and 2, in a comparative form with the originals. These games belong to my favorite videogame series of all time so I felt I had to review them despite my current reluctance of modern games coverage. 

Fortunately, I did a lot of research on them before even playing them, to make sure they were modern agenda-free with no DEI bullshit. The results were surprising. I'm still honestly shocked Konami didn't insert political crap in the translations. Especially because they re-did the whole translation of both games to -allegedly- be more faithful to the original Japanese scripts written by Yoshitaka Murayama (RIP). At least they still have some respect for the deceased and his legacy, unlike the evil bastards that are 505 Games. 

So if you want to know more, watch the video and elaborate your own conclusion. Whatever the case though, I hope you enjoy it. 

UPDATES

 

Hey, it's been a while. I haven't posted here in a couple of months so I wanted to give you guys a few updates of what's been going on. 

First of all, I have been updating the RPG Scores section for the past few months. I added more scores like Skies of Arcadia, Shin Megami Tensei IV, The Sword of Etheria and others. But the biggest update is that I have added REVIEW links to some RPGs in that section. That's right, you can now just click on the game you want (if it's in blue color with a link) and watch my full video review of it. Now, I have reviewed almost every single RPG in that section in other videos, but they're all in top 10s, top 5s or other lists. My plan is to eventually dedicate a separate video for each. It sounds crazy, considering there's over 500. But I think it's worth it, especially for people wanting to know my opinion of this or that RPG without watching an entire list, like a top 10 for example. So that's in the works for the near future: individual video reviews. 

Also, I don't know if you've already noticed (you probably have) but I haven't been streaming as often as before on YouTube. Of course, the Sunday Q&A livestreams are still a thing at 12 p.m. central time, but playing RPGs live is a different thing. As you may already know, I've been streaming on Twitch for about a year and a half now, and have been very active for the past 6-8 months or so. While both platforms are full of issues and anti-streamer policies and algorithms, it's still better for me to stream on Twitch because YouTube livestreams affect their evil algorithm and fucks us over as content creators. Which is exactly the reason why most YouTubers have a second channel dedicated to streaming. As you know, I do have a second channel but since it was literally shadow-banned by YouTube a long time ago, because that's where I upload most of the clips from the Q&A's (some of the things I say are considered as highly offensive, against their precious guidelines), there is little to no point in using it for livestreaming. If I'm barely gonna get any viewers either way, I'd honestly rather do it on Twitch. So please follow me HERE https://www.twitch.tv/ericklandonrpg to keep up with my livestreams. I stream every Tuesday and Friday at around 4 or 5 pm central time, but I also may show up any other day around the same time for an extra weekly stream. 

Another update I wanted to give you is what most of you probably also already noticed. I am no longer reviewing new RPGs, just with veeeeeery few exceptions. The reasons why obviously involve the fact that I've 100% lost faith in the gaming industry as nearly every single company has gone woke or is forced to insert DEI nonsense in their games. As a result, I decided to stay away from modern gaming and instead focus more on the INSANE amount of games I have in my backlog, including tons of fan-translated JRPGs. Making content based on that is what I've been doing for a while now. This will continue until DEI and woke agendas are completely gone from gaming (at least from JRPGs). However, if something new comes out and has nothing of that bullshit, then I'll try my best to review it. Just remember that I'm black-listed from the large majority of JRPG publishers so they no longer send review codes to me. 

And that's exactly what you can expect from Erick Landon RPG from now on. In a nutshell, more Top 10s, reviews, Q&As and Twitch livestreams, but with everything that I've said thus far. Thank you for reading and see you guys on the next video or stream!

BIOGRAPHY UPDATED

 

Hey everyone.

I just wanted to let you know that my biography has been greatly updated. I added nothing but objective facts without the influence of my own personal opinion. The articles I added are about my content creator career, my writing career, my controversies and my (lack of) political views. You can read it all on the Biography section here in this blog, or just click on this link if by some weird reason you can't find it: https://ericklandonrpg.blogspot.com/p/biography.html

Hopefully this will clarify in a more objective way what I've gone through positively and negatively as a content creator and as an author. And hopefully it will clarify a lot of things for you.

Thank you for being a fan.

500 RPGs RANKED!!!

 

FINALLY MADE IT TO 500 RPGs!!! I can't believe it myself but I did it. There are now 500 RPGs scored on a scale from 1 to 10 in my blog right HERE:

https://ericklandonrpg.blogspot.com/p/rpg-scores.html

It's been a long journey. This is something I started working on 6 months ago, to have some kind of number, in this case a score, to all of those RPGs I've played throughout my whole life. Of course, there are more that will keep being added in the future, so this isn't over. Some I need to finish, others I need to put more hours into, and others I still can't decide how I feel about. But at least I made it to 500, man.

So yeah, be on the lookout for more, check every now and then for new RPGs, simply by using ctrl+f to find the one you're looking for.

Thanks a lot for the support!

Top 100 Best Turn-based JRPGs of ALL TIME

 

Welcome to the top 100 best turn-based JRPGs of all time. No indies, no Japanese exclusives, obviously no RPGs from other regions either. Honorable mentions are at the end.

About this video...

I didn't tell anyone I was working on it. The video was planned as a surprise, but also as a follow-up to another video I did a long time ago.

On December of 2019 I made a Top 100 Best JRPGs So Far, which gained a lot of views until it practically stopped trending. This happened because many years had gone by and the video was now a bit outdated. I felt it was time to remake it, to do it again with an updated list, including JRPGs that had been released in the 20s. However, many titles have been released since then, many awesome titles I should say, and I couldn't bring myself to think of a list of just 100 again, you know? So my solution was to break it down into sub-genres, that way there would be more JRPGs added and barely any of the really good ones, that deserve to be in the video, would be left out. 

So I started with turn-based and I certainly wasn't expecting there to be more than 100 JRPGs worth including, which is why I left some honorable mentions at the end. It's incredible how people keep saying turn-based is dead, when clearly (if you watch today's video) that is definitely NOT true. And to prove my point further, a lot more turn-based JRPGs that probably deserved a spot in my list, were left out. Plus, imagine how many others aren't included just because they're indies or exclusive to Japan. A this point, only an idiot would say turn-based is dead. What about Strategy JRPGs though? Oof. That'd be interesting to see.

Well, everybody, that's as much background I can give you on the video. I hope you enjoy it. I had a lot of fun doing the list, and even editing the video. I won't do another one of these in many, many years again (probably never if agendas keep being inserted in our beloved genre), so this is it for the 100 best turn-based JRPGs ever made in my goddamned opinion.

Thanks!

400 RPGs RANKED

 

There are now officially 400 RPGs ranked in my "RPG Scores" section. Damn. It took me 2 months to come up with that list and those numbers on a scale from 1 to 10. I don't think I can make it to 500, honestly. At least not now. But of course, the list isn't over; I will continue adding more and more in the future. Several of them will be added on a daily basis, but eventually I will hit a roadblock and will have to slowly move on from there. 

Please continue checking the list often for more updates. Maybe it's time I started adding segments like filtering them by console. But you can always press Alt + F to look for the specific RPG you want. If it's not there, it means I haven't played it, or I don't know how I feel about it yet and probably need more time with it, maybe even finish it. 

About having finished the games, well... I have finished about 80% of the RPGs in the list. Others I made it very far in but rage quit at some point, or simply abandoned. There are some I need more time with to decide on a number, and others I don't need a single extra minute with since I have 0 plans of ever going back to or playing them again. 

One thing you may have noticed is that I might seem a bit generous with some rankings. You have to remember how I rank them. I consider 5 things: story, gameplay, music, graphics and battle system. So some RPGs that have bad, mediocre or troublesome gameplay/combat may still be an 8 out of 10, which is a bit high, but that's because probably the music, story or graphics were great. Keep that in mind.

Anyway, off to continue making more content, videos and livestreams, as I keep making progress with the list. Thanks a lot for reading this.

 

Trails in the Sky Remake announced

Suikoden I & II Remasters release date

Fate/Extra Remake is still alive

Tales of Graces F Remaster announced

Black Myth Wukong sells 15 million copies worldwide and destroys the wokies.

Sounds like great news so far, right? 

Or should we be worried that the mafia and/or the wokies will destroy the translation for the upcoming games? 

I don't know. Something to think about. Nothing, however, changes the fact that BMW is a phenomenal success and that should speak fucking volumes in the game industry. FUCKING VOLUMES. 

 

Versus episodes will now be uploaded on my second channel. Why? Because all of them were a failure in views on my main channel. I wasn't expecting many views in the first place but I certainly wasn't expecting some episodes to be a huge flop. Lack of interest from general viewers + the YT shadow-ban I still have equals these results. Anyway, it was just extra content with no real purpose than to make a few extra bucks a month but there was also barely any revenue from them, and since editing each takes a couple of hours (thumbnail included), I just didn't see the point. 

So yeah, they'll continue as video clips on my second channel, with your opinions included of course, but without gameplay footage. They will definitely fail harder in views now but it's my second channel, a place I pretty much treat as some kind of archives or clips, without worrying about the stupid evil algorithm from YouTube. And yes, this means we will still do one episode in the Q&A livestreams, obviously. So see you there.

Laters.

Terra Gaiden and The Revenant Army

 

Today I'm celebrating the 10th Anniversary of two of my most beloved books out there. Terra Gaiden and The Revenant Army. Both were heavily inspired by JRPGs, most specifically by the Suikoden and the Fire Emblem series, two of my favorite videogame franchises of all time. 

A little bit of history:

Terra Gaiden was planned in 2013 because I wanted to move out of Mexico and try my chances as an author in another country. For some reason I chose Canada. So I started writing the book with the idea of moving there in 2014 and take it to publishers. So I applied for a visa (they were required back then, not anymore nowadays) but, unfortunately, it was denied. So I couldn't go and my plans were ruined. On top of it all, the book had already been 80% completed in ENGLISH... So despite being a terrible idea, I still finished it and had it printed out on a mere whim. 

I was going to start attending anime/gaming shows where I live and I had to had something other than Prelude to Oblivion, which was in Spanish, and Terra Gaiden, which was in English. I needed another JRPG-inspired book, but one in SPANISH, so I wrote The Revenant Army right after finishing Terra Gaiden. No, it wasn't rushed. I did take my time writing the book without any pressure, so it wasn't a desperate attempt at finishing it before my first gaming show. 

So long story short, I did well in anime/gaming shows back then, Revenant sold well while Gaiden struggled a lot because of the language barrier. But by then I had revived my old YouTube channel back and started creating content for it. Of course, I'm talking about those slide-show videos that for some reason got hundreds of thousands of views. So I started promoting Terra Gaiden in those videos and it slowly started selling more. Today, it's a fan favorite and tons of readers have marked it as a great book.

So in February of 2023, I released the English translation of The Revenant Army and have also been promoting it in my videos and livestreams. It hasn't sold as well as Gaiden because it's only been available for a year and a half, but it's been doing alright. 

So now, both books are available in English on Amazon and you can surely find the links in the "books" section of this website. If you decide to read them, I hope you enjoy them and appreciate the passion for JRPGs that I had when I wrote them.

Thank you!

The Versus Episodes

 

Check out the latest versus episode: Grandia vs Wild Arms (first game on each series only).

I've been having a blast making these episodes live every Q&A for the past several weeks. I know a lot of you even look forward to them every time, so I'm happy for that.

So far we've done 6 episodes, 5 of which have been edited and uploaded as videos on my main channel. The sixth episode we did (Octopath Traveler vs Ys VIII) is coming soon...

No, this isn't the direction the channel is going to. It was never intended. Keep reading...

As I've stated before in previous livestreams, this episodic series will definitely continue. We will still do one episode in every Sunday Q&A. As for editing them and uploading them as videos on my main channel, well, I haven't decided if I'll continue with that. I probably will. The episodes are barely getting any views and failing miserably, but I also understand they aren't the type of content most viewers want to watch. That's alright, I never expected the episodes to make it past 5k views each, and I never made them to replace regular content or regular videos on my channel. This is just some extra content like the live let's plays I do every now and then. So yeah, I'm not sure if I'll keep turning them into videos, but if I do, you'll notice. The point is that the episodes will continue at least live every goddamned Sunday!

For those who don't know what the hell these are: I'll leave every episode below so be sure to check them out. Basically, I pick 2 JRPGs that I think would be a good match and start a poll during the Q&A livestream. Fans get to vote for their favorite game for a limited amount of time, but they can also write down their arguments in the chat. I read every argument and it makes it to the edited version of the video. At the end, I close the poll, mention the winner, then I pick my own personal winner and explain my reasons why, breaking down every category: gameplay, music, graphics, combat, characters, etc... 

ALL the episodes in order HERE:

Tales of Arise vs Star Ocean 6: https://youtu.be/25waVm5xqMg

Xenoblade Chronicles vs Nier Automata: https://youtu.be/JWK1lzJeuYc

Suikoden II vs The Legend of Dragoon: https://youtu.be/wsVFD-icSHw

Dragon Quest VIII vs Final Fantasy XII: https://youtu.be/YMYbD5g4uSA

Grandia vs Wild Arms: https://youtu.be/AauPUJy1_lk

So far, my favorite episode has been Suikoden 2 vs The Legend of Dragoon for obvious reasons. Anyway, enjoy the videos. Thanks!

Third Time Wasn't The Charm...

 I'm sad to announce that the 10 Things You Didn't Know About video-series is officially dead. The views are incredibly and absurdly down and, as a result, I no longer have any motivation whatsoever to continue. 

I first cancelled this series in 2021 after making an analysis on several episodes that were deemed as a failure (Star Ocean 2, SMT Nocturne, Trails of Cold Steel 1&2) Sure, if you check some of those right now, they may be doing alright, but that's because they've been out there for years. 

The second time I cancelled the series was in 2022. I revived it after a year or so, 3 episodes were released: Radiant Historia, Tales of Berseria and Wild Arms. Sure, the last two are doing alright nowadays but, again, that's because they've been out there for over 2 years. 

So now that the last three episodes of this year (2024) were MASSIVE failures, like the worst 3 ever in terms of views, I am forced to shut the show down for good.

I know some of you are big fans of this series but there's absolutely no reason for me to continue making it. As you already know, YouTube put a final shadow ban in my channel after the Eiyuden Chronicle Localization video (it pissed the shit out of them badly) and my views/subscribers/revenue started tanking considerably after that. Because of this, they aren't recommending any of my videos and aren't notifying a lot of my subscribers when I upload them. So of course a video-series that died 2 years ago was gonna get the worst treatment, as viewer interests have shifted to something else entirely.

It saddens me to see the huge lack of interest in the series. People are way too obsessed with new games, modern JRPGs, dramas, news and political warfare, that they have abandoned any love for retro, history and development. But the worst of it all is that barely anyone looks at me when it comes to those topics. Most viewers aren't interested in me covering the background, history and development of retro JRPGs. Not anymore.

If the episodes had gathered at least 10k-12k views each, like the FFIX episode did, I wouldn't be here writing this post. I would continue making them just for the fans. But the Valkyria Chronicles and Tales of Xillia did horribly, and have killed my desire to continue. 

Sorry for this, but I'm sure at this point you'll understand why I have to shut this one down for good. Probably forever. 

JRPGs That Surpassed My Expectations

 

This video series has been doing well since the beginning. Episode 5 just came out and you can watch it right here (above) or on YouTube. 

The point of the series is to cover JRPGs that I didn't think would be so damn good. I highlight my stories with them, how I got a hold of them, what I expected of them, and how they surpassed my expectations. So I'm not really reviewing these games at all, or explaining them to you. I'm just sharing my experience with them. 

There are a lot of JRPGs that surpassed my expectations but let's not confuse them with the ones that MET my expectations. Like, say, Eiyuden Chronicle for example. I was hoping it would surpass them but the initial glitches and the politicized translation kinda ruined that. However, I still knew the game would be great somehow and, well, it was. So it's an example of a game that I was expecting to be great and it met those expectations, it just didn't "surpass" them. 

So yeah, in case you've watched through all 5 episodes and wondered "why didn't he include this game?", that might be a reason. Or it could be that I merely haven't included it. I haven't told my story about it. 

Maybe one day there will be an episode 6...

10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT TALES OF XILLIA 1 AND 2

 

Here's the latest episode. This time I took 2 of my favorite Tales games ever, Xillia and its controversial sequel. Long episode. There was just so much to talk about them...

Please help this 10 things video-series grow. If you could share this with other fans or friends, post it in your socials or anything at this point, I'd appreciate it, the series would continue. I gave up on it 2 years ago quite easily but not this time around. I want to keep making more episodes in the future and cover more JRPGs. Hopefully you can pitch in by merely watching the videos and posting them anywhere you can.

Enjoy the episode!

Thanks!

10 Things You Didn't Know About Final Fantasy IX

 

NEW EPISODE!

This time I made an episode based entirely on the masterpiece Final Fantasy IX. As you may already know, this is my favorite FF ever and a very special game to me, personally. One of the first RPGs I ever played. 

It was very interesting to learn about its inception, its history and development. Many things were written in Wikipedia but I had to confirm every single one of them to see if they were legit. I was surprised to see the sources were mostly straight out of the horse's mouth. Click on the video and check the description where you'll find these sources, of course. 

I had a lot of fun creating this video. And while I am aware that this is a heavily documented game, and some of the things shown in it might already be part of your knowledge, I still feel like I added my two cents in most of them. So hopefully you'll learn more about it.

Enjoy the video!

10 Things You Didn't Know About

 

Hey guys, as you may have already noticed, I recently revived the "10 Things You Didn't Know About" series. This is content I started creating all the way back in 2019. There's been 18 episodes so far, including the most recent about Valkyria Chronicles.

In the playlists section of my channel, you'll find the playlist with every single episode. Or you can just click here to get there right away. 

In the series, I cover the background, history, development, trivia and controversies about the JRPGs we all know and love. So they're a good video series to watch to learn more about them. Sources of information are often credited in the description of each video, which lead to even more knowledge. Be sure to check the videos out and also the sources. And thank you for supporting my channel. 

The Irony of Viewers

 Wanna know one of the biggest ironies of modern YouTube viewers? They barely watch the videos but are always ready to share their opinion about them in the comments. I don't read comments nor do I interact in that section, but seeing the numbers can be very ironic. My community section is a perfect example: often I post my videos or my clips from my Q&A's (I upload these on my second channel) and there are more comments than likes. Some of them have hundreds of comments from people that didn't even watch the video and say something only based on the topics I mention or merely the damn thumbnail. 

Watchtime has been decreasing for every single content creator over the past few years. Subscription rate also went down. Not only because YouTube started deleting accounts that have been inactive for more than just 2 years, but also because people have lost interesting in subscribing to channels. There are many reasons why, of course, everyone's got their own. But the watchtime decreasing hurts every youtuber out there. Which is why I'm always telling people to watch the whole video or if they don't care, just leave it running in the background in another tab or something. People are so quick to click away nowadays that sometimes we feel like making videos is pointless. It's like they want to turn YouTube into TikTok. And they still have the nerve to express their opinion (be it positive or negative) about it? When they barely watched anything? Pathetic. This is the pathetic situation and the biggest irony of modern viewers in this day and age.

Don't be this type of entitled loser. 

Eiyuden Chronicle

 

Here is my full review of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. I'm pretty sure you've already noticed I uploaded it recently, or probably you've already watched it. But just in case, there you go. 

There were a few things I didn't mention in the review though; a couple of complaints I have with it. I left them out because they were only going to drag the review but, most importantly, they would give it a very negative connotation. It's about the recruitment of characters and about the wokenized localization. Unfortunately, this game's another victim of the horrendous DEI bullshit that's been destroying translations recently. I'm honestly still debating whether I do another video about the controversial release of this game, or if I should just move on and rant about it in my next Q&A. So, don't be surprised if you see another video dedicated to it, with me attacking the localization, or if you see nothing at all.

Thankfully, the DEI shenanigans didn't go too far like they did with Final Fantasy 16 or Fairy Fencer F 2, where there IS actual forced inclusion and a translation that's extremely woke. However, and sadly, it did affect several dialogue scenes in Eiyuden Chronicle and it shattered the humor. Still, major events, important scenes and context in them all never felt politicized to me, so at least it got saved from that.

But yeah, Mio saying "are you sure it's a he?" about a freaking golem, is a good example. A cross-dresser character named Momo is voiced by some dude in English, but at least the translation shows that Momo admits himself to be a boy, instead of something ridiculous like "I'm a guy but I feel like a girl, so I'm a girl and treat me as such". At least they had the decency to respect that. But I wouldn't be surprised if the character in Japanese was actually female and they just changed it to a boy cross-dressing just for the sake of wokeness. However, I doubt it because the Japanese actor who voiced Momo is also a dude, so... I'm very confused about this character and I wonder of Murayama himself wrote it. Whatever the case, a character like that in 2024 is pretentious if nothing else. But yeah, the Mio dialogue, Perrielle's slightly excessive display of feminist behavior, Lian's dumb jokes and stuff like that... is part of the motherfucking piece of shit localization team behind the loser that is Brian Gray. Fuck that guy and fuck the system nowadays for trying to "americanize" everything nowadays. 

And about the character recruitment, I have a big rant about some characters being unbelievably ridiculous to recruit like Celia or Reid, forcing the player to play through some really hard mini-games just to get them. It's extremely annoying and frustrating, to be honest. 

So will I make a second video about this game? Probably, yeah, just don't know yet if it'll be on my main channel to address these issues, or on my second channel as a regular rant with other topics from my Q&A livestreams. I'm sure you'll see something but don't be surprised if you see nothing. I just don't know what to think about this situation anymore since fucking liberals control the entertainment world nowadays and it's hard to find something, including a JRPG, that's not under their disgusting modern nazi rules. Are we to stop playing every JRPG with political nonsense and DEI? Are we to play nothing but Stellar Blade then? You see the dilemma now? 

I'm still trying to gather my thoughts on this. In the meantime, watch the review and share your thoughts in the comments if you want to. 

Thanks for reading.

THAT JRPG PODCAST #2

 

The second episode of That JRPG Podcast is up! It's a deep analysis of Chrono Cross which includes its history, development, background, and a review of everything: story, characters, music, graphics, pacing, gameplay, battle system and ending. 

Spoilers are there but only at the end of the podcast. I give a fair warning before I talk about them.

It took me many, many years to come up with some form of proper review for this game. I've covered it to death in my channel, I know, but never reviewing it in an entire video of its own. A 15-20 long minute review felt pointless for a game as important to me as this, so I always felt if I ever reviewed it, it would have to be in a 1-2 hour long video. I couldn't think of a better opportunity than to make it an unscripted and uncensored podcast. 

Enjoy.

Top 50 Best PS3 JRPGs Ever

 

Today I posted a Top 50 with the best JRPGs ever released on the PS3. This is part of an on-going series I actually started 4 years ago. I've covered a few consoles already and will continue to do so in the future. Keep in mind not every console's gonna be here. Some, like the SNES, don't have 50 JRPGs released outside of Japan. Remember that these tops are based on games that got an official English release. The SNES could easily be done including fan translations though, so maybe one day, but I doubt it. And there are other consoles that don't even reach 50 JRPGs even counting the ones that stayed in Japan. Finally, there are consoles that are still releasing games such as the Switch. I wouldn't want to do a "Top 50 Best So Far", these are "Ever" or "of all time" so the Switch is definitely out of the question, despite already having way more than 50 JRPGs released outside of Japan. PS4 is getting there though, I really do believe this year will probably be the last one we'll see JRPGs on it. We'll most likely just get a few next year. So maybe in 2025 I can finally do the top 50 based on PS4. But for now, check out the PS3 one. 

One small trivia I found interesting while making this video is that a big chunk of the console's JRPGs have already been ported or remastered for modern systems. It's incredible to see how many we are lacking when it comes to more retro consoles, like the PS1, PS2 or even SNES, but the PS3 got a lot of glory on modern consoles. Maybe because it was just easier to port them or remaster considering they aren't that old and run also easily on modern hardware. So if you don't have a PS3 or care for one, it might still be very worth watching the video.

Consoles I've already done a Top 50 on:

PS1 https://youtu.be/-GknCXJJr50

PS2 https://youtu.be/KKD-ic4PsV4

PSP https://youtu.be/ZzqHcJnAt34

PS3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_leqPgnzgw

NDS https://youtu.be/rVxIqXLRViY

3DS https://youtu.be/P5O4pE9naNU

Next will probably be GBA or PS Vita. Just remember I only do these once or (max) twice per year so I can't confirm yet if there will be another one this year. 

Thanks for reading and enjoy the videos!