Those who played Perfect Dark in the heyday of Nintendo64 never forgot about it. It’s still a fantastic action game

@robbgamble4149

Ай бұрын

Absolutely, me and all my friends used to play the battle royal all the time. We called it the Muderman Dance lol.

@shanitawilliams4783

Ай бұрын

I agree. Me and my brother played it and zero. My brother is the reason way I got into gaming.

@empoweredshemphoward

Ай бұрын

Multiplayer was fun

@WreakinHavocOnU

Ай бұрын

So true! I loved Perfect Dark.

@robertdurcan1629

Ай бұрын

Forget it? I still own it and play it to this day in 2024

When Virtua Fighter came out in the early 90s in Arcades, the arcade my mother managed had to hire a security guard to manage the literal line that went out the door for people who wanted to play the game.

Lost Odyssey!!!! Ugh so underrated it brought back so much FFX style nostalgia. ❤❤❤

The Legend of Dragoon is a classic masterpiece that never gets love.

@ashwean

Ай бұрын

So true so true both it and ff7 are my fave games of all time and honestly it deserves a remake

@ledumpsterfire6474

Ай бұрын

A genuine masterpiece in every meaning. I remember being like 8 years old and emailing Sony every few days asking if they were making a sequel yet. They must have gotten 60+ of those emails from me. As well as at least a couple emails asking if I could have the rights to make a sequel myself, since obviously they weren't interested in doing it. 😂

@BrokenNoah

Ай бұрын

I remember when it came out it was kinda divisive although I forgot what the issues were. The online outlets back then and some magazines were lukewarm. Eventually overtime the appreciation for the game grew and it's considered a classic. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it.

@chisaten

Ай бұрын

I liked this game so much that I would fail attacks on purpose to find the exact enemy HP and made my own bestiary. Something unique about LoD is how the common enemy tactics change when they reach 1/2 HP. Most games seem to only have enemy behaviour change for boss battles and optional bosses.

@nathank2289

Ай бұрын

Nah. LoD always ends up on "best RPG of all time" lists

Lost Odessey was one of the best RPGs on the 360, and there were a few great 360 only RPGs that were overshadowed by Final Fantasy on the Playstation

@ronnycook3569

Ай бұрын

When the 360 came out there was a small rush of JRPG releases in a Microsoft bid to get entry into the Japanese market, which then dried up almost completely. About the only 360 JRPGs after the first year or so were the FF13 series. This was partly because the 360's use of DVDs rather than Blu-Ray drastically limited game size - nobody ever mentions Lost Odyssey came on 2-3 DVDs (and as a result was a late arrival to the XB1's emulation support.)

@tysenk9090

Ай бұрын

Absolutely loved that game, whole reason I clicked this video was the lost odyssey thumb.

@chrisharmon1985

Ай бұрын

I agree. It is a masterpiece.

@DEVILTAZ35

Ай бұрын

You can just play it in series X and not have to worry about disc swapping as it was 3 discs discs wasn’t it?

@DEVILTAZ35

Ай бұрын

@@ronnycook3569Yeah I know she is a PC gamer but still not a good excuse not to do research and then make out certain games are obscure when they are readily available.

Jess i will always remember how you kept me entertained with your videos while you were still working for gamespot those 8 or 9 years ago! im so thankful and grateful that i still get to watch your content on whatculture today!!! THANK YOU!!!

@51eduardoflores

Ай бұрын

Ikr?!

@ugn154

Ай бұрын

What happened to Gamespot? Or her and Gamespot? I just found her on this channel a few days ago.

Skies of Arcadia is one of the GOATs

@nakedjoe4eva

Ай бұрын

That it is!

@justicestiles1741

Ай бұрын

Every day I think about this game and I'm like remaster!

@chrisdiokno5600

Ай бұрын

@@justicestiles1741 Mood, maybe with some QOL

Finally, deserved love for Planescape : Torment. This game haunted me in my childhood, with the forever thought provoking (and still relevant) quote.. " What can change the nature of a man". Masterpiece, indeed

The graphic in Lost odyssey to me still stands out today. The characters in the game were awesome especially Kaim, Jansen and Sarah. I cannot tell you how much I love Skies of Arcadia. Another forgotten series is Panzer Dragoon especially saga.

@jeremysennett5304

Ай бұрын

Kaims memories are also some of the most well written and emotional stories you'll find in any game.

@joeherrera8826

Ай бұрын

@@jeremysennett5304 Good lord yes it shows you how being an immortal is not exactly as good as it seems.

@jeremysennett5304

Ай бұрын

@joeherrera8826 but also shows the good side of it in stories like the cicada one. He saw tragedy then came back 70 years later and saw what that sacrifice accomplished. Every one of them was an award winning-level short story. Honestly I don't remember much of the main story. But those memory sections stick with me.

I also miss the shadow hearts trilogy. The incorporation of lovecraftian horror, the harmonixers, the settings the characters, and the judgement ring mechanic made it so fun. I kept my ps2 just to be able to play these though I’m still hoping they, along with Xenogears, will eventually be added onto the ps+ classics catalog.

@jennyf-eg5gl

Ай бұрын

I miss that series. (Honestly, i need to do a replay) Many people hate the third one, I enjoy it because it echoed like the first game in the series (at least to me). I was so looking forward to seeing how they handled ww2.

@jhhardage

Ай бұрын

Recently started Shadow Hearts. Can't say I'm doing that well at it (mistiming that wheel is a bit of a gut punch) but I'm liking it. Up to the part where I just got Alice back. Need to fight the boss and finish the area off. I enjoyed Koudelka so I'm looking forward to advancing farther into the game.

@joesunday199

Ай бұрын

Shadow Hearts is underrated.

@cryingdemon

Ай бұрын

Such an underrated series

I'm so glad you mentioned 999 in this! I remember when i first came across it in a Game Stop store. I wasn't sure what to buy, but i wanted to buy something unfamiliar. Skimming the DS titles, i found that one and it just jumped out at me somehow. Maybe it was the long name. But I read the back of the box and the premise got me hooked. I still consider that moment to be an instance of "finding a diamond in the rough". Out of all those games, that one caught my attention.

@zioGrave

Ай бұрын

To anyone who would like to play this awesome game in 2024, it is still available in the PS Store inside the "Zero Escape: The Nonary Games" bundle that also includes the second chapter of the series (which is composed by 3 games in total). I absolutely loved it and played all the way through to the end of the trilogy.

I have a copy of Lost Odyssey. It's a great and stunning game.

@PikaLink91

Ай бұрын

I have a copy too that has been sitting in my collection for years. Judging from the cover alone I just find the character designs boring.

@nakedjoe4eva

Ай бұрын

I hate it never got any ports

@j-lgroen1239

Ай бұрын

I remember buying it at launch and the pal version had a bug that didn’t allow you to advance to the second disk. I remember it being a big deal at the time and I never finished the game as a result…loved it up until that point though!

@joesunday199

Ай бұрын

Ditto.

@ReD_is_SuS

Ай бұрын

I still have my copy too

skies of arcadia is simply awesome

@rogue3095

Ай бұрын

I was really hoping for a re-release when they announced the figures a while back. I dont care what system they release it on, I WILL buy it. Still have a copy of Legends around somewhere

@BrokenNoah

Ай бұрын

@@rogue3095 I could've sworn there were rumors of a remaster during the last generation of consoles. I'm probably misremembering things. I really thought this would get a remaster or a straight up port by now considering Grandia II had a PC port and an HD Remaster a few years ago. Anyway, yeah, wish there's re-release of some sort. This and Elemental Gimmick Gear - a flawed game but still a hidden gem.

@chisaten

Ай бұрын

I loved the GameCube version so much that I wrote my own guides and basically did a 100% playthrough on my second go.

@justicestiles1741

Ай бұрын

​@@rogue3095I wish they would give it to another company to do it

@rogue3095

Ай бұрын

@@justicestiles1741 same

FF8 (one of the under rated games of the series) needs the remake treatment as well... I know it got a remaster but.....

@nathank2289

Ай бұрын

FF8 gets a lot of hate for breaking all the traditions but its still my favorite of the series. It was the last time Square really tried something different.

@vincevvn

Ай бұрын

Big facts

@DiscGolf4JESUS

Ай бұрын

@@nathank2289 Agreed, it being the 1st FF I played in the series. It’s also my favorite of the series as well.

@PrototypeSpaceMonkey

Ай бұрын

Also agreed! ...just don't split it into 3 parts. 2 at most.

@ZlothZloth

Ай бұрын

@@nathank2289 8 gets a lot of hate because its story is terrible and pulling power from monsters is incredibly boring.

I feel like nobody remembers the Shadow Hearts series. Fun, engaging, unique. The first two games blew me away.

@jim0032

Ай бұрын

Shadow Hearts: Covenant. My favorite all time. From the New World couldn't even ruin my love for the original 2 games.

@ZlothZloth

Ай бұрын

I never got to play the first but loved the second game! (Hmmm, that's a pretty nice mailbox....)

I played the Switch port of Final Fantasy XII, F-Zero GX, and the GameCube port of Skies of Arcadia. And, they’re all freakin’ AWESOME!’

@DrAgNZRX

Ай бұрын

I'm guessing you mean F-Zero X and not FZGX, since FZX is available on the switch N64 library. I would give my left nut for Nintendo to port GX to the switch (or even better, release a new game in the series that isn't a f2p battle Royale). Unfortunately, that doesn't seem likely any time soon.

@Falchion1984

Ай бұрын

@@DrAgNZRX Yeah, that IS a letdown. There ARE other zero-g racers out there but, as far as I know, they don't have a rogue's gallery of characters with interesting backstories. *sigh*

My soul can now rest. Someone has properly acknowledged FFXII.

@Kechioh

Ай бұрын

12 was amazing, however when I replayed it as an adult, I couldn’t shake that it was Final Fantasy: Star Wars

@DEVILTAZ35

Ай бұрын

Worst map of any FF game just a straight line with a few deviations lol. Lazy rinse and repeat.

@SiincereARC

Ай бұрын

@@DEVILTAZ35 Your opinion. It wasn't meant to be open world, so why get mad that there isn't many options? It's telling a story not karaoke.

Skies of Arcadia is still one of my favorites. It has it's flaws and shows it's age but, I've yet to find another game that I really enjoyed the exploration.

Saw Lost Odyssey, instant like❤

VIB RIBBON! That was one of the most amazing games I played on PlayStation. I loved the design and the OST was and is incredible. Had no idea until today that there were two subsequent games. Glad it made the list.

999 is an absolute gem! Everytime I progress I wouldn’t know what turn the story will take. A bit of letdown on the twist of the reveal but honestly I wouldn’t know any other way that they could end it controversially

@Imyerda

Ай бұрын

Gameplay was kinda funky & frames dropped massively. Ps I was on 50fps if I recall.

@johnlawful2272

Ай бұрын

Had to play twice for true ending

Planescape: Torment has the best story I've seen in 30 years of gaming.

@PrototypeSpaceMonkey

Ай бұрын

Also, you never hear anyone mention Torment: Tides of Numenera, which was like a spiritual successor made by a lot of the same people that made the original. It was also pretty damn good

@troy5370

Ай бұрын

Except the game sucks it's a visual novel

@duhmzdaih

Ай бұрын

@@troy5370 No little boy, it doesn't suck, it's a good game with gameplay that could have been better indeed, but it's not bad at all.

The crazy thing about the Sega Saturn's short life is that its follow-up, the Dreamcast, had a SHORTER lifespan. The Saturn launched on May 11, 1995 in the U.S. and was discontinued in March 1998, 2 years and 10 months later. The Dreamcast launched in the U.S. on November 27, 1998 and was discontinued on March 31, 2001, 2 years and 4 months later. As much as I love Sega, it was probably a good thing they got out of the hardware business, sadly. 🤔

VF4 blew my mind on PS2 with the fluid animations for blocks and counters

Loved Skies of Arcadia. I had it on the Game Cube and it's still in my top 10 favourite games of all time.

The game I'd always have on this kind of list is Radiant Historia, since it was trapped on handhelds I dont think it is as well know. It got a rerelease but was on 3DS instead of a console. I personally put on par with some of the best RPG's and find it sad its not more well known.

Skies of Arcadia is now and will always be one of my absolute favorites. I agree, it’s an absolute SHAME that few have heard of it. I miss the Jess outros wishing us a great day. Love you Jess! You’re my favorite on WCG ❤️

You guys seriously overlooked “Shadowrun” originally for SNES then Sega Genesis. This game literally put Cyberpunk on the gaming console map. It’s like mixing Dragon Age with Cyberpunk 2077. Where else can you play as an Orc Hacker?! This game is *always* overlooked in these lists and I will never understand why.

11:51 I’d be willing to bet that if Perfect Dark had an iconic soundtrack like 007 did, that would be *LITERALLY* all it would’ve taken to make it a best seller.

One of my favorites is Kingdoms of Amalur on the PS3/4.

One of the best things about Lost Odyssey were the memories. You can completely ignore them if you want but they are some amazing short stories. Fantastic writing.

I remember having Lost Odyssey on disc back in the day, and I'm super glad I managed to snag a digital copy (and that it's backwards compatible)

Can't believe no one has mentioned Jess 's distractingly good look Today...

F zero gx had a dope sound track

Lost Odyssey is still available as a digital download on the Xbox store.

Skies of Arcadia is fantastic! I’m itching for anything new related to it. One of my top 10 favorite games

Lost Odyssey and Perfect Dark are just *SO* good!

999 is one of my FAVORITE games of all time. 999, Virtue's Last Reward, and Zero Time Dilemma were amazing.

Whoever did the voice for Fran in FF12 has to be gorgeous

@affliction1979

Ай бұрын

Her name is Nicole Fantl, and she is indeed a fox.

@ZlothZloth

Ай бұрын

@@affliction1979 It must have been confusing for her to play a rabbit girl, then!

Skies of Arcadia is truly a masterpiece. We need an HD remaster.

Perfect Dark is amazing, I personally think something that held it back was it being released a little later in the N64 life cycle. The rest of what was said is true too. I really wish Nintendo would make a new F-Zero game.

FFXII is my favorite to this day

Perfect dark is still one of the most unique FPS multiplayers that to this day i cannot recall any other MP trying to replicate... It had remote rockets and a "secret" ventilation shaft in a bathroom stall allowing you to fire them and control an entire map from relative cover, almost every game i ever saw since either lacks the remote or lacks a perfect location to use it , making it often a dead weapon with no perfect situations till endgame.

Lost odyssey was an absolute gem. First game that ever made me actually cry real tears. Parting forever is an all time masterpiece of a song.

Lost Odyssey was brilliant, but to me, "1000 Years of Dreams", the little collectible visual novels were even better than the main story. Honestly, each and every story I found moved me to tears.

Drakan the ancient gates, Mercenaries 1&2, Freedom fighters for ps2, jurassic park warpath, starwars revenge of the sith. There are so many awesome forgotten games out there.

@rogue3095

Ай бұрын

The mercenaries games ROCKED i bought an OG xbox just to play the first one.

Eternal Sonata on PS3.

@PrototypeSpaceMonkey

Ай бұрын

I know, right? And the premise lends itself so well to sequels! I'd love to see what kind of fantastical worlds other famous composers might get isekai'd off to. Or maybe a game where you have travel from Bach to Wagner to Mozart's world, each with it's own theme... such a missed opportunity.

Planescape Torment is still my favorite CRPG so far!

We need a Skies Of Arcadia next gen sequel

Lost Odyssey...~!!! This was such a master piece

You are such an awesome host on here, thank you for the lists.

Severance: Blade of Darkness is the forgotten Souls like game no one talks about. I love this game

Sakura Wars (ps2/ps4) was a Power Rangers/Sailor Moon SRPG where you spend half the game in a dating sim and the other half battling monsters in a giant mech.

Legend of Dragoon to me is a forgotten masterpiece, still my favorite game.

i loved finding all the random characters for your hideout on Skies of Arcadia - Would change your abilities or stats when in ship battles or exploring. missed a few discoveries on dreamcast but 100% it on Gamecube remaster

I played the HECK out of Virtual Fighter 1 in the arcade. Loved that game :) Also, it's funny how this video released just moments before the new Perfect Dark reveal trailer.

Black and White (PC only) was a sort of The Sims/Civilization cross over where you play as a God trying to convert other God's people to your religion with the help of a mountain sized Nintendo animal. You did this by drawing shapes on the ground with your mouse to create spells like food, rain, or fireball.

5:30 Lost Odyssey may be difficult to get physically but it is playabe through back-compat, digital or physical on current Xbox Series X/S & Xbox One consoles. Also it often goes on sale for about $5 every few months on the digital store!

I think dragon age origins is forgotten masterpiece because not many people talk about and not many new players have played it

I love Perfect Dark, and it’s funny that this video came out the day they showed the trailer and gameplay for the new title. But literally no one saw the new Perfect Dark ever escaping development hell.

Vanquish! A blazing fast sci-fi cover shooter by Platinum Games, absolutely oozing style. Originally only came out on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010, was later ported to PC, but still remained fairly unknown.

I'm usually not taking the bate of complaining about your personal favorites not being on the list... but this time, I can't help myself. Take a game that pushed the boundries of what was technically possible, is mechanically as close to perfect as you can expect from the time, is well balanced, has really few bugs, gameplay that was so ahead of it's time as fusion power is, and you ice that cake with a compelling narrative that is playabale through different perspectives, making it highly replayable and has one of the most stellar voice casts of any video game ever... so, what's that game? It's Sacrifice.

Jess is the only reason I'm still subscribed to this channel. Ok. Moving on lol

The masterpiece here is your accent! Y’all have the best ones

I'm glad Lost Odyssey is on this list. Such a great JRPG. The battle system is a bit of learning curve, at least it was for me, but nonetheless a great game. The narrative is probably the best part of it.

Recently got into lost odyssey and it had me in tears by the end of it. I loved it so much. 😭😭😭

Skies of Arcadia is my favorite Sega DC game . I'm glad I have it in my collection. I also think Vagrant Story for ps1 could also be on this list 🤔

I kinda wish Suikoden 1 or 2 would have shown up on here. Such great storytelling. Legend of Dragoon would have been a great fit as well

The only slight I could put on Perfect Dark was the visuals. You can tell they were just a little too ambitious for the N64 so they get the blurriness that Goldeneye didn't have

Lost Odyssey is one of the best games I've ever played in terms of storytelling and strategy! It's not easy, though. Especially if you go for all the achievements, like I did.

Besides having Knights, I had the demo Christmas Knights. It had a lot of replay value do to unlocking little silly things, and also being a Christmas themed level

Oh no, my Steam library is already full of games I bought and haven't played yet... oof... Some of these I actually did forget about, too. Perfect Dark, especially. I miss playing that so much.

Perfect Dark is an easy top 10 game of all time! I still play it on my Xbox One! It’s near perfect!

the open-ness of FF12 is what does it for me. you can rack up a 300 kill combo easily. and walk endlessly from area to area once you've unlocked enough.

Seeing a Zero escape game(999, Zeros Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma) is always a little sad because it’s always a list like this😢

Planescape: Torment is probably in my top 5 RPGs of all time along with the first Fallout

Project Snowblind & Operation Winback are masterpiece games imo. Winback was a title originally released on the N64. I think I bought it out the bargain bin. That game was so fun and had so many gameplay mechanics that were used in many later video games, including Metal Gear Solid Sons of liberty and Resident evil 4. Ahead of its time.

Lost Odyssey was a favorite of mine on the 360. I remember at one point Microsoft gave out digital copies for free. I instantly grabbed it up and played through it. I then went to GameStop that same week and found a used physical copy in great condition for a decent price (my guess is someone owned it physically, got the free digital version, and then decided to trade in the physical copy).

Skies of Arcadia!!! I definitely shared that with as many friends as possible

Loved NiGHTs. Constantly chasing a better score with the controller made for it, on Saturn.

To this day, I consider Planescape Torment one of the best RPGs of all time. Right up there with Baldur's Gate 3.

I played Skies of Arcadia Legends on the Gamecube back in the day and it was amazing

Thank you for mentioning Skies of Arcadia

You had me straight off the bat with FF12 but then you brought up Lost Odyssey a proper hidden gem of a JRPG man 👍🏻 Problem is I always remember the sex pest mage Jansen though! 🤦🏻‍♂️ I mean shamefully I laughed it off as a kid but now looking back 'Oh God!'

Make Jess the MAIN host and narrator for all videos!

@Late5555

Ай бұрын

😂 oooo-kay.... Take your hand away from your penis, kiddo. She has an awful screeching voice and makes silly factual errors in every single video, indicating she actually knows very little about what she's talking about. "9 *houses* 9 persons 9 doors"? FFS. 🙄

@adammccloskey7811

Ай бұрын

I could listen to Jess all day You know your day just got better when you see Jess on the thumbnail ❤

@ltothepark

Ай бұрын

Make her the only one! Lol

Knights Inn the dreams with a game that I absolutely loved, it is definitely one that needs a re-release

Unpopular opinion here. Planescape: Torment's were too obscure for its own good. Puzzles were mandatory back then but it was before KZread. Outside of Gamefaqs you'd have to shell out $25-30 for a strategy guide. That essentially doubled the cost of the game.

Blue Dragon is another great RPG game that deserves it's flowers too,in some cases it was better than Lost Odyssey and was rated higher in multiple gaming magazines back then,while Lost Odyssey was given an 8 on Gameinformer Blue Dragon was rated a 9,I have both and love them very fun,but Blue Dragon is the better game imo,another forgotten gem was the Wario game on the Gamecube,that game was amazing and everyone should've been able to play it if they love platformers,there's lots of other great yet forgotten games and it's a shame most of us won't ever get to play them unless we use emulators lol

Soul Sacrifice Delta for the PlayStation Vita. Imagine an arcadey Monster Hunter clone with the aesthetics and narrative of Berserk/Dark Souls, and 10/10 art direction, world building, characters, voice acting,music, and gameplay. Similarly, Puppeteer for the PS3 is basically Sony's 10/10 try at the same general type of game as Balan Wonderworld and Princess Peach: Showtime!. And to continue on the JAPAN Studio train, the Gravity Rush series deserves way more love than it got, with 2 essentially being Spider-Sonic: Breath of the Yakuza's Odyssey.

FFXII TZA was the reason I went back to be the leading man. ;) Lost Odyssey and Skies of Arcadia me want to play! :D Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 are definitely hidden gems!

Skies of Arcadia absolutely needs a(nother) remaster.

Anachronox. If you haven't played it, imagine a Final Fantasy style turn based RPG set in a tongue-in-cheek satirical sci-fi universe (think Hitchhiker's Guide meets Red Dwarf meets Guardians of the Galaxy)

Time splitters, haunting ground, the getaway.

I like the spiritual successor to Planescape Torment called Torment: Tides of Numenera

Loved the Virtua Fighter series....IV was definitely a winner all around, cept for whole SEGA aspect. lol "Perfect Dark" WAS also a WONDERFUL title!! Miss it. How many people remember "PARASITE EVE"? That game STILL rocks to this day! Yes. I have a copy or two. lol

Having played lost odyssey when it came out; I still think about it, and wish it would get a remaster/re-release.

We just gonna pretend Timesplitters didn’t exist? That’s a masterpiece that has been forgotten, resurrected (sorta), development hell, and just in limbo. It’s a travesty what is happening to the 4th game we all want!

My underrated game is definitely Enslaved Odyssey to the West. Absolute masterclass gaming experience

Skys of Arcadia as ported to Game Cube a couple of years later. It is one of the games I want to have a sequel the most.

A list about forgotten masterpieces, yet once again Suikoden doesn't get any love. Suikoden was one of the first franchises to feature save importing, all the way back on the original Playstation. It's a game that featured 108 playable characters, featured wartime combat, had positioning in your party play a factor on how your team performed, featured a 6-person party system, and allowed you to build up your own base to take on the might of the Empire, of which you were the heir to. Characters die, and there is genuine weight for your choices. Despite all that, it's sequel, Suikoden II is EVEN MORE revered, and at the peak of it's cult classic status, had physical copies selling for over $500 USD. For all the talk people have about Chrono Trigger being a great game, having played both Suikoden and Chrono Trigger on the Playstation as a kid, and later as an adult on the PSP and PC respectively, Suikoden is the better game, unironically, IMHO, and is a game that deserves VASTLY more love than it gets. Hopefully when the Suikoden I & II Remaster finally drops, people will finally be talking about these games the way they deserve.