![]() It was a rough game in terms of difficulty for my oblivious teenage self, but this is a game I would enjoy, and even, devote myself to today.Īzure Dreams is title that I believe would do incredibly well today as Nintendo Switch remaster. Azure Dreams was forward thinking, it was a rogue like with random dungeon generation, and a town building – and dating – component. This is one that I would have enjoyed playing today. Beyond the Beyond would have been a center piece element in said collection, had I envisioned how well the game would age (monetarily), before I stupidly traded it away for short credit store money. Given that I have a vast collection of JRPGs as it is. So, why am I sad? For starters, the game is over $150 dollars these days on Amazon, and its historical significance would have made for some interesting article writing in my current line of work. It hold a poor 44% GameRankings rating, and it is generally recognized as one of the worst PS1 RPGs. Therefore, Beyond the Beyond’s greatest crime is that it looks and plays like a mediocre SNES RPG.Īpart from some clever timing system in its turn based combat, and a Motoi Sakuraba (Star Ocean) soundtrack, Beyond the Beyond was a forgettable experience. While game saw the light of day in 1996 in the United States, in Japan it was a 1995 release. The system’s first JRPG is Beyond the Beyond. Therefore for JRPG fans the PlayStation is likely their most beloved, and perhaps, most consequential console within the JRPG genre.Ĭontrary to popular belief, Sony’s – excellent – Wild Arms, is not the systems first JRPG. The PlayStation 1, and Final Fantasy VII, ushered the JRPG golden era, as a mainstream genre in the late 1990s. But the game’s historical value cannot be overstated. Beyond the Beyond Beyond the Beyond looked like a 16 bit RPG and played much worse.īeyond the Beyond, is bad game, quite frankly, by far the worst game on this list. So yes, this is one trade that I truly regret from the bottom of my pockets. While, it is likely that I would have never replayed this title had I kept it, the fact that I was paid less than $20 dollars for it in the late 90s by EB, seems like a steal (on their part) at this stage. More importantly, the game’s collector’s value has gone through the roof over the last two and half decades. ![]() Facts are that Suikoden is one of the very best PS1 RPGs, and as such, it is deserving of a second, and perhaps, third play through. I traded a high quality JRPG, that would eventually gain incredible monetary value due to its rarity (it sales for $150-$200 on Amazon in used condition), because I needed some quick credit to purchase a likely inferior (but newer) game. The only positive thing about having traded Parasite Eve at this point is that the game remains a relatively cheap purchase on Amazon and eBay, so I could nab a copy of it without breaking the bank. Unfortunately, Parasite Eve might be one of the few linear JRPGs that are worth a second, and perhaps 3rd play through in a few decades span. My primary reason for trading it was that I finished the storyline, and few linear JRPGS have any replay value after you “beat” the main game.
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