Jack Dandy
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Glad you enjoyed 'em! What difficulty did you play on?
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Really...normal is hard enough for me. 99% of my games are turn based, so it speaks for Falcom, I'm not giving up after dying 6 or 7 times. I'm old and some boss encounters made my heart race like mad. So playing on hard or nightmare I might end up killing myself.
I love Ark too, however objectively inferior it may be to Origin and Oath. Ys7 is very different gameplay-wise. So are Ys1 & 2. Still, I had a lot of fun with them.
What character did you play in Origin? It's really worth it to complete the game with either all three or at least the third character that unlocks after you've beaten the game once. Maybe on a harder difficulty level if you can handle it.
What character did you play in Origin? It's really worth it to complete the game with either all three or at least the third character that unlocks after you've beaten the game once. Maybe on a harder difficulty level if you can handle it.
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After coming from Ark and Oath, I figured Hugo will provide a different enough experience. I do plan on replaying it with Toal, but not before I have finished Xanadu Next, Memories Of Celceta and Trails In The Sky.
The Ark engine games let me configure the mouse in a way I can walk with LMB and to hit with RMB. I don't think Ys I+II let me walk with the mouse, so I'm not sure if I'm going to play them.
Durandal: Ouch.That's downright vicious. MULTIPLE TIMES ? You like it rough.
Jack Dandy
Arcane
Alright, no harm in admitting that.
But, just keep in your mind that Hard and Nightmare each unlock extra boss attack patterns, and make enemies more aggressive.
It makes the game MUCH more fun. If you have an Ys-itch sometime, I urge you to replay the game on these modes.
Playing (and beating) Oath on Nightmare was one of the greatest gaming expereinces I ever had.
Jack Dandy
Arcane
Ah, I have to agree with Siveon on that. Ys 1-2's combat system really weren't much fun to begin with - nightmare mode is sheer stat buffs. No fun at all!
Alex
Arcane
Makes you wonder the reason play these games at all... just makes you ask... why?
Jack Dandy
Arcane
No, is a joke man. Probably. "Ys" -> WHYs.
Although, it's actually pronounced like "Geese" without the G.
Although, it's actually pronounced like "Geese" without the G.
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Valid points. I guess I can at least try it on my next run. You're right, I need to man up. These games desperately need an iron man mode. I mean, where is the thrill, when you just can try again, right ?
Jack Dandy
Arcane
Haha, I wouldn't go that far. The boss fights are fun but are very much dependant on a bit of trial and error.
After that, applying what you learned is like 50% of the fun!
After that, applying what you learned is like 50% of the fun!
Alex
Arcane
Maybe I should have gone with "So, at the end, do you ever find the becauses?".
The final boss of Felghana told me to git gud
pippin
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The series is numbered, so if you really want to play them you should follow the order of release I guess. Origin is a prequel to the first game and explains who is the big bad of Ys 1, but you don't really need to understand the rest of the games to play it. It's in fact the only Ys game I've ever played, and it's a hack and slash game, so it's not like you're exposed to deep lore or something like that.
Jack Dandy
Arcane
Play 1 & 2, they're the classics. Not as fun as later games, but still great.
Then, move on to Napishtim. It's moderately good.
Then, play Felghana & Origin on Hard or Nightmare. This is where the real meat is!
Then, move on to Napishtim. It's moderately good.
Then, play Felghana & Origin on Hard or Nightmare. This is where the real meat is!
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I'd even suggest getting a savegame for Felghana so you can just start on Inferno from the get go (normally you'd have to beat it on Nightmare before unlocking the higehst difficulty). Sadly Nightmare is the highest difficulty in Origin though.
Unless you're some wimp or playing with cut off fingers you miss out on a lot of fun by having overly difficult bosses, most of them have extra or at least augmented abilities which makes beating them so much more enjoyable on the highest difficulty.
Jack Dandy
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Inferno's no fun imo - no extra boss patterns or aggressive enemies. It's just Nightmare with buffed enemies stats.
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Been a while since I played it, but I felt a significant difference between Nightmare and Inferno. Bosses are still a tad bit faster in their animations than nightmare, which already gives you very little time to react. For the most part it is just more damage/health, but I don't really mind. You shouldn't get hit by any of the bosses abilities anyway, and having to dodge shit and exploit the bosses weakness for half a minute more thanks to them having more HP wasn't exactly a bad thing when I replayed it for the challenge.
Nightmare is the one that introduces most, if not all, of the new boss mechanics/patterns though, you're right about that.
Nightmare is the one that introduces most, if not all, of the new boss mechanics/patterns though, you're right about that.
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It took me an hour to fuck his shit up on hard, I really need to git gudThe final boss of Felghana told me to git gud
. Taking a break for over a year from the Ys games might've been a factor there though.
Wow, Ys II Chronicles is so much better than the first one. I thought it would be more of the same and dropped it long ago just after finishing the first one. Glad I got back to it.
Really? I played them in one sitting and I remember liking them both. On the other hand, precisely because I played them together, I don't even rightly remember how they differ.
The first one had less fun stuff to do, a ridiculous level cap and an atrocious final boss.
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