Anime Ys series

[Rean]

I have named this disgusting abomination NerevarineKing

 

[HoboForEternity]

Chante is a bro.

 

[NerevarineKing]

I have named this disgusting abomination NerevarineKing

I wish I was that stylish and handsome.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Isn't that a a chick?

 

[Harry Easter]

Chante is a bro.

He is. Can't help, but like him.

Played 4 hours.

Impressions so far:

- It's nice to actually wander around in a big city in the Ys - world. I like Balduq and the premise.
- That said, the game has some pacing issues so far, especially with White Cats story. And the message send by its conclusion ... ho boy. I hope it gets better and that VIII wasn't just that one time they struck gold. But VIII was also the game, where it felt like they put all their love in. In this one, they seem to experiment again.
- Gameplay is fast and fun as it should be.
- The graphics are actually more detailled than in VIII, but I guess the darker colours make it look uglier.
- Adols costume as Crimson King is just pimping. Good to know, that being cursed seems to take care of your daily grooming.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Finished ys 9. Another fantastic game.

Story wise it grew on me, while it never reach ys 8 emotional peak, overall the story and pacing was more balanced. They throw so much plot points with the characters i was afraid they wouldn't have resolved it satisfyingly but i am glad i am proven wrong.

Everyone even the minor characters and named NPCs got their story arc done and tied in a nice bow.

The bosses are fantastic too but i find it easier than ys8 on hard. Much easier especially since i got bull to deal absurd damage with high crit rate and her skills also deals absurd damage wity absurd range.

The only thing it doesn't have is ys8 sense of discovery and the more natural feel of progression plus the awkward magical barrier.

 

[Harry Easter]

How long did it take you to finish the game?

 

[HoboForEternity]

How long did it take you to finish the game?

42 hours. Almost 100%. I got the map and treasures at 97% and didnt bother with the rest. Ys 7 around 25 and celceta the same. 8 is an outlier with 70 hours

 

[Miner 2049er]

I loved Dana, but I'm not feeling IX at all. After 8 hours I simply can't push any further.

 

[Harry Easter]

8 is an outlier with 70 hours

You can say that again. VIII is a monster.

I loved Dana, but I'm not feeling IX at all. After 8 hours I simply can't push any further.

I think this one is a grower and you have to play it casually. Athough after chapter 3 I'm now invested in the plot.

 

[Sarathiour]

As reverie is nowhere closed to release, i started playing Ys VIII a few weeks ago, as my first entry in the series.
Honestly i'm hooked to hit, I've just unlock dana's third form.

 

[Harry Easter]

As reverie is nowhere closed to release, i started playing Ys VIII a few weeks ago, as my first entry in the series.
Honestly i'm hooked to hit, I've just unlock dana's third form.

You can't stop once you started, hmmm^^?

 

[NerevarineKing]

How long did it take you to finish the game?

42 hours. Almost 100%. I got the map and treasures at 97% and didnt bother with the rest. Ys 7 around 25 and celceta the same. 8 is an outlier with 70 hours

Ys 8 also originally released on Vita and had more content added for its PS4 version.

 

[Rean]

Ys IX is too easy, and the story thus far has been juvenile. Who was it that said Ys has better writing than Cold Steel?

 

[Rean]

StaticSpine it's your fault.https://rpgcodex.net/forums/members/staticspine.17629/

 

[Shadenuat]

im in final chapter. good ideas, even some OK characters

Spoiler

2x adols having evangelion moment was p touching

; very uninspired, formulaic monotonous boring execution. probably above celceta and felghana, worse than dana, and fairly mediocre dungeons and bosses - obviously below say Napishtim or older titles.
fuck all this open world, it just doesn't fit the spirit and drive of real adventure of an Ys game.
also I can't believe it, but this is finally an Ys without super music.
and I cried a bit at all the europ "references", as well as a girl that says mysterious thing on top of belfry tower and one character actually has Homing Soul Missiles game feels like it was done by someone who had just no bullets left in their gamedesigners gun.

 

[Sarathiour]

im in final chapter. good ideas, even some OK characters

Spoiler

2x adols having evangelion moment was p touching

; very uninspired, formulaic monotonous boring execution. probably above celceta and felghana, worse than dana, and fairly mediocre dungeons and bosses - obviously below say Napishtim or older titles.
fuck all this open world, it just doesn't fit the spirit and drive of real adventure of an Ys game.
also I can't believe it, but this is finally an Ys without super music.
and I cried a bit at all the europ "references", as well as a girl that says mysterious thing on top of belfry tower and one character actually has Homing Soul Missiles game feels like it was done by someone who had just no bullets left in their gamedesigners gun.

Unfortunately, gamedsign might suffer from falcom's current production cycle. One game per year is rarely good news. Also NISA seeing that the game sold pretty well, NISA decided to jack up the price.

I guess we can't have nice thing .

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Discounts eventually come... wait a year.

 

[Sarathiour]

Discounts eventually come... wait a year.

Discount come quite often, i would say at least twice per year. It's just NISA deciding to pig it out and raising the price of all precedent release, not exclusively falcom's one.

 

[Shadenuat]

Spoiler

serene girls voice: kind girls voice:

last chapter was ok although I feel like it was recycled from one of previous games tbh
Roo was cute
but mostly it was all very autopilot. apparently there is even only 1 ending
like in last trails, credits were the most feels

One game per year is rarely good news.

yea sounds rough.
they'll probably overwork themselves to death until they drive good old series into ground entirely.

 

[NerevarineKing]

I definitely agree that Falcom needs to slow down. I'd also like to see them put out something different from Trails or Ys just for a nice change of pace.

 

[Endemic]

Well the one game per year was a consequence of going public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to get investment. I guess they could make another filler gacha game...

 

[Sarathiour]

Well the one game per year was a consequence of going public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to get investment. I guess they could make another filler gacha game...

Honestly, i guess it would be incline at this point. Throw a bone at the investor and the consoomer by releasing shitty gacha every now and then, in order to regain a more interesting production cycle.

 

[Harry Easter]

Hmm, a game once a year doesn't mean, that they only have a year for each game. More two years or three years development time, but no delays. So just tighter deadlines, but considering that their output already is a game per year, would it be that different?

 

[Endemic]

Hmm, a game once a year doesn't mean, that they only have a year for each game. More two years or three years development time, but no delays. So just tighter deadlines, but considering that their output already is a game per year, would it be that different?

Doesn't leave much room for delays or flexibility due to changing market conditions, though. Tokyo Xanadu had to be cobbled together in a rush to make up for delays to Ys VIII and Trails.