All of me wishes I would’ve played this 9 years ago. But even then, this feels like its graphically stuck in 2009-2012, and mechanically in the early 2000s.

It looks how FFX looked on release.. on the PS2.. in 2003. The gear system is also nearly non existent, while some may hail for the simplicity, I don’t want that.

It’s definitely dated a bit, and the exploration is a bit convoluted. A lot of the negative reviews of this game are spot on. The map, is terrible. When you’re consistently interrupted by events at the village that you are FORCED to travel to, you have to teleport back and fight off the same hoards of enemies you JUST found. Not only that, but sometimes you could just simply be missing one small area over half the map away.

I dunno. I want to like this, but it just didn’t respect my time and I quit after chapter 4. This game could not hold my interest.

nice chill game

I really enjoyed this one, but at the same time made me appreciate the simplicity of the older games in the series.

It's somewhat long and the story goes many places, though that's not a bad thing; it helps to amplify the circumstances under which the game's story develops and really gives you the sense that you're embarking on a grand adventure. All the characters were great, and it did feel like a true shame to say goodbye to all of them at the end.

Combat wise...it could have been a bit better. It's way too easy and somewhat tedious for most of the game. It only really gets decently challenging in the latter part of the game, and I think it's great that they kept the simple control scheme and actions that mostly rely on your reflexes and now, timing. That said, its fast pace made it fun to engage with even in the slower, easier sections of the game.

Overall...it's very good, but perhaps simplicity is what suit the series best. No doubt this was made with the intention of being a lot of people's first Ys, which is good when you're being challenged and the story is flowing along nicely...and sometimes bad, when some of the side activities overstay their welcome, without mentioning the tedium that is material gathering. Still, I very much recommend it.

Soooo i bought this cause i saw some Top 10 Lists and was starving for an Rpg of this type , never played a Ys game before so i went in blind and at the start it was ok-ish , i knew it was an older game and the story is so so ... but then after act 2 when things start to roll the deeper i got the better it got where now i would recommend this in an heartbeat the combat is weird at the start but when you get deeper the whole game is just getting amazing the story the chars (Dana :O) if you want to buy it do it nothing to regret here absolut gem of a game

Incredible