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On June 7th at 12:09 PM I was reminded of this games existence on Spotify, because the OST for the game had been recommended to me. I'll be honest and say that I wasn't impressed by what I had heard except for two songs. Into The Mind and I Don't Know (what I'm doing with my life) were the two songs in particular that caught my attention. I kept listening to them on repeat to the point that I actually wanted to give the game a chance. I'm sure you all know how much YIIK got hated on back when it launched so I won't go into detail about it, but I will say it totally turned me off from wanting to play it at the time.

So on June 11th my then best friend and now boyfriend gifted me the game after I talked about wanting to play the game to him.

To say that day changed my life is an understatement. No joke this game is an absolute masterpiece in my eyes. I don't even know how to put into words how much I love this game and how much it means to me as a person. I seriously think anyone who was turned off by this game during release should give it a shot now. It's not even the same game anymore, and I am both immensely shocked and impressed by Ackk Studios for not giving up on this game when everyone was against it, but instead persevered to make it the game it is today. This game isn't made for everyone, and if you still don't like it that's okay! I just think that more people should give it another chance because I seriously can't state enough how different this game is compared to how it was on launch.

Oh and remember how I mentioned I was not impressed by the OST when I had first listened to it? Yeah well it turns out I was a complete idiot, because listening to the actual OST play in game completely changed my entire perspective on it. It's such an underrated soundtrack that more people should listen to. As of writing this review I have 1,525 total plays on the OST alone. I think you'll appreciate the soundtrack way more once you hear it in game, because that's exactly what happened to me.

Now I can't say much about the old battle system, but I can say that the new battle system is one of the most unique battle systems I have ever played in any RPG. I'm not joking when I say that this games mechanics made me remember why I love turn based battles so much in the first place. It was so much fun experimenting with all of the different Karta to see what worked best on each character for my play style. It's a bit hard to grasp at first, but once you get the hang of it all it's so much fun. Just remember to do the tutorial before going to a Monster Den or you will be totally confused, because that's exactly what happened to me.

The story and character's are absolutely wonderful. I won't go into to much detail because I really think the story should be experienced spoiler free, but I absolutely adore the characters. Now it doesn't really take a lot for me to get attached to a character, but I can confidently say that you will more than likely have a favorite by the time you meet everyone. RORY MANCER I LOVE YOU PLEASE MARRY ME

I also absolutely adore the graphics for this game. The characters all look so cute in their 3D models and the environments can look absolutely stunning at times. The area where you meet Sammy for the first time is the one that first comes to mind. I seriously stood there in that room for a few minutes just looking at everything. There are more areas like this in the game though, and they're all amazing in their own right.

Anyways, I could go on and on about this game, but I doubt anyone wants to read a college essay on the Steam store page for YIIK of all games. As of writing this review I am currently still playing through NG+ which oh yeah I forgot to add that after you beat the game there is essentially a sequel in NG+. Very neat stuff.

I'm going to end my review here but not without a final message. Thank you to both Brian and Andrew Allanson and EVERYONE who worked so hard on this game to make it what it is today.

And thank you to my boyfriend for gifting this game to me. I have had so many good memories talking about my love for this game with you. I hope when you play the game for yourself you can appreciate it as much as I did.

Thank you to anyone who made it this far. I hope you give this game a chance after reading my review.

I'M YIIKING OUT!
- CompariSin

EDIT: I changed a bit of what was originally written on my review, but for anyone wondering... Yes I am still obsessed with this game. It has been 5 months and this game has not left my mind. I would say I need help, but in all honesty I love this game too much to even want to consider ever putting it down.

As someone who played the original trilogy (except for Ripto's Rage/Gateway To Glimmer as my family didn't own that one) religiously as a kid I have to say that these are overall pretty good remakes. I do have a lot of minor gripes and nitpicks mainly to do with the character redesigns and the fact that I still experienced glitches that I encountered on my first play-through 6 years ago when the game first released on the PS4/X Box One, but aside from that these are still serviceable remakes that I think casual and hardcore Spyro fans will still enjoy. I still do prefer the original's but that's just my rose tinted glasses speaking.

Honestly just playing this out of pure nostalgia, i love it but you can tell it was clearly made for mobile and which assets they ripped directly from aj classic (especially the stretched out jpeg backgrounds, although theyre pretty funny). I should probably be playing fer.al instead as it was made for people my age but i just cant help it this game is too nostalgic for me