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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 12.4 hrs on record (9.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 15 Jul, 2013 @ 9:42pm

Kick any semblance of combat to the curb in Yes Origins: Yes 1 & 2 Collection! Want to be an anime sprite but tired of choosing attacks from menus? Take control of Adol, the red haired anime who just wants to adventure. Adol wakes up to find himself up to his (your) neck in adventure and must uncomfortably bump his way out.

Okay enough summary time for the review! *cracks knuckles* Ys Chronicles is a lazy game for newbs who don’t know how to play (or make??) a REAL RPG. Combat consists of you rubbing against an enemy until one of you explodes. I’m serious you can brush elbows with a Goblin and it’s just a horrible pixelated bloody mess everywhere. It’s an RPG where you must get a better sword and shield, like I haven’t seen THAT one before!

So more anime shows up and there is a big tower? The story is elegant in its simplicity while the remade vendor graphics and sprites are charmingly well done so it’s like an indie game if it were made by real people in the late 80s. The explores are pretty phat too. Phat explores. A JRPG title with this little substance is never going to happen again folks. I’m trying to think of more to talk about but that is literally it. That’s all. That’s the whole two games. I think an NPC goes through a wall at one point which is a big deal to fans of the series.


Features:
- Late Game Bromance
- Numbers Getting Bigger
- Tale of Souls & Swords

Lacks:
- Light Hearted Minigame
- Bros Before Hoes (#1reasonwhy)
- Combat Gameplay Mechanics

This game does nothing for me because I don’t own a single wall scroll. All I need is Rockstar Energy.

--Maxim Magazine


9 / 10 “It gets hard and is an anime with a story. True born classic.” - Famitsu Magazine
3 out of 5. - Xplay
9 / 10 “I can eat food with one hand and play with the other.” - PC Gamer

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catte.png 16 Jul, 2013 @ 2:38am 
That's a lot of words for an anime game.