Reply With QuoteMod it and sell2me.Originally Posted by GohanX
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It seems to me that it has gameplay similar in nature to Zelda. Not as good (and I can just speak of the first one so far) but still fun, and unique in some ways.
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Sausage-in-training
It's an action RPG that's fairly light on puzzle solving and focuses instead on extremely speedy combat (especially from Ys VI on) and properly difficult boss fights. Lots of pattern memorization right out of the 80s and early 90s. And of course, that music.
Edit: For the handful of kids that had a Turbografx growing up, Ys Book I & II was the killer app that nothing ever really measured up to again. It was so far ahead of its time you couldn't help but be completely blown away by it. I've been a fan ever since.
Last edited by No One; 18 Feb 2016 at 11:13 PM.
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I tried playing Ys I & II Chronicles on the PSP. The combat felt really strange, with the sword swing not really being controlled by the player. Does that change in later versions of the game?
Sausage-in-training
Ys I & II Chronicles is the most recent version of Ys I & II, as far as I know.
There's a science to the classic gameplay, btw. Any attacks made head on against an enemy will usually result in damage, but if you come at them from an angle and attack from the side you can stun lock most enemies until they're killed. You also gain the ability to use magic from a distance early on in Ys II.
Edit: Now that I think about it, wasn't it possible to attack using a button in that weird version of Ys I & II on the DS?
Last edited by No One; 19 Feb 2016 at 01:42 AM.
I was blown away first by the pictures of the intro in EGM, and even moreso seeing and hearing it in motion on display at Compucentre.
Back then I really hated the combat, though. I had rented the highly praised SMS version but the gameplay turned me off and I was disappointed the TGCD played the same way. I did own and play through Ys III in the 16-bit era. That was different enough.
I went back to TGCD Ys I & II a few years ago and now I love the way it plays. It's atypical but it works. Those are some of my favourite games of that era now. The modern Ys games haven't gripped me in the same way.
Highly praised where? I HAD a Master System and it wasn't until many years later that I found out Ys existed on it.
EGM issue 1, Video Games & Computer Entertainment (the issue with the Power Glove on the cover), and word of mouth.
Last edited by NeoZeedeater; 19 Feb 2016 at 12:31 PM.
Ah.
EGM didn't show up in my town until late in its first year. I really miss the anticipation of when the new game mags would show up.
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