Koroviev
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Is there an achievement for playing it on very easy? Should I start out with that first?
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Ys: The Oath in Felghana (PC/Steam) |OT|
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Is there an achievement for playing it on very easy? Should I start out with that first?
I would start out on just easy, very easy is such a push over of a mode. For example, the third Statue Boss, I killed its second form in 1 attack, where in easy it took a good 3 or 4 minutes.
There is Achievements for beating the game on each difficulty, and one for finishing in under 5 hours. There is actually an achievement for just starting a very easy game.
There is Achievements for beating the game on each difficulty, and one for finishing in under 5 hours. There is actually an achievement for just starting a very easy game.
Koroviev
Member
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
At least there are three achievements that actually give Very Easy mode a purpose. Without those it's pretty much pointless.
AndyMoogle
Member
Well, that's what makes the game an easy game. You'll have to force the game to be hard by putting restrictions on yourself when playing on normal.
dragonlife
Member
I'm at the end of the game. The fight with
was a lot of fun. I think it was my favorite one, along with the
. I attempted the finale battle but kept losing. I think I will take a break for now.
Garland
fire bird/bridge one
Do you not get the very easy achievement if you beat the game on normal? I was hoping it would award everything below.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Hoping to finally give this a whirl after I finish Graces f tonight. Love the graphic style. Steam needs more games like this. (TitS, XSeed! TitS!)
CornBurrito
Member
You can pretty much grind in any RPG ever...
The game is hard if you don't specifically go out of your way to grind. And you pretty much do have to go out of your way.
Koroviev
Member
That's one of my favorite aspects of RPGs. You don't necessarily have to choose an arbitrary difficulty level, you can *make* one
The Mana Legend
Banned
I <3 grinding so much.
I have grinded so much in this game. To the point where I have never ever NOT had enough money/raval ore to upgrade/buy stuff. I'm almost level 50 right now and I just got to Genos Island. So nice. <3
I have grinded so much in this game. To the point where I have never ever NOT had enough money/raval ore to upgrade/buy stuff. I'm almost level 50 right now and I just got to Genos Island. So nice. <3
They do not stack.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Which is another thing I love. I generally hate difficulty achievements not stacking, but I cannot wait to run through this game in a couple of hours in the lower difficulties.
I'm actually kind of disappointed, tbh. I was going to go through it on the harder difficulties, but I didn't want to have to do each and EVERY one. Oh well, that just means that I'll get them all over the span of a few years, rather than weeks, lol.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
You must love it. I think I was level 50 when I got to the end of that area.
Yeah, I'm glad I learned that before I really got very far. I'm going to start again on Easy and work my way up. I got my face handed to me 20~ times by the first boss before I beat him, at level 7, so I'm probably not quite prepared
This game is really intriguing me. Never played an Ys game before. Is this a good one to start with?
Now my next question: Is this version supposed to be dramatically better than the PSP version? I'd much rather have a physical copy when possible, and I love portables, so I'm just wondering. Price doesn't matter to me (I can get the PSP version for $25 which I'm fine with).
Now my next question: Is this version supposed to be dramatically better than the PSP version? I'd much rather have a physical copy when possible, and I love portables, so I'm just wondering. Price doesn't matter to me (I can get the PSP version for $25 which I'm fine with).
Yeah, I can see using Easy as warm up. Very Easy however sounds more like it exists to SPEEDRUN a game instead, if bosses can be downed in a single hit.Yeah, I'm glad I learned that before I really got very far. I'm going to start again on Easy and work my way up. I got my face handed to me 20~ times by the first boss before I beat him, at level 7, so I'm probably not quite prepared
EternalGamer
Banned
Better visuals, bigger screen vs. the new voice work in PSP version.
For me no question that $15 for this version is the way to go.
Well, the PSP version also has extras like restarting from the last area transition rather than the last save point if you die in addition to the already explained second boost. But then that's probably more a portable concession than anything else, though it'd sure be nice to have at times. It's also widescreen properly, but if you want that I imagine higher quality visuals are your priority, and the PC version has that trumped with or without official widescreen support.
... Playing this makes me want to replay Trails in the Sky. REALLY hope that can come sooner that later, I'd kinda prefer to play it with spring weather or some reason anyway.
... Playing this makes me want to replay Trails in the Sky. REALLY hope that can come sooner that later, I'd kinda prefer to play it with spring weather or some reason anyway.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
$25? Looks like the price is going up, it's been $15 for a while (and it's $15 on PSN).
PSP version is probably fine if you prefer portables. It's a good port and has a lot of extras. It's not really missing anything except higher graphic fidelity, and it's a little easier due to the aforementioned double boost and restarting the same room instead of at the last save point.
I'm thinking later. Probably 5-6 months before SC is planned to be released, that way plenty of people can pick up the game on PC, maybe even see a sale in that period, but those that do play the PC version won't be stuck waiting until who-knows-when for SC. I'm sure the XSEED guys get annoyed answering the same questions about "When is SC coming?!?!" over and over again.
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Just finished the game, took me about 15 hours in Easy mode. All in all, an awesome, if simple, game. Very enjoyable and with awesome (and demanding) boss fights.
The fact they announced Origin for an indeterminate point doesn't help either. The likelihood of getting that readied, WITH a Steam registry listing, implies we're not seeing anything else come out beforehand on Steam, and it does seem likely it'll come in a month or two AT BEST anyway.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Goddamn, I hope I can find a way to play the PS2 remake of Ys III. I love Oath, but I miss the sidescrolling aspect of the original.
And this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_3MQdXaew
Looks amazing.
And this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_3MQdXaew
Looks amazing.
DualShadow
Member
Game plays so much better with a controller, found things much easier using a controller.
dragonlife
Member
Yay, I beat it. Definitely a lot of fun. That lost bass was something else.
Honestly, the stretching doesn't look bad at all. I'm playing at 1680x1050, myself, with everything else maxed out. These games clean up so well, it's nuts.
It's definitely YMMV, but that's the case with all stretching. Someone like me can barely stand it even on text, others will stretch every god damn thing and not notice it.
dragonlife
Member
Yup. Add me to the list of people who didn't mind this game stretched at 1920x1080. It probably helped that I have never seen the Ys series any other way. Looked good to me.
After beating it, I really can't wait for Origin now.
After beating it, I really can't wait for Origin now.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
So... I played through the game on normal first, then blew through it on very easy. Thought I was done. Apparently not - I just randomly started up the game on hard and I'm playing through it again. Which brings me to a few things:
1) This game is really damn good. I'm on my 3rd playthrough this week, and this is on top of already playing through the PSP version last November.
2) I've come to the realization that when it comes to RPGs, Falcom just... gets it. These games have all the charm and addictiveness of hardcore, old-school games; but with a modern coat of paint. Yeah, there's Dark Souls and all that, but I feel like moreso than basically any other JRPG developer, Falcom is making games I actually want to play.
3) XSEED really needs to get some more Falcom games on Steam to satisfy my addiction, and quick. For whatever reason, I'd really like to see Xanadu Next... or some of Falcom's stuff that hasn't seen a PSP release in the States. But uh... I'll take pretty much whatever I can get.
1) This game is really damn good. I'm on my 3rd playthrough this week, and this is on top of already playing through the PSP version last November.
2) I've come to the realization that when it comes to RPGs, Falcom just... gets it. These games have all the charm and addictiveness of hardcore, old-school games; but with a modern coat of paint. Yeah, there's Dark Souls and all that, but I feel like moreso than basically any other JRPG developer, Falcom is making games I actually want to play.
3) XSEED really needs to get some more Falcom games on Steam to satisfy my addiction, and quick. For whatever reason, I'd really like to see Xanadu Next... or some of Falcom's stuff that hasn't seen a PSP release in the States. But uh... I'll take pretty much whatever I can get.
Koroviev
Member
Hey, don't forget Atlus
Taken care of Very Easy - Normal so far. Probably going to play other games before I go to Hard difficulty.
My friend got the achievement for killing the last boss with no damage, and I call shenanigans. Though I wonder if you can use an illusion mirror beforehand and at least withstand 3 attacks before you miss it.
My friend got the achievement for killing the last boss with no damage, and I call shenanigans. Though I wonder if you can use an illusion mirror beforehand and at least withstand 3 attacks before you miss it.
I have a variant of that: I feel like Falcom nails what I like out of JRPGs, at least a good chunk of what I like about them, and Dark Souls nails what I want out of gaming PERIOD, regardless of genre.
True, it working for me is probably helped largely by me not even knowing what the game looked like before this.
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Question:
It just took a few minutes to post to the achievement page.
LowParry
Member
Y'all should watch the origins of Adol through the anime. How he becomes the badass that is he now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBdyJg-Pydg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBdyJg-Pydg&feature=related
Played around with the resolutions and settings, and I think I like 1600x900 (non-stretched resolution) on my 1080p monitor the best, something about the stretched resolutions like 1080p look off to me.
although I'm kind of a nazi when it comes to this stuff.Dreamwriter
Member
Their next Steam game is Ys Origin, which hasn't been released in the States in any form. Its gameplay is kind-of a dungeon-crawler version of Oath in Felghana with more story and multiple characters to play through the game as. It's a prequel to Ys 1&2.
LowParry
Member
I just hope people don't get turned off by the game because you don't play as Adol. The game is extremely fun so don't let that small fact turn you off to Origins.
manzo
Member
Played around with the resolutions and settings, and I think I like 1600x900 (non-stretched resolution) on my 1080p monitor the best, something about the stretched resolutions like 1080p look off to me.
I'm playing on a 110" screen with a 1080p projector. I found 1440x1050 pretty much the best resolution, since the vertical resolution is closest to the native reso.
Play as Yunica in Origins. It's pretty much 1=1 with Adol.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Also using 1440x1050 on my 1080p monitor and it looks really good. I'd have used my TV but I don't have that set up with my PC right now.
And some people still say Yunica isn't good enough since she's still not Adol. Which is a bit silly since the series is called "Ys" and Origin is most certainly about the series namesake.
dragonlife
Member
I was already getting it, but this makes me want it more.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Yeah, definitely curious... especially after previewing a few songs from the soundtrack.
This, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVL34JQkW6Q
More my musical style, especially in a game like this.
Bu... bu... bu... I can't play as Ys, man...
chickdigger802
Banned
hmmm my gtx 460 can't seem to understand 'fixed aspect ratio' =/
hmmmm.
hmmmm.
Yup. Origin is awesome. Just got finished FINALLY beating it the other day. (I got stuck on a boss only to find I was missing a weapon upgrade...kinda put the game down for a few months.)
IIRC, it uses the same general game engine as Oath and VI.
Yup, you start out with two characters, Yunica and Hugo. Yunica's basically a female Adol, whereas Hugo's like a human Gladius ship with options and shields (basically like playing a run-and-gun SHUMP). After you beat the game with both of them, you unlock a third character.
AdawgDaFAB
Member
I already knew the rest of this, but the bold part is news to me. I always thought the story stuff in Origin would be lighter due to it's seemly much stronger dungeon-crawler nature but I guess I'm wrong. Chalk up one more reason for me to be super excited for Origin now (I got it for free back when they were giving it out through Groupon but decided to just wait for this release instead of playing it now).
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I just played it relatively recently and I didn't feel like it would significantly more story-heavy than Oath. Cutscenes are more frequent, but that seems like it's more due to the more linear nature of the game than the fact there are a whole lot more of them.
It's definitely not as "bloated" as Seven.