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Ys Origin (PS4/Vita) |OT| Yes, you can start with this one too

QisTopTier

XisBannedTier
How difficult is this mode anyway?

It's what really makes the series worth playing in my eyes.

If you ever played an MMO before it's basically the equivalent of soloing raid bosses, the fights last a bit longer as bosses have more hp, they hit you like trucks so you have to learn the ins and outs of stuff plus their attack patterns get sped up or they get new moves all together
 

black070

Member
I don't think there's any specific enhancement for Pro and the boost mode shouldn't make any difference considering it's 60fps already.

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linkboy

Member
Just bought it. Never played a Ys game but heard great things about it

You're going to be in for a treat. I got into the Ys games with the PS2 port of Napishtim, now it's one of my favorite game franchises.

Play Felghana if you get a chance as well, its amazing.
 

bleaker

Member
Honestly there isn't a single Ys game you can't start with aside from 2. The games are all over with their chronology anyway. That said Origin is a fantastic game, go get the shiny new version.
 

B-Dex

Member
Just got to the first/second boss with Hugo. Liking it so far. Was not expecting to have to use any sort of strategy on the boss but was pleasantly surprised.
 
The new UI is pretty ugly lol. but it's definitely more readable. Especially from a distance

but so far the port seems pretty solid. Just disappointed at the lack of control mapping but that's probably to be expected on console.

Going to take a long time to get used to charging skills on face buttons instead of shoulder. Spoiled by playing the Napishtim engine games on PC for so long
 
Ok lol getting some bugs

Whenever I retry on bosses they lose the audio on just about all of their attacks and movements. Perhaps it has something to do with Hugo and how much noise his attacks make when the fight reloads, but it's happened consistently on the first two bosses now.

Pretty irritating since I rather enjoy the sound design in this game. Kind of lame having to go through the rest of the boss fight without hearing any of the sounds they make
 

Danny Dudekisser

I paid good money for this Dynex!
It's a different style from Celceta. Watch a video and see if it appeals to you.

If someone liked Celceta, I have a tough time believing they wouldn't find Origin to be completely amazing. It's a somewhat different style, sure, but it's waaaay better.
 

Saphirax

Member
Ok lol getting some bugs

Whenever I retry on bosses they lose the audio on just about all of their attacks and movements. Perhaps it has something to do with Hugo and how much noise his attacks make when the fight reloads, but it's happened consistently on the first two bosses now.

Pretty irritating since I rather enjoy the sound design in this game. Kind of lame having to go through the rest of the boss fight without hearing any of the sounds they make

Happens while playing as Yunica as well.
 

TheMink

Member
I LOOOOOVED Oath of Fenghala but I didn't even get anywhere in Ys: VI. Felt much simpler in a bad way.

Should I get this game?
 

Oneself

Member
Sweet, thank you. :)
So, I'm playing on a 1080p screen. It's quite sharp and 60fps, kind of obvious, and it doesn't look like it's supersampled.
There is no patch note / history. So no, it's probably not enhanced for Pro.

But it's freaking good so far.


Edit: oh and there's a puzzling lack of AF.
 

Shizuka

Member
The only issue I faced so far was the water sound while controlling Yunica kept playing even after I left that particular room. I saved my progress, reloaded and it was gone.
 

Eridani

Member
I LOOOOOVED Oath of Fenghala but I didn't even get anywhere in Ys: VI. Felt much simpler in a bad way.

Should I get this game?

If you loved Oath in Felghana you're pretty much guaranteed to love Origin too. Ys VI is a much worse game so it doesn't matter if you didn't like it.
 

black070

Member
So, I'm playing on a 1080p screen. It's quite sharp and 60fps, kind of obvious, and it doesn't look like it's supersampled.
There is no patch note / history. So no, it's probably not enhanced for Pro.

But it's freaking good so far.


Edit: oh and there's a puzzling lack of AF.

Thanks for this, much appreciated.
 
Why is it that on occasion the character you control will seemingly sprint across the screen, faster than normal running. It keeps doing it at random and I cant figure out why or if its something Im doing?
 

Genki

Member
Great game, hope playstation users enjoy it!

Thus, the game will be available in Japanese and English via the amazing work on the 2012 PC version by XSEED Games, but also — and for the first time ever — in French, Italian, German, and Spanish

- new language options (French, Italian, German and Spanish) to go alongside the English and Japanese translations

This makes it sound like the Steam version includes Japanese which it unfortunately doesn't.
 

Bladenic

Member
First boss down with Yunica.

For those who've played the game before, how much will the Mask of Eyes be used? Should I try it on often? Is it used for story progression or extra chests/items too?
 

Syril

Member
Why is it that on occasion the character you control will seemingly sprint across the screen, faster than normal running. It keeps doing it at random and I cant figure out why or if its something Im doing?
You might have gotten the item that lets you dash. By default you have to double tap movement, but you can set an option to just be dashing all the time.
 

Tizoc

Member
First boss down with Yunica.

For those who've played the game before, how much will the Mask of Eyes be used? Should I try it on often? Is it used for story progression or extra chests/items too?

Maybe once or twice early in the game. I never touched after finding that one secret path in
Fire Area
.

Y'all should set dash to auto, so that you're always running at top speed.
 

JPS Kai

Member
Still nothing up on OpenCritic for this, but I did see a couple other reviews go live this morning.

Two more video reviews to add to the mix:

ReActionExaminer 3/5Stars
CornShaq Gaming 8/10

And yeah, about that Mask..
You'll only use it twice

I didn't notice this until after playing, but most of the items in Origins show up again in later games like the
Blue Necklace (1) and Black Pearl (2)
 

e_i

Member
I'll stick with the PC version I already have. I wish it had better gamepad support. I can't get the controller to work on my GPD Win.
 

Cornbread78

Member
Still nothing up on OpenCritic for this, but I did see a couple other reviews go live this morning.

Two more video reviews to add to the mix:

ReActionExaminer 3/5Stars
CornShaq Gaming 8/10

And yeah, about that Mask..
You'll only use it twice

I didn't notice this until after playing, but most of the items in Origins show up again in later games like the
Blue Necklace (1) and Black Pearl (2)

Yeah, not many reviews floating around for the PS4 version yet, unfortunately. Sad the Vita version was delayed until May. :( Great game though. Here's our review:

http://leveldowngames.com/ys-origin-review/



Nice, hopefully more show up in the next few days.
 

Teknoman

Member
I didn't know there was a theme. For anyone else curious, here's a video.

The background could be better but that music...

Im just glad that the icons look nice, the music is a decent loop of the main theme, and Darm's Tower is featured. Its a pretty nice theme, and not complicated like some. Replacement for my Rez theme heh.
 

JPS Kai

Member
?
The game isn't even out on the Brazilian store, and they're already sending review copies?

Just because the game isn't live on the marketplace doesn't mean that review builds don't exist..

The NA code I received is for an alternate build of the game that doesn't have the theme. I might still buy it this weekend when the spend $100, get $15 promotion starts back up.
 
Bought the game despite being buried in games

The theme that comes with it is very nice, though nothing can topple the greatness that is the Pac Man Championship Edition 2 theme

This comes close though
 
Wait this is coming to Ps 4???? :OOO another reason to not buy a pc!!!

Feels great to play a falcom game again. I even had both versions running side by side on 2 displays to compare.
 
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