Mauricio_Magus
Banned
VII and Celceta are fantastic games but I also wish the characters would shut up.
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Ys Community Thread | "Do you know the name Adol Christin?"
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VII and Celceta are fantastic games but I also wish the characters would shut up.
I've actually only played VII but I've heard Celceta is more of the same as far as all the endless dialogue goes. VII was fun enough but all the JRPG cliches were out in full force. I just wanted to get in there and kick some ass!
(Which reminds me. I should replay Felghana soon.)
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Jesus Christ, it really was....
I've played both and while they are amazing games I can agree that there is an enormous amount of dialogue you probably won't care about. I still recommend playing them if you're a Ys fan at all.
Oh, yeah. I would totally *love* to play Celceta but can't justify buying a Vita just for that game.
BassForever
Member
Finished Hugo's campaign, his story was better in some ways and worse in others, gameplay wise the game clearly wasn't balanced around Hugo's play style as he trivialized most bosses when they couldn't do much against his pew pew pew spam. Only the fight with The Claw was actually fun becuase Claw had ai that was programmed around Hugo's abilities and was actually somewhat challenging.
Guess I'll start The Claw's campaign which is also apparently the canon one and the really good story so lets see how it goes.
Edit: Claw's campaign is way better then the other two by far, both gameplay and story are vastly better.
Guess I'll start The Claw's campaign which is also apparently the canon one and the really good story so lets see how it goes.
Edit: Claw's campaign is way better then the other two by far, both gameplay and story are vastly better.
I found Yunica by far the hardest character to play with, especially on the bosses. But part of it was that I was still figuring out how to beat them.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Well she is super clunky and has to rely on the fire sword attack most of the time which is slow.
Hugo and Claw both get to go apeshit on bosses.
The game did feel balanced around her though
BassForever
Member
I think the thing that irked me about Yunica is how your physical attack changed depending upon the spell you had. Other then that she was basically oath Adol with better spells (especially earth). I feel its more a case of Hugo and maybe the Claw's campaigns being too easy which makes Yunica's the hardest by default.
Yeah. I also played Origin right after Felghana and I thought with Yunica, Origin was slightly easier. With Hugo and the Claw, the game was practically a joke, difficulty-wise.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Nah, I played both Felghana and Origin on Normal. It's been over a year since I last played them so I'll probably go back in at some point with a higher difficulty (especially Felghana, since I only played it once as opposed to Origin's three times).
BassForever
Member
Did you play the psp version of oath or the steam version? The psp adds extra abilities like double boost which makes that version much easier apparently.
Having played on hard I feel like Oath was harder then Origin for bosses which is the meat and potatoes. I feel like Origin had some slightly tougher regular enemies and room lay outs but those are much easier to cheese thanks to healing and the better magic abilities of the origin characters.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I played steam version and I've only played the series on Nightmare.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Origin Hard = Felghana Normal.
Nightmare is a massive difficulty increase in Origin though. Bosses are leagues more difficult than in hard mode.
Nightmare is a massive difficulty increase in Origin though. Bosses are leagues more difficult than in hard mode.
Looks like Ark of Napishtim has been outed as an upcoming 2015 release in the Xseed release tease thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=146759669&postcount=201
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=146759669&postcount=201
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Fuck Yes
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I'll buy it for support but damn if that game isn't meh
It's the weakest of the games running on that engine but I still had fun with it.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Shitty hit detection made me rage so much on some of the fights.
Destroying floor panels boss was fun though
All it really needed was an overworld fast travel system and a better dash jump mechanic.
I didn't notice any of that. What I disliked was all the backtracking and a disappointing final boss.
(And yeah, the dash jump.)
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yeah, I'll admit that asshole pissed me off. Probably died the most on him.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
It's definitely among the weaker Ys games I've played, but I still enjoyed it. Adding a fast travel mechanic would go a long way in making it more enjoyable but that is probably expecting too much.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Tizoc
Member
You know of all the boss fights I played in all my 20+ years of gaming, I don't think ANYTHING will top this at least any time soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhDGlY-_Km4#t=186
Anyone else agree? You spend much of the game as a team, but then Falcom have you go solo just like the old days, and once again show the world that Adol effin' Christen gets. shit. done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhDGlY-_Km4#t=186
Anyone else agree? You spend much of the game as a team, but then Falcom have you go solo just like the old days, and once again show the world that Adol effin' Christen gets. shit. done.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I don't think it's one of the best boss fights in the series. But it's one of the best moments that's for sure.
Augemitbutter
Member
you're goddamn right. it is a special moment. something you will not forget.
>Adol gets thrown in an arena to fight a giant flaming hyena monster with a shitty sword and a wooden shield.
>He's not even meant to win - it's a glorified execution.
>http://youtu.be/m8-ZE3_b7pQ
>Adol kills the monster anyway.
Why is Adol such a fucking badass.
BassForever
Member
So I ended up getting a Vita today along with Ys 4 Memories in Celcetra, so I guess at this point I might as well play these games in order (ignoring Origin). Ys 5 is fan patch only, Ys 6 is coming to steam later this year, and ys 7 is on PSN and that's the whole series pretty much ya?
Oddly, I've played through VII and I can't remember that fight at all...
Pretty much. Origin on PC, I & II on PC or PSP, Oath on PC or PSP, Celceta on Vita, V on PC, Napishtim on PC, PSP or PS2 and Seven on PSP.
It was the first boss battle with that awesome secondary battle theme.
EDIT: Is Ys V expert harder to find than the normal?
Tizoc
Member
Holy shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhO37PCNAu0
Start with Ys Oath which is on sale for only a few hours!
Ys OiF is Ys 3 and a great staring point for a newcomer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhO37PCNAu0
Start with Ys Oath which is on sale for only a few hours!
Ys OiF is Ys 3 and a great staring point for a newcomer.
BassForever
Member
I already played 1&2, oath, and origin in that order 2 weeks ago hence my not including them
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Did you get the Silver Sword? if not, go get it.
If you already got all the treasure inside the cave then you only need the Silver Sword. The Roda Seeds you got in one of the chests will allow you to talk to the Roda Trees out in the field (there's two of 'em) when you eat them. One of them gives you the sword.
BassForever
Member
Go to a corner, wait as long as you can while there is still space to move then bolt to the next corner, repeat until the bats slowly group back together. He will merge back into his real form, yell for a second, then split up again. That second when he yells is the only time you can hit him and you can only hit him once. Basically repeat this process until he dies, if you aren't at level 10 with the silver sword grind and go get it
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
To me the best moment in Ys history is in Origin.
Stuff happens then this kicks in
My second favorite? Also Ys Origin.... stuff happens then THIS PLAYS and since I played it blind all I said was HOOOOOOOLY FUUUUUUCK then suddenly... THIS
Fucking amazing
Playing Origin after 1 and 2 makes it fucking amazing. Best game
Stuff happens then this kicks in
My second favorite? Also Ys Origin.... stuff happens then THIS PLAYS and since I played it blind all I said was HOOOOOOOLY FUUUUUUCK then suddenly... THIS
Fucking amazing
Playing Origin after 1 and 2 makes it fucking amazing. Best game
So I'm finishing up my Oath in Felghana run, and I'm having with
.
I understand the nature of the fight,
. What I can't do is dodge the
. It has almost no startup animation. I can hit the jump button before the swords reach me, but I still get hit because it takes some time for Adol to get enough height to avoid the swords.
Am I missing something, or are my reactions just too slow?
Dularn's second fight (the sorcerer dude that throws swords at you)
I understand the nature of the fight,
dodging the swords first and then spamming fire magic
sword pattern where he throws a bunch of swords at the same time to cover an area
Am I missing something, or are my reactions just too slow?
just got to that point in Seven actually, so damn good, and dat music
Felghana is my favorite Ys soundtrack but it's hard to go wrong with any of them.
BassForever
Member
Your earth charge move has invulneability frames letting you dash through the swords. Its what I did IIRC and its also what I did for an upcoming boss that I'm 99% sure that is the only way to dodge a specific attack.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yup use earth through that. The dragon boss should have taught you how good earth is as well as the missle mech boss.
As for the next boss
I don't remember using Earth on him I just kept mobile I fucked up and didn't save my footage of the fight though so I could just be remembering wrong