Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

released on Sep 26, 2019

While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city.


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there are not much times where i say ''i wish this game had more quests'' but this is one of those. it's so fucking good.

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It takes a little while to get the ball rolling with this game because it gets stuck on a focus of introducing it's cast members in it's first half while being a bit too mysterious for it's own good IMO - but man, when it picks up it picks UP. It's got an absolutely amazing story filled with some surprisingly fantastic fanservice for anyone who's played any previous Ys games.

Taking as long as it did sure was worth it though, because the cast is great and the combat's fantastic, the worldbuilding is surprisingly enticing and the movement options that slowly open up as you add more members to your party feel SO good.
I have also joined the ranks of the Adol understanders now. Sure, the whole "silent MC because he's retelling the story without painting it with his own perspective" thing is admittedly interesting but still does exactly that; not really make him stand out as a character.
Until this game, that is! Oh man, its plans for him intrigue you as soon as the intro, and I'm proud to announce they didn't fumble that one bit. He's so good.
So yeah, despite the meat of the story taking it's sweet time - it's just a fantastic game on all fronts honestly! It more than makes up for that despite my doubts about halfway through. I had a great time with it.

Never thought a game would make me yell "YOOO IT'S THE FUCKIN BAT FROM YS 1" in the middle of a boss battle but here we are!
What a ridiculously charming experience it was.

After waiting sometime since completing my first playthrough(playing NG+ in the meantime) I’m ready to finally log my thoughts on Ys Monstrum Nox.Ys has been a series I had my eyes on for awhile and among a time of wanting something new and it being apart of the switches eshop year jumpstart sale I decided to grab it though in my opinion this game would’ve been worth a full 60 had I payed it.

First the story because I don’t want to go deep into details as there are many twists and turns to a well mostly written plot but I will say the main party of the monstrum”s are enjoyable characters who are well developed and the human cast of the Dandelion bar are fun and enjoyable as well.I say mostly well written as there are times when the plot will pause on one moment and drag it out for awhile and had me begging to just get on with the rest of the game already but that’s really the only issue I had and moving on to the gameplay now because like I said going further with the plot would involve spoiling said plot and I dare not do that with all the curves it throws our way.

The gameplay I found quite fun the action combat was easy to pick up and satisfying to master.From the flash move and guard rewarding you with extra time to get attacks in for timing evades/guards just right to the variety of skills each character learns for combat to the fact each of the monstrum”s unique gift can have use in battles and not just exploration.Raging Bulls Valkyrie Hammer breaking enemy shields,Hawks Hunters Descent letting you get some aerial combo time,Crimson Kings crimson line letting you get in close to far away enemies it’s just a fun time all around.

Speaking of exploration this game also nails that the prison city of balduq is big but it doesn’t feel to overwhelming at any point and there’s plenty to see and do! From collectioning azure petals hidden quite literally everywhere,to finding graffiti with a variety of messages and finding land marks and chests hidden in the city(those first three you also get rewards from npcs for hitting collection milestones) combined with how every npc has something new to say every chapter with some even having their own arcs that progress throughout the game(seriously tak to everyone everytime)and the the usual sidequests I was never bored in balduq.

Now I mentioned earlier I got this off the switch Eshop which means I played the switch verison and being honest for an action game port I never had any major performance issues at all except for some slow down when there was a ridiculous amount of enemies on screen. So if you have a switch I’d say go for it for some action on the go or at home.

Overall I loved Monstrum Nox and I’m glad I finally took my first steps into the Ys series and I’ll definitely be going back on previous games to see what other adventures and characters Adol had run into.

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Putain ce jeu est génial, l'OST c'était spécialement FIRE avec des OST comme Cloaca Maxima ou Norse Wind (en vrai je dirais que mes jeux prefs niveau OST sont Ys 8, Ys 9 et Ys 7). L'exploration et platforming c'étaient très très TRÈS fun et le combat était extrêmement addictif. À mon avis c'est le meilleur gameplay de toute la série pour le moment car le platforming + le combat c'est une combinaison excellente. Le scénario est dingue, j'étais très confus pendant pas mal de chapitres car le jeu prend son temps pour expliquer qu'est-ce qui se passe mais finalement je l'ai kiffé beaucoup

LES CHARACTER DESIGNS DANS CE JEU SONT MAGNIFIQUES, tous les party members ont l'air d'être des vrais persos principaux et pas seulement adol, j'adore particulièrement Pupa (BON SANG J'ADORE PUPA ELLE A L'AIR D'ÊTRE UN PERSO DE BLOODBORNE), Furens Taurus et Falco, et même si Aprilis est pas jouable PURÉE ELLE EST TELLEMENT STYLÉE AUSSI. Bref, ce jeu c'est l'un des mes jeux Ys prefs et je le recommande fortement

Stronger than 8 in some aspects, weaker in others. Combat is most polished of any party game. Barring the final chapter the pacing feels fastest of the four (even with the obnoxious side content that continues to appear through the dimensional portal from the Trails universe). The setting isn't as visually striking as 8 and it carries over a few too many systems from that game that feel more forced given the context of the story.

Por fin he completado la saga Ys.
El IX es un Ys VIII cambiando escenario y demás, pero mismo formato en todo (rollo Far Cry 4). Aun así, el sistema de combate es mejor, la historia es interesante y me ha encantado el elenco de personajes. Anemona rules