Dai_Kyu
2 reviews liked by Dai_Kyu
I'm going to be real with you chief. I really, REALLY want to be able to see my own hitbox.
Almost snapped my PSP in half while fighting Dark Fact, good times.
Finished on December 5th of 2020.
The bump combat system can seriously be infuriating, but surprisingly very fun too. Since characters don't even have attack animations (In Ys I at least, Ys II actually gave Adol and the mob enemies attack animations) it's pretty impossible to avoid damage when you're just running into every enemy. The boss design in Ys I is really horrible, especially the final boss which is basically 80% luck and 20% skill, Ys II has a lot better designed bosses though, also Ys II gives you magic abilities and just having a range attack alone helps so much.
Some of the level design can be quite annoying too because it's very labyrinthine and you don't even have a mini-map so it's easy to get lost, but the OST is incredible and always sets the atmosphere for every level so even when I got lost I never minded, I also love the pixel art and character designs. The story is very simplistic, there's honestly probably only 50 lines of story dialogue between both games but what little story the games have is engaging enough and made me care about the main characters.
All in all I am glad I played through Ys I & Ys II, while they didn't blow me away, they were still solid, enjoyable experiences and very memorable, seeing the formation of the series was nice. Plus Origin, Ys I & Ys II all have a bit of interconnected world-building and since Trails is my fave series of all time you can imagine I like that and playing all 3 games together felt pretty fulfilling.
Finished on December 5th of 2020.
The bump combat system can seriously be infuriating, but surprisingly very fun too. Since characters don't even have attack animations (In Ys I at least, Ys II actually gave Adol and the mob enemies attack animations) it's pretty impossible to avoid damage when you're just running into every enemy. The boss design in Ys I is really horrible, especially the final boss which is basically 80% luck and 20% skill, Ys II has a lot better designed bosses though, also Ys II gives you magic abilities and just having a range attack alone helps so much.
Some of the level design can be quite annoying too because it's very labyrinthine and you don't even have a mini-map so it's easy to get lost, but the OST is incredible and always sets the atmosphere for every level so even when I got lost I never minded, I also love the pixel art and character designs. The story is very simplistic, there's honestly probably only 50 lines of story dialogue between both games but what little story the games have is engaging enough and made me care about the main characters.
All in all I am glad I played through Ys I & Ys II, while they didn't blow me away, they were still solid, enjoyable experiences and very memorable, seeing the formation of the series was nice. Plus Origin, Ys I & Ys II all have a bit of interconnected world-building and since Trails is my fave series of all time you can imagine I like that and playing all 3 games together felt pretty fulfilling.