After Origin, I was worried that the preceding entries wouldn't be up to snuff with the well tuned and balanced boss fights. While there were some gimmicky fights, I also ended up enjoying them in general as the mechanics of each attack pattern were satisfying to solve.
Minimizing your damage on earlier phases to take the eventual victory is satisfying, and I never felt helplessly numerically outclassed from the RPG calculations in the background.
Bosses aside, I was engaged by the area exploration and side objectives.
While it's probably my last Ys for a while, I have only good things to say about it if you are in the mood for a fantasy action game with a healthy dose of camp.