It's difficult to rate a game from 1987 in a modern context given I've grown up with games that have taken Ys as inspiration and built upon its foundations in the genre. Yet, there's a charm to how certain game mechanics are executed. The Bump mechanic in particular having you just run into enemies to do damage is so easy to scoff at but it does make for some surprisingly challenging (albeit sometimes cheap) bosses.

The story is barebones however, feeling like a DnD campaign someone rushed to create the night before a get together. Characters are non-existent, the lore isn't engaging and the game kind of just ends. It's a short romp and not one a lot of people are going to enjoy but I do think it's worth a go in spite of its pitfalls. Definitely looking forward to how the series evolves from hereon.