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Topic	The Board 8 Discord Sports Chat Rank Their Top 100 Respective Video Games part 3
TheKnightOfNee 02/13/21 4:17:50 PM #119:	#26. Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC, 2013) I'm using the release of the Ys I & II remake released for PC in 2013, Ys I & II Chronicles Plus, as my basis for the release version and date here. This game's been released quite a few times and updated a few times over, so it's still essentially the same thing. The subtitle of the game has also changed a few times, so sorry if I'm not using the most commonly accepted version. Even though I played the first Ys game 30 years after its initial release, it carried this amazing magical RPG feeling. I was worried it might be really dated, but the parts that might feel old actually work out nicely. Battles are just reduced to a bump mechanic. You hit an enemy head on, it hurts you, you hit them a little off-center, that's a-okay. It seems kind of silly, but fighting in the game moves fast as a result. You see some enemies, bump a few times, and move on. A lot of old RPGs were kind of a slog, but Ys I has a pretty quick pace to it. You can just keep moving and beat the whole game in a couple hours. Much like Zelda: Link's Awakening, the story begins with the main character's ship sinking and washing ashore on an island. It results in a much more personal and intimate storyline, and less of the big epic tale that RPGs of the time often aimed for. Some of it ends up being very cliche, but there's a reason it became cliched, and it works well in the context of this game. It somehow evoked very strong feelings of nostalgia to play this, despite the fact that I had no actual nostalgia to draw on. Later games improved on things technically, but something about the feeling of adventure felt strongest and most familiar in this game. That, long with the speed of the game, kept it feeling appropriately old school without any of the old school slog. The final boss is notable for being an absolutely insane difficulty leap from the rest of the game. That could be a huge minus, but given the short length of the game, the fact that it's just this boss, and that I was able to learn how to beat him, I was more okay with the stupid challenge it presented and actually found it kind of fun. --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi... <cite>TheKnightOfNee posted [p:950603457] in The Board ... [t:79281225]...</cite> <quote>#26. Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC, 2013) I'm using the release of the Ys I & II remake released for PC in 2013, Ys I & II Chronicles Plus, as my basis for the release version and date here. This game's been released quite a few times and updated a few times over, so it's still essentially the same thing. The subtitle of the game has also changed a few times, so sorry if I'm not using the most commonly accepted version. Even though I played the first Ys game 30 years after its initial release, it carried this amazing magical RPG feeling. I was worried it might be really dated, but the parts that might feel old actually work out nicely. Battles are just reduced to a bump mechanic. You hit an enemy head on, it hurts you, you hit them a little off-center, that's a-okay. It seems kind of silly, but fighting in the game moves fast as a result. You see some enemies, bump a few times, and move on. A lot of old RPGs were kind of a slog, but Ys I has a pretty quick pace to it. You can just keep moving and beat the whole game in a couple hours. Much like Zelda: Link's Awakening, the story begins with the main character's ship sinking and washing ashore on an island. It results in a much more personal and intimate storyline, and less of the big epic tale that RPGs of the time often aimed for. Some of it ends up being very cliche, but there's a reason it became cliched, and it works well in the context of this game. It somehow evoked very strong feelings of nostalgia to play this, despite the fact that I had no actual nostalgia to draw on. Later games improved on things technically, but something about the feeling of adventure felt strongest and most familiar in this game. That, long with the speed of the game, kept it feeling appropriately old school without any of the old school slog. The final boss is notable for being an absolutely insane difficulty leap from the rest of the game. That could be a huge minus, but given the short length of the game, the fact that it's just this boss, and that I was able to learn how to beat him, I was more okay with the stupid challenge it presented and actually found it kind of fun. --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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